Global One-Year MBA

Strategy Specialization Track

Build the strategic thinking and leadership skills to guide business through change.

AI Built into Your Degree

Complete the AI Lab and earn a Hult Certificate in Applied AI

Study in

Boston or London

Duration

One year | As part of the Global One-Year MBA

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Make choices that move the business forward

In the Strategy Track, you’ll learn how to analyze complex business situations and make decisions with purpose. You’ll explore global business strategy, consulting, applied economics, leadership, operations, and organizational change.

You’ll assess the situation, identify the choices that matter, communicate a clear direction, and build the support needed to put a strategy into practice. It’s a practical foundation for experienced professionals ready to accelerate their careers, broaden their influence, and progress toward senior leadership or C-suite roles.

Course examples

Global Strategy in the Age of AI

Developing Business Strategies for Emerging Markets

Applied Economics

Leadership in Action: Developing Self, Teams & Purpose

Global Operations

The Strategy Track could be a strong fit if you:

Have around 10 years of professional experience and want to move into more strategic, enterprise-level responsibility

Are ready to advise senior stakeholders, lead through uncertainty, and connect big decisions with practical execution

Are targeting a future in consulting, corporate strategy, transformation, business development, or the C-suite

Develop a portfolio of applied work

You’ll tackle business problems where the information is incomplete and the answer isn’t obvious. Through skills challenges, cases, simulations, design sprints, team projects, and presentations, you may need to assess a market, recommend a growth strategy, respond to disruption, or help an organization navigate change.

The Hult AI Lab gives you the opportunity to apply AI to strategic analysis, decision-making, and real business challenges. Your capstone challenge connects your learning to a real company brief, helping you practice making recommendations under real-world conditions.

Depending on the project, outputs could include:

Competitive situation assessment

Strategic choice or recommendation

Market entry or growth strategy

Business transformation roadmap

Stakeholder alignment and change plan

Execution plan with priorities, resources, and measures

Boardroom-ready presentation or capstone recommendation

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Bring AI into strategic decision-making

The Hult AI Lab is a credit-bearing part of your Global One-Year MBA. You’ll use AI for analysis, automation, content generation, and productivity, then apply it to business challenges where strategic judgment still matters. You’ll explore how AI and data can support market analysis, opportunity assessment, scenario planning, and execution.

You’ll also learn to question AI outputs rather than accept them at face value. By testing assumptions, identifying bias and hallucinations, and considering the wider consequences of a recommendation, you’ll develop the critical thinking and judgment needed to lead in an AI-enabled business environment.

Build a strategy that travels

Your international cohort will expose you to different perspectives on risk, growth, leadership, and value creation. You’ll study at Hult Boston or Hult London, collaborate with classmates from different countries, cultures, and professional backgrounds, and take part in city seminars connected to the places where business happens.

Where available, Global Campus Rotation opportunities can add further perspectives, markets, and professional networks to your experience. Working across different contexts will help you challenge assumptions, adapt your thinking, and make stronger decisions as a senior leader in a global organization.

Your next steps

The Strategy Track can support experienced professionals who want to guide growth, lead transformation, and influence decisions beyond their current function.

Possible career directions include:

Strategy Consulting Leader

Corporate Strategy Director

Business Transformation Leader

Business Development Director

Strategic Planning Leader

Chief Strategy Officer

Your career path will depend on your previous experience, interests, skills, and the opportunities you pursue. Hult’s Careers team can support you as you define your direction, build your professional profile, and prepare for the recruitment process.

Start your journey

Hult assesses candidates individually based on the strength of their whole profile, including your professional experience, leadership potential, skills, career goals, academic background, and personal drive. Your application should show what you’ve achieved so far, how you’ve influenced people or decisions, and why the Global One-Year MBA is the right next step toward the leadership role you want to reach.

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