Do
Challenges
because creative problem-solving and collaboration is essential to business success.
Business is a
challenge
In the real world, we rarely use skills in isolation. A musician may learn theory and rehearse on their own, but the ultimate test of their ability is live performance.
It’s the same in business: theory, case studies, and techniques become relevant only when applied in a real business context in real time with real people. That’s why all our programs are centered around real-world business challenges.
By working in diverse teams to solve complex business problems, our students continually practice what they’ll be doing in the workplace. As an educational experience, it’s unpredictable, challenging—and completely transformational.
Change through
challenge
Whether you’re figuring out how best to apply a new technology to an existing business, developing a startup idea, or coming up with innovative ways to address social issues, you’ll collaborate to solve challenges businesses are facing right now. From hackathons and real-time simulations to working with local startups, NGOs, and global corporations—you’ll effect real change, both in your individual skillset and the wider business community.
Experience is the
best teacher
As part of your everyday education at Hult, you’ll put theory into practice and gain hands-on experience via team projects and live client challenges. Your final challenge is where you’ll apply everything you’ve learned as you compete to solve a real-world business problem as creatively as possible. So you graduate with a practical skillset suited to any career. Here, we go behind the scenes of two team challenges.
The world's largest student entrepreneurship competition
From one student’s idea to a global movement—the Hult Prize solves the world’s biggest challenges through social entrepreneurship. Through a year-long competition, over 100,000 young people in more than 100 countries work to create high-impact startups that address the annual Call to Action in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Finalists pitch their businesses to a panel of expert judges, and the winning team receives 1M USD in funding to make their idea a reality. It’s an educational experience of a lifetime and the ultimate example of Hult’s learning-by-doing philosophy.
Sumana Samuk’s MBA team Green Hands made it to the top three in the Regional Finals in 2017.
“The challenge was restoring dignity to ten million refugees. We focused on Lebanon, which has the highest density of refugees in the world. To us, restoring dignity meant empowering them with the chance to earn a living. We had a simple concept: collect and convert waste plastic bottles into jackets and sell on.”
Hanny, Patricio, and Ikram—team Enpov—were the first undergrad team from Hult to reach the Accelerator Finals in 2019.
“We secured corporate sponsorship to travel to Ethiopia to research and pilot our idea to increase access to the agriculture market. We knocked on doors from businesses to government officials, and our business model evolved significantly. Our research led to us designing a hybrid electric tricycle, and a contact in Sudan built a prototype for us.”
