International MBA
Advance your career creating meaningful value.
The Lisbon MBA International, among the best 100 in the world and in the top 25 in Europe by the FT ranking*, is a one year full-time program for high-potential professionals, who aim to boost or change their career paths focusing exclusively on a life-changing experience, in an entrepreneurial and international environment.
Our International MBA offers rigorous learning from two top European business schools, Católica-Lisbon and Nova SBE, and is provided in collaboration with MIT Sloan.
With the focus on an action learning methodology, a holistic approach to education and a solid international component, you will develop a multi-cultural vision that will enhance your career in a meaningful way. (*Financial Times Global MBA ranking 2021)
Learning by doing is at the core of the Lisbon MBA. You will have the following hands-on experience:
In-Company Assignment
A 2-month internship in a company working on a business MBA-level challenge.
International Consulting Lab
An intensive multicultural experience, where you will work on a consulting project for an international company with MBA students from other countries.
Entrepreneurship Hub
A solid opportunity to accomplish your ambitions as an entrepreneur.
Social Impact Project
Working individually or in a team, you will develop a business solution for a strategic challenge within the area of ESG in a specific organization.
Our MBA goes beyond business fundamentals: we are committed to empower students with the knowledge, skills and capabilities that companies seek in managers and leaders to thrive at all times.
At the Friday Forum, you will develop the interpersonal skills that will enable you to build cooperative relationships, respond effectively to multiple priorities and work well with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
From self-awareness and empathy to communication skills and resilience, you will train transversal capabilities that will help you become a principled leader, with purpose and vision, to make a positive impact in business and in your community.
The Lisbon MBA is the only MBA in Europe that offers an immersion experience at MIT Sloan. Our long-lasting partnership with MIT provides our students with an unparalleled opportunity to learn with the best professors in the world in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation, based on the motto “mens et manus”, (learn by doing).
The MIT experience also allows students to discover Boston’s entrepreneurial eco-system and develop cross-cultural competencies to thrive in an ever-changing global business environment.
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Find your Purpose, Explore & Experience, Prepare to Make an Impact.
The commitment of the Career Management Center is to partner with students to succeed in achieving a meaningful and life-long career fulfillment by supporting them in defining a career strategy and an action plan customized to their personal journey.
The perfect place to do an MBA, to live, learn and grow.
Lisbon is a welcoming, vibrant and authentic European city, built on values of diversity, tolerance and open-mindness, with a dynamic entrepreneurial environment.
The Lisbon MBA Católica | Nova is an internationally recognized joint-venture between Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics and Nova School of Business and Economics, two leading business schools in Europe, in collaboration with the MIT Sloan School of Management
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