MBA Programs in Portugal 2025

Executive, solid and selective programs. It’s a combination of theory and practice. Programs developed by an institution with experience and quality.

Our Executive MBA is among the best 100 MBAs in the world according to the FT ranking*. It is a 22-month part-time MBA, with a rigorous academic component from two top European business schools, Católica-Lisbon and Nova SBE, provided in collaboration with MIT Sloan. The program offers a holistic approach to management education and has an action-learning focus, which will enable you to foster a successful career advancement with minimal disruption of your professional and personal life. (*Financial Times Executive MBA ranking 2024)

DU- Executive MBA (EMBA). Do you have professional experience and want to step up to higher management positions? This degree will take you there. The Executive MBA was created to give you the ability to take your career to the next level. You will gain more than just expertise in business administration, you will acquire lifelong tools to achieve your ambitions.

Preparation for the exercise of executive management functions in SMEs and large companies, with solid preparation in several areas of management. Development of essential leadership skills for any executive manager. Training that combines national specificities with the international and global environment.

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.

With The International MBA I will broaden my future career path; attend an MBA in Porto, one of Europe's fast tech growing hubs; get international business exposure through experiential international immersion weeks in a top business school in the USA (UC Berkeley), final consultancy projects, and exchange programs & partnerships; add an optional International track to the program, with two immersive weeks, one in China (Sun Yat-Sen University) and in EUA (MIT, Boston).

In this program, I will obtain a current view of the business world; develop strategic and innovative thinking, strongly focused on entrepreneurship, while also enhancing soft skills; take part in an international week at the University of Berkeley (California) and prepare a final project at a company.

The MBA in Organizational Excellence seeks to expand the knowledge of the participants’ in the area of organizational excellence, through an integrated and multidisciplinary perspective.

With this program I will develop strategic and innovative thinking with a strong focus on the digital area; get an up-to-date vision of the business world; broaden my professional development opportunities, and now the business trends of the future.

When they have acquired the basics in hotel management and professional culture, students can focus on analytical methods and decision-making as managers. Studying key strategic rules and applying them in international companies from all fields leads students to define concrete examples of management in the tourism and hospitality management fields. In their 5th year of school, students can choose from one of the 10 Vatel MBA Specializations. To get used to the recruitment process, students who will soon graduate look for their own internships, in line with their professional projects. This last internship, which must be validated by the school and which lasts for six months, aims to have students practice highly strategic managerial functions.