MBA Student Profile: Hans Huber, Manchester Business School

Hans Huber is a first year student at pursuing his MBA at Manchester Business School.  He decided to do an MBA to boost his career, and help prepare him for a position of leadership, having worked for 3 years as a project manager in a multimedia agency.      

As project manager at Virtual Identity, I was in charge for coordinating and leading projects. The projects were related to e-business, so the final result was almost always a type of website.  The range of clients was from large companies like Siemens Corporate Communications for whom I worked on an Intranet project, to HVB Group and also small customers like a partnership of solicitors.  The role of the project manager was mainly an interface between the customer and the internal teams.      

"I wanted to formalise my business education, and to take advantage of the  personal development opportunities of studying abroad.  I chose to study in Manchester because of its Manchester Method, its international reputation and the warm welcome I received when I visited the school for an open day."      

The Manchester Method is the School's unique action-learning programme,  ensuring that all students work on commercial projects for real clients.  Students undertake several consultancy projects during the course, but the Manchester MBA culminates in an International Business project, in which students work in multi-national project groups, and travel across the globe.  The consultancy project enables them to apply all they have learned during the preceding 18 months.      

"I particularly wanted to study overseas in order to improve my language skills, - explains Hans. Most of the students at Manchester Business School come from overseas, so I'm able to work in culturally diverse teams, and learn different ways of looking at things.  Also, candidates here tend to have a lot of work experience at a senior level, which contrasts with the experience of staying in Germany to do an MBA."      

Manchester Business School asks that students have a minimum of three years' work experience when they apply for the programme. The School's Careers Management Service support students from day one, helping them to understand their personal strengths, and the employment markets they'll be competing in when they finish the course.  As Hans is still in his first year, he's no fixed plans on what he'll do when he graduates, but he is clear about what he expects to learn.      

"I think my MBA will prepare me to work in a world built upon international business relationships.  It's already helped to broaden my perspective of business, and I'm learning from the different experiences of students on my course.  I don't have fixed plans on what I'll do next at the moment, but I feel very optimistic.  I think anything will be possible!"