Why the MIT Sloan Fellows MBA? Here are insights from a social media tradition

The SFMBA has given me the chance to build relationships with a cohort of global leaders and develop a stronger ability to take an interdisciplinary approach to problem solving. It's opened my mind to new frameworks for thinking and flex new muscles as I enter the next wave of my career.

With more than a decade of experience in the Canadian healthcare sector, I was eager to broaden my horizons across different industries and gain a global perspective. The SFMBA program is designed for experienced professionals like me, and MIT, as one of the world’s leading business schools, provides an unmatched educational ecosystem."

I chose the MIT SFMBA program because of MIT's reputation for fostering innovation, technology, entrepreneurship, and global leadership. I aim to leverage the program's academic, experiential, and social dimensions to transform myself into a global entrepreneur and better leader, driving my venture's growth and positioning it among the top 10 global supply chain service companies.

The Sloan Fellows MBA is an important step in my career that provided me the essential knowledge and network to foster my entrepreneurial and management skills in a short period of time. I have been able to learn not only from top faculty but also from my classmates with more than 10 years of experience in different industries and functions.

MIT is a gift that I am giving myself. After 15 years of a prosperous professional career and being a busy working mom for four kids, I wanted to take a deliberate break to reinvent and reassess myself as a person and a leader. I know this experience will help me continue to be a principled leader looking for ways to improve the world.

MIT Sloan is where purpose meets possibilities! As a pediatrician and innovator, the Sloan Fellows MBA is giving me the tools to build a future where every child in Africa has access to quality care.

I chose the MIT SFMBA because it sits at the heart of innovation. Sloan’s “mind and hand” culture, diverse classmates, and world-class faculty create a place where ideas get tested, improved, and launched. I want to immerse in this ecosystem, raise my own bar, and be part of an institute that sets standards for the world.

MIT SFMBA stood out to me because every alumnus in my region described it as a life-changing experience. I wanted to elevate my analytical and leadership skills, learn about entrepreneurship more systematically, and learn how to apply AI in both the private and public sectors. MIT SFMBA is beyond my expectations, and I feel incredibly fortunate to be part of such an amazing cohort.

After a decade of engineering, operational, and leadership integration in the oil & gas industry, I wanted a way to translate my passion for solving complex problems into more sustainable impact on society.

I chose the SFMBA because it gives me a year to step back from my career and focus on developing my enterprise management competency and leadership skills to prepare me to be a future business leader. Studying abroad has also been my childhood dream because I wanted to broaden my perspective and worldview. Being with an international mid-career cohort will expand my horizon.