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The largest single group of participants in the program is from the United States (24 per cent of the cohort), followed by India, China and Australia. The level of interest from the US is highly unusual for an Australian based MBA program.

Christopher Alvord, who grew up within a day鈥檚 drive of Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Cornell and Princeton, says that Sydney offered 鈥渟omething unique in regards to experiential learning with a hands-on real-world approach鈥�.

鈥淭his was vastly different from any other curriculum I had researched and it included geographical聽closeness to聽diverse聽economies such as聽China, Japan,聽Singapore, and India that US聽institutions could not provide,鈥� said Christopher.

Kathryn Harris, who grew up in New York City, described Sydney鈥檚 MBA as 鈥渁 world-class, future-driven program offering access to a diverse global network with a unique opportunity to live and study in one of the most dynamic and liveable cities in the world鈥�.

鈥淕lobal Economies are evolving and demand new skillsets and mental frameworks聽that are not considered in traditional MBA programs but are at the forefront of Sydney's MBA curriculum.鈥�

鈥淭he culturally diverse nature of the cohort, which also includes members from Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Barbados, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Zimbabwe, has totally exceeded our expectation,鈥� said Jo Bishop, the School鈥檚 Associate Director MBA Programs.

The Dean of the School, Professor , has also welcomed the cultural mix saying that it would enrich the program and improve learning outcomes. 鈥淭he Business School is totally committed to cultural diversity and I am delighted with the makeup of our first full-time MBA cohort,鈥� he said.

The full-time program, which will run alongside the School鈥檚 top ranking part-time MBA, promises to prepare participants to 鈥渢hrive in a world of ambiguity and uncertainty鈥�.

鈥淭o do this, we will focus on developing skills around creativity, critical analysis and a systems approach to problem-solving,鈥� said MBA Director, Professor , as he declared traditional programs 鈥渓ess relevant in an increasingly complex and volatile world鈥�.

鈥淧articipants in our new style MBA can look forward to an individually tailored learning experience聽including a very high degree of experiential learning,鈥� he said.

Professor Whitwell has described the program as symbolic of the School鈥檚 role in 鈥渁n era of extraordinary changes in the scale, scope and complexity of forces such as digital technology, artificial intelligence, robotics, the peer-to-peer economy, and historically unprecedented demographic shifts鈥�.

In keeping with its commitment to 鈥榠nclusive leadership,鈥� in 2015 the Business School鈥檚 part-time MBA became the first program of its kind in Australia and one of the first in the world to attract as many women as it did men.

鈥淚 am delighted that our full-time MBA has also been able to achieve that goal with its very first cohort,鈥� said Professor Whitwell.

鈥淭his is a unique industry oriented and leadership focused program and it will produce a new generation of creative business leaders with new skills, greater confidence, international experience and a capacity to deliver outstanding results,鈥� he concluded.