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7 REASONS FOR JOINING US
ABOUT
STUDENTS PROFILE
THE MAGELLAN MBA PROGRAMME
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
YOUR APPLICATION
PORTO BUSINESS SCHOOL
THE MAGELLAN MBA / STUDENTS’ PROFILE
RUSSIA
ESTONIA
CANADA
POLAND NETHERLANDS GERMANY UKRAINE LUXEMBOURG FRANCE
IRELAND
UK
SPAIN
USA
GEORGIA
Sheila Adoma Boakye The Magellan MBA 2014/2015 /
UZBEKISTAN
TURKEY SYRIA
PORTUGAL
JAPAN
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JAMAICA PANAMA COLOMBIA
EGYPT
TAIWAN
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
INDIA
THAILAND
SOMALIA
GHANA
VENEZUELA
«The Magellan MBA has led me to greater self discovery as I surmounted obstacles with the breathtaking support of Professors, Staff and Colleagues. It is a learning environment of diverse cultures from which one appreciates and is appreciated. In the midst of hardwork laced with positive fun, I envision greater success just a step away.»
CHINA
MOROCCO
MEXICO
MALAYSIA
ANGOLA
INDONESIA
MALAWI
GHANA
ZIMBABWE
BRAZIL
MOZAMBIQUE
MAURITIUS
GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN / (2012 – 2014)
>=40 / 1%
35-39 / 8%
Others / 7% Humanities / 7%
20-24 / 10%
Social Sciences / 2% Healthy Science / 4%
Sciences / 10%
F / 32%
34
GENDER /
Foreign / 52%
Portuguese / 48%
STUDENTS ORIGIN /
Yes / 89%
No / 11%
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE /
30-34 / 28%
25-29 / 53%
AGE /
Management and Economics / 23%
Engineering / 47%
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND /
35
M / 68%
PORTO BUSINESS SCHOOL
THE MAGELLAN MBA / STUDENTS’ PROFILE
RUSSIA
ESTONIA
CANADA
POLAND NETHERLANDS GERMANY UKRAINE LUXEMBOURG FRANCE
IRELAND
UK
SPAIN
USA
GEORGIA
Sheila Adoma Boakye The Magellan MBA 2014/2015 /
UZBEKISTAN
TURKEY SYRIA
PORTUGAL
JAPAN
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JAMAICA PANAMA COLOMBIA
EGYPT
TAIWAN
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
INDIA
THAILAND
SOMALIA
GHANA
VENEZUELA
«The Magellan MBA has led me to greater self discovery as I surmounted obstacles with the breathtaking support of Professors, Staff and Colleagues. It is a learning environment of diverse cultures from which one appreciates and is appreciated. In the midst of hardwork laced with positive fun, I envision greater success just a step away.»
CHINA
MOROCCO
MEXICO
MALAYSIA
ANGOLA
INDONESIA
MALAWI
GHANA
ZIMBABWE
BRAZIL
MOZAMBIQUE
MAURITIUS
GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN / (2012 – 2014)
>=40 / 1%
35-39 / 8%
Others / 7% Humanities / 7%
20-24 / 10%
Social Sciences / 2% Healthy Science / 4%
Sciences / 10%
F / 32%
34
GENDER /
Foreign / 52%
Portuguese / 48%
STUDENTS ORIGIN /
Yes / 89%
No / 11%
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE /
30-34 / 28%
25-29 / 53%
AGE /
Management and Economics / 23%
Engineering / 47%
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND /
35
M / 68%
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ESTONIA POLAND
UK
GERMANY
LUXEMBOURG PORTUGAL
USA
SPAIN
ITALY
CHINA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
JAMAICA
JAPAN HONG KONG
INDIA
PANAMA COLOMBIA ANGOLA BRAZIL
MALAWI
ZIMBABWE MOZAMBIQUE
MAURITIUS
MALAYSIA
PORTO BUSINESS SCHOOL
BAL ANC ING STUDIES W I TH SOC I AL AND PERSONAL L IFE
The Magellan MBA is far more than a great opportunity for professional and academic growth. Part of the programme’s appeal is the chance to develop personal engagement between the students and the management environment. Porto Business School promotes a more casual approach to corporate and academic networking.
• Junior University The Magellan MBA students can take part as volunteers in a project that introduces the corporate and management world to high school students;
• Portuguese Language Course They are available in the school’s premises, for a small additional fee; • International dinners; • Recreation activities;
• Interactions with other Porto Business School students and alumni like lunches, Sports matches;
• Sports activities (marathons, sports, matches); • Music Festivals.
Get to know some of the exciting extra-curricular activities planned throughout, and within, The Magellan MBA experience:
• Toastmaster Oporto Toastmasters Club reuniouns at School’s facilities; • Social Responsibility activities like: Giving Friday – To make a child smile; Blood Donation Day;
• Welcome Tour Students will have the opportunity to enjoy a bus ride along the most iconic and emblematic streets of Porto, a city classified by UNESCO as World Heritage;
• Porto Business School Choir Leading Voices;
Student Support Serv ices
international .office@pbs.up.pt T +351 939 030 690 Sk ype: international .office.pbs
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R ita S inde Head of the International relations and Admissions
/ Porto’s largest saint’s festival (São João)
/ Casa da Música
/ Surfing at Porto
/ Historical city center combines tradition and modernity
/ Welcome Tour, Douro river
/ Welcome Tour, visit to F.C. Porto Stadium
/ Welcome Tour, wine cellars
/ Welcome Tour, visit to Stock Exchange Palace
/ Music Festivals