Porto Business School is the result of an active partnership between The University of Porto (one of the largest and best-ranked Portuguese universities) and 40 companies, national and international. This combination allows the School to balance between the quality and rigour of the academy and the corporate world turning Porto Business School into a true lab to explore how to best apply top notch management concepts to the real business world.

Porto Business School’s international partnerships with other top business schools such as London Business School, IMD, IE, Berkeley UC or Kosminsky University, reinforce the global vision of our education and provide an opportunity to develop cross-cultural skills while experiencing other faculty, organisations, and business contexts.

The School’s mission is to improve the quality of management through advanced education at postgraduate level, custom programmes, corporate partnerships, applied research and consultancy. It has a wide range of Executive Masters and three MBA programmes: the International MBA, the Executive MBA and the Digital MBA. Porto Business School holds triple international accreditation: AMBA&BGA, AACSB, and EFMD accredited (MBA programmes).

Through the Innovation X Hub, Porto Business School fosters innovation by co-creating knowledge in collaboration with organisations, entrepreneurs and academia, driving positive impact through projects, applied research and educational programmes in 5 Impact Centers: Sustainable Futures Center, Tourism Future Center, AI for Business Center, Entrepreneurship Center, and Africa Futures Center.

With a consistent presence in the Financial Times rankings since 2011, Porto Business School is one of the best European Business Schools and one of the top 30 business schools when it comes to Custom and Open Executive Education.