For most students, attending university requires the right combination of personal ambition and ability to access it. For Trinity College Dublin student Piotr Filipek, the Trinity College Foundation Scholarship represented academic recognition as well as the pathway that made higher education possible. “The only way that I could afford college,” Piotr said of the scholarship,…

From boardrooms, business schools, Andalusia’s olive groves and international institutions, the 2026 EFMD Annual Conference in Seville returned repeatedly to a single question: what should management education stand for? Over three days, it became less a prompt than a sustained inquiry, tested across disciplines, sectors, and institutional perspectives. Hosted by San Telmo Business School from…

Sevilla asked something of all of us this year: not what management education does, but what it should stand for. That was the question at the heart of the EFMD Annual Conference 2026, hosted by San Telmo Business School in Sevilla, drawing several hundred members of our community to explore it together. It felt like…

Estonian Business School (EBS) has been ranked first in Europe among business schools for start-up creation efficiency in the Redstone University Startup Index 2026, a study evaluating how effectively higher education institutions generate start-ups relative to their institutional budgets. The report assessed 1,050 higher education institutions across the European Union, European Economic Area, the United…

In Finland, academia often coexists naturally with wellbeing, equality and sustainability. Finland’s business schools capture this essence and offer an insight into the country’s economy. For those particularly interested in careers in developed economies, opportunities in green tech investments, mobile gaming, services, manufacturing and more, it’s an attractive place to study, especially considering the natural…

While many of Africa’s leading schools have built their reputations through strong regional networks, executive education and close links with local industries, even more are becoming increasingly visible on the global stage. The shift is reflected in international rankings, accreditation achievements, and a new generation of partnerships connecting African schools with institutions across Europe and…