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Global Leadership for the Digital Age

Thunderbird’s one-year Executive Master of Arts in Global Affairs and Management (EMAGAM) degree fosters a digital global mindset through a unique combination of 21st-century hard and soft skills.

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Thunderbird empowers global professionals to shape the changing landscapes impacting their enterprises by expanding and updating their future-ready skills and connecting them to a diverse network of global experts.

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Fostering a love of learning to last a lifetime

  • 100 Million Learners Global Initiative
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100 Million Learners

Dean Khagram and Fancis and Dionne Najafi announce the 100 Million Learners initiative

Join the Francis and Dionne Najafi 100 Million Learners Global Initiative

This initiative aims to offer accredited online global, world-class education in 40 different languages to learners across the globe, at absolutely no cost to the learner.

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05/12/23

Blitzscaling: Counterintuitive Techniques to Growing a Startup or Established Business Super-Fast

One of the key features that sets global giants apart from those companies that flame out or implode before they can reach market dominance is their...
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Essential Skills for Remote Leadership

Learn about common problems leaders experience in managing remote teams and actionable strategies to help overcome them.
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Looking Ahead to 2025: Tackling Major Global Challenges

We're at an inflection point and the need for forward-thinking and coordinated action has never been more pressing.
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Our Worldwide Community

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Because of Thunderbird, I have had an incredible career. Without Thunderbird, I could not have done it... Thunderbird is my life."

Hiroshi Hamada '91

Japan

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I think coming to Thunderbird would change anyone's life. The relationship with the professors. The dedication of the staff. The vision of Dean Khagram... this mystique of Thunderbird is real."

Heather Wise '94

United States of America

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Thunderbird's faculty is world-class. If you want to learn global leadership and management, there is nowhere better than Thunderbird. The incredibly diverse faculty has solid academic credentials as well as practical, real-world experience."

Michelle Senecal de Fonseca '87

United States of America

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What sets T-birds apart is what we refer to as the Thunderbird Mystique. We are group of global citizens who are naturally curious about other cultures and languages, who thrive in fluid and uncertain environments, and who want to solve global problems by leveraging our incredible alumni network."

David Young '91

United Kingdom

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Being at Thunderbird and learning how to communicate with people coming from a wide variety of cultures, a wide variety of perspectives has been extremely helpful to me every single day."

Sarah Engber '92

United States of America

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What truly makes the Thunderbird spirit is the desire to make the world a better place. To use business as a force of good. To help society and the world more broadly."

Mark Smucker '96

United States of America

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This global mindset, this sense of Thunderbird Mystique, has helped me make better investment decisions by being able to better evaluate the characteristics and the human behind the [startup] founder that I talk to."

Andrew Ogawa '98

United States of America

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Thunderbird in one word to me is accepting. It's accepting of a global community, of cultures, of the way people do business differently, they live their lives, they celebrate, and they innovate."

Eric Bing '94

United States of America

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I learned of Thunderbird thanks to several very successful T-bird alumni in Indonesia. Because of the incredible Thunderbird global alumni network, I too am now an alumnus of the #1-ranked school of global leadership and management in the world."

Yully Purwono '19

Indonesia

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The value of the Thunderbird global network is impossible to quantify. I've leaned on it every single day since graduation to advance personal and business interests. At many schools, the benefits of the program end when you graduate, at Thunderbird you continue to benefit indefinitely."

Mohamed ElSuhimi '18

Egypt

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What sets Thunderbird apart is the focus at all levels of our community on empathy, equity, and ethics. We take an oath of honor to act with honesty and integrity, to respect everyone's rights, and to work towards creating sustainable prosperity worldwide. At Thunderbird, we never stop learning and growing."

Ghazal Khorshidi '19

Iran

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This is a great program because you get to do your undergraduate and do masters classes at the same time. It allows you to save money and graduate a lot faster from your masters program.”

Karla Astudillo '22

Honduras

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I was a leader in the military and I wanted to continue to be one outside and Thunderbird was the best option for that."

Jose Ortiz '21

United States of America

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Being a Thunderbird feels amazing. You feel like part of the world and you feel like you really can make an impact. I feel supported by the people here— not just the staff, but the teachers and my classmates.”

Jaqueline Alonso Martinez '22

Mexico

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The way the degree is structured is very practical. There isn’t a lot of just theory, its a lot of stuff that you practice day in and day out. You are already in a setting where you are working with peers, which is the nature your will have in a workplace"

Ashraf Ismail '22

Sudan

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This program is very unique because every time that we are together in a meeting in a group project it looks like as if it were a mini UN reunion, because there are so many nations together."

Robson Correa da Silva '22

Brazil

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I graduated in Italy with the idea of building a food business back in Senegal and here I am at the most prestigious global management school in the world, studying global business and taking classes that are putting me on the right track to realize that dream of mine."

Cheikh Thiam '22

Senegal

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They are very considerate of the challenges that we are facing, so they give us advice and make sure that we’re making the right choices."

Juily Sawant '22

India

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Being a Thunderbird SHARE Fellow means that you have the connections that are necessary for you to enhance your career development to the next stage.”

Gibson Siguake '22

Zimbabwe

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I've never seen this kind of fellowship in any other institution or university. I am really grateful and honored to be given such an opportunity to be part of this community-no its not a community, its a family to me."

Clara Adistya

Indonesia

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Thunderbird is empowering us hispanics to say: You can dream. You can actually have that dream. Make it a reality. And you can be a business owner."                  

Imelda Hartley

DreamBuilder Alumna

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The DreamBuilder program has given me the tools I needed to grow my business in a more planned and systematic way, and it has given me a lot more confidence by introducing me to other women who are in my same situation."                      

Karina Cordoba

DreamBuilder Alumna

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The DreamBuilder program helped open my eyes and empower me to feel confident that I could grow my business and succeed in supporting my family and my community."

Magdalina Serrana

DreamBuilder Alumna

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Diversity is important in a learning institution because it ignites innovation."

April Tinhorn

DreamCatcher Alumna

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When Dean Khagram first spoke to PCFR on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, I felt that there was a spark. The two organizations really are so aligned and I see us doing so much more in the future and really truly growing Arizona's global prominence."

Tina Waddington

E.D., Phoenix Council on Foreign Relations

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Thunderbird provides job opportunities, entrepreneurship training, and just connections to the greater community that people who come in our doors need to succeed."

Dominic Braham

Former President, Refugee Immigrant Community Empowerment

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  We know that minority owned businesses, about 20% of them, trade internationally and that contributes to the global mindset of Arizona. ASU Thunderbird has always been a bellwether for that global mindset in Arizona."  

Ana Monica Villalobos

President, Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

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Thunderbird has produced some of the most influential global leaders today, and increasingly these are women, veterans, and people of color."

Prof. Gigi Harris, Ph.D.

Senior Associate Dean

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Joining Thunderbird has been a dream come true. My colleagues are at the top of their fields and reflect the incredible diversity of the Thunderbird global community."

Prof. Anjelina Belakovskaia

Senior Lecturer

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I joined Thunderbird because it is the most international, most global place I can think of that really represents the values that I share in terms of education."

Prof. Sophal Ear. Ph.D.

Associate Dean

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I've been teaching at Thunderbird for 26 years. Thunderbird is a unique place because it has so many people from all over the world. You get to talk to people of different cultures, different backgrounds. And more importantly, all of the students coming here have a global mindset that makes them excel in this very dynamic and global environment."

Prof. Lena Booth, Ph.D.

Senior Associate Dean

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At Thunderbird we think and act globally in everything we do.  This foundational DNA has been instrumental in helping us shape leaders who are engaged in seeking global solutions to challenges that defy parochial answers.

Prof. Kanan Ramaswamy, Ph.D.

William D. Hacker Chair of Management Strategy Thunderbird School of Global Management

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Thunderbird provides students with practical, hands-on learning opportunities to enhance our world-class curriculum with skills that will allow them to stand out in the workforce."

Prof. Pree Sainam, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Global Marketing

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In today’s business and management world, it is no longer ‘big’ beating ‘small’. It is ‘fast’ beating ‘slow’. The ability to respond and adapt, with the muscle memory to thrive and execute in uncertainty, is critical at the organizational, team and individual level."

Prof. Euvin Naidoo

India

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Thunderbird is more than a school, we are a global network of leaders, managers, entrepreneurs, and intrapreneurs innovating across the private and public sectors to advance inclusive and sustainable prosperity worldwide.

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Global Leadership for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Learn why Thunderbird is the world's most global and multinational school of management, leadership and business education.

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Global Leadership for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Learn how Thunderbird prepares leaders with a digital global mindset to help organizations stay ahead of disruption in this era of rapid technological innovation.

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Upcoming Events

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T-bird Tuesday - May 9th

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05/09/23
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
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Sweden Alumni Reception

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06/02/23
9:00 am - 11:00 am
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Americain | Haymarket by Scandic
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Norway Alumni Reception

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06/05/23
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To Be Announced | Oslo, Norway
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Geneva Alumni Chapter June First Tuesday with Global Challenge Lab Students

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06/06/23
9:00 am - 11:00 am
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Café FIKA
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Milwaukee 1st Tuesday Bel-Air Cantina.

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06/06/23
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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The Corners - Ourdoor Seating
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Phoenix Alumni Chapter June First Tuesday

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06/06/23
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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The Pub | F. Francis and Dionne Najafi Thunderbird Global Headquarters
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