Finalists and judges of Oxford Saïd Business School’s 2025 Global Climate Change Challenge gather in the Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre at Oxford Saïd. The competition drew more than 1,600 high school student and teacher entries from around the world, recognizing innovative ideas to tackle the climate crisis. This year’s winning team from Indonesia proposed using robots to regenerate coral reefs and restore marine biodiversity. Photo by Fisher Studios, Oxford.
If you’re considering an international business school degree, or just curious about how peers abroad are learning to tackle big world challenges, we present this news roundup from several of the world’s leading business schools.
Read on to learn about an Indonesian high school team’s top honors in Oxford Saïd’s Global Climate Change Challenge as well as new cross-border undergraduate programs allowing you to study in France and England, or Canada and Spain.
INDONESIAN TEENS WIN OXFORD SAÏD’S CLIMATE CHALLENGE
Four high school students from Penabur Gading Serpong Christian High School near Jakarta have won Oxford Saïd Business School’s 2025 Global Climate Change Challenge with an idea to regenerate coral reefs and restore biodiversity using robots. The competition drew more than 1,600 entries from around the world, highlighting the creativity and commitment of young climate innovators.
The education prize went to Zhaoxia Chen, a teacher from Jinling High School Hexi Campus in Nanjing, whose winning lesson plan immersed students in international diplomacy while tackling global food security. As part of her award, Chen will receive a place in an Oxford Saïd Executive Education course.
The annual competition is open to high school students aged 15 to 18 from around the world. Both students and teachers are invited to enter with ideas, big and small, to fight the climate crisis.
The two student runner-up teams were MycoFuture, a collaboration among schools in the U.S. and South Korea, and EcoCoil, a Canadian team from Ottawa. Judges also recognized two teachers as runners-up: Chris Rowley from SPGS International School in Chengdu and Roudaina Mohsen Kassam from Rashaya Public High School in Lebanon.
“At Oxford Saïd, we often speak of creating impact from within – nurturing individuals who use their insight, courage and compassion to transform the systems around them,” says Mette Morsing, interim dean of Oxford Saïd.
“That philosophy lives at the heart of everything we do, from our research on responsible business to our programmes in global inclusion and youth education. Today, we see it reflected so clearly in all our finalists.”
Now in its third year, the Global Climate Change Challenge continues to expand as a platform for young people to connect across borders. “It has brought forward extraordinary ideas, and even more importantly, it has built a community – a community that believes education and innovation can, together, accelerate the transition to a sustainable world,” says Jo Fawkes, Director of Global Inclusion and Youth Education at Oxford Saïd.
Students in the new EDHEC–King’s Business School double degree will split their studies between London and Lille, France, earning a joint BSc in International Business Analytics and Management that combines AI, data, and management.
EDHEC & KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL LAUNCH JOINT BSc IN AI AND BUSINESS ANALYTICS
EDHEC Business School in France and King’s Business School in the UK have launched a new joint undergraduate degree focused on data analytics and AI. The International Business Analytics and Management BSc is a four-year program taught entirely in English, offering students a double degree from both institutions.
Students will spend the first two years in London at King’s Business School, building foundations in business, management, and data analytics. The program’s first cohort begins its studies in London in September 2026.
In the program’s second half, students will move to EDHEC’s Lille campus in France where they can specialize in fields such as finance, strategy, or marketing. The degree includes a mandatory 10-month internship, split across the final two years, allowing students to apply classroom knowledge to real-world business challenges.
“This new programme, which is unique in Europe, marks a new stage in our long-standing partnership with King’s,” says Emmanuel Métais, dean of EDHEC. “It will enable students to acquire dual skills in data and artificial intelligence as well as management, while benefiting from the ecosystems, alumni networks, and exceptional campuses of both institutions.”
King’s Business School Executive Dean Stephen Bach agreed: “We are excited about bringing together two great schools and deepening our partnership with EDHEC. The programme addresses the great challenge of today: how to develop graduates who have the combined technical and human skills to analyse, shape and implement strategy effectively in an unpredictable global context.”
The dual BBA from Schulich and Esade Business Schools will allow students to study two years each in Canada and Spain. From left to right, Burkard Eberlein, BBA Program Director of Schulich School of Business, Detlev Zwick, dean of the Schulich School of Business, Joan Rodón, dean of Esade Business School and Pedro Aznar, Associate Dean of Degrees and Bachelors of Esade Business School.
SCHULICH & ESADE LAUNCH DUAL BBA IN TORONTO AND BARCELONA
Canada’s Schulich School of Business at York University and Spain’s Esade Business School have launched a new Dual Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree, enabling students to earn two business degrees in four years, one from each institution. Students will split their studies between Toronto and Barcelona.
The Esade–Schulich Dual BBA is designed to prepare globally minded students for leadership in a complex and interconnected economy.
“This dual degree marks an important step in expanding international opportunities for our undergraduate students,” says Detlev Zwick, Schulich’s dean. “It will provide globally minded students with the chance to study across two continents, gaining perspectives that will prepare them to lead in a diverse and complex global environment.”
Joan Rodon, dean of Esade, agreed: “Through this collaboration with Schulich, we reinforce our commitment to internationalization and to building connections with leading universities around the world. Students will share an academic experience that broadens their horizons, enhances their employability, and helps them develop the competencies needed to contribute to organizations and society.”
The collaboration builds on a partnership between Schulich and Esade that dates back to 1993 for graduate exchanges and 2002 for undergraduate programs.
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