Thinking about a Part-Time MBA while continuing your career? Max Rafaat, an Engineering Manager and current Part-Time MBA student at ESMT Berlin, shares his experience of balancing work and study, building a powerful professional network, and assessing the return on his MBA investment. In this student Q&A, Max explains why he chose ESMT Berlin, what the workload is really like, and how the programme’s in-person experiences, international opportunities, and diverse cohort have supported his career goals. In this video: 00:00 Why an engineer chose to study management 00:16 Meet Max, Part-Time MBA student and Engineering Manager 00:50 Why he chose ESMT Berlin 01:59 What the workload is like 02:45 How Max assessed the MBA’s ROI 03:43 Networking opportunities at ESMT Berlin 05:40 How the MBA changed his professional network 06:26 Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) Week 07:19 International Field Seminar (IFS) 07:59 MBAT: the MBA Tournament #PartTimeMBA #MBA #ESMTBerlin #CareerDevelopment #Networking #WorkLifeBalance #Leadership #berlin ESMT Berlin is a leading global business school with its campus in the heart of Berlin. Founded by 25 global companies, ESMT offers master, MBA, and PhD programs, as well as executive education on its campus in Berlin, in locations around the world, online, and in online blended format. Focusing on leadership, innovation, and analytics, its diverse faculty publishes outstanding research in top academic journals. Additionally, the international business school provides an interdisciplinary platform for discourse between politics, business, and academia. ESMT is a non-profit private institution of higher education with the right to grant PhDs and is accredited by AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS, and ZEvA. It is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion across all its activities and communities. Connect with ESMT Berlin: Visit our website: https://esmt.berlin/ Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/esmt Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esmtberlin/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ESMTBerlin.org/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@esmtberlin