At US universities there is a large gap in business education between the undergraduate degree in business and the MBA programme taken by people generally in their late 20s. It is a gap Thunderbird School of Global Management filled with two masters programmes launched last year.

That gap, says Angel Cabrera, Thunderbird’s dean, “makes no sense”. He believes while there is an advantage to getting an MBA after having worked in business for several years, a course that students can take directly after their undergraduate programme can help shape their careers.