International
Learning Opportunities
No matter
how you define diversity, diversity of thought is the result
of bringing a broad range of perspectives into any community.
Approximately 28 percent of students in the Kellogg School’s
full-time program hail from outside the United States, and
the Kellogg community includes many domestic students who
have lived or worked abroad. A majority of faculty members
have studied or taught at universities outside the United
States, about one-quarter of the faculty were raised and educated
abroad.
Differing
perspectives in the classroom contribute to lively conversations
and debates that help students expand and refine their thinking
on a variety of topics. Connections forged internationally
allow Kellogg School scholars to share their research with
global leaders, and to benefit from the latest inter-national
research findings.
International
Business Major
The Kellogg
International Business major provides students with specialized
tools in finance, marketing, organizations, and management
strategy to help them understand the international dimensions
of business. The major supplies U.S.-based and international
students with frameworks that can be applied across different
countries and cultures. Some of the key courses for the major
include International Business Strategy, International Healthcare
Systems, International Marketing, International Finance, International
Business Strategy in Nonmarket Environments, Global Initiatives
in Management and Cross-Cultural Negotiation.
Global
Initiatives in Management
For many students, one of the highlights of the Kellogg School
experience is participation in the Kellogg School’s
unique Global
Initiatives in Management (GIM) program. Through GIM,
students learn about global business environments within a
flexible framework that combines traditional classroom learning
with structured research projects conducted abroad. Ten weeks
of classroom instruction are followed by an intensive two-week
field research excursion in the chosen country or countries.
While abroad, students meet with high-level government officials
and business executives to complete the research needed for
their final projects.
In 2006,
almost 400 students took part in GIM, conducting research
in Brazil, the European Union, China, Southeast Asia, and
other regions.
International
Business and Markets Research Center
The International
Business and Markets Research Center brings leading international
business scholars to campus to discuss the latest research
and promotes interaction among researchers at Northwestern
University. The center fulfills its mission of promoting research
through working papers, partnerships with researchers, and
conferences.
Global
Speakers and Visitors
The Kellogg School’s worldwide network of alumni and
corporate contacts gives students the opportunity to learn
from and interact with a variety of global leaders. Notable
guests to the school have included: Nandan Nilekani, CEO,
president and managing director, Infosys; Alvaro Diez de Medina,
the Uruguayan ambassador to the United States; Yoram Dinstein,
president of Tel Aviv University; Ion Diaconescu, president
of the Romanian parliament; Asda Jayanama, Thailand’s
ambassador to the United Nations; Peter Augustsson, CEO of
SKF Group in Sweden; Yongji Duan, CEO of Stone Group Co. in
China; Omar Carneiro, president of AT&T Brazil; and Leticia
Costa, vice president for Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.-Brazil.
International
Clubs
Clubs with an international focus are among the most popular
organizations at the Kellogg School, reflecting a strong interest
in international business. Students join the African Business
Club, Canadian Club, Latin American, Hispanic & Iberian
Management Association, India Business Club and many international
clubs to meet people from their home countries, as well as
to learn more about different cultures. Clubs sponsor lectures,
symposia and social events. For a complete list of clubs,
visit
the online directory.
Languages
While expertise in more than one language is not required
for the International Business major, students are encouraged
to develop their language proficiency. Berlitz foreign language
classes are offered each quarter, many designed to fit the
needs of students participating in exchange programs. In addition,
each GIM course includes some introductory language training
to make communication easier as students conduct research
projects.
Alliances
International alliances are a means of sharing knowledge about
business education and international business, and promoting
cooperation between business schools and their faculties.
The Kellogg
School maintains active alliances with the Guanghua School
of Management in China; the Indian School of Business; the
Sasin Graduate School of Business Administration in Thailand;
Keio Business School at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan; and
the Solvay Business School at the University of Brussels in
Belgium.
Student
Exchange Programs
Student exchange programs provide a chance to study best business
practices in other parts of the world, as well as the chance
for cultural and language immersion. Students may choose to
participate in the Kellogg School’s student exchange
programs in one of 17 countries. The programs also are popular
with students considering careers in international business.
Students spend a quarter — usually the first quarter
of the second year — studying at one of these institutions.
Applications are accepted in January of the first year of
study.
Executive
MBA Programs
The Kellogg
School Executive MBA (EMBA) Programs are designed for
mid-level executives around the world. In addition to our
programs in Chicago and Miami, which serve the Southeastern
United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, Kellogg has
EMBA programs based at WHU-Otto Beisheim Graduate School in
Vallendar, Germany; the School of Business and Management
at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China;
the Leon Recanati Graduate School of Management at Tel Aviv
University in Israel; and the Schulich School of Business
at York University in Toronto, Canada. Classes are taught
jointly by Kellogg faculty and the host school’s faculty.
These
joint-degree programs provide Kellogg faculty with the opportunity
to expand their understanding of other cultures and to bring
that knowledge back to the classroom for all MBA programs.
Exchange
Programs
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