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Join the Specialists in International Business

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In Pursuit of Excellence

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Experience the Crossroads of The Americas

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Program Curriculum

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Master’s Project: Putting It All Together

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A World of Opportunities

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Relevance through Research

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Your Success is Our Success

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The Admissions Process

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About Us

JOIN THE SPECIALISTS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS A traditional business education is no longer enough to navigate confidently in today’s global marketplace. Succeeding in the current business environment requires going the extra mile. Refining your focus. Delving deeper.

Welcome to Florida International University’s Master of International Business program.

We are the only university in Florida that has achieved national acclaim for both our undergraduate and graduate programs in international business. U.S.News & World Report, BusinessWeek, Hispanic Business and AméricaEconomía have all recognized the quality of our innovative programs and noted our growing reputation for preparing leaders with international expertise.

Our MIB presents a unique opportunity for people who already possess a significant business background to obtain a specialization in international business from one of the nation’s premier experts in the field. You’ll learn from and collaborate with some of today’s most vibrant minds in higher education and business while living in one of the world’s great international cities. FIU takes advantage of ever ything our location in a thriving metropolitan area has to offer. Now you can, too.

Joyce J. Elam Executive Dean College of Business Administration 1

IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE The MIB is designed for individuals with a strong business orientation (a bachelor’s or master’s degree in business or a related field and/or significant work experience in the field) who wish to deepen their understanding of international business practices and opportunities. This specialized degree focuses on the key skills, behaviors, and techniques critical to understanding and succeeding in today’s global environment.

Our Master of International Business program is flexible, allowing you to pursue an advanced degree that’s compatible with your work schedule and family commitments. You can enroll either full-time or part-time, and you can enter the program at the start of any semester. You also have the option of completing the MIB as part of a Dual Degree program with one of our partner schools in The Americas, Europe, or Asia (see pages 10-11).

We offer joint degree programs with the Master of Science in Finance (MSF) and with the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program within the FIU Chapman Graduate School of Business, as well as with the FIU Law School (JD). Under the joint degree programs, a student can obtain both degrees in less time than it would take to obtain both degrees if pursued consecutively.

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Growing Recognition You’ll be proud to study at FIU’s prestigious Chapman Graduate School of Business. Ours is the only Florida business school included in U.S.News & World Report’s rankings of the top 25 master’s programs with an international business focus.

Our College of Business Administration is ranked among the top 15 percent of accredited business schools in the United States, according to BusinessWeek. And Fortune Small Business recently named FIU one of “10 Cool Colleges for Entrepreneurs” in the country.

lations. The result is a dynamic teaching and learning environment for faculty and students alike. It’s a setting that fosters interaction, fresh insights, and lasting knowledge.

There are plenty of opportunities for you to tailor the program to your particular interests. We offer a Dual Degree program where you can earn a second master’s degree at one of our partner institutions, an International Business Trip, and a Master’s Project in which you will serve as a consultant to an international company – all geared to add more value to your experience.

One Class, Many Cultures

In keeping with our emphasis on personal attention, class sizes are kept small, creating an ideal environment for student-faculty interaction and for individual attention in career planning and related services. This open communication between students and faculty enhances your overall educational experience and provides you with continuous support.

You’ll find your classmates in the MIB program reflect the imagination and diversity of the global community. The average age of our MIB student is 27, and approximately 42 percent of our candidates are women. In the last 3 years alone, more than 30 countries were represented in FIU’s Master of International Business classes.

Contemporary Curriculum

As a student in the program, you’ll be encouraged

Our program’s international and multicultural perspectives infuse all coursework. In addition to the traditional classroom lectures and presentations by faculty and guest speakers, you’ll participate in case studies, team research projects, and analytical exercises; get involved in class discussions, study groups, and written and oral presentations; and take an active part in computer modeling and analyses, role playing, and global corporate simu-

to add your own unique voice to classroom discussions and projects. It is all part of your experiential learning that transcends textbooks and lectures.

I had the chance to customize the program more or less as I wished, and to study the topics that were important to me.

All of the theoretical training is applied to the real world, I found that to be very useful.

I was lacking international experience, and the idea of coming to Miami and focusing my education on international business was the main factor in knowing I made the right choice.

Piero Vitale (MIB 2009) Country of Origin: Italy 3

EXPERIENCE THE CROSSROADS OF THE AMERICAS

The Miami community is as colorful as its cultural mix. An urban metropolis bordered by white-sand beaches and a unique environmental preserve, Miami is a city of great contrasts and cultural exchange.

Ever the boomtown, Miami bridges the gap between North America, the Caribbean, Central and South America, as well as other parts of the world.

This geographic advantage has positioned Miami as an international hub for national and multinational firms in pursuit of international business.

Technology, international commerce and banking, travel and tourism, and entrepreneurship all flourish in this dynamic environment.

One of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities becomes your extended learning arena when you join the Master of International Business program at Florida International University.

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Did you know?

• Miami-Dade County is home to more than 1,000 multinational companies.

• 825 miles of sandy beaches ring Florida’s coastline.

• 146 languages are spoken in South Florida.

• Miami ranks among the top 25 cities “to do business in America,” according to Inc. Magazine.

• South Florida is home to four professional sports teams – the Miami Dolphins (football), the Florida Marlins (baseball), the Miami Heat (basketball), and the Florida Panthers (hockey).

• Miami features the largest concentration of international banks south of New York City.

• Miami is the 5th largest telecom hub in the world.

An important aspect of the program is the fact that you get to know perspectives from different cultures, and you get to learn how other cultures do business.

One of the greatest strengths is that you get a well-rounded view of how business works.

I think one of the program’s greatest strengths is the diversity it offers. I had classmates from all over the world and that really attracted me to the program.

Sandra Hoefurthner (MIB 2010) Country of Origin: Austria 5

PROGRAM CURRICULUM The MIB consists of 36 credit hours of coursework – 10 courses of three-credit hours each, one three-credit hour elective, and a three-credit hour seminar course.

The program is designed to be taken as a series of courses – mostly without a specific sequence – offering optimum flexibility.

Two workshops are required of all incoming students; one in Accounting and one in Data Analysis.

Master of International Business program core courses include: One of the strengths of the program is the collaboration of business professionals who provide hands-on, real business cases to the students.

I would recommend the program to any student with an international interest, and by attending FIU, you have access to a multi-cultural environment with high-quality courses.

Javier Climent

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Seminar Course Introduction to International Business (Must be taken at the beginning of the program)

This is a three-part series seminar which includes the following topics:

• Introduction to International Business: You will gain a broad perspective of what it means to do business in today’s global economy.

• Current Events: Explore an array of current issues that affect international business through discussions with experts and invited speakers, including senior executives from global companies.

• International Entrepreneurship: Explore the realm of new venture initiation and be challenged to think in entrepreneurial terms by presenting a new international business idea.

Core Courses International Business Envionment: (Pre-requisite to International Business Policy) Examine the environmental variables that impact the conduct of business across borders. You’ll study both economic and social-political analyses in terms of how they affect and shape the conduct of internatonal trade and investment.

International Business Law: Consider the legal environment and regulatory problems facing international business and multinational corporations. You’ll gain an understanding of international regulatory institutions and the framework of international trade and investment law, as well as antitrust law, regulations of technical transfers, securities law, and intellectual property and contracts.

International Management: Explore the managerial practices and functions that characterize successful international corporations. You’ll analyze issues dealing with organizational structure, planning and budgeting systems, management development and human resources, ethics, cross-cultural issues, the applicability and adaptation of culture-bound policies, communications, and the management of multi-cultural teams.

International Business Policy: Learn what it takes to design and implement corporate strategies in a rapidly developing and changing world environment, where forecasting, planning, and contingency strategies are key to your success. The course is taught by the case method and stresses the environmental and institutional constraints on decision making within the organization.

International Accounting: Learn about accounting concepts and practices in different countries and the convergence of international accounting standards.

You’ll focus on the problems associated with accounting in multinational corporations, including the transfer of funds and income measurements, consolidation problems, transfer pricing, and issues of international mergers and acquisitions.

Global Financial Strategies: Gain an in-depth understanding of the international financial environment and the policies involved in managing the financial function in multinational corporations. You’ll examine the role of major multilateral financial institutions, international capital flows, international capital budgeting, and the management of financial risks in international markets.

Managing Global Production and Technology: Explore the management of technology and its relationship to the dynamics of globalization of production in both manufacturing and service industries. You’ll study the management of international supply chains, the coordination of manufacturing and service activities across geographies, and the role of international business process outsourcing.

International Marketing: Examine the role of marketing in the multinational organization. You’ll learn how to plan and execute multi-country marketing strategies, manage and control international marketing operations, and evaluate global customers.

International Human Resource Management: This course looks at decisions about how to recruit, train, compensate, and manage global employees. It looks at cross-cultural differences in values, and managing international assignments.

Master’s Project in International Business: (Must be taken in the final semester) This course, which you will take during your last semester, serves as a synthesis to the program. See page 8 for a broader description.

Elective Courses (choose one) International Entrepreneurship: Introduction to entrepreneurship in international contexts and its role in economic development.

Special Topics in International Business (as an option, it can be at a partner institution abroad).

Internship: Allows graduate students to work in jobs significantly related to their major area of study and career goals. This is supervised work with carefully designed and monitored work assignments. Specific placement must be approved by the faculty advisor prior to enrollment. Work performed on the current job cannot be used for internship credit.

Please note that the program as described throughout is typical but subject to change at any time.

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MASTER’S PROJECT: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

The Master’s Project –a highlight of the MIB program– gives you the invaluable opportunity to gain practical, hands-on experience in applying the concepts learned throughout the program.

Organized in multinational groups, you and your team members will be management consultants for a semester under the direction of a faculty member. You’ll be assigned to a company or non-profit organization that has agreed to participate in the program by contributing a current international strategic or operational issue that they are facing. After researching the problem and analyzing the data obtained, you will present your findings and recommendations to company executives at the end of the semester.

Some recent Master’s Projects have included: a location analysis for the Latin American operations of an information industry firm; a buy vs. lease recommendation for an entertainment industry company looking to expand their international footprint; a South Asian market entry strategy for a medical supplies company; a survey of business-to-business opportunities in South Florida for a European hospitality chain; and a benchmark study of centralized vs. decentralized organizational models of handling local and international operations for a supply chain management firm.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRIP

The Master of International Business at FIU gave me the opportunity to have one of the most unforgettable travel experiences of my life.

In Spring 2009, the MIB organized an amazing trip to DUBAI, the most populous of the seven United Arab Emirates, in order to enrich multicultural learning with important real practice. Dubai shows a lesson to the world: There are no impossibles...

We also visited some important companies and financial entities in order to study their business culture, vision, and work strategies.

Thank you, FIU, for getting us closer to other cultures in this vast world.

This multicultural learning will definitely result key in our professional development.

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Each year, students in the MIB program are invited to learn more about the global marketplace through par ticipation in the International Business Trip.

This 10-day excursion, designed to illustrate how business is done outside of the United States, features visits with executives from international corporations as well as cultural visits.

Recent trips have been to France, Italy, Spain, China, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Dubai.

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A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES As a leader in international business education, we offer you the chance to earn complementary business degrees in two countries through our network of distinguished partner schools. In a feature that is unique to our Dual Degree program, partner schools accept credits earned by students at both institutions and provide an integrated structure, allowing you to seamlessly transition and acquire a second degree. That makes the Dual Degree program faster and less expensive than pursuing two separate degrees sequentially.

Current Dual Degree Program Partner Schools: Argentina

IAE, Universidad Austral (Buenos Aires) UADE Business School (Buenos Aires) Universidad Católica de Córdoba

Brazil

COPPEAD Graduate School of Business, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Chile

Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Santiago) Universidad de Chile (Santiago)

In the program, you’ll gain a deeper exposure to international business by living and studying in a different culture and business environment for at least 8-9 months.

Additionally, you’ll gain access to two networks of business contacts and colleagues and exposure to two sets of potential employers.

China

If you’re a student from a partner school, you would typically complete one year toward your MBA degree at your home institution first and then attend the MIB program at the Chapman School for two semesters to complete both degrees. If you are a Chapman School student, you would begin your studies in our MIB program and then transfer to a partner institution to complete your requirements for their MBA degree.

Costa Rica

International students participating in the program at FIU have the option of applying for a 12-month Optional Practical Training (OPT) at a U.S.-based corporation once they have earned their dual degrees.

Qingdao University Shandong Economic University (Jinan)

Colombia

Universidad de los Andes (Bogota) Universidad del Norte (Barranquilla)

INCAE (San Jose)

France

EDHEC Business School (Nice and Lille) Sup de Co Montpellier Business School ESC Clermont Graduate School of Management

Germany

Leipzig Graduate School of Management Munich Business School

Greece

ALBA Graduate Business School (Athens)

Hungary

CEU Business School (Budapest) 10

India

Guru Gobind Indraprastha University (Delhi) Uttar Pradesh Technical University (Lucknow) Park Global School of Business Excellence (Chennai)

Italy

ALMA Graduate School, Universita di Bologna MIP School of Management, Politecnico di Milano

Mexico

EGADE, Tecnológico de Monterrey ITAM (Mexico City) Universidad Anáhuac (Mexico City)

Peru

Universidad ESAN (Lima)

Portugal

ISCTE Business School, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

Puerto Rico

Universidad de Puerto Rico (San Juan)

Spain

ESIC Business & Marketing School (Madrid)

Trinidad and Tobago

Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, University of West Indies (Port of Spain)

Uruguay

Universidad ORT (Montevideo)

Venezuela

IESA (Caracas)

Additional partnerships are currently under development. For the most up-to-date list of partner institutions, please visit mib.fiu.edu.

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RELEVANCE THROUGH RESEARCH At the heart of our Master of International Business program is FIU’s prestigious faculty. You can expect to be enlightened by our faculty’s depth of knowledge and richness of background. Florida International University has some of the best business scholars in the nation, and it is the finest among this elite group who teach in the MIB program.

Constance Bates (DBA, Indiana University) teaches International Management. Her areas of expertise include creativity, innovation, and international business.

Wendy Gelman (JD, University of Miami) teaches International Business Law. Her areas of expertise include business law; international business law; estate planning; income, estate, and employment tax; and online learning.

Jerry Haar (PhD, Columbia University) teaches the Current Events Seminar. His areas of expertise include multinational corporate strategy; regional economic integration; business-government relations; entrepreneurship, innovation and competitiveness; and marketing in Latin American and U.S. Hispanic markets.

Sumit Kundu (PhD, Rutgers University) teaches International Business Policy. His areas of expertise include the internationalization of service industries, theories of multinational enterprise, global strategic alliances, and emerging multinationals.

Walfried Lassar (PhD, University of Southern California) teaches International Marketing. Dr. Lassar is an expert in marketing strategy in channels of distribution, new product management, and services marketing.

Tiger Li (PhD, Michigan State University) teaches International Marketing. His areas of expertise include international marketing; marketing management and strategy; and new product development and management.

Robert McGee (PhD, University of Warwick) teaches International Accounting. His areas of expertise include financial accounting; management accounting; international accounting; and taxation.

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William Newburry (PhD, New York University) teaches International Business Environment and Strategic Management. His areas of expertise include managing international subsidiaries and joint ventures; international environmental management; and employee attraction to global firms.

Ali Parhizgari (PhD, University of Maryland) teaches Global Financial Strategies. Dr. Parhizgari’s research focuses on global financial strategy, international finance, investment, corporate finance, and quantitative techniques. His many publications have appeared in numerous refereed journals.

Emmanuel Roussakis (PhD, Catholic University of Louvain) teaches Global Financial Strategies. His areas of expertise include commercial banking; international banking; and international finance/global financial strategy.

William Schneper (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) teaches International Business Environment. His areas of expertise include business policy and strategy; corporate governance; financial services industry; global strategy and alliances; and inter-firm cooperation and rivalry.

Jose de la Torre (DBA, Harvard University) teaches International Business Policy. His areas of expertise include international corporate strategy; joint ventures; management of inter-corporate alliances; multinational strategy; and organizational issues in global companies.

John Wrieden (JD, George Mason University School of Law) teaches International Business Law. He is a well-known expert in the legal environment of business, trade law, employment law and public policy.

YOUR SUCCESS IS OUR SUCCESS We recognize that your participation in the Master of International Business program is all about taking your career to the next level.

That’s why from the time you’re accepted into our program, our Career Management Services group works to help you gain the knowledge, skills, and savvy to be a competitive force in today’s challenging job market.

We provide extensive services so that you can be an active participant in the continuing development, evaluation, and implementation of your personal career plans. In fact, we can help you create a personal marketing plan.

Our workshops focus on topics such as writing resumes, preparing for and handling the job interview, developing job-search strategies, and effective networking. We also provide self-assessment tools, individual advising, resume referral, and help arranging on-campus interviews for internships and permanent positions. An internship may take the place of up to 3 elective credits.

Together we’ll get results. Recent graduates of the MIB program are employed by companies that include Global Trading Service Inc., Aetna, Avisena, Dassault Systems, American International Group, Master Staffing Inc. and Nokia.

The idea of having a specialized masters as something that sets me apart from other candidates that have an MBA really attracted me to the program.

The fact that the program is ranked among the top in the country made the program very enticing.

Business operates in an international context; being in a class with people from different backgrounds and perspectives really enhances the learning experience.

Jasmine Kannikal (MIB 2010) Country of origin: USA

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THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS

We consider candidates for admission to the MIB program on the basis of their individual applications. Since we strive to build a multi-faceted, close-knit learning community, we look at all applicants carefully before making our selections.

The basic requirements are outlined below: • A four-year bachelor’s degree in business or a related field (e.g., accounting but not economics) from an accredited college or university. Alternatively, one year completed of an accredited MBA program.

• A grade point average of 3.0 or better based on upper-division coursework.

• A minimum of two years of work experience in a management position, plus a strong interest in or previous experience in doing business internationally.

• Official GMAT or GRE scores.

• The TOEFL or IELTS exam. A comprehensive test of English language skills, is required of all applicants whose primary language is not English and who did not graduate from an English-speaking university.

NOTE: Admission requirements and application procedures are different for participants in the Dual Degree Program. Please contact the MIB office or visit our website for specific details.

In selecting participants for our MIB program, we take a holistic approach. In addition to the requirements listed above, the Admissions Committee considers the following: potential for significant growth; ability to do graduate work in business; ability to contribute to the study team and potential class participation; maturity and motivation; and ability and willingness to complete the program. If you have any questions regarding these requirements and/or whether or not you qualify for this program, please contact the MIB office at mib@fiu.edu or +1-305-348-3279.

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Application Procedure There’s no need to wait until you have gathered all of your materials together to apply.

We suggest that you submit your online application as soon as possible and the rest of the materials as you complete them.

Each applicant must submit the following: • A graduate online application at mib.fiu.edu • Official transcript(s) from every college/university attended in an envelope sealed by the degree-granting institution(s) • Official proof of degree (a copy of the original diploma) if the degree is not posted on the official transcript • Official test scores sent directly by the Educational Testing Service. When requesting that official scores be submitted, please refer to Florida International University institutional code 5206 • Updated resume of professional experience • Statement of purpose – A one-page essay describing your professional goals and reasons for pursuing a master’s degree at FIU. This essay may be substituted for the essay completed during the online application • A non-refundable $30 application fee, which you may either pay on-line with your application using a credit card, or mail in a check made payable to Florida International University Non-U.S. citizens and/or residents will be required to submit additional documentation in order to apply for a student visa. Please contact our office for a list of these requirements.

NOTE: If official transcripts are not in English, a second copy of the transcript must be requested from previously attended institutions for translation by an official translation agency. The official translation, as well as the requested official copy of the transcript,must be submitted.

Completed application packets should be sent to: Master of International Business Program Chapman Graduate School of Business Florida International University 11200 S.W. 8th Street – CBC 200 Miami, Florida 33199-0001 Telephone: +1-305-348-3279 Fax: +1-305-348-3497 E-mail: mib@fiu.edu We encourage applicants to submit their application packets early. Please refer to the MIB’s website at mib.fiu.edu for current deadlines.

Fees For the most current fee information, be sure to contact the program office or visit mib. fiu.edu. A non-refundable deposit is due upon acceptance into the program. The tuition balance is paid on a semester basis upon registration. Those who leave the program receive no refunds.

Because state law prohibits the university from extending credit, fee payment cannot be delayed beyond the start of classes or financed by the MIB program or the university. An exception to the advance payment policy will be made only for those program participants who have been granted financial aid by the university (scholarship, fellowship, loan) and granted a deferment.

If a participant expects to receive aid from other sources for all or part of the program fee but will not receive that aid in time to meet the advance payment deadline, he or she should arrange for financing through a bank or other financial institution to ensure that the program fee is paid on time.

Financial Aid & Scholarships We recommend that you begin thinking about your financial aid needs and options during the initial admissions process. Our Master of International Business program’s staff acts as a liaison between applicants and the FIU Financial Aid Office to facilitate the timely processing of financial assistance and loan applications. Scholarships are available for domestic and international students with outstanding credentials. We help applicants determine what scholarship or loan programs may be available and urge them to submit their application forms as early as possible.

Housing Housing is available on campus. For more specific information regarding on-campus housing opportunities, please call +1-305-348-4190 or visit the FIU Housing web site at housing.fiu.edu for more specific information.

Our staff is also available to help you explore off-campus housing opportunities.

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ABOUT US Florida International University (fiu.edu), one of Florida’s eleven state universities, is Miami’s largest university with more than 39,000 students, 1,000 full-time faculty and 139,000 alumni. The university is ranked as a Research University in the High Research Activity category of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s prestigious classification system. FIU is the youngest university to have been awarded a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most distinguished academic honor society.

The College of Business Administration (business.fiu.edu) is FIU’s largest professional college with close to 7,000 undergraduate students, 1,300 graduate students, 100 full-time faculty and 31,000 alumni. The college and its programs are accredited by the AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

At the Chapman Graduate School of Business (chapman.fiu.edu), in addition to the Master of International Business program described in this brochure, we offer an Executive MBA; International MBA; part-time MBAs in various formats and locations; specialized master’s programs in Finance, Management Information Systems, International Real Estate, Human Resource Management, Accounting, and Taxation; and a PhD in Business Administration.

Through our academic departments and research centers, the College of Business Administration also provides executive education, customized professional training and certificate programs, online learning programs, seminars, short courses and conferences, collaborative research, specialized study abroad, and graduate degree programs in other countries.

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The MIB program attracted me because international business is not an ad-hoc component; the entire program is concentrated on international business.

One of the main reasons why I chose the MIB is the diversity of the student body. In our program 90 to 95 percent were people who came from all over the world.

The FIU MIB program is incredibly strong academically. Despite all of my business experience, I have learned many new methodologies and ideas that I can apply to the international business arena.

The fact that Miami is the gateway to Latin America opens the door for students to do internships or work for multinational companies.

Maria Pradilla

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