THE ALBERTA MBA SPECIALIZATION
IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Why InternatIonal BusIness?
Globalization is today and tomorrow’s reality:
money and ideas move around the world at the
speed of light. Fortunes are made or lost in the
time it takes to make a dozen computer clicks.
Welcome to the 21st Century.
The world has changed. Massive increases in
the amount of international trade (imports and
exports), foreign direct investment, the growth
in multinational companies, and international
financial transactions have raised the stakes
even higher.
Innovative, aggressive, critical-thinking,
MBA Students on China Study tour
problem-solving managers able to compete
successfully in this international marketplace
will command the marketplace. An Alberta
MBA with the International Business “The global ecomony is about to
specialization will equip you with these skills.
see a war for talent as companies
GloBalIzatIon ChallenGes scramble to find managers able
Doing business in the global marketplace
to do business internationally”
challenges managers to widen their
perspectives and learn new approaches. CNN, August 2006
Differences in language, culture, and law mean
that business managers must have a specialized
tool kit to tackle these issues. The International
Business specialization will challenge you.
You will be able to do business across national
boundaries. You will work with your peers and
BARRY
PhD Cambridge
world-class professors to earn the critical-
thinking skills you need to make sound SCHOLNICK
business decisions in any marketplace. Director of International
Business Specialization
Canadian business managers face unique
“Because of the massive
Canadian challenges. Canada is a very
increase in Globalization,
globalized economy; exports of goods and many companies are
services account for more than 40% of desperate to recruit
Canada’s national production. Canadians managers who have both
thus face significant risks, but also wonderful MBA training as well as
significant international
opportunities when doing International
business skills.”
Business. The Alberta IB MBA makes it happen.
opportunItIes for MBa IB students
Our School has strong university and business
partnerships in a range of countries, and ways
to fit both formal and non-formal study abroad
into your MBA studies. We challenge all our
students to select and shape these international
opportunities into an integral part of your MBA
program.
ALEXANDER
MBA 1993
BATCHVAROV for More InforMatIon
Head of International Structured Finance Research, aBout alBerta MBa
Merrill Lynch, London, England.
proGraMs, Go to:
“The Alberta MBA gave me a North American education,
combining both theory and practice, which served as a strong WWW.MBa.net
foundation for my future career in the USA, Asia and Western
Europe”
douBle deGree (dd) InternatIonal Our School’s wide range of exchange
MBa proGraM partnerships also allows you many customized
The Double Degree Program is a special options. Timing of out-of-Canada study, for
arrangement between the University of Alberta example, can involve you in summertime
and a trio of selected higher-level business coursework abroad. An on-the-job internship
schools in France and Mexico. Students who is an option of some of our exchanges. Most
want to study in France but receive their U of A students straightforwardly swap
instruction in English can do so. Students one term of studies in Edmonton for a
already fluent in French receive an ideal term of similar duration abroad. However,
immersion in international business abroad by planning with the MBA advisor, you can
while, those proficient in Spanish get the arrange for up to 18 credits from abroad to
same at Tec de Monterrey in Guadalajara. count towards your second year MBA
MARIA
MBA 2002
Arguably, among all of our exchange program requirements.
options Double Degrees yield the highest
return for studying abroad. After completing InternatIonal BusIness LIANG
the first year of your MBA at the University – Courses avaIlaBle Senior Manager, Tax and
Business Advisory Services,
of Alberta, you can, by fulfilling second While not exhaustive, the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA
year program requirements at both of the following list provides a strong Ltd. , Suzhou, China
partnered universities, obtain Masters degrees sampling of courses available “The Alberta MBA helped
from the institutions of both countries. For to you while pursuing the me think in a wider frame
professional access to the EU, the advantages International Business of mind, communicate
of a full French degree are obvious. Similarly, Specialization effectively, and build my
as Canadian trade within NAFTA extends (* Required Course) leadership skills. Without
southward, the rising value of professional the Alberta MBA I would
accreditation in Mexico is assured. • International Business*
not be leading a team of
• The Global Business
70 people.”
Environment*
InternatIonal BusIness sChool
• International Business Law
exChanGes
• Asian Economics, Business, and
For an individual student, an exchange will
Management
involve trading some of the benefits of home-
• International Study Tour
school familiarity for the in-context rewards
• International Finance
achieved from adapting to learning abroad.
• International Marketing
At all of our partnered universities you enjoy
• Managing the Workforce:
tuition fees parity. Your fees for a term or a year
International Perspective
at such renowned schools as EDHEC in France
• Managing International Business
or ITESM in Mexico, will get adjusted to exactly
• International Family Enterprise
the same amount as you would pay here.
• Directed International Research
Project*