<p>what are the main differences between SGUS and EGL (sorry if this has already been posted)?</p>
<p>EGL requires far more classes and has a higher GPA requirement.</p>
<p>Similarities between EGL and SGUS:</p>
<p>Both require a high GPA (3.5 for SGUS, 3.6 for EGL) and end with you receiving a BSE and MSE in 5 years.</p>
<p>Differences:</p>
<p>EGL requires that you take 24 credits and also have 4th semester proficiency in a foreign language. These 24 credits are broken into 12 credits of “area studies” and 12 credits of business courses. The 12 credits of “area studies” must be in an area relevant to a foreign language.</p>
<p>EGL offers a guaranteed summer internship in a team with at least one MBA student through the Tauber Institute, there is no guaranteed internship with SGUS. These internships are very well-paid.</p>
<p>How do they guarantee an internship? Now, I imagine if you have a 3.6, you can be pretty assured of something, but how do they guarantee internships?</p>
<p>EGL has a guaranteed internship. Part of the program I guess. They pay pretty well too. They call them “Team Projects”, which I guess is technically correct, but it is part of the program. From what I understand you interview with all the participating companies for that year’s projects and you end up getting placed with one of them.</p>
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<p>[Team</a> Projects | Tauber Institute for Global Operations](<a href=“http://www.tauber.umich.edu/Program%20Details/teamprojects.htm]Team”>http://www.tauber.umich.edu/Program%20Details/teamprojects.htm)</p>
<p>You didn’t understand me. I’m asking how can the University guarantee internships?</p>
<p>Not quite sure. What I assume is that the Tauber Institute recruits companies that would like to participate specifically with their program. They need to make sure that they have enough companies to place students on. I am assuming that the companies need to sign a contract with the university stating that they will take on interns for a specific year.</p>
<p>I think this has led to some less than stellar opportunities as the program has grown.</p>
<p>At my last university, you needed to have a co-op in order to graduate, so the University definitely made sure that enough companies agreed to take co-op students.</p>