<p>Anyone know some of the best programs out there for international business?</p>
<p>University of phoenix</p>
<p>^Top university for international business… lol</p>
<p>If you want to major in international business, the best ones I know that offer that are in the UK. You should check out unis like Warwick, King’s, Bristol, Durham, Nottingham or LSE.</p>
<p>Generally “international business” is considered a silly major. The idea is that you should learn something more clearly defined and then once you have experience a few years down the road someone might actually think you are valuable enough to pay for your overseas air fare to do things. If you want to negotiate a contract for some kind of international trade, you don’t ask an “international business” major, you ask a lawyer. If you want to deal with complicated issues such as transfer pricing between subsidiaries in two countries, you ask an accountant, an economist, or once again a lawyer. Probably you ask all 3 of them. You don’t ask an international business major. </p>
<p>Get a recognized major, get a real job with the chance for international exposure, and apply to INSEAD for your MBA(google it). You will be very well positioned for international work after that.</p>
<p>or thunderbird, as one alternative to insead</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s a silly major. International business isn’t always about traveling abroad and doing things overseas. It could be able understanding cultures in a global business economy–where a company might adjust policies to accommodate the changing environment.</p>
<p>Anyway, what do you guys think of NYU’s and UMich’s international business programs?</p>
<p>“I don’t think it’s a silly major”</p>
<p>It is. There is NOTHING an international business major can do that the other business degrees cannot. </p>
<p>“International business isn’t always about traveling abroad and doing things overseas”</p>
<p>This is exactly what the programs prepare you to do. The program at my alma mater suggests doing internships abroad for at least 2 summers and 1 spring.</p>
<p>“It could be able understanding cultures in a global business economy–where a company might adjust policies to accommodate the changing environment.”</p>
<p>Give me a currency calculator and a translator (if that) and I’ll be good to go. As an international business major, you’d miss strong upper level classes that go along with MIS, Accounting, Finance, etc. and you gain a few language classes.</p>
<p>“Anyway, what do you guys think of NYU’s and UMich’s international business programs?”</p>
<p>Even at these schools where the business programs are top notch…guess what the weakest concentration would be? Int. Business.</p>
<p>It’s a silly degree. That’s that. Major in Finance and take international finance classes and learn a language of an area that interests you. A friend of mine majored in Supply Chain Management and is fluent in Mandarin, he’s doing very well working for a scrap metal trader coordinating shipments.</p>
<p>“It could be able understanding cultures in a global business economy–where a company might adjust policies to accommodate the changing environment.”</p>
<p>Understanding what cultures exactly? Why not find a student from those cultures who already knows China/India/whatever because he’s from China/India/Whatever, AND spent the last 4 years gaining advanced knowledge about Finance/Accounting/Supply Chain Management/whatever. </p>
<p>Besides, even then, they’re not going to be hiring entry level college grads to tell them how they need to adjust their policies.</p>
<p>JonahRubin speaks the truth.</p>
<p>He’s 100% correct.</p>
<p>That’s true. But my interests lie further in international studies than they do in business. But I’d like a practical use to my international studies, so I’ve chosen to pair it with business.</p>
<p>Just as long as you realize it is unlikely you will find a “good” first job (and i’m not even talking about an “elite” first job on the calibre of management consulting, investment banking, etc…i’m just talking about an above-average job). If the economy is still like this when you graduate, you will likely struggle to get a halfway decent job at all. If your primary goal is to enjoy your academics in college, and not getting a job, there is nothing wrong with that if that is your choice. And even if you or your family do not have the financial resources to support you after college until you find a good job, as long as living in a tough financial situation doesn’t bother you, then that doesn’t matter either. Not everyone goes to college to make a bunch of money afterwards. Just know what you’re getting yourself into.</p>
<p>Guys is it really that bad? Even, let’s say, if I go to one of the best business schools for it?</p>
<p>Maybe if you went to an elite business school like Wharton (who btw is also ranked highly in international business, according to US News anyway) you would be fine. But if you go to a university that has a “highly ranked” International Business department, but the overall business school itself is not among the elite, then you are likely to be in just as much trouble when it comes to job prospects after college.</p>
<p>Of course, even if you go to an elite business college, then it will be even more important for an International Business degree that you graduate with a high GPA, internship(s), and good extracurricular activities.</p>
<p>P.S.
I would answer the original question if I knew anything about International Business schools, but I don’t. All I can do is point you to US News rankings’ undergraduate international business category. But US News rankings don’t always match employers’ ideas about school rankings (which is the very reason that US News specialty rankings are not as important as the core business school rankings).</p>
<p>Right, I understand. The business schools I am considering for now have (at least, I’m under this presumption) great renown for their business education.</p>
<p>Wharton (possibly) @ Penn
Ross @ Mich
Haas @ Berkeley
Stern @ NYU
and possibly the business school at USC, but I’m still thinking about that.</p>
<p>Penn, Mich, Berkeley, and NYU definitely have business renown and will definitely be useful in getting a good business job</p>
<p>wharton does have the huntsman program in international studies and business (joint with the college of arts & sciences)</p>
<p>Yes, I am most likely doing Huntsman ED, but I’m not sure if i want a rejection from Huntsman to defer to the college or to Wharton. (But most likely, I’m going to lean towards the college.)</p>
<p>bump
By the way, I am no longer applying to Ross @ Mich.</p>
<p>Actually the best for international business is University of South Carolina.
They have a super hard program for undergrand in which they accept only I believe 20 students for a specializiation in Hong Kong with a combination of IB and another business major.</p>
<p>but the problem is the general university doesnt have as much of a renowned reputation than do schools like Penn, NYU, Cal</p>