Globalization and technology have transformed the business world.
It’s beneficial to include an international business component in your college years to fully prepare you for the challenges and opportunities transformed by globalization and technology. At the School of Business, we encourage you to broaden your worldview through our robust student exchange programs, a weeklong study abroad program, or an International Business concentration.
Student Exchange
Spending a semester abroad as part of the undergraduate student exchange program at the School of Business is the best way to experience how different cultures, histories, and experiences shape business in other countries.
Choose from a wide selection of programs in over a hundred countries and immerse yourself in a new culture that will make a lasting difference in your personal and professional life.
As a Stevens student on an exchange program, you will:
Challenge your assumptions about learning and business in other countries.
Increase your openness to new opportunities.
Make friends for life as you live and study in a new country.
Reflect on how your own culture has shaped your understanding of the world.
Keep in mind:
You'll have to plan a course of study with your academic advisor, ideally a year before you plan to travel. Each partner university has courses equivalent to a Stevens required course, as well as classes that can fulfill elective or international business requirements. It is very important that you not take the Stevens courses if you plan to take the equivalent courses while abroad!
Semesters in some countries run on a different calendar than at Stevens. For these programs, it may be possible to return to the United States before the end of the semester abroad, to take your final exams here. Consult the Office of International Programs and your academic advisor before making travel plans.
You are advised to join an exchange program in your junior year. Students are ineligible to participate as freshmen or seniors, though they can take part in short study abroad programs.
To join an exchange program, you must be in good academic standing, have a GPA of at least 2.75, have completed at least one year of study at Stevens, and have no outstanding conduct issues.
To sign up for an exchange program, or to learn more about what's involved in spending a semester living in another country, contact the Office of International Programs.
