Global Business at Georgetown McDonough

The Global Business Experience

Georgetown McDonough provides all students the opportunity to travel abroad to consult either within an industry or with specific Fortune 500 companies. The program is required of all graduate students and is an elective for undergraduates. Working in small teams, students partner with executives from different organizations to address complex business challenges.

• Undergraduate students present consulting findings to global pet care company based in Spain
• Ghanaian Agritech Firm Shares Feedback on Expansion Strategy Developed by MBA students
• Executive MBA students present Capstone project on the Syrian refugee crisis
• Executive Master’s in Leadership students promote recycling in South Africa

* Additionally, through career treks MBA students travel domestically and internationally to network and learn about specifics industries. Recent locations include Mexico, Tanzania, and Tel Aviv.

Partnership with the Walsh School of Foreign Service

Georgetown McDonough has partnered with the Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS), Georgetown’s premier school of international affairs, to train students for work at the intersection of international public and private sector activities. Our undergraduate students can take advantage of the B.S. in Business and Global Affairs and the Global Business Fellows program, whereas MBA students can pursue a certificate in International Business Diplomacy. 

• Bachelor of Science in Business and Global Affairs
• Norwegian Ambassador Discusses Norway’s Economy and International Role at Global Business Fellows’ Reception
• International Business Diplomacy Certificate expands to Evening MBA program
• Georgetown launches M.A. in International Business and Policy

Partnerships with Universities Worldwide

Undergraduate students have access to signature global programs that allow them to further their global experience while completing two business courses in prestigious institutions such as ESADE, Oxford University, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Full-time MBA students also can choose from semester abroad programs at the London Business School, Beijing International MBA, HEC Paris, ESADE Business School, and IAE Business School.

Georgetown McDonough also has partnered with Effat University, the first private institution of higher education for women in Saudi Arabia.

Meaningful Engagements with the D.C. Community

Georgetown McDonough aims to strengthen the nexus between the international organizations based in D.C. and our student community. We nurture these relationships by providing consulting opportunities to students and through signature events held on our campus or at the host organization’s venue.

• New design thinking course focuses on “glocal” community 
• MBA students participate in IFC consulting program
• Spanish Ambassador speaks on global business to students
• MBA Program launches Certificate in Nonmarket Strategy (new window)

Hoyas for Others

The Global Social Internship Program (GSIP) enables undergraduate students to develop transformative leadership skills related to nonprofit and socially focused enterprises. Our MBA students also are increasingly partaking in a community project at the end of their Global Business Experience residency week.

• MBA students volunteer at a local school in Colombia
• Social Internship Program for undergraduates expands to China
• Evening MBA students work on a service project in Peru
• Executive MBA students open orphanage in Ethiopia