International Business MBA... Howard Univ. or FIU

[adelito]

IF Brazil is your target, why limit yourself geographically to the US? Why not an MBA from a quality Brazilian or South American program? If you are going to be a global MBA you need to start thinking out of the box. You can get it done in 1 year and save tuition and housing costs that way and are out of the job market for 1 year instead of 2...

[GoHokiesGo]

Originally Posted by Finger Laker

Thunderbird - or at least see which program has a design similar to theirs

Thunderbird came to mind for me too when you mentioned that you are targeting markets in Brazil.

I met a current Thunderbird student a few weeks ago and had a nice discussion with him about their program (he saw my GMAT book and started talking about his MBA experiences). He spent a full semester studying in Brazil and is back there again now working on some projects through people he met. He was able to learn a lot about their culture and network with several local Brazilian business people. It sounded like Thunderbird was heavily networked with South American and Latin American markets, which may make it a good option for you.


And I agree with the last poster as other alternatives - if you want to work somewhere outside the US - there are several non-US schools that will have much better networking opportunities internationally and it only takes 1-year to complete your MBA with most of the international business schools.

[Finger Laker]

Only problem is that thunderbird is one of the top international MBA schools you can find and has the price tag to match

It really is a global program though that is networked very well - part of the curriculum is study abroad and you need to be 2nd language proficient to graduate

They have a distance learning MBA that focuses on Latin America ... here is a link to the curriculum - very solid and thought out path

Curriculum - Thunderbird School of Global Management

[Finger Laker]

Also, one thing to note and I'm sure it's something you already know if brazil is your target - but when looking at foreign language and some of these programs, while spanish is great for the majority of latin america and it won't hurt you in brazil - you will need to pick up portuguese in brazil as it's their official language