International opportunities
EMBA and full-time MBA students entering a South African diamond mine.
Find out more about their visit
As a student on the Lancaster EMBA you'll have a number of opportunities within the programme to add to your experience of international business, and learn first-hand of some of the surrounding social and cultural issues.
International Business in Context
The International Business in Context* elective in Year 2 enables you to discover more about an emerging economy by taking part in an intensive study tour, hosted by one of our partner institutions.
The study tour runs for 7-10 days and offers a combination of lectures, reflection and company visits.
* This elective attracts an extra fee – for indicative costs, see the elective description
‘The open programme at Guanghua was a fantastic experience. The two weeks went towards changing your mind-set – it was like immersion.'
Jan Harper
Executive MBA, 2010
More about Jan's experience in Beijing
Doing Business in China
Also offered as one of the Year 2 electives is ‘Doing Business in China’, a two-week exchange programme hosted and taught by the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, the leading Chinese university.
This open programme attracts MBA students from around the world, and offers a mixture of lectures on the Chinese economy, history and culture, some basic Chinese language tuition and visits to local companies.
As with our other international exchanges below, selection for this programme is competitive. Fees for the programme itself are covered, but participants are responsible for travel and associated living costs.
Other international exchanges
Partnerships with other top business schools in Europe, Asia and Australasia mean that there is an extensive range of other international exchange programmes which are open to both full-time and EMBA students. These are generally longer programmes, however, ranging from three weeks to several months. In some cases the project phase is undertaken abroad.
For full details of current programmes see International Exchanges on the Full-time MBA site.
To enable you to plan ahead if you would like to take part, you will be given information on the options available, plus any costs involved, towards the end of Year 1.
