STUDY ABROAD
TAIWAN
FACULTY LED STUDY ABROAD TRIPS
SITE VISITS: Taipei Stock Exchange, Giant Bicycles, ASUS, and HTC. STUDENT EXPERIENCE: Met students from Tamkang University and National Taiwan Normal University and sat in on lectures.
JAPAN
SITE VISITS: Okinaya Sohonpo, a 6th Generation family owned Japenese sweets maker, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Ohmi-cho Fish Market, Textiles Plant, and Grand Sumo Tournament. STUDENT EXPERIENCE: Students met people from the mountain village of Hida-Osaka and visited with a local potter and stained glass artist to talk about how art related to entrepreneurship.
CHINA
SITE VISITS: Great Wall, Forbidden City, Beihai Park, Summer Palace, HuTong tour on tricycles, NIO Auto Company, Local pharmaceutical company, and local markets. STUDENT EXPERIENCE: Students travelled to different markets where they were surprised to see how some brands were positioned very differently in China as compared to the US.
INDIA
SITE VISITS: Northern India, Delhi, and the Taj Mahal STUDENT EXPERIENCE: Students experienced the business, innovation, and society of India. Scholarships available You recieve UM-Flint credit for the program Programs are typically 2 weeks or shorter Programs generally take place during the spring or summer terms
Dr. Shichun (Alex) Xu Associate Professor of Marketing it comes to learning “When about a culture, experiencing
and living in that cultural environment is much more effective than textbooks and lectures. Through interactions with local people and observing their conducts and behaviors, students get a much deeper understanding of how cultural values shape people’s daily lives.
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Questions? Visit umflint.edu/som/study-abroad or contact Greg Laurence at glaurenc@umich.edu