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
EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
Hasselt, Belguim Hasselt Univeristy (HU) Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb School of Economics and Management Dijon, France Burgundy School of Business (BSB)
Warsaw, Poland Kozminski University (KU) Iasi, Romania Alexandre Ioan Cuza University (AICU)
Montpellier, France Montpellier Business School (MBS)
Ljubljana, Slovenia The University of Ljubljana Fac. of Economics
Wuppertal, Germany Univeristy of Wuppertal
Bucharest, Romania Romanian - American University
Lima, Peru Universidad ESAN
Barcelona, Spain University of Barcelona
Breda, Netherlands Avans University of Applied Sciences Scholarships available
Gothenburg, Sweden University of Gothenburg Semester long experience
Ben Molter BBA ‘20 in International Business and Marketing Exchange Student in Germany, Summer ‘19 that I took away from that summer “Something was that you should travel often and make as
many connections as you can. Meeting and talking to people while traveling to different countries allows you to learn about the culture and history of each country.
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International credits count toward UM degree
Questions? Visit GoAbroad.umflint.edu or contact StudyAbroad@umich.edu