International MBA - Global Business and Sustainability

The International MBA Global Business & Sustainability offers participants from the BRIC area (Brazil, Russia, India, China) as well as Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa and Mediterranean Basin, including Italy, the unique opportunity to study in close contact with Italian and European companies interested in doing business in their countries of origin. Participants will gain the skills, knowledge and first hand experience that will make them ideal management candidates for those companies.

European and Italian companies interested in New Markets are directly involved in the planning, design and management of this course. The International MBA offers concrete opportunities for internship and job placement.

The International MBA is in English.

With the completion of your degree you will have gained:

• Leadership experience: by participating in a groundbreaking educational opportunity you will be positioned to become a reference point for your peers
• Multicultural fluency: year long exposure to the business practices of successful European companies will enhance your value in the job market at home and abroad
• "Made in Italy" experience: develop the competence to manage business, learning from the Italian excellence (fashion, design, SMEs, industry clusters)
• An international business network: obtain a formation that enables you to recognize and enter into valuable relationships that directly impact business development in your native country
• Sustainability vision: learn how to contribute to your country´s future with an understanding of commerce that integrates the economic, social and environmental impacts of business activities.

Italian and European business faces an ever mounting competitive challenge from emerging economies. Emerging economies seek a growing presence in established markets. The direct encounter that occurs in the person of the student between these two subjects enhances the possibility of a collaboration that can positively affect both the economic progress of new markets and the competitive stance of Italian and European business.

The International MBA prepares students to become:

• Managers in a company that has established or intends to establish a presence in their native country
• Managers in a company of their own country that is involved in business relationships in Euro-Mediterranean countries
• Entrepreneurs who create businesses in their native countries born out of relationships with Euro-Mediterranean companies.

Access to markets, access to sources of development capital, contact with market players directly interested in the students´ native countries, intercultural trust and understanding are all within reach of the student enrolled in the International MBA "New Markets and Euromed".

The International MBA program includes a 3 to 6 months Action Project.

The ALTIS network of companies, financial institutions, industry clusters and chambers of commerce allows for the structuring of an Action Project customized to the specific interests of each participant. In particular, students will be involved with Italian firms that are operating or are planning to operate in their native country.

The International MBA Director is Mario Molteni, Professor of Business Administration, Corporate Strategy and Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility at the Università Cattolica, Milan campus and Director of ALTIS.

Classes will be taught by professors from Italian and international universities as well as by experts professionals and managers and will include a wide variety of corporate testimonials.

The International MBA "New Markets and Euromed" is offered by ALTIS, the Postgraduate School Business & Society of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan Campus.

The following University partners contribute actively to the curriculum development and provide faculty and corporate contacts:

• The Loyola Institute of Business Administration (Chennai, India)
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
• Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China).

SCHOLARSHIPS
Full and partial academic scholarships may be awarded.

Deadline applications: 31 May

Start Date: September
Duration: 12 months
Frequency: Full Time International MBA

Venue: Milan, Italy

Promoter: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - ALTIS, postgraduate School Business & Society

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Ufficio Master
Via Carducci, 28/30 - 20123 Milano
Tel.: (+39) 02 7234 3860
Fax: (+39) 02 7234 5202

E-mail: master.universitari@unicatt.it