INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

When you come to the US for an MBA program, do you want a strong support network? At Notre Dame, you receive lifelong support—both on campus and after graduation—because you become part of our global alumni family.

Notre Dame attracts a large international student body. If you are one of our MBA students, you are part of a community that has a notable influence on the MBA program. We invite you to transform the way you think about American and global business and the way you think about yourself in the world.

Program advantages

• Learn from the largest American corporations: work on cases with employees of Boeing, IBM and Hewlett-Packard in the classroom

• Work around the world: US, Australia, Greece, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Thailand, Venezuela and elsewhere

• Work with top companies such as Intel, Dell, Sun Microsystems, Amoco Chemical Company, Johnson & Johnson International, Deloitte, Nissan, among others

• Get the most out of your time in the US: smaller MBA classes than our peer schools means you receive more attention from your instructors and can make it easier to work on projects in small student groups

• International reputation for top-quality academics, ethics, honor and social concern

• Increase earning potential while enriching professional connections

• Practice your English speaking and writing skills with the communication courses and case studies

• Students can study in Santiago, Chile; Brussels, Belgium; or Beijing, China

More Offerings

Career Preparation
You receive individualized attention from our placement staff because of our small program size. We offer special resources, workshops, and career panels specifically for international students:

• career counseling

• workshops on self-assessment, resume writing, interviewing, networking techniques, and job-search strategies

• brown-bag lunches and career panels to prepare you for choosing a career

Summer internships

• Get experience, make contacts, and test career goals

• We place nearly 100% of interested students in internships in the US and abroad

• About 20% of our students pursue international summer internships yearly—examples: Sintokogio, Ltd. in Japan; ESD Networks in Amsterdam;ABN Amro in Amsterdam; Citibank in Panama; Heinz in Argentina; Jumica in South Africa;

• Social responsibility interests are served through Students for Responsible Business

Emerging nations
Through the MBA Enterprise Corps, students spend one year working with start-up companies in developing countries, such as Bulgaria.

International student life: we make the transition easier for you. The University's Office of International Student Services and Activities offers

• Support, connections, and resources

• Newsletter specific to your concerns

• Activities ranging from trips to Chicago to social events for spouses

• Host family from your home country as a resource and mentor upon your arrival

• The MBA Association's committee for international student affairs attends to issues unique to international MBA students and their families

• A favorite social event is the international food festival, featuring native cuisine prepared by international students

• Our Culture Workshop for Two-Year Students is designed to
  • Enhance your writing, listening and speaking skills
  • Help you understand the cultural norms and expectations in the United States
  • Expose you to American teaching methods and common business practice

Belong to our global family

• You may find “community” in many schools, but the loyal community ND is known for is more like a global family

• One of the strongest alumni networks: almost 250 clubs worldwide; ND also operates campuses worldwide

• Alumni help students make contacts for jobs with present day business leaders

• Notre Dame has the most prominent presence in Ireland of any American university. The Keough Notre Dame Study Centre-Ireland engages in cooperative agreements with Trinity College, Dublin, and University College Dublin.

Look forward to

• Web courses you can take when you return to your home country (upon graduation)

• Keep in touch with your classmates with lifelong e-mail forwarding

• On-line discussion forums

• Bi-monthly graduate alumni e-newsletter

• Students keep in touch by organizing dinners and other social events in their respective home cities

Our Profile

• MBA students have come from 100 countries worldwide

• Students represent more than 170 undergraduate institutions in about 30 countries

• About one third of Notre Dame’s MBA students are international

• The program has fewer than 350 students

• As a university, we emphasize the importance of living in a global community and have the highest percentage of students participating in study abroad programs among research universities

Top Ten Languages Spoken by Notre Dame MBA Students (excluding English): Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, Turkish, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese and Thai

Home Countries Represented by MBA Students: Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, UK, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam

One-Year Program Class Profile (Class of 2006)

Total students: 58

GPA: 3.33

Female: 21%

Male: 79%

Married students: 31%

International: 17% 

Two-Year Program Class Profile (Class of 2007)

Total students: 122

GPA: 3.30

Female: 24%

Male: 76%

Married students: 27%

International: 30% 

Of Interest

MBA Association Committee:

• International Student Affairs

MBA Association Clubs:

• Asian MBA

• Black Graduates in Management

• Society of Hispanic MBAs

• Women in Business

Funding

• International students are not eligible for federal student aid.
• To be eligible for federal student aid, students must be a US citizen, permanent resident or eligible non-citizen.

What’s it like to be at Notre Dame?

Pablo Valencia, MBA ’05

Hometown: Guadalajara, Mexico
MBA Concentration: Corporate Finance & Marketing Consumer
Current Employer: Bayer HealthCare LLC

“When I was coming to Notre Dame I knew I was going to meet people from different countries, but instead of just people I found friends that I now consider part of my family. I never tough I was going to have so many things in common with people from Greece, Spain, Chile, India and of course the US. Getting to know them has been a wonderful experience”

Favorite spot on campus:

The View of the Golden Dome from the Main Quad: “Everyday I walked through the Main Quad on my way home from Mendoza and I was amazed by the dazzling and magnificent view, but I found it specially enchanting during the fall”

David Chow, MBA '06

Hometown: Hong Kong, China
MBA Concentration: Marketing
Current Employer: Microsoft Hong Kong

Life at ND:

There's this hard clay statue in the Dean's office that embodies my thoughts about life at ND.  It's a replica of a terracotta soldier from the tomb of the first Qin emperor of China.  Now, China is a major topic for any business discussion today, yet many supposed experts speak of it with only a superficial understanding as if the country was a foreign abstraction.  I'm happy to be here in Notre Dame where China is treated in tangible terms with many fellow students from the Mainland, an exchange program in Suzhou of the Jiangsu Province, and if all that wasn't concrete enough, there's this hard clay statue in the Dean's office.

Favorite place at ND:

The team rooms inside the business school.  These are the places where we work together, laugh together, achieving a better understanding of business and the world from one another.  The greatest moments in history took place in plain chambers where people simply got together and talked, not realizing they were destined for greatness.  I wonder if our discussions in these team rooms will be among them.

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