Educational Partners

As a Master of Science in International Marketing Management online program student, you will have the opportunity to take courses directly from our international partner universities located around the world. They include:

Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)

Modeled after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tec de Monterrey (ITESM) is one of Mexico's leading institutions for managerial training. The goals of the institution are to educate students who are committed to the social, economic, and political improvement of their communities.

Accreditation

In 2008, the graduate business school, EGADE, became one of the 34 business schools in the world to hold simultaneous accreditation of its programs by the AACSB of the United States, the Association of MBAs of the United Kingdom, and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).

Rankings

In 2008, Times Higher Education - QS ranked ITESM #328 worldwide in their World University Rankings, and in 2006, the Wall Street Journal ranked EGADE the 7th best business school outside the United States. The Beyond Grey Pinstripes report, conducted by the Aspen Institute, ranks ITESM’s graduate program #17 in the world.

Notable Alumni

• Carlos Gutierrez - U.S. Secretary of Commerce from February 2005-January 2009 and and former Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Kellogg Company.
• Lorenzo Zambrano - Chairman and CEO of CEMEX, one of the largest global building-materials companies in the world.
• José Antonio Fernández - Chairman and CEO of FEMSA Cerveja Brasil, the largest beverage company in Latin America.

University of Barcelona

Founded in 1450, the University of Barcelona is the oldest and largest university in the Catalonia region and boasts an annual student population of over 90,000. It is the principle academic institution promoting university research at a national level in Spain and has become one of the finest research institutions in Europe, in terms of both the number and quality of its research programs.

Accreditation

The University of Barcelona is recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Education as a degree-granting institution of higher learning.

Rankings

The University of Barcelona is the only Spanish institution ranked among the top 200 best universities in the World by the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings published by The Times and Quacquarelli Symonds in 2008. In addition, the University of Barcelona has been ranked the 167th best university by the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2008.

Notable Alumni

• Claudine Schneider - Former Republican U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, the first and to date only woman elected to Congress from Rhode Island, and Founder of the Rhode Island Committee on Energy in 1973.
• Valentin Fuster - Spanish cardiologist, the only cardiologist to receive major research awards from four of the top cardiovascular organizations, and named by New York Magazine as one of the year’s “11 medical marvels” in 2006.
• Eudald Carbonell i Roura - Spanish archaeologist, anthropologist and paleonthologist, Professor at the University of Rovira and Virgili in Tarragona. His findings include the discovery of Homo antecessor and the well-preserved remains of Homo heidelbergensis.

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