Short-Term Study Away Programs

Short-Term Study Away Programs (STAPs) are the best way for students to exercise international mobility while at the GW School of Business (GWSB).

STAPs are taught by faculty from GW or one of GWSB’s international partner universities and are open to graduate students enrolled at GW as well as GW students in non-degree status (i.e., not currently pursuing a degree or certificate). Select undergraduates may participate in faculty-led programs if they meet admission standards set by STAP faculty. Offerings are designed to expose graduate students to diverse opportunities for global learning while at GWSB.

Available Short-Term Study Away Programs are listed below.

Latest News & Upcoming Deadlines

• Online application open: Monday, December 2, 2019
• Online application deadline: Friday, January 31, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EST
• STAP Information Session: Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. in Funger Hall 108 (Reception to follow)

Winter 2019-2020

Faculty-led Programs

• Taiwan | Global Business Project: The Business Impacts of Global Policy Changes on Taiwanese SMEs | 3 Credits
  Faculty: Nam Pham
• Washington, D.C. | Business & Society: Corporate Fraud and Corruption | 3 Credits
  Faculty: Dr. Kirsten E. Martin**
• Washington, D.C. | Business & Society: Cryptocurrency | 3 Credits
  Faculty: Prof. Bonnie Pierce**

Short-term Exchange Programs*

• Grenoble | Technology Management in a European Business Environment | Short-term Exchange with Grenoble Ecole de Management | 3 Credits

Spring 2020

Faculty-led Programs

• Rwanda | Global Business Project: Impact Investments in Rwanda | 3 Credits
  Faculty: Dr. Reid Click
• Spain | Innovation and Technology in Barcelona | 3 Credits
  Faculty: Dr. Mary Granger
• Arizona | The Business of Spring-Training Baseball | 3 Credits
  Faculty: Dr. Mark Hyman
• Washington, D.C. | Business & Society: Engaging Through Think-Tank and Business Organizations | 3 Credits**
  Faculty: Prof. Abdullah Akyuz

Short-term Exchange Programs*

• Denmark | Sustainability in Scandinavia | Short-term Exchange with Copenhagen Business School | 1.5 Credits
• France | Global Responsibility in the European Context | Short-term Exchange with Audencia Business School | 3 credits
• Mexico | Mexico as an Emerging Market | Short-term Exchange with IPADE Business School | 1.5 Credits

Summer 2020

Faculty-led Programs

• Japan | Behind the Scenes of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo | 3 Credits
  Faculty: Dr. Lisa Neirotti
• Kazakhstan | Global Business Project: Promoting Nature and Cultural Heritage Tourism in Nur-Sultan | 3-6 Credits
  Faculty: Prof. Seleni Matus
• Sweden | Global Business Project: The Innovation Ecosystem and the Internationalization of High-Tech Firms in Stockholm | 3 Credits
  Faculty: Dr. Anna Helm
• United Kingdom | Business and the State: Privatization, Nationalization, and Public-Private Partnership in London | 6 Credits
  Faculty: Dr. Robert Weiner
• Washington, D.C. | Business & Society: Strategic Foresight | 3 Credits**
  Faculty: Professor Thomas Debass

Short-term Exchange Programs*

• Argentina | Seizing Opportunities In Emerging Markets | Short-term Exchange with IAE Business School | 1.5 Credits
• China | Beyond Summer School | Short-term Exchange with Fudan University School of Management | 3 Credits
• Denmark | International Summer University Program | Short-term Exchange with Copenhagen Business School | 3-6 Credits
• France | Globalizing Europe | Short-term Exchange with EDHEC Business School | 3 Credits
• France | The Global Manager in Europe | Short-term Exchange with ESSEC Business School | 3 Credits
• Taiwan | Business Management in Asia | Short-term Exchange with NCCU College of Commerce | 3 Credits

Past Programs

Non-GWSB Courses

Additional short-term study away programs offered by the university, and open to GWSB students, are available through the Office for Study Abroad and the Graduate School of Political Management.

*The “short-term exchange” program designation identifies programs run by a GWSB partner institution. These programs are only open to graduate students in the GW School of Business, and are a unique opportunity to enroll directly in a course at one of our partner universities and take classes with a diverse array of students from our partner institutions across the globe.

**Open enrollment course; application deadline does not apply.