Building Global Business Expertise

Welcome to the Global Business Center at the Michael G. Foster School of Business at the University of Washington. Our mission is to develop global business expertise by hosting and sponsoring outstanding international education initiatives.

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE GBC?

- Business School Competitions in the news; Foster School MBAs win in Beijing!
- Want to study abroad and get business credit? Student Programs
- What are Foster students doing overseas? Undergraduate and MBA blogs
- 2008 Global Business Case Competition, April 7 - 12, 2008
- 2008 Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition
- Global Business Center Summer 2007 Newsletter
- Global Business Forum, weekly speaker series for MBA students
- NW International Business Educators Network


CIBER: As home to UW's federally-funded Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), the Global Business Center also works in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education to contribute to the international competitiveness of American business by developing and supporting international business programs for students, faculty, and the business community. We are the only CIBER in the Pacific Northwest, and one of thirty-one CIBERs housed in universities throughout the United States.

The Foster School of Business is one of two U.S. business schools and 110 total schools to earn the EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) accreditation, a quality assurance scheme run by the European Foundation for Management Development.