MBA Programs Paying More Attention to Brazil

You can add the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business to a growing list of MBA programs paying a lot of attention to Brazil. We found this interesting announcement on the school’s website:

“The University of Virginia Darden School of Business’ new Global MBA for Executives program is gearing up. The GEMBA program will launch at the Darden School in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 28, when students will meet their classmates for the first time and begin the leadership development process. The first of the program’s six international residencies will offer a 360-degree feedback leadership instrument, experiential team building exercises and case method classes that will lay the foundation for developing leaders who understand how the entire global economy operates and who can meet the challenge of leading global organizations.

In January, classes will move on to Brazil, the economic powerhouse of Latin America. Students will study in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro from Jan. 8 to Jan. 21, 2012.”

We are aware of several other universities that have developed ties to Brazil, which is a major emerging market for multinationals. Students from the Illinois MBA program will visit the country next month, and Florida Southern students have also studied there. Brazil was also among the various international trips that Wake Forest University’s Schools of Business offered for course credit in the spring.

Know of other MBA programs that have visited – or plan to visit – Brazil this school year? Let us know!