UConn’s EUROBIZ program is designed to prepare you for a career in the global marketplace by offering you the opportunity to experience first-hand the practice of business and management in another industrialized country, Germany. The program prepares you for work with any of the thousands of companies that have gone global and need business experts that can work in a variety of cultural settings.
Upon graduation, EUROBIZ students will bring not just sophisticated technical know-how and creativity to their jobs but also foreign language skills, cultural sensitivity and an international awareness that U.S. and foreign companies consider key in today’s global economic cultures.
Academics
This four- to five- year program - depending on prior knowledge of German - leads to a dual degree, a BS conferred by the School of Business and a BA conferred by CLAS.
It includes
- possible internships at over 150 German companies located in Connecticut
- a possible 10-day trip to Germany following your first or second year in the program
- a three to six-month internship in Germany and
- a one-semester study abroad learning experience at one of 9 universities of excellence in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg.
The program is open to any qualified business student and requires no previous knowledge of German. Students electing EUROBIZ receive the same quality business education that UConn has always provided, i.e. programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Students enrolled in the program benefit from our longstanding relationships to German universities, companies and an over 30-year state to state partnership between Connecticut and the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
EUROBIZ consistently links two majors, German Studies and one of the many majors offered in the School of Business, at all levels of instruction (see plans of study for each). Through classes and program-specific events the program introduces you to German-speaking business faculty and German business professionals from the very beginning.
The Eurobiz Countdown
Design your Eurobiz Path - no prior German experience required!
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10.
First Year: Accepted into the School of Business? YAY!
Enroll in the Dual Degree program with German Studies (CLAS), and take German 1001 or higher. Your advisors in the School of Business and in German Studies will help.
9.
End of first or second year
Take one German course per semester and come join us for a biannual 10-day trip to Germany!
8.
End of first year or second year
Intern at one of over 150 German companies in Connecticut - we can make the connections.
7.
Keep meeting people and building your network
Meet with your advisors in both schools on a regular basis to plan your path with our help.
6.
Entering third year
Keep interning and start planning for your year abroad while taking GERM3233 and GERM3234.
5.
Time to breathe and be proud: Half Time!
Meet your peers who may be going abroad with you. Come to the Kaffeestunden, enjoy your success in German Studies and your BUSN major!
4.
Spring 3rd Year: Apply to EGL by February
Time to plan your year abroad! Explore which university and city is best for your professional path and discuss with your advisors in both schools.
3.
Fall 4th Year: Semester at a German University in Baden-Wurttemberg
Leave for Germany at the end of August, take an intensive German course and begin your semester in mid-October-supported by a stipend until February.
2.
Spring 4th Year: International Internship
Begin applying for paid internships in Germany at the end of November and start working February or March until July or August - and don't forget to travel Europe!
1.
5th Year SUCCESS: Graduation time with 2 degrees!
Upon your return from Germany, focus on your job applications and take the Capstone Course GERM4246 in the Spring.
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Structure
Students start learning German by taking German 1001 and 1002 taught by experienced educators and often native speakers. In their course design the instructors take into account EUROBIZ students’ interest in international business and intercultural communication. The focus throughout the German Studies curriculum is on building intercultural citizenship competencies.
At the intermediate level, in the second year, students continue studying German with a focus on applying their linguistic skills with learning about cultural differences, office contexts, politics, and business communication.
As juniors and seniors, EUROBIZ students take all upper-level classes necessary to earn both degrees. Many of our students take some of these classes before or after their internship in Germany at one of our German partner universities (see Baden- Württemberg Exchange Program), especially the University of Mannheim which is home to the #1 business program in Germany.
Internships
Students are encouraged to pursue one or two summer internships with companies in the U.S. before embarking on their three to six-month internship abroad.
The German professional experience usually takes place in the spring semester of the fourth year of study and/or the following summer.