{"id":10789,"date":"2011-01-18T17:52:37","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T21:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=10789"},"modified":"2014-11-14T15:35:21","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T20:35:21","slug":"from-bogota-to-bangalore-the-chapman-graduate-school-of-business-participates-in-the-world-mba-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2011\/01\/from-bogota-to-bangalore-the-chapman-graduate-school-of-business-participates-in-the-world-mba-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"From Bogota to Bangalore, the Chapman Graduate School of Business participates in the World MBA Tour."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Around 80 percent of candidates for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) would consider the United States as a study destination, according to a survey by the QS World MBA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s one reason why the Chapman Graduate School of Business at Florida International University (FIU) participated in the 2010 QS World MBA Tour, making sure students had the opportunity to hear the exciting advantages of choosing FIU.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2010 World MBA Tour conducted educational fairs in 55 cities (35 countries), and we selected to participate in the ones that made the most sense for us,\u201d said <strong>Priscilla Ferreira <\/strong>(MSHRM \u201906, MBA \u201900),<strong> <\/strong>senior manager, graduate recruitment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10791\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/world-mba-tour-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10791\" title=\"world-mba-tour-01\" src=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/world-mba-tour-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students in Hyderabad, India discuss FIU with agent Manjit Singh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Students talked with agents representing FIU at World MBA Tour fairs during three months:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>September:      Bogota, Colombia; Toronto, Canada<\/li>\n<li>October:      Miami, Florida; Moscow, Russia;      Kiev, Ukraine; Istanbul, Turkey<\/li>\n<li>December:      India      (in Hyderabad,      Bangalore      and Chennai) and United        Arab Emirates (in Dubai and      Abu Dhabi)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to Ferreira, many factors enter into FIU\u2019s selection of cities, including where current students are coming from, countries FIU wants to reach and where the \u201chot\u201d markets are now, such as Dubai and Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty to 120 graduate business schools participated at each fair. On average, agents representing the Chapman School spoke with 30 to 60 students at every event. Students primarily expressed interest in FIU\u2019s fulltime program&#8212;the International MBA&#8212;although information on specialized programs such as in management information systems, finance, international real estate, and human resource management was also available.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10792\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/world-mba-tour-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10792\" title=\"world-mba-tour-02\" src=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/world-mba-tour-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shyam Ji Agrawal provides information about the Chapman Graduate School to a visitor during the World MBA tour\u2019s stop in Dubai.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Judging the success of the World MBA Tour. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>By early January, ten applications had been submitted as a direct result of the 2010 World MBA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore applications will be coming as we continue our communication process with the students who visited the fairs,\u201d said Ferreira, who added that 15 enrolled students would be a good indicator of success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 80 percent of candidates for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) would consider the United States as a study destination, according to a survey by the QS World MBA Tour. 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