Spain, Here We Come!

This week, 50+ of our Full-Time Mba students are leaving for Spain on our International Residency trip. After so long without travel, they are excited for this opportunity to explore Barcelona and Madrid and engage with our host companies. During the 6-week course, student teams engage in consulting projects to integrate knowledge gained in class, their business acumen, and strategy execution skills working on real problems. Before traveling, they establish contact with the company through bi-weekly calls, conduct research, and explore the problem to establish preliminary findings. Once in-country, they will spend time working on-site and create a deliverable to present to their client company.

This year, student teams are working with seven companies: ILOS Natural Luxury Cosmetic (natural cosmetics company), Nano by Saruina (skincare company), Bionic Mobility Solutions (exoskeleton developer), IEC Trials CoreLab (and imaging contract research organization), Axiel Biotech (boutique accelerator), Bacardi (largest privately held spirits company in the world), and Too Good to Go (food waste start-up). By contributing their talents to the real-world challenges faced by these companies, they gain invaluable exposure to and experience with business practices outside the United States.

To get a better sense of how these trips impact our students, listen to the podcast from our previous trip to South Africa in March 2020.

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