Sponsoring organizations outside the United States gain access to talented MBA students, who work on well-defined projects over the summer, and also raise their profile within Stanford GSB.
The Global Management Immersion Experience encourages Stanford MBA students to gain hands-on knowledge of international management by working in a corporate, government, or nonprofit setting for a minimum of four weeks in a region new to them outside the United States.
From the program’s beginnings in China in 1997, GMIX has expanded to include opportunities in over 80 countries.
Program Basics
- Stanford GSB sources numerous GMIX projects. Students may also source their own opportunities, resulting in highly individualized and targeted experiences.
- Students can participate in a GMIX between the first and second years of the MBA program. It is usually done after a full-time, eight-to-10 week summer internship.
- GMIX projects cover a wide array of industries, such as consumer products, international development, energy, finance, health care, media and entertainment, technology, and telecommunications.
Learning Opportunities for Students
- Explore a new industry and role as part of the career planning process.
- Live in a new location and directly experience the work environment and culture.
- Complete a research paper for academic credit on a topic related to the GMIX project (optional).
Sponsorship Benefits & Information
- Sponsor organizations leverage MBA students’ skills and knowledge to achieve completion of a significant project in a relatively short time frame.
- GMIX students bring new perspectives to organizations, since each participant must go outside the United States and to a country where he or she has not lived for more than one year as an adult.
- Participating organizations provide students with valuable real-life global experience — a critical part of Stanford GSB’s curriculum.
- Recommended GMIX program dates for the summer of 2019: Aug 26 – Sep 20 (most students will be available for their GMIX during this window, although it can vary from student to student).
