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About the International Business Center
The University of Pittsburgh's national resource center for international business education.
Founded in 1989 as a joint venture of the Katz Graduate School of Business and the University Center for International Studies, the International Business Center (IBC) is a unique resource that develops, operates and supports programs designed to build international competence and expertise in business students, faculty, and practitioners, and help businesses enhance their international competitiveness.
The IBC was one of the first five national resource Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), funded by the Department of Education. Today 31 CIBERs operate throughout the United States.
IBC has also fostered the internationalization of the Katz School College of Business Administration and enhanced all previous IBC initiatives, including thematic research programs; language programs; a consortium program involving regional business schools and programs (CIBEX); and information technology projects that reach the local business community.
As part of its role, the IBC works closely with the Katz School to develop linkages to foreign institutions to provide broad opportunities for domestic students and faculty to work, study and do research abroad. Click here for a list of international linkages.
The IBC plays a key role in creating and implementing the Katz School’s international strategy, including launching programs in management schools in Central Europe which are modeled on the comparable Katz programs. In addition, as part of Katz’s strategy to expand programs in emerging markets, the School successfully developed and now delivers the Katz Executive MBA program in two international locations—Prague and Sao Paulo—where it is known as the Executive MBA (EMBA). IBC started and operated the EMBA program in its early stages and has since handed it off to the Katz School for day-to-day management.
The 31 CIBERs collaborate with each other in a variety of events throughout the year and generate programming and publications that are available to the general public. To learn more about the kinds of programming and publications the IBC is involved in regionally with the other 31 CIBERs, please visit the CIBER Website at http://ciberweb.msu.edu. To learn more about each individual CIBER, please click on their University affiliated name.
- Brigham Young University
- Columbia University
- Duke University
- Florida International University
- George Washington University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Indiana University
- Michigan State University
- Ohio State University
- Purdue University
- San Diego State University
- Temple University
- Texas A&M University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Colorado, Denver
- University of Connecticut
- University of Florida
- University of Hawaii, Manoa
- University of Illinois
- University of Kansas
- University of Maryland
- University of Memphis
- University of Michigan
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of South Carolina
- University of Southern California
- University of Texas, Austin
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin