Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business features a global emphasis in its recently revamped full-time MBA curriculum, which was launched for the fall 2026 semester. The school’s website notes that the revamped curriculum features “a strong global and ethics component.” Indeed, students take the “Ethics, Policy, and Global Engagement” core course during the opening term of the first year. During the spring semester, students take the required “Global Economics for Managers” core course.
The global emphasis continues in the second year, when students take part in the school’s signature Global Business Experience. In this program, students take on consulting roles working for actual international organizations or Fortune 500 companies. In the spring, student teams travel to their respective client’s country—in 2026, these included Kenya, Spain, and Brazil—to gain firsthand experience working in a global consulting and management setting. After the participating students return to campus, they present the stories and takeaways from their experiences to their classmates at the school’s Global Business Conference. Since the Global Business Experience’s inception, more than 12,000 students have taken part in more than 2,300 projects (note that these figures also include other Master’s programs and the undergraduate program).
Just four miles away from Georgetown, the George Washington University School of Business offers a similarly international MBA experience—in fact, the program is titled “Global MBA.” During the first year of the program, students take such core courses as “Microeconomics for the World Economy” and “Competition in the Global Economy” before taking part in the Consulting Abroad Program, during which all Global MBA students spend seven weeks preparing on campus in Washington, DC, and then two weeks abroad in the partner company’s country. In 2025, destinations included Sweden and the United Arab Emirates.
Finally, Global MBA students have the option of enrolling in one of the school’s graduate and professional certificate programs—such certificates as “Global Management” and “Community-Centered Cultural Tourism” may be of interest to those hoping to focus on international experiences.
