Welcome to the Overseas Business Internship Program! After a successful inaugural program in 2010, and a second trip in 2011, this August sees the return of the 3rd Overseas Business Internship Program: Texas, 2012.
In 2010 students from Japan and Mongolia worked with the Gubernatorial Democratic Campaign in Houston, Texas, finding out what it was really like to work and live overseas. In 2011 we joined forces with JFIP Corporation, who provided excellent internship facilities and placements in the bustling and vibrant city of Houston.
Join us throughout our time in the States; post a comment, ask a question and enjoy reading our take on life living and working overseas!
The Purpose of the Program:
a) To bridge the gap between learning English in an academic classroom setting and a utilizing English in a future work environment.
b) To help students discover their strengths and weaknesses.
c) To allow students become better acquainted with the types of work settings and opportunities available to them in the future.
d) To provide the students with a practical real world experience in the public or non-profit sector.
e) To enable students to develop administration skills.
f) To encourage students to compare theoretical ideas they have learned in their seminar classes with the real world.
g) To provide high level, motivated students who have already had experience on a homestay or study abroad experience, to utilize their English skills overseas in a meaningful and challenging way.
Participating Students
The students from Japan have worked alongside students from 40 other universities and will have the opportunity this year to work alongside employees from around the world.
Undergraduate
University of Oklahoma, University of Texas, Middlebury, University of Houston, Duke, George Washington, Rice, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Mount Holyoke, Washington and Lee, Louisiana State, Seton Hall University, University of Chicago, University of Arizona, Swarthmore, Tec de Monterrey, University of Connecticut, Southern Methodist UniversityTexas Christian University, Baylor, University of Pittsburgh, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton
Graduate Schools
University of Houston, University of Dallas, American Military University, The New School of New York, University of St. Thomas, Houston, University of Houston Law, Northwestern Law, University of Minnesota, Texas A&M, Yale Law, George Washington, University of Texas Law, Sam Houston State, University of Tulsa Law, Texas State University, Harvard's Kennedy School, Duke