The UT CIBER
The University of Texas at Austin's Center for International Business and
Education Research (CIBER) has contributed to the McCombs School’s
internationalization efforts in many ways. Its contributions have been made
possible with the strong support the Center has received from Deans Robert E.
Witt, Robert G. May, and George W. Gau. A major effort undertaken by CIBER to
establish an infrastructure for the internationalization efforts has been the
creation of the
McCombs Global Network, a set of over 30 of the world’s top business schools
located throughout Europe, Latin America, and Asia, with which the McCombs
School has developed cooperative relations in various international ventures
designed to accomplish CIBER’s goals. The most common form of collaboration is
student exchange. Other types of collaboration include the establishment of
double degree MBA programs, jointly offered Executive MBA programs, course
offerings in overseas locations, PhD program cooperation and faculty exchange.
For example, the Network has provided opportunities for more than 50 UT business
faculty to obtain international teaching experience, which has also resulted in
an increase in faculty international research productivity. Lastly, CIBER has
also supported the incorporation of languages and area studies into business
education, developed exchange programs for McCombs students, funded
international study scholarships, and designed international courses, study
tours and seminars.
As ‘National Resource Centers’, CIBERs conduct outreach programs to businesses
and academic institutions throughout the country. The UT CIBER has worked with
other educational institutions and business associations to enhance the
international expertise of the region’s businesses.
The UT CIBER’s academic outreach programs take many forms, including
sponsoring conferences for regional K-12 schools on international education,
supporting programs that facilitate the internationalization of faculty in area
educational institutions and disseminating innovative curricula and teaching
tools to schools across the nation.
The UT CIBER’s principal legacy may be its work to foster internationalization
within the school. As a result of its efforts, more internationally-oriented
classes are being offered, faculty research has a more global dimension, and
more UT business students are having significant international experiences. The
Center’s efforts have helped to “bring the business school to the world, and the
world to the business school.” As business has become global, so has business
education, and CIBER has been a key player in the internationalization effort at
the McCombs School of Business.
The University of Texas at Austin's
Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) was
established in 1990 with a grant from the United States Department of Education.
Originally a group of 25, the CIBER network now
comprises 31 business schools. The CIBER grants run for 4-year periods,
following which the individual schools must compete again for subsequent 4-year
periods. UT’s CIBER has successfully competed for these grants in 1990, 1993,
1996, 1999, 2002 and 2006.
The mission of CIBER is the enhancement of U.S. global competitiveness.
The three main goals of CIBER – relating directly to its mission – are:
- the internationalization of U.S. business education;
- integration of international non-business disciplines (e.g., language)
into business education; and
- development of a partnership with the regional international business
community to contribute to each other’s internationalization efforts.
The CIBER office is located on the third floor in the Graduate School of
Business, room # GSB 3.126. GSB is located at the northwest corner of 21st and
Speedway (see bottom right corner of the map below). Please note that the GSB is
located within the McCombs School of
Business.
Enter the building on the 21st St. side. As you enter the row of glass doors,
you will see an escalator. Take it up to the 3rd floor. Go around the AIM stock
exchange center to the left. Rm. 3.126 is the only door to the left.
You may park in the Brazos Parking Garage located on the northeast corner of MLK
Blvd. and Brazos Street. (see map below).
