Director's Welcome
David Platt Deirdre Mendez
Director Assistant Director
Welcome to the UT CIBER. We are the McCombs School’s
“window on the world,” dedicated to globalizing business education. As
one of 31 CIBERs funded by the U.S. Department of Education to serve as
national resource centers for international business education, our mandate
is to enhance the global competitiveness of U.S. businesses.
Among CIBER’s many successes, we are especially
proud of the international business-school network we have established for
our faculty and students. Through membership in the prestigious Partnership
in International Management (PIM) consortium, and with bilateral agreements
ranging from Singapore to São Paulo, these programs help our future
business professionals see the world and its business opportunities through
the eyes of those from another culture. We send our students to study
abroad and bring students from abroad to study with them here in Austin.
In addition to partnerships in Europe, Asia, and
Australia, CIBER is active in helping the McCombs School nurture its deep ties to Latin
America., through student exchange and language training, scholarly
interaction, doctoral education, and faculty exchanges. Most recently, CIBER
has developed new partnerships and programs in Asia and
Africa.
CIBER receives substantial support for this work
from the administration of the
McCombs School. We also work closely with
other organizations at UT-Austin. These include our four Title VI Area
Studies National Resource Centers, several other excellent Area Studies
Centers, and faculty from
the LBJ School of Public Affairs. We collaborate with the College of Liberal Arts to bring business knowledge
to language students and language knowledge to business students, and host a
cross-disciplinary graduate forum that attracts students from other colleges
across campus. We also develop exchange programs for McCombs students,
fund international study scholarships, and design international courses,
study tours and seminars.
We hope you find this site helpful, and look forward to seeing you at
a CIBER event!
