The international business major requires a study abroad experience, which will open up the world for you and your studies. Many students choose to visit the Eckerd College London Study Centre, and courses such as International Business and Management or Economic and Social Problems in Britain will give a new, global context to your learning. Other opportunities exist around the globe to fit your particular interests.

After Eckerd

The international business faculty has close ties with multinational corporations and business executives in the growing Tampa Bay area with the Tampa Bay International Trade Council and with the World Trade Center/Tampa Bay, leading to student opportunities for research, internships, and employment.

Our students have been placed with such prestigious American firms as Arthur Andersen, Kelloggs Singapore, Dean Witter Reynolds, Dunn and Bradstreet, Franklin Templeton Fund, GTE, IBM, Procter & Gamble, Raymond James, Salomon Smith Barney, Tech Data, and others. Graduates have also secured positions at Citicorp Stockholm, Colgate Mexico, World Bank Nigeria, 3M France, Mercedes Germany, Caterpillar Switzerland, Price Waterhouse U.K., Luke & May Australia, IBM Venezuela, Mitsubishi Bank Japan, Tech Data do Brasil, Credit Suisse Geneva, and others.

Our graduates have been accepted to such leading graduate schools as Duke, Emory, Stockholm School of Economics, Baruch Graduate School, N.Y., Institute of International Studies in Geneva, and Notre Dame to name a few. Eckerd College also has a close relationship with the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) in Arizona. Many of our graduates have gone on to study at Thunderbird’s campuses in Arizona and Switzerland.