Business practices vary widely from country to country and even from region to region. Living, studying, and traveling overseas offers the chance to learn, observe, and practice the customs and habits that are important in your host country. FIU-CIBER is proud to support the Study Abroad Programs-SAP offered to our College of Business Students. In doing so we manage to make them run smoother and more efficiently for our CBA students and Program Leaders. These SAP are offered during Christmas, Spring break and two during the Summer lead by Professor Randall Martin to either Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Australia, Greece and Central Europe and last approximately two weeks. These SAP give the students the opportunity to take there regular semester classes and still participate to a study abroad. We are pleased to say that College of Business students represent approximately 30% of FIU students studying abroad every year, in which not only undergraduate students have participated, but also many students from our Weekend BBA program and graduate students have joined as well. Students participating in these SAPs can best comprehend cultural similarities and differences through a personal experience in another country which these programs provide. We hope that the successes gained through these experiences both equip and prepare our students to prosper in a global world. We at CIBER now more than ever, recognize the importance of multiculturalism and look for ways we can contribute to Global understanding. CIBER is pleased to be able to support programs that can give our CBA students an experience for better understanding Business Globalization.

Student comments:
"Unforgetable comes no where near to describing the memories, times and people that you will treasure always. These people, and the memories you will make with them will forever be etched in you mind" - Manuel Vidal Jr.

“Study Abroad not only guarantees an unforgettable experience, but the memories and new friendships formed will last a lifetime. In Spain, I saw the most beautiful places I have ever seen, had the most fun I have ever had, and learned to embrace a new culture that to this day I miss incredibly!” - Sharlene Escalera

“People there are extremely friendly; Sydney is a clean and beautiful city; and the country does many things of a community-minded nature, such as having its currency in different sizes so the vision-impaired can immediately tell which bills they have; We visited three vineyards in the Hunter Valley, which gave me the opportunity to learn about wines, and because of the detailed presentations, to learn about the management issues the vineyard managers face and how they solve them” - Anna Mixon - SAP Australia 2006