The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies | |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 1983 |
Parent institution | University of Pennsylvania |
| Director | Martine Haas |
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies (The Lauder Institute) offers a joint degree program at the University of Pennsylvania, combining an MA in international studies from the School of Arts and Sciences with a MBA from The Wharton School or JD from the Law School.
In the program, students pursue one of six programs of concentration focused on five regional areas: Africa, East and Southeast Asia, Europe, Latin America, or South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, or the Global Program. Within the regional programs of concentration over a 24-month period, students work to attain superior language proficiency in one of 11 languages: Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish.
Each year 60–70 students from around the world join the Lauder Program in May starting in Philadelphia before departing on a 5-week summer immersion to their respective regions of study. Students return to campus in August to join the MBA or JD program and then graduate with their class two years later. In the most recent incoming class, 36% of the class were US Citizens and 44% were international or dual citizens.[1]
History
The Lauder Institute was founded in 1983 by Leonard A. Lauder and Ronald S. Lauder in memory of their father, Joseph Lauder. Leonard A. Lauder was awarded the Foreign Language Advocacy Award in 1990 by the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in recognition of Mr. Lauder's support for the requirement that MBA students in the Institute attain superior levels of linguistic proficiency and engage in immersion experiences to attain cultural proficiency.[2]
References
- ↑ "The Students".
- ↑ "The James W. Dodge Foreign Language Advocate Award". Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
