Introduction

The Joint Master in Global Entrepreneurial Management (MGEM), a partnership between three universities, immerses students in cross-cultural aspects of decision making within entrepreneurial firms. This full-time program takes students to Barcelona at IQS School of Management, New Taipei City at Fu Jen Catholic University, and Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University for a semester each, ensuring a deep understanding of business on a global scale. The MGEM program gives students the skills and tools to expand their view and lead with an entrepreneurial mindset. MGEM program goals include:

• Prepare students to be passionate, ethical and effective global leaders
• Instill multi-cultural fluency by participation in a culturally diverse student cohort, exposure to multi-cultural and multi-lingual faculty and the opportunity to study in Asia, Europe and North America.
• Teach the students the skills necessary to develop a unique idea for a new business or a new product and/or service within an existing firm
• Develop students’ analytical, entrepreneurial, and communication skills by advising companies on how to expand their reach into new markets

The program serves students from any major interested in learning more about business and entrepreneurship in cross-cultural, global context. Hence, this is an attractive program for students who want to study business and have a global experience.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Loyola Marymount University College of Business Administration is to advance knowledge and develop business leaders with moral courage and creative confidence to be a force for good in the global community. There are distinct opportunities in this program that align with University and College mission. Specifically, the program provides students with international experience on three continents, imparting global perspectives on international business operations and models.

Admission Requirements

Admissions requirements are common among the three partner universities. Based on citizenship status, students are asked to submit their applications to respective university:

• Loyola Marymount University: North America, Latin America (except South America), Middle East, India, Sri Lanka and Oceania.
• IQS School of Management: Europe, Africa and South America.
• Fu Jen Catholic University: Asia (except India and Sri Lanka).

Each university has their own deadlines, application fees and deposit requirements. Students applying to LMU must complete the requirements below. Once an application is complete, applicants will be notified by the CBA Graduate Programs Office within one month. The following items must be received prior to application review.

International Applicants

Students applying through LMU from outside the United States may have additional admission requirements.

Commitment Deposit

Admitted candidates must confirm their commitment to attend and provide a non-refundable deposit of $1,000. The deposit will be applied to your tuition.

Students may enter the program in Fall semester only.

Attendance in MGEM classes is limited to individuals who have been admitted to the program and registered for the class. Any exceptions to this policy must be approved by the Academic Directors of MGEM.

Proficiency Prerequisites

All students admitted to the MGEM Program must be proficient in spoken and written English, business mathematics, and computer applications. Successful completion of a college-level course in business math or intermediate algebra is required.

Attendance and Residence

Students are expected to be continuously enrolled in the MGEM Program. A Leave of Absence (LOA) may be granted for up to one year at the discretion of the Programs Directors and the Office of the Registrar. If a student needs to request a Leave of Absence, the student must contact the Programs Office to initiate the process. Individuals who remain on leave for more than two years must formally reapply for admission. Readmission is based on the admission criteria and the curriculum that are in effect at the time of the resumption of classes.

Program Structure

The MGEM program offers courses that are practitioner-oriented and delivered in a sequence that maximizes the unique locations of the three partner schools in Barcelona, Taipei, and Los Angeles. Unlike other study-abroad programs that offer students the option to travel to another continent for one semester, the MGEM cohort travels to a new continent in each of the three semesters; thus, ensuring a deep understanding of how one conducts business on a global scale.

The three partner universities that jointly offer this graduate degree are: IQS (Instituto Químico de Sarrià) located in Barcelona, Spain; Fu-Jen University, located in Taipei, Taiwan; and the College of Business Administration at Loyola Marymount University. The program begins with a fall semester at IQS, followed by a winter/spring semester at Fu-Jen, and ends with a summer semester at LMU’s campus, located in the heart of Los Angeles’ Silicon Beach.

In addition to classroom instruction, students engage with entrepreneurial firms through consulting opportunities in both Europe and the United States. In the classroom, cases and business problems are employed to simulate the tools and skills required to solve real-life problems. In each region students will visit various entrepreneurial companies.

A unique feature of the MGEM program is the cohort’s structure. Our diverse student body comes from countries located in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. As a result, most MGEM students develop life-long friendships and build a global network composed of their peers, professors, and successful entrepreneurs.

English is the language of instruction for the entire program; therefore, students’ TOEFL or other ESL test scores must meet the required standards. Courses are taught by leading scholars as well as accomplished practitioners.

Academic Honesty

The MGEM Program abides by the LMU Academic Honesty Policies and Procedures. Please refer to the Academic Degree Requirements and Policies section of the University Bulletin for more information.

Incomplete Grades

“I” (Incomplete) indicates that the student has not completed the work for a given course. The student must remove the “I” in order to qualify for graduation. Students who wish to retake the course must pay regular tuition for the repeated course.

When a professor has granted an “I,” it is the student’s responsibility to arrange a deferred grade. The professor submits a “Deferred Grade Form” with the final grade to the Office of the Registrar.

Any graduate student who in a given term receives a grade of I (Incomplete) for a course and who subsequently completes the course will receive a grade that is retroactive to the term when the student first registered for the course with all the impact it entails on the student’s academic standing.

Academic Advising

An Academic Advisor is available for all MGEM students to assist in navigating through the program curriculum.

Advising is optional, unless a student is on academic probation, in which case the student must be advised prior to registration. MGEM Advisor Holds will be placed on the student’s record and not removed until the student has been advised.

Global Entrepreneurial Management, Masters

MGEM Degree Program

To qualify for the Joint Masters in Global Entrepreneurial Management degree, the admitted student must satisfy the requirements of 12 courses. MGEM course descriptions and prerequisites are listed in the University Bulletin. Course syllabi are available on the MGEM student page on Brightspace.