Senior Director, Graduate Business Programs
Dustin Cornwell
Program Overview
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. 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.
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) School of Management located in Barcelona, Spain; FuJen University, located in New Taipei City, 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 FuJen, and ends with a summer semester at the LMU 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 IELTS test scores must meet the required standards. Courses are taught by leading scholars as well as accomplished practitioners.
Graduate Program Policies
Details can be found on the College of Business Administration’s Graduate Program Policies page.
Program Admission
Master in Global Entrepreneurial Management Eligibility Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited U.S. institution or the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree from a foreign institution.
- Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Application Requirements
Application
Complete and submit an online application and pay a $50 non-refundable application fee.
- Resume: You will be required to upload a professional resume.
- Personal Statement: You will be required to upload a personal statement highlighting the skills and experiences you bring to the MGEM program, what your short and long-term career goals are and how studying at the program’s three schools (IQS in Barcelona, Fu Jen in New Taipei City and LMU in Los Angeles) will help you achieve those goals.
Two Letters of Recommendation
Your letters may be from professional and/or academic references. You will include the contact information for your recommenders in your application, and they will be contacted by LMU to upload their letters directly into your application file.
College/University Transcripts
Provide transcripts for all colleges or universities you have attended. You may upload unofficial transcripts directly into your online application. Official transcripts are required from any institution where you earned a degree. Request that official transcripts be sent via email to graduateadmission@lmu.edu. If you are a current student or alumni of LMU, there is no need to request an official transcript from the LMU Registrar.
If your university is unable to send an official transcript electronically, please have a physical transcript sent to:
Graduate Admission
Loyola Marymount University
1 LMU Drive
Charles Von der Ahe Building, Suite 235
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Applicants who have completed their postsecondary education from an institution outside the U.S. must have their transcript from their degree granting institution translated and evaluated by a U.S. transcript evaluation service. Please see our requirements for International Applicants for more information.
International Applicants
International students have additional admission requirements.
Questions?
Graduate Business Education
310.258.8707
CBAGrad@lmu.edu
cba.lmu.edu/mgem
Major Requirements
The MGEM curriculum is comprised of 12 courses organized in three sessions. These courses represent 36 credit units in the LMU system, 72 ECTS credits in the IQS system, or 51 credit units in the FJU system. Each institution’s set of units qualifies as the amount of academic work that each of the three national education systems require for a Master’s degree. Specific courses offered and course descriptions are as follows.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Semester Hours |
| MGEM 6101 | Global Environment and Business Trends | 1.5 |
| MGEM 6102 | Technology Appreciation and Intellectual Property Management | 3 |
| MGEM 6103 | Common Ground in Corporate Valuation and Accounting | 3 |
| MGEM 6104 | Cross-Cultural Management and Ethical Business Practice | 3 |
| MGEM 6105 | Consulting Projects | 1.5 |
| MGEM 6201 | Operations Management and Supply Chain Management with a Global Perspective | 3 |
| MGEM 6202 | Special Topics in Global Entrepreneurship and Management | 1.5 |
| MGEM 6203 | Corporate Finance with a Global Perspective | 3 |
| MGEM 6204 | Innovation and Technology Management | 3 |
| MGEM 6205 | Entry Barriers and Strategic Alliance | 1.5 |
| MGEM 6301 | Cross-Cultural Marketing and Integrated Marketing Communication | 3 |
| MGEM 6302 | Business Analytics in the Global Context | 3 |
| MGEM 6303 | Social Entrepreneurship | 1.5 |
| MGEM 6304 | Venture Capital, Corporate Entrepreneurship, and Micro Financing | 3 |
| MGEM 6305 | U.S. Consulting | 1.5 |
