The Internationalization of Business Administration Undergraduate Courses in Brazil

Abstract

The authors discuss the level of internationalization of business administration undergraduate courses in Brazilian schools based on a survey of 39 institutions affiliated with the National Association of Graduation in Administration and in a second survey among 19 professors from different institutions and 45 students from 21 schools. It was concluded that the internationalization of courses analyzed in the survey is limited to the participation of students in foreign exchange programs. Students and faculty believe that it should be introduced more classes in the international business field as well as classes in English. The authors compare the national results with 3 similar surveys, 1 conducted in the United States and in Europe by the Academy of International Business, and two others conducted in Arab and Latin American countries.