Get Your BS in Global Business at UT Dallas
Prepare for a career in a multinational corporation by learning the fundamental concepts of international business and cross-cultural communication.
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Gain an International Perspective
The Naveen Jindal School of Management offers the Bachelor of Science in Global Business for students who want meaningful instruction in the practice of running businesses around the world.
Global business majors get hands-on experience with companies that operate on a global scale and classes taught by experts in diverse areas of worldwide enterprise. Our students can experience culture around the world by completing a required international experience, which can be a semester studying abroad, a JSOM-led trip course, or an international internship.
Choose a general Global Business degree plan or specialize your skillset with one of the six concentrations available.
Learn how to identify and solve global business challenges and effectively communicate across cultural lines and major in global business at UT Dallas.
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A Program Designed for Global Success
When you choose the Global Business major, you expand your skillset beyond borders and prepare for success in businesses across the world.
Our program gives students the opportunity to work with partner universities around the world for incredible study abroad programs. We offer a variety of foreign language classes to improve your cross-cultural communication skills and sharpen your résumé. A variety of internship options overseas await our students interested in working abroad.
Get involved on campus as a global business major and broaden your horizons for success.
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A Competitive Advantage for Your Region of Choice
Our students can focus on the region/country they are most interested in and target their efforts through our programs.
Choose a part of the world based on your interests and foreign-language fluency and get the specialized training to become a global leader upon graduation.
Select a second major, minor or a concentration from a wide range of fields and prepare yourself for business success in North Texas and beyond.
Take a look at our Global Business Roadmap
Agnieszka Skuza
Director, Bachelor’s in Global Business
The Bachelor of Science in Global Business degree program helps students understand how businesses operate in global markets and how nations, firms and individuals are interdependent with one another.
The program enables individuals and organizations to acquire the art of negotiation and communication skills in a global business environment. As firms and jobs in search of cost-comparative advantage and entry to new markets cross borders, global business grads become attractive for international assignments and internships.
Look at our Global Business Roadmap to get a picture of how your next four years might look.
Bachelor’s in Global Business Blogs and News
Discover how Global Business faculty are researching, publishing, speaking and engaging in the business community. The authors of these articles also include Global Business students, staff and friends.
Student Spotlight: Saher Lakhani
Saher Lakhani is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Global Business and Bachelor of Science in Marketing double-major at the Naveen Jindal School of Management and she is expected to graduate in Spring 2024.
Student Spotlight: Ivy Nguyen
Ivy Nguyen is pursuing her Bachelor of Science in Global Business with a minor in finance at the Naveen Jindal School of Management and she is expected to graduate in December 2024.
JSOM Students Gravitate to Foundations of Risk Analytics
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Jindal School Junior Wins Collegiate Marketer of the Year Award
A marketing and global business junior recently won the 2021 Collegiate Marketer of the Year Award from the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the American Marketing Association. Jindal School students have earned the award eight times in the last decade.
Lifetime Award Honors Associate Dean’s Achievements
A lifetime achievement award from the DFW Alliance of Women and Technology recognizes Associate Dean Diane McNulty’s enduring commitment to elevating women, assisting the alliance and serving UT Dallas and the Jindal School.
Jindal School Webinar Highlights Business Sustainability Strategies
Conservation, rethinking consumption and reducing the carbon footprint were three tactics speakers at a recent Sustainable Global Business Initiative webinar mentioned in discussing their companies’ sustainability strategies.
Jindal School Inaugurates Undergraduate Deans Conference
The Jindal School recently held a new conference convening assistant and associate deans of undergraduate business school programs. More than 80 universities were represented, and the deans discussed ways to improve programs and student experiences.
Donor Scholarships Launch Brighter Futures for Jindal School Students
This academic year, donor scholarships have provided Jindal School students nearly a half-million dollars in assistance. The scholarships bridge a money gap or provide a springboard to achievement, and they help students reach educational goals.
Welcome Back: Be Sure to Raise Your (Virtual) Hand
Welcome to fall semester, Jindal School students. You have many options to learn and many opportunities to shine. Whether in class in person or attending online, Senior Associate Dean Monica Powell encourages your participation.
Undergraduate Team Wins Real Estate Competition Despite Pandemic Challenges
The financially feasible creative thinking a team of Jindal School undergraduates used to win a real estate case competition stayed a step ahead of the COVID-19 effect on the market.
Business Leadership Group Phi Beta Lambda Pivots — and Prevails — at State
The Texas division of Phi Beta Lambda had to find a way to do its annual state conference virtually this year. Despite the difficulties involved, UT Dallas competitors showed their Comet spirit and scored more than 20 top finishes.
A Message from Jindal School Dean Hasan Pirkul
Jindal School Dean Hasan Pirkul reaches out to students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters with an update on the state of the school as classes resume following spring break and during the coronavirus outbreak.
Jindal School Assistant Dean Awarded Congressional Veteran Commendation
The head of the Jindal School’s Career Management Center has been recognized for his service in the military and as a veteran. Assistant Dean Tom Kim earned a commendation from the Texas 26th Congressional District, where he grew up and now resides.
Jindal School Professor Earns Honors for Highly Cited Research
Global business strategy scholar Mike Peng has been identified as one of the most highly cited researchers in his field for the sixth year in a row. The annual list includes the top 1% of researchers whose studies are most frequently cited by others.
JSOM Students Bring Home Collegiate World Cup of Sales
Jindal School sales students scored the most points overall at the annual International Collegiate Sales Competition recently, an achievement that led them to win a new team event and bring home the inaugural Collegiate World Cup of Sales.
2019 Scholarship Breakfast: Former Dallas Mayor Emphasizes Need for Education
Former Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings tied education to economic viability in a keynote conversation at the Jindal School’s major annual fundraiser, the Scholarship Breakfast. The event raised enough to provide scholarships for more than 40 students.
CAFÉ Film Screening Ties Tiananmen Square Past to Hong Kong Present
Filmmaker Robert Anthony Peters screened his movie about the Tiananmen Square protests,Tank Man, at an event hosted by the Jindal School’s Colloquium to Advance Free-Enterprise Education. Peters compared the 1989 protests to recent ones in Hong Kong.
JSOM Internship Expo Creates Opportunities for Students and Employers
The Jindal School’s Undergraduate Internship Expo brought together 1,500 students and recruiters from more than 50 companies. The expo helped students practice networking skills, and it helped employers find students to fill internships.
Sales Students Benefit From Artificial Intelligence Tools
Students in Jindal School of Management sales courses are reaping rewards from artificial intelligence technology that can analyze their sales calls and role-plays.Their efforts are to be featured in a video by the company that makes the technology.
Trade Pact Concerns Aired at Global Strategy and Emerging Markets Conference
Diplomats and practitioners discussed trade and tariffs on the opening day of the Global Strategy and Emerging Markets Conference, a gathering the Naveen Jindal School of Management hosted that attracted participants from five continents.
Speakers Share Valuable Insights at New Wise Words Event
Graduate students on the Jindal School Dean’s Council debuted Wise Words, a TED Talks-inspired event to encourage conversation and out-of-the-box thinking, with presentations from a student, faculty member, community leader and corporate employer.
Recent Jindal School Graduate Named to Selective Postgraduate Program
A recent Jindal School graduate will pursue his interest in nuclear security and diplomacy in the Schwarzman Scholars, a postgraduate program in Beijing to train global leaders while building relationships between China and the world.
Team of JSOM Seniors Places Third in Global Social Business Competition
Two UT Dallas teams were the only U.S. competitors to advance to the finals of Creative Shock, an international social business case competition. One team, made up of four Jindal School seniors, placed third in the contest.
Panelists Share Messages of Empowerment, Support in Women to Women Event
Three female executives sharing stories at a Women to Women event hosted by the Jindal School’s Career Management Center encouraged audience members to speak up, find a mentor and support other professionals in their workplace in order to thrive.
Dallas ISD Students Commit to UT Dallas and the Jindal School on ‘Signing Day’
Four seniors from the Dallas ISD became the initial cohort of the Jindal Young Scholars Program on May 4, 2018 when they visited UT Dallas for “Signing Day” activities in which they committed to enroll in the Jindal School of Management.
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The Jindal School awards scholarships to competitive new incoming students admitted in the fall and spring and current students just prior to each fall.
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