Short term global experiences

Short term global experiences give you the opportunity to travel to incredible locations and gain credit towards your course, all in a short period of time! Popular with students who are unable to commit to a semester abroad, short term programs are typically between 2-6 weeks and available in a diverse range of locations.

Program Spotlights

Stanford International Honors Program
Students selected to participate in the Stanford International Honors Program (IHP) will spend 8 weeks on campus at Stanford University in California, alongside students from 22 different universities from all over the world.

This elite program combines top-notch academics with extracurricular activities, providing students the opportunity to academically excel at one of the most competitive universities in the USA. IHP courses feature small class sizes, accessible world-class instructors, and the choice of more than 170 courses offered by 40 departments.

Faculty of Business and Law students of all majors are encouraged to apply. Expressions of interest for this program open in December each year, with selection finalised in February. Selection for this program is highly competitive.

Study Tours

The Faculty of Business and Law run a number of study tours throughout the year:

Miri Study Tour

Study business from a global perspective in Malaysian Borneo at Curtin Malaysia and receive 25 credit points towards your degree. Students will take lectures and classes as part of the unit, attend relevant industry and cultural visits and complete assessment tasks as required.

Suitable for undergraduate second/third year Commerce students studying all majors.

Dates for 2020: 21 November – 4 December

Dubai Study Tour

Study business from a global perspective in the United Arab Emirates at Curtin Dubai and receive 25 credit points towards your degree. Students will take lectures and classes as part of the unit, attend relevant industry and cultural visits and complete assessment tasks as required.

Suitable for undergraduate second/third year Commerce students studying all majors.

Dates for 2020: TBA

This offering will cover two weeks on content and include elements of Life Design – employing a design thinking approach to help develop constructive approaches to finding and designing your life and career after your studies.

Singapore Study Tour

We are currently working on an exciting new tour to Curtin Singapore for 2020. More details to come!

Tourism and Hospitality Study Tour – School of Marketing

The Tourism and Hospitality Study Tour is a yearly international study tour which enables participating students to collect first-hand and real-world experience in prominent tourism destinations. Students gain insight into the operation of important attraction points and get to discuss face-to-face with tourism and hospitality providers.

Usually, students also have the opportunity to work on an industry-supported project in the destination country.

Past and current projects included working on geotourism with the UNESCO World Heritage Dolomites Foundation in the world-famous Dolomites mountains in Italy or working with the Apsara Authority in Cambodia to improve the visitation experience at Angkor Wat, the biggest religious complex in the World.

Students majoring in Tourism and Hospitality are given priority, but other students may be able to participate as well.

Contact: Michael Volgger, Michael.Volgger@curtin.edu.au

Tax Study Tour – Curtin Law School

The International Tax Study Tour is offered on a bi-annual basis and allows students and experienced taxation lecturers to travel to various countries throughout the world and to explore their taxation systems. This allows for an in-depth comparison of the world taxation systems in particular with a comparison to that of the Australia Taxation System. The countries vary each study tour but since its inception, the tour has travelled to London, Paris, Rome, Denmark, Berlin, Vienna, Amsterdam, Belgium and the USA. The benefits to students are not also the educational aspects of the study tour but to share their passion of learning with a group of like-minded students. The study tour runs in the semester break in July and travel is for approximately 30 days and is a 25 point credit unit.

Contact: Annette Morgan, Annette.Morgan@cbs.curtin.edu.au

China Business Study Tour

Available to Curtin MBA students, Curtin MBA alumni and Curtin Ignition alumni – Read more

Ghent Law Study Tour – Curtin Law School

Available to Curtin Law students – Read more

For more information about upcoming study tours, email ExperienceCBS@curtin.edu.au

Short courses

Interested in studying overseas during the study breaks, while gaining credit towards your course? There are short course opportunities all over the world, in a large range of disciplines.

Popular short course programs include:

• London School of Economics Summer School, UK
• Toulouse Business School Summer School, France & Barcelona
• Arnhem Business School Summer School, Netherlands
• BI Norwegian Business School Summer, Norway

Plus many more!

Study abroad short courses with a non-partner institution

Have you found a course you’d like to do at a non-partner institution? This includes many universities in China, such as Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) Summer and Winter programs, and the Beijing Institute of Technology’s (BIT) ACCP programs. If so, please complete an application to see if your course will qualify for credit towards your degree.

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Short Courses for Summer 2020

Short Courses for Summer 2020 are now closed. If you are interested in a short course there will be a round of offerings available in the mid-year break. Information on this will be available closer to the start of Semester 1.

For more information on upcoming short courses in the winter or summer breaks, please email ExperienceCBS@curtin.edu.au

Postgraduate and MBA opportunities

Opportunities are available specifically for postgraduate and MBA students who would like to study overseas whilst completing their course.

Popular destinations for exchange include:

• LUISS Business School, Italy
• Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
• EM Lyon Business School, France
• NHH Norwegian School of Economics
• And many more!

Short courses are also available for postgraduate and MBA students to fast-track their studies at an overseas institution.

Examples of programs include:

• European Business School MBA Summer School, Germany
• WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management MBA Summer, Germany
• EM Lyon Business School Summer Session, France (Study Abroad)
• Burgundy School of Business Summer Program, France
• Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Short courses are advertised as they arise, please email ExperienceCBS@curtin.edu.au for more information