With its main campus located just outside Washington, D.C., the Smith School provides Chinese executives with access to a global political and business center rich with American culture and history. The Washington, D.C./Baltimore, Md. region is also a technology and research hotbed.

Participants in the Smith School's China executive programs are active members of the greater University of Maryland community, which impacts business worldwide. Smith provides access to one of the top faculties in the nation in both teaching and research. This cutting-edge knowledge creation puts Smith's Chinese participants at the source of ideas and techniques that are being adopted by Fortune 500 companies and businesses around the world. At Smith you'll enter a new world of networks and connections. Smith builds key relationships that benefit your professional opportunities.

The Smith School organizes study trips to the U.S., as well as to Europe through the Graduate School of Business Administration (GSBA) in Zurich and to Northern Africa, through the Mediterranean School of Business at South Mediterranean University in Tunisia.

Smith School Center for Global Business

The mission of the Smith School's Center for Global Business (CGB) is to integrate a global dimension into all of the activities and programs of the Robert H. Smith School of Business, including undergraduate and graduate business education; faculty research; management education and training; and distance education. This integration is designed to enhance the Smith School's curricular emphasis on the creation, management, and development of knowledge and information.

The Center for Global Business is the principal agent for the school's outreach on global issues to the university community, business firms, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. Activities include managing the global exchange and study abroad programs, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels; conducting study trips; providing global internship resources; working with student organizations; and sponsoring a Global Executive Seminar Series.

Confucius Institute at the University of Maryland (http://www.international.umd.edu/cim)

The Confucius Institute at Maryland (CIM), jointly established by the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Institute for Global Chinese Affairs (IGCA) at the University of Maryland, is the first Chinese language and culture school in the U.S. co-sponsored by the Chinese central government. CIM serves as the U.S. branch of the Confucius Institute under China's National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. Headquartered in China, the Confucius Institute seeks to support and foster teaching of Chinese language and culture internationally through affiliated Confucius Institutes. Building on existing campus strength in academic resources as well as its parent institute's expertise in Chinese language teaching, CIM strives to advance Chinese literacy of the communities in east coast of the U.S., especially greater Washington DC area, and promote educational and cultural exchange between the U.S. and China.

Institute for Global Chinese Affairs (http://www.international.umd.edu/igca/)

The mission of the Institute for Global Chinese Affairs (IGCA) is to serve as a focal point for China-related activities at the University of Maryland, and to build on existing campus strengths to promote understanding and address matters of importance to China, the United States, and the global Chinese community. The IGCA fosters interdisciplinary communication and collaboration among scholars, policymakers, students and leaders in China-related areas. Topics involved include science, technology, business and journalism, with opportunities for research and discussion in such critical issues as U.S.-China relations, the global economy, trade and diplomacy, science and technology, economic development, cultural issues and education.

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Alumni Resources

The Robert H. Smith School of Business Alumni Chapter, an affiliate of the University of Maryland Alumni Association, plays an important role in the continuing evolution of the business world. Today there are nearly 40,000 Smith alumni across the world - a robust, growing set of professionals providing each other with a global network. The Chinese chapter of the alumni association is the school's first overseas chapter and now has more than 100 members.