"The Fletcher School itself is an exercise in living and understanding. Fletcher students receive a very broad education and an appreciation of the cultural diversities that are essential for the successful conduct of worldwide business. As my wife and I lived and worked around the world, we came to appreciate the full extent of synergy between a Fletcher education and an Exxon career; we have never regretted either."

Charles Sitter, F'56
President
Exxon Corporation

The Fletcher Global Network

The geocentric perspective offered at the Fletcher School, coupled with sound managerial expertise, flexibility, adaptation skills, and cross-cultural fluency, has been successfully tested in the real world as Fletcher alumni have become senior ranking professionals in globally reaching organizations, such as multinational corporations, international banks, and consulting firms [see inserts]. Since the late1970s, when a major grant from the Exxon Education Foundation created the basis for today's International Business Program, the Fletcher School has been building on its commitment to providing a superb international business education. In the succeeding two decades, research, teaching, and service in the inter-national business field has drawn support from several leading corporations and foundations, including IBM, the Xerox Foundation, Nippon Oil, Atlantic Richfield, the General Electric Foundation, the Industrial Bank of Japan, Koa Oil, Hitachi, and the Shell Companies Foundation.

Jointly founded and administered by Tufts and Harvard Universities, the Fletcher School also gives a unique opportunity to students enrolled in the International Business Program to cross-register at Harvard Business School for up to 25 percent of their course work. This allows students to complement their skills portfolio with expertise in such specialized areas as venture capital, real estate, brand management, information systems, advanced financial accounting, and capital markets. The 12 to 1 student-faculty ratio in the International Business Program fosters a dynamic and creative environment that encompasses research projects, workshops, and guest speaker series. Student clubs in management consulting and global finance further enhance the academic program.

The International Business Program offers a vibrant forum for a dialogue between research associates and corporate professionals who come to Fletcher. An advisory council made up of senior executives from major multinational corporations provides a wealth of experience and advice to the program's students. Students in the International Business Program also gain invaluable practical experience through professional internships at prestigious consulting firms, such as Applied Research Center (management consultancy), or RISCorporation (financial engineering).
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SELECTED LIST OF EMPLOYERS:
CLASSES OF 1991- 1999
ABB
Alliance Consulting
Andersen Consulting
American Express
Apple Computer
Arthur D. Little
Augat
Bain & Company
Banco Santander
Bank of America
Bank of Boston
Bank of Japan
Bank of Thailand
Baring Securities
Bechtel Power Corporation
Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc
The Boston Consulting Group
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Citibank, N.A.
Conoco, Inc.
Coopers & Lybrand
Deutsche Bank
Development Alternatives, Inc.
Digital Equipment Corporation
Dillon Read & Co.
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.
DRI/McGraw-Hill
Dupont
Enron
EuroDisney
Export-import Bank of JapanExxon Corporation
Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkGE CapitalGillette
Goldman Sachs International
Hitachi
Hughes Aircraft
International Data Corporation
International Monetary Fund
JP Morgan & Co.
KPMG Peat Marvick
Lehman Brothers
MCI Telecommunications
McKinsey & Co.
Merrill Lynch
Microsoft Word Corporation
Moody's Investor Services
Morgan Stanley
Motorola-Codex
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
OTIS Elevator
Philip Morris
Price Waterhouse
Proctor & Gamble
UBS