Over the years, Columbia Business School students and faculty have traveled to and beyond the cultural hotspots and into the factories and companies to dozens of countries through Chazen Global Study Tours.
Topic-focused tours have explored real estate in Argentina/Brazil, China, London/Berlin, and Mexico. Social enterprise tours have traveled to Ecuador, India, Paris/Brussels, Guatemala, and Rwanda.
Sample Agendas
2019-20 Study Tours
Summer 2019: Rwanda & Tanzania
Winter 19/20: India, Singapore & Indonesia, Patagonia Expedition with NOLS
Spring 2020: Australia (Real Estate), China, South Africa & Zimbabwe, South Korea, U.K. & Switzerland (Healthcare)
May (Tentative): Japan, Turkey
2018-2019
May 2019: Japan
Spring 2019: Argentina, China (Healthcare), London/Paris (Real Luxury Goods), Mexico (Real Estate), South Korea
Winter 18/19: India, Indonesia
Summer 2018: Thailand
2017-2018
May 2018: Japan, Mexico, Mongolia
Spring 2018: China (Technology), Real Estate (China), London/Paris (Retail Luxury Goods), South Korea, Spain
Winter 17/18: South Africa, Guatemala
Summer 2017: Brazil
2016-2017
Spring 17: Israel (2 tours), Italy, South Korea, Philippines, Japan (2 tours), Real Estate (South Africa), Spain
Winter 16/17: China, India, Kenya/Uganda, Korea-Hong Kong (Media/Arts/Entertainment), South Africa, Taiwan/Singapore
2015-2016
Spring 16: Japan, Real Estate (Singapore/China), Israel (2 tours), South Korea, Germany
Winter 15/16: India, Argentina
2014-2015
Spring 15: Japan, Real Estate (Colombia/Mexico), Israel, Italy (Food and Luxury Goods), South Korea, Indonesia
Winter 14/15: South Africa, India, Hong Kong/Taiwan
2013-2014
Spring 14: Japan, Real Estate (China), Israel, Spain, South Korea
Winter 13/14: South Africa, Thailand, UAE
2012-2013
Summer 13: Poland
Spring 13: Japan, Real Estate (Brazil), Israel, Spain, Greece, South Korea
Winter 12/13: India
2011-2012
Spring 12: Japan, Real Estate (China), Innovation (Scandinavia), Israel, Spain, South Korea
Winter 11/12: India
2010-2011
Spring 11: Japan, Real Estate (Mexico), Israel, Italy, South Korea
Winter 10/11: India, Egypt/Dubai
2009-2010
Spring 10: Japan, Real Estate (Brazil), Italy, South Korea
Winter 09/10: India, Dubai, Egypt/Israel
2008-2009
Spring 09: Japan, Real Estate (South Africa), Social Enterprise (Argentina), South Korea
Winter 08/09: India, Italy
2007-2008
Spring 2008: Bulgaria/Romania, China, Dubai/Doha, Japan, Real Estate in Mexico, South Korea
Winter 07/08: Social Enterprise in India, India, Italy, South East Asia
2006-2007
Summer 2007: Brazil
Spring 2007: China, Japan, Latin America, Renewable Energy (Brazil), Real Estate (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Buenos Aires, Argentina), South Korea
Winter 06/07: Australia, India, Italy, Rwanda (Social Enterprise)