In this article
- Learn about Kelley Direct’s global immersion experiences, which are uniquely designed to put your skills to work and change your perspectives on business. It’s one of the many reasons we’re ranked among the best online MBA programs offering international business by U.S. News & World Report.
- Hear from faculty who have thoughtfully planned and led international immersions. They share their perspectives on the importance of in-person international business experience for online MBA students.
- Find out how Kelley Direct Online MBA graduates have applied the skills and cultural awareness they gained through studying and interacting with businesses in another context to their careers at home.

Interested in an international online MBA program? Kelley Direct’s global immersions take students all over the world—including Greece.
Global immersions provide an opportunity to travel internationally to gain real-world business experience as part of an international business online MBA focus. How do you fully immerse yourself in a country’s corporate landscape and culture?
You go there.
Each year, Kelley Direct’s full-time faculty design and teach more than 12 optional global and domestic immersions that center on a topic that prepares students for the complexities facing businesses in an interconnected global economy. These trips take Kelley Direct students to business hubs throughout the world, including Thailand, Ireland, Greece, and Brazil, and provide one-of-a-kind opportunities.

Professor Tatiana Kolovou, pointing, led a global immersion to Greece, her native country.
In 2022, Tatiana Kolovou, a professor in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Kelley School, led a group of students from the Kelley Direct Online MBA on a trip to her hometown of Athens for a unique opportunity to consult with the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens and to experience the nuances of Greek business culture firsthand. (more…)