William Tsai

There is little value in staying in school if there is no goal or motivation behind it; anyone could sit through lectures and write sub-par thesis to trade in a degree. However, the IBMBA of NSYSU gives students little reason to remain unmotivated. I will illuminate three.

First, the IBMBA structure itself forces students to inherit its namesake. First years are required to maintain international exposure and language proficiency as foreign professors and international students accompany virtually every class. True, there is friction under multi-culture collaboration, but it is just what IBMBA seeks to cultivate: a controlled transnational work environment in which individual ability and effective in-team communication are equally paramount.

Second, its classes are designed to fast-track non business-major students, and to prove business-major students’ worth. As a Language and Literature college graduate myself, these classes are just challenging enough to make me work for the knowledge, but not gruesome enough to throw in the towel at my first try. My fellow Business Administration graduates aren’t standing around either; oftentimes professors demand hands-on case applications where they will have to put their mettle to the test in the classroom and at company visits. There is no rest for both the academia and the applied.

Thirdly, global experience is not just provided, it is bloody mandated. Second years are required to go abroad — may be it for a humble exchange program or a daring dual degree — to graduate. A trip away from home is the fastest way to broaden horizons: both in mind and in soul. IBMBA makes sure that its pupils are not simply “international” in name, but internationalized in practice.

To fresh graduates, learn and train now when you are still young. To experienced returnees, get your skillsets under your belt before heading out once more.