Wharton Global Modular Courses (GMCs) deliver global, experience-based learning to Wharton students in key business locations around the world. Our courses are led on location by our world-class Wharton faculty, linking innovative ideas to new business phenomena, contextualized both in emerging markets and in developed economies.
Students take project-based courses on new, innovative business practices and mental models in select geographic locations best suited for experiential learning. The courses include classes and discussions led by Wharton faculty with expertise specific to both the new business models and to the geographic and market context. Each year since 2010, numerous courses are offered globally. The 2025-2026 lineup is scheduled to include 17 courses in various countries including: Africa (Nigeria, South Africa), Asia (India, Indonesia, Thailand, China, Vietnam, S. Korea, Taiwan & Hong Kong), the Middle East (UAE, Saudi Arabia), Europe (Germany, Romania & Sweden, United Kingdom), and Latin America (Brazil, Mexico).
GMCs expose students to a unique combination of local immersion, course concepts and cutting-edge business and social issues. The topics and locations give students first-hand exposure to business challenges and opportunities in regions undergoing rapid change by providing on-site company visits, meetings with prominent leaders working in the region, and interacting with students from host institutions as well as Wharton alumni. Students work across degree programs within Wharton (undergraduates, full-time and executive MBA students) and also are exposed to faculty and students in the local context when available. These courses deliver new teaching material, access to live cases set in the geographic region, and are taught in a new, intensive learning format creating an extremely dynamic and exciting learning experience for all.
2025 – 2026 Global Modular Course Schedule
Winter Break
2025-2026
OIDD: Operations & Business in India: From Gandhi to Globalization
Local Partner: Ahmedabad University
Professors Senthil Veeraraghavan, Ziv Katalan & Pankaj Chandra (AU)
Ahmedabad, India
December 29, 2025-January 2, 2026
MKTG: Saudi Arabia: Understanding its Transformation
FNCE: Finance in the UAE
LGST: Brazil: The Business, Politics, and Institutions of (Uneven) Economic Development
LGST/OIDD: The Next Ten Years in Vietnam: Anticipating Business in an Emerging Socialist Country
OIDD: Indonesia Rising: Sustainable Growth in ASEAN’s Largest Economy
Spring Break
2026
LGST/OIDD: Thailand: Disruptive Technology, Innovation & Manufacturing
LGST/MGMT: South Africa: The Role of Business in Societal Opportunity
Professors Kenneth Shropshire and Eric Kacou
Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa
March 9-13, 2026
MGMT: Enterprise Growth Through Innovation & Ecosystems: The Indian Perspective
OIDD: Global Supply Chain Management in Mexico’s Industrial Hub
OIDD: Technology and Innovation: Role of Taiwan & Hong Kong in the Global Marketplace
Late Spring
Summer 2026
MGMT: Environmental Sustainability, Mobility & Innovation in Germany
MGMT: London Calling: Driving Innovation in Traditional Economies
OIDD: Nigeria: Innovation and Growth in West Africa’s Largest Economy
LGST: Tech and AI in China
MKTG: South Korea as a Window into Creative Practices*
HCMG: Universal Health Care in Romania and Sweden*
*Please note: Any MBA or WEMBA student planning to graduate in May, who wants to take an Early Summer GMC that runs after graduation, must delay their graduation to August of that year.