Student Programs

The Baratta Center directly engages with current students at Georgetown McDonough and other Georgetown University schools and departments such as the Walsh School of Foreign Service, the McCourt School of Public Policy, and the Department of Economics, by involving them in research and Baratta Center activities, providing leadership opportunities and career connections, and broadly helping to shape the future of global business. In particular, the center engages closely with the Global Business Fellows in multiple ways, including organizing a range of co-curricular activities.

Global Business Fellows

The Global Business Fellows (GBF) is an innovative program, open to Georgetown McDonough and Walsh School of Foreign Service undergraduate students, that combines fundamental business principles with required coursework in international affairs, economics, and languages. The interdisciplinary curriculum enables students to analyze and solve challenges that impact business and public policy on a global scale.

Applications for the GBF Class of 2028 will open in February 2026.

Learn More About GBF

Experiential Learning Opportunities

Students are more engaged and have better learning outcomes when they interact with authentic issues and receive live feedback. With the goal of empowering and enabling future leaders in global business, the Baratta Center brings together Global Business Fellows and leaders in global businesses to work together on solving real-world issues.

Global Business Labs

Global business education teaches students how to analyze diverse markets, institutions, and multinational strategies, but in the professional world, solutions are often ambiguous and decisions are often made with a degree of uncertainty. The Baratta Center brings senior business executives and other global business leaders to the Hilltop to provide a unique, hands-on learning opportunity called a Global Business Lab (GBL) to bridge the gap between theory and practice.

GBL cultivates three core capabilities:

fluency with business tools,
the ability to frame complex problems and decisions,
and a reflective, professional mindset.

Students immerse themselves in live decision-making scenarios that mirror the complexity and constraints of global business practice. Each session centers on a consequential problem, practitioner framing and coaching, and student-led strategic response. Students will learn to navigate trade-offs, defend recommendations, and refine their thinking through expert feedback.

In the 2025-26 academic year, the Baratta Center will host two modules of the Global Business Labs:

Global Investing Module: Doing a Global Private Equity Deal, and
Global Trade Module: International Trade In Action.

Each module will feature three sessions with experienced practitioners from companies such as Blackstone, Chevron, Walmart International, and more.

Global Treks

Each GBL module culminates in a Global Trek to business hubs around the world.

This year’s Global Investing Module will end with a trek to Blackstone headquarters in New York City, where students will engage in a dynamic private equity deal live case simulation based on a real investment scenario: analyzing a potential target company and developing a focused diligence workplan. Students will present their investment recommendation to their peers and Blackstone professionals, gaining insight into the strategic thinking and analytical rigor behind private equity decision-making.

The Global Trade Module will end with a trek to Panama, where Global Business Fellows will gain firsthand exposure to the dynamics of international trade through site visits to the Panama Canal and the Free Trade Zone, where they will examine how infrastructure, policy, and private enterprise intersect.

Short Co-Curricular Internship Projects

The Baratta Center’s internship program offers juniors in the Global Business Fellowship program the chance to participate in a six-week, part-time internship during their spring semester. Internships are designed in collaboration with sponsoring organizations, providing students with hands-on experience while contributing meaningful insights and specific solutions to the organization.

Each internship project will focus on particular skill development goals – such as market analysis and research, strategic planning, operations, benchmarking, and/or content evaluation, and some of the projects will also focus on the use of AI tools and reasoning in businesses and organizations.

Previous sponsors of internships include BMW Group, Project Last Mile, iFinca, and Ascend Now.

If you are interested in sponsoring or applying for an internship, please contact Joseph Feuer, director of membership and student programs, at joseph.feuer@georgetown.edu.

“Having the opportunity to work for an organization on the other side of the world, serving a community foreign to me, was the exact opportunity I sought from Georgetown and the GBF program.
– Nick Errico (B’26), Global Business Fellow, Climate Resilience Intern at Project Last Mile”

“My favorite part of this experience was gaining insight into BMW’s approach to strategic foresight, leveraging data, consumer insights, and industry trends to inform long-term planning.
– Sophie Wu (B’26), Global Business Fellow, Cross-Regional Leisure Time Research Intern, BMW Group”

“One of the most valuable aspects of this experience was gaining exposure to the process of launching a small business and understanding the depth of thought and decision-making involved.
– Ana Gomez Garces (B’25), Global Business Fellow, Consumer Engagement
Intern, iFinca”

Global Business Experience (GBE)

As a leader in global business education, Georgetown McDonough provides all students the opportunity to travel abroad to consult either within an industry or with specific Fortune 500 companies. The Global Business Experience is required of all Global Business Fellows. Working in small teams, students partner with executives from multinational organizations to address complex business challenges. The Baratta Center for Global Business Education board leverages its industry relationships to help secure consulting engagements for student teams from our undergraduate programs.

Explore our Global Business Fellows’ recent GBE to Madrid to work with Airbus Helicopters Spain.

Student Fellowships

Graphic image of Georgetown Baratta Center Student Research Fellow, Alex de Castro, with quote reading ”My work at the Baratta Center has greatly complimented my coursework as a Global Business Fellow (GBF).

Beyond research and technical analysis, engaging with and learning from leaders in business and policy has been invaluable.“

The Baratta Center selects two to three outstanding Georgetown students every semester as student fellows to assist in center research, company projects, and activities. These fellows gain unique access to our working groups, engage with high-profile speakers at our events, and engage in high-level applied research. Get to know our current student fellows on Our People page.

If you are interested in applying for a Baratta Center Student Fellowship, please contact Joseph Feuer, director of membership and student programs, at joseph.feuer@georgetown.edu.

Applied Research

The Baratta Center empowers students as future thought leaders by connecting them with faculty fellows and global businesses to co-produce insightful research and insights.

Through channels such as the Global Exchange Podcast and the Global Perspectives Blog, students are given the platform to tell their stories, work directly with global businesses and research partners, and interview leaders.

The Baratta Center also engages students to work on case studies, whitepapers, and research briefs to help shape the future of global business directly.

Learn more about our Research and Insights.

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