北京, with a 历史 going back 3 millennia, is known as much for modern architecture as its ancient sites.

St. Bonaventure University

中国研究 Program


This unique and intense two-week summer course introduces you to China, 它的文化, 历史, and prospects for the future, all with a business focus.

中国研究 students outside an ancient pagodaThe 中国研究 program includes a two-week journey to China and completion of the 3-credit undergraduate and graduate university course MGT-446/MBA-646: 中国研究. 

The program is open to undergraduate and graduate students and others, 包括校友, spouses and friends.

You will land in Shanghai, the Paris of the East, and spend four days in this remarkable city.

You will spend two days in Xi’an, 二人之家,300-year-old Terra Cotta Warriors, described by National Geographic magazine as the 8th Wonder of the World. 

最后, you will spend eight days at the Friendship Hotel in 北京, located next to the 北京 Institute of Technology. You will learn about Chinese culture, 语言, 历史, business operations, and management style and will be briefed by managers of companies such as Moog of East Aurora, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, OCBC Bank in Shanghai, Devries全球, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, and Messe-Frankfurt, as well as by representatives of the commercial attache of the U.S. Embassy in China, and Shanghai National Exposition and Convention Center.

Ready for adventure?


This is an unforgettable trip filled with once-in-a-lifetime experiences, with visits to the international financial hub Shanghai, aka Paris of the East, and to the megacity 北京, the nation's cultural, educational and political center.

Briefings, lectures, visits and more 


Students on a visit to the Terracotta Army excavation site in Shaanxi, ChinaThis two-week experience is filled with every opportunity to discover China. There are 36 hours of briefings and lectures in which you may ask questions to learn more about the nation, 它的人民, and what it offers as a market.

除了, there will be cultural visits to the new Pudong area of Shanghai and to many historical sites in 北京, such as the Great Wall, Ti 'ananmen广场, 紫禁城, 颐和园, and the Temple of Heaven. 

Note that all presentations are in English so no knowledge of the Chinese 语言 is required

住宿, preparations, cost and payments


Your accommodations will be in fine Western-style 酒店. Students will be housed two to a room.

The total cost is $6,800, which includes tuition, 酒店, all airfare from and to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, and a Western breakfast daily. A $1,500 deposit is required 在12月. 25, 2023. To make your deposit (and subsequent payments), 点击这里.

Class size is limited so your deposit should be submitted as soon as possible.

Program material will be forwarded weekly during the spring 2024 semester for your required reading. There will also be a meeting at St. Bonaventure University in February 2024 in which the China visa applications will be completed and final student preparations will be made. Please note that there will be a fee (estimated at $250) to process the Chinese visa application and students are required to purchase travel insurance (likely less than $100).

Application, 发布形式, and other requirements


The program's online application, 发布形式 and copy of the complete photo page of your passport (if you have one at this time) must be submitted by Nov. 30, 2023. As noted above, the initial deposit is due Dec. 还有2023年.

Program Application
Program Release Form

The completed 发布形式 and photo page of your passport may be attached to an email addressed to program Director Dr. 卡尔的情况. 博士的邮件. 情况下. They may also be mailed or delivered to his office: 108B Swan Business Center, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY 14778.

Competitive scholarship available
1美元一个,000年竞争, need-based scholarship is available for MGT-446 undergraduates with their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on file with the 金融援助 Office at St.
Bonaventure University.

To apply for the scholarship, you must 博士的邮件. 卡尔的情况 在12月. 15, 2023. If you are awarded the scholarship, the China studies application, 发布形式, and deposit must be made 在12月. 25, 2023.