Student Application Process and Placement Timeline
An informational session will be held prior to the end of the semester.* Immediately following the information session the application and interview process will open. Following the completion of interviews and finalist presentations, placements will be announced via email. Students are required to confirm their placement within 48 hours. All travel arrangements will be made once all team members have accepted. *Availability of projects is dependent on the corporate sponsor’s semester preference.
Program Timeline
| Fall/Spring Semester | Project Travel/Work |
| Fall: Late August
Spring: Early January
(prior to start of semester) | Student team and advisor travel to partner school
and/or sponsor company. · This is an opportunity for the Babson students to meet
the contact at the sponsor company and learn more about the company history and goals for the project · The team discusses the project scope with the client
and develops an engagement contract and project timeline · Babson students are also exposed to cultural aspects
of the country they visit |
| Fall: August-December Spring: January – April | Project work · Team members work on the project and have weekly meetings with their advisor · Virtual meetings via telephone or videoconferencing
with client occur as established in engagement contract |
| Fall: December 2-9, 2009 Spring: April 15-24, 2009 | Final Project work and Presentations · Sponsor company contacts and partner school student/advisor teams travel to Babson for final presentation · Findings and recommendations are presented both
orally and in writing to advisor and sponsor company |
