Summer school

FDC offers a course during summer vacations in the Northern Hemisphere, with classes focused on enhancing the development of individuals and organizations that aim to collaborate effectively in leading toward positive futures for Brazil and the world.

It can provide the student with a collaborative environment to connect with professionals, experts, and peers who share a passion for creating meaningful change through business. Students explore new perspectives, develop practical skills, and build a network to create a more sustainable and responsible future through the power of business. They also learn methodological tools valuable for careers in business and administration.

FDC Summer School is a dynamic blend of academic exploration, curriculum enrichment, and social and cultural engagement:

One week course with top-notch professors
Immersive experience with field visits
Contact with Brazilian entrepreneurs and businesses
Access to the different FDC Hubs, which bring together the FDC ecosystem
Experience in a tropical climate and a diverse culture
Wide and diverse social and cultural events

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CONTACT US

Application to our Summer School is done online through e-mail: internationaloffice@fdc.org.br.

Learn

Our course combines expository classes with top-notch professionals, case studies of reference projects, and debates among professors and students, promoting access to current knowledge and the development of analytical thinking.

Main topics that will be tackled to give you clarity on practical paths to create a positive impact through business:

Socio-environmental reality in the world and in Brazil
The role of society, professionals and business in transforming realities
Ways to generate positive impact via business
Sustainable Business: Integrating Social and Environmental Values
Social enterprises and social impact businesses
Worldwide movements for positive impact through business
Impact Investing: Funding Social Impact Business Initiatives
Design Thinking for creating Social Impact Business Models

See

With the aim of internalizing the acquired knowledge, throughout the course field visits will be conducted. During these visits, students will have the opportunity to explore case studies of business-driven impact solutions, visit a project focused on impact in the city of Belo Horizonte, engage in conversations with professionals already active in the field, and get acquainted with organizations that are reference points in the sector.

This will allow them to exercise their skills in empathy and active listening, as well as establish a network of contacts with social entrepreneurs and within the social impact ecosystem in Brazil.

Throughout the course, students will put into practice all the newly acquired knowledge and work on their entrepreneurial skills by conceptualizing a business action or a new venture to address a real socio-environmental challenge. In this opportunity, they will also have the chance to exercise their skills in creative thinking, collaboration, and public speaking.

Additionally, by participating in the course, students will have the opportunity to build their global professional network by interacting with students from Brazil and other parts of the world.

Prove

At the end of the course, students will receive a certificate from FDC, which is an internationally acclaimed institution. There will also be a prize for the best performers in the practical challenge of the course.

Both will be presented during an award ceremony followed by a networking cocktail at the end of the course.