Sharing the Faith
The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance is the premiere training institution for the banking industry in the Kingdom of Bahrain. DePaul University's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business has partnered with BIBF since 1996 to offer
graduate degrees, on site, to Bahraini, Saudi, and other Middle Eastern professionals interested in advancing their careers in the finance industry. Over 600 students have earned DePaul master's degrees in Bahrain and have moved on to successful careers in both public and private enterprises across the Middle East.
Atlantis Program with Linkoping University and ECE-Lyon
The EU-US Atlantis Program, known as “The Transatlantic Dual-Degree Program: Preparing Students for Success in the Flat World of the 21st Century,” was inaugurated in October 2006 at ECE Lyon. DePaul is one of 4 partner institutions involved in the consortium. Other partners include ECE (École de Commerce Européenne), France; Western Illinois University (WIU), Macomb, Illinois; and Linköping University (LIU), Sweden.
Symbiosis International University
Symbiosis International University (SIU) is a private, fully-accredited university located in Pune, India. Established in 1971, it has had an international orientation since inception with 10% of its student body being non-Indian. SIU has 7 colleges: Law, Management, Computer Studies, Health & Bio-Medical Sciences, Media Communication & Design, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Engineering. Entrepreneurial, trend-setting, and highly ranked, it was one of the first Indian universities to create a college of liberal arts modeled after the 4-year US Liberal Arts degree. The quality of students is high and the faculty balance teaching and research obligations. DePaul entered into a formal partnership with SIU in 2011. Every alternate year, DePaul conducts a working visit to Symbiosis for groups of faculty members interested in collaborating with Indian colleagues.