Lauder Institute

The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies is an institution that offers a joint degree program at the University of Pennsylvania, combining an MA in international studies from the University of Pennsylvania [School of Arts and Sciences|School of Arts and Sciences] with an MBA from the Wharton School or a JD from the University of [Pennsylvania Law School|Penn Carey Law School].
The Lauder Institute was founded in 1983 by Leonard A. Lauder and Ronald S. Lauder in honor of their father, Joseph Lauder.

Program

In the program, students pursue one of six programs on five regional areas, or the Global Program. Within the regional programs for a 24-month period, students learn in one of 11 languages: Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish.