Global Professional Development Certificate

Unlock your potential on a global scale with the Center for Career Exploration and Success’s Global Professional Development Certificate!

Today’s employers want adaptable leaders with cultural fluency. The Global Professional Development Certificate signals that you are a leader with a global perspective who has built an international professional network and elevated your cross-cultural communication skills.

The Global Professional Development Certificate is available to Miami University students on the Oxford campus in good academic standing who fill out the certificate application upon completion of the following requirements:

1. Global Internship: Students must complete an approved Global Internship.
   1. For domestic students: An in-person internship that takes place outside of the United States OR a virtual internship for a company not based in the United States.
   2. For international students: An internship that takes place outside of your home country, including an internship within the United States.
   3. All internships must be registered through Handshake. Instructions for internship registrations can be found on our Internships page.
2. Global Career Readiness Modules: Students must complete the following online modules:
   1. Culture Wizzard from GoinGlobal
   2. Career Gameplan Assessment from Interstride
3. Global Professional Development Series: Students must attend two Global Professional Development Series sessions within one semester before or after the completion of a global internship. Visit the Global Professional Development Series page for workshop dates. 
4. Global Career Advising: Students must complete one one-on-one Global Career advising session with the Assistant Director of Global Development.
5. Career Development Personal Statement: Once qualifying activities are completed, students must submit a one-page personal statement responding to the following prompt: “How has my global internship experience prepared me for my career?”