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What Is X-Culture?

• We place trainees in international virtual teams with peers from around the world: 7 people per team, each in a different country.
• They solve real-life problems presented by real-life companies.
• In the process, they learn about other countries and cultures, learn how to collaborate online, work as a team, and solve business challenges.
• Every semester, about 5,000 people from over 40 countries take part in X-Culture. As of 2017, over 40,000 students have participated in X-Culture, and about 5,000 more are added every semester.
• Most participants are MBA students from over 150 universities. However, the project is also open to non-student professionals who seek to learn new skills, expand their professional network, and improve their resume.

7 Benefits

1. International experience
   Complete a project in a team where each team member is from a different country.
2. Business consulting experience
   Solve a real business challenge for a real client company.
3. Expand professional network
   Meet company CEOs, university professors, and professional peers from around the world
4. New knowledge and skills
   Training in cross-cultural communication, online collaboration tools, international business, business writing and presentation, and more.
5. Cultural intelligence
   A documented significant improvement in cultural intelligence from before to after the project.
6. X-Culture Certificate and Recommendation Letter
   You learn and grow. We provide a documented proof.
7. Stronger resume and improved chances of a new starts
   X-Culture experience makes you a much stronger applicant for a stipend or job.

Bonus: Best students are invited to the X-Culture Global Symposium where they meet their team members in person; plus a series of career development workshops and meetings with successful entrepreneurs, politicians, and community leaders.

Bonus: Occasionally, trainees do such a good job that their impressed clients offer jobs or internship positions.

Program Design

Theoretical Training (4 weeks)

• Cross-cultural communication.
• Problem solving in teams.
• Team leadership.
• Online collaboration tools.
• The art of writing winning business proposals.
• Plagiarism and academic referencing.
• The basics of International Business.

Practical Training (8 weeks)

• The trainees are placed in international teams.
• 6 people per team, each in a different country.
• Real companies present real international business challenges.
• Real time zones, real cultural differences.
• All communication online and in English.
• Live webinars with the client CEOs.

Post-Project Reflections (4 weeks)

• Trainees present their work at an online teleconference.
• Trainees receive X-Culture International Business Certificates and Recommendation letters.
• Best students are invited to the X-Culture Symposium.

Quick Facts

• X-Culture launched: 2010
• Number of students per session: 5,000
• Number of universities per session: 130
• Number of countries by student residence: 40
• Number of countries by student nationality: 75
• Total number of X-Culture graduates since 2010: 41,200
• Total number of universities since 2010: 271
• Total number of university professors since 2010: 508
• Notable clients: Mercedes-Benz, Louis Vuitton, Home Depot, Hard Rock International, JCB
• Number of clients per session: 5-10
• Open for non-student adults: 2015
• Open for pre-college youths: 2018

Timing

Testimonials

• It was an eye-opener! I learned a lot about other cultures and business and enjoyed the experience! 
  Ninette, Spain
• It a was a challenge to work with students from different countries. But it was a great opportunity to learn how to deal with different cultures. 
  Visar, India
• I really feel I learned a lot about working with people from other countries. I am now closer to my dream of getting a job in a global company. 
  Shu, China
• I was in a job interview and it was going nowhere. Then I mentioned my X-Culture experience and the interviewer’s eye lit up.
  I got the job. 
  Matthew, USA
• I was applying to universities in the U.S. and my X-Culture experience helped set me apart from other applicants. Nobody had such experience. I really think it helped me get the stipend. 
  Guilia, Italy
• It has been two years since I participated in X-Culture. It was hard to work with people from different countries. Looking back though, it was the best training for my career. 
  Sofia, Canada

Participation Fee

$195 per individual participant for the complete 4-months course

X-Culture Academy Stipends

• We believe that everyone should be able to receive X-Culture training, regardless of financial standing. Therefore, low-income applicants can apply for the X-Culture Academy Stipend.
• The participation stipend is $150.
• Stipend will be applied directly to the participation fee. Thus, the stipend recipients will pay only $45 for the entire program.
• The number of the X-Culture Academy Stipends is limited.
  The stipends are generally reserved for participants from low-income families (combined family income < $10,000 per year) or other special-needs applicants and are contingent upon the applicant’s excellent performance on the Theory test.

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