Since its founding in 1942, Fairleigh Dickinson University has taken pride in providing students with international lessons and multicultural perspectives. Today, this mission is vital. Groundbreaking developments in communication, transportation and the spread of information bring billions together from remote regions of the globe. Finances, goods, services and human destinies are linked in ways never before imagined.
Humanity is now a shared enterprise.
At Fairleigh Dickinson University, we are committed to preparing world citizens through global education. The Institute for Global Commerce serves as the primary University center for research, education and activities that consider the stabilization of global marketplace links among countries and cultures and how these links encourage commerce and support world peace. The Institute maintains relations, at the highest levels, with the United Nations, the United States Department of State and transnational corporations. An annual gathering of organizations and individuals responsible for the development of global commerce, who will vitalize and expand the global economy. A forum bringing together managers, civil servants and government officials from different countries to solve common problems.