Experiential Learning opportunities for Undergraduates
As early as the first year, undergraduates are encouraged to pursue experiential learning activities. When you engage in such activities, you discover a new confidence, one that encourages you to stretch your intellectual boundaries and challenges you to embrace new levels of leadership. Consequently, “learning by doing” isn’t just something nice to do, it’s an essential feature of a Miami Herbert undergraduate education.
Meaningful learning experiences such as internships, community engagement, consulting projects, and research with faculty are available in a variety of curricular and co-curricular activities. As students layer in various experiences, they become more adept at considering new ideas, adjusting their attitudes and expectations, and changing behaviors, enabling them to better address real-world problems and the associated challenges.
Business Plan Competition
Starting a business is an invigorating adventure, especially when you can work with amazing peer co-founders and benefit from a vibrant ecosystem of collaboration and mentorship—that’s the Miami Herbert entrepreneurship experience. Whether you are member of UStart, the student entrepreneurship club, or you are ready to pitch your concept in the Business Plan Competition, you will find opportunities to sharpen your idea, build valuable relationships, and access essential resources to support your venture.
Student Managed Investment Fund
The Category 5 Student Managed Investment Fund is both an investment portfolio and a sequence of classes at Miami Herbert. With more than $1,000,000 in assets under management, the Fund provides students with real-world investment management and decision-making experience in both asset allocation and security selection. Participants are active as analysts, who focus on stock selection decisions in one of six sectors, and portfolio managers, who focus on allocation of decisions and risk management.
The Fund is open to exceptionally strong, full-time undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at Miami Herbert who are interested in learning about the investment management industry.
Experiential Learning opportunities for Graduate Students
The curriculum at Miami Herbert Business School integrates theory with real-world experiential learning. This immersive experience, coupled with training in data analytics, develops a skillset that leads to well-founded business decisions. Some of our most popular MBA/MS experiential learning programs include:
GLOBE Program
Global Learning Opportunities in Business Education (GLOBE) program, which takes place during spring or summer break, takes graduate students to various countries. Students visit local universities, companies, and NGOs to learn about the macro forces and policies affecting firms’ opportunities, strategies, operations, experiences, and best practices.
ACE Projects
Ready to stand out to top employers and move beyond standard coursework? Applied Career Experience (ACE) Projects at Miami Herbert Business School pair high-performing student teams with faculty or industry coaches to solve genuine, high-stakes business challenges for company partners spanning tech, financial services, healthcare, consumer goods and other industries.
In this real-world environment, you will manage a structured project lifecycle—conducting research, analyzing data, and designing solutions—before delivering your final strategy directly to corporate leadership. Whether you are building high-fidelity app prototypes for a financial lender, designing go-to-market strategies for an AI health platform, or productizing advanced data into decision-ready Tableau dashboards for major live events, you will gain highly sought-after skills in consulting, strategy, and AI. Don’t just learn about business – add a massive, real-client deliverable to your resume that proves to recruiters you have already done the work!
MiAmI LEADership challenge
The Miami Leadership Challenge is an action-based corporate crisis simulation that prepares students to lead in high-pressure, high-stakes situations. Students are immersed in a simulated business and media crisis where their ability to strategize through extreme turbulence, quick decision-making, and poise under pressure are put to the test. Student teams will play the part of senior executives tasked with responding to the crisis as it unfolds: receiving emails, social media updates, phone calls, texts, and more. Teams will then present their strategy to Board of Directors, journalists, and the public. Along the way, students receive personalized feedback from business leaders, communication coaches, and faculty experts. Top-performing individuals and the top three teams will receive prizes and awards.
Graduate Business Case Competitions
Case competitions are great experiential learning opportunities to practice innovative thinking and strategic problem-solving, while also developing relevant career skills. Participants are challenged to crack real-world business problems and present strategic solutions, allowing them to interact with industry leaders, gain invaluable insights, and experience the thrilling environment of competitive business strategy formulation.
Below are some case competitions Miami Herbert graduate students have typically entered and done well in in the past, as well as some other prestigious competitions that would be a good fit for our MBA or Specialized Masters’ students to participate in. In most cases, students competing in these competitions are eligible for expense reimbursement from the Unanue Graduate Career Center.
| Competition Name | Competition Dates | Application Deadline |
| International Business Ethics and Sustainability Case Competition | TBA for 2027 | TBA for 2027 |
| GAME Forum | TBA for 2027 | TBA for 2027 |
| Questrom $50K Sustainability Case Competition | November 15, 2026 | September 12 |
| Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge | TBA for 2026 | TBA for 2026 |
| National Black MBA Graduate Case Competition | September 23, 2026 | TBA for 2026 |
