Consulting and Professional Projects
Apply your skills to meaningful projects that tackle real challenges. Working with nonprofits, social enterprises, and mission-driven businesses, participants gain hands-on experience while developing teamwork, problem-solving, and professional capabilities. Innovation and human-centered design workshops provide practical tools to create solutions that are thoughtful, sustainable, and impactful.
Examples of experiences:
Consulting projects with nonprofits, social enterprises, or mission-driven businesses
Innovation and human-centered design workshops
Professional development activities including teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills
Past Consulting and Professional Projects
Consulting and Professional Projects are one of the formats within our Fluid Programs. Fluid Programs are designed with flexibility in mind and can be tailored to the needs of students and universities. Get in touch to consult on personalized program.
“This was a truly impactful and rewarding experience. It was clear how much the field partners valued the support and collaboration.”
– SIL Participant
Social Impact Lab (SIL)
The Social Impact Lab is a five-week experiential consulting program for IE University MBA students. Offered in Madrid or Johannesburg, participants act as consultants on strategic business and development challenges faced by social enterprises and NGOs, applying core consulting and strategy frameworks to real-world impact projects.
Students based in Johannesburg also engage more deeply with the local cultural and historical context, strengthening their understanding of how social and economic realities shape mission-driven organizations.
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Flexible based on university and student needs (five-week experience).
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Offered in Madrid (Spain) or Johannesburg (South Africa)
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Designed for IE University MBA students.
“The program helped me become more confident, adaptable, and proactive in real-world team and client settings.”
– RCP Participant
The Responsible Consulting Program (RCP)
The Responsible Consulting Program (RCP) is an eight-week experiential learning program for undergraduate students from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business. Designed for students in the Global Leadership Program seminar, RCP combines virtual consulting work with a two-week in-country immersion in Peru, where students collaborate with social enterprises and NGOs on real organizational and management challenges.
Working in small teams, participants apply a learning-by-doing approach rooted in responsible leadership, gaining hands-on consulting experience while developing cultural awareness and exposure to Peru’s entrepreneurial and social impact ecosystem.
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Flexible based on university and student needs (eight-week experience).
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Blending virtual consulting work with a two-week, in-country immersion in Peru.
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Designed for undergraduate students from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.
The Global Social Impact (GSI)
The Global Social Impact (GSI) course is a four-month hybrid experiential program offered by Emzingo|U in partnership with the USC Marshall School of Business. Centered on Human-Centered Design and global business perspectives, students work in teams to co-create solutions with social enterprises and nonprofits, focusing on user needs, service design, and impact-driven innovation.
The experience is complemented by a one-week in-country immersion in Mexico City, where students engage with the local cultural context. Over the past 11 years, GSI has supported mission-driven organizations across Latin America, Africa, and beyond.
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Flexible based on university and student needs (five-week experience).
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Four-month hybrid experiential program with one-week in-country immersion in Mexico City.
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Designed for undergraduate students from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.
“I learned a great deal about the coffee industry and what it truly means to be socially and environmentally sustainable. This class and this project additionally made me consider consulting as a potential career”
– GSI Participant
Fees and Prices
Emzingo program fees are offered in two package options, with housing and without housing, allowing participants to choose what best fits their needs. Pricing may vary by program and location, and discounted rates may apply for students from partner universities. Final pricing details and any applicable discounts will be clarified during the interview process.
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