Mountbatten Institute Founded in New York in 1984, the organization was named in honor of the late Earl Mountbatten of Burma, a senior member of the British Royal Family. Mountbatten Institute holds accreditation and membership in a number of business organizations and provides structured internships for international students under a State Department J1 Exchange Visitor program with certificate qualifications in international business. Qualifications can be applied towards graduate qualifications from two British Universities - St. Mary’s University, London, and the University of Chester. The Institute enrolls over 300 students annually in New York, in two cohorts of 150 each with classes held on evenings and weekends. Based in Manhattan, the Mountbatten Institute offers, students the unique opportunity to earn the MBA, the Post Graduate Certificate in International Business, the Master in Entrepreneurial Leadership in Global Business or the Master in Business Administration, through a unique work-based learning program. Students participate in a full time traineeship, combined with evening and weekend graduate study, while simultaneously gaining invaluable professional experience and building powerful networks at top financial institutions in New York City and Fairfield County, CT. Firms include UBS, Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse, Liquidnet, JP Morgan, HSBC, and Thomson Reuters among others.