Engage bright learners and gain strategic insights
The Fuqua Client Consulting Practicum (FCCP) offers organizations a unique opportunity to collaborate with teams of high-performing graduate students who bring fresh perspectives, cutting-edge business knowledge, and a passion for solving complex problems.
Clients benefit from:
- Access to top talent: Work directly with students from one of the world’s leading business schools—carefully selected and guided by expert faculty and experienced mentors.
- Fresh insights: Receive innovative ideas and data-driven recommendations from a new generation of business thinkers.
- Cost-effective strategy development: Tap into consulting-level problem solving without the consulting firm price tag.
- Latest business thinking: Students apply the most current tools, frameworks, and insights from their coursework to your real-world challenge.
FCCP is your chance to engage with future leaders while advancing your strategic priorities—at no cost beyond your time and collaboration.
Students have the best learning experience (and can provide the best results to clients) when they’re presented with a significant business challenge and guided by a supportive, responsive client.
Is FCCP right for your organization?
- Your team is eager to provide a meaningful learning experience to our students
- You have a significant and compelling business challenge that fits in our program timelines
- Members of your team have bandwidth to serve as project contacts, meeting and communicating regularly with students
- Under our FCCP Master Agreement, FCCP Project Agreement, and Student Acknowledgement form, you’re able to share business data with our students so they can provide rich insights.
- You value the fresh point of view of a student perspective
- Learn more about what we look for in FCCP client partners here
What clients say
“The FCCP team provided our organization with a comprehensive view of a complex topic. They offered real and thoughtful solutions that caught the attention of senior leaders at our company. The students are bright and eager, and genuinely want to help create impact in our company and society. I would highly encourage others to engage with FCCP.”
—Duke Energy
“Our FCCP team provided a fresh take on a problem that helped us challenge some of our base assumptions, consider previously overlooked alternatives, and build a stronger strategy.”
—Medtronic
“The Fuqua team exceeded our expectations. The analysis and recommendations the team provided have already generated senior level discussion internally. If the success of any consulting engagement can be measured by management’s willingness to execute its recommendations, this one will pass the test.”
—Tapestry Networks
“The student team went about this assignment very professionally. They dealt with the ambiguity very well and their analytical yet real-world approach provided us with the ROI analysis we were looking for. They were great to work with too, and the output will have a tangible impact on our marketing impact in Kohler Commercial in North America in the months and years ahead.”
—Kohler
“They were able to tackle a problem we had not had the resources or time to prioritize and gave us thoroughly considered, actionable next steps in their final presentation. We were able to apply their recommendations the next week.”
—Research Square
“As a biotech start-up in RTP with a small business team, we feel so lucky to have had access to such an invaluable group of students and top-tier university resources. The group of students always brings a fresh perspective to our organization, a passion for our mission, and a drive to complete high-quality research.”
—BIOMILQ