About the OU/EDI Program
 Founded in 1962, The University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute (OU/EDI) provides professional economic developers with the up-to-date knowledge and tools necessary to succeed in today's competitive marketplace. The OU/EDI experience immediately impacts your professional career. Innovative economic development organizations want solid, well-grounded professionals. OU/EDI provides the education you need to build your career in this exciting field.
Due to the comprehensive and practical design of our courses, OU/EDI professionals immediately apply their education on the job. To achieve the proper educational experience and instructional insight for participants, OU/EDI draws its instructors from the ranks of today's leading economic development practitioners and educators across the country.
OU/EDI provides
an aggressive three-session program
of instruction and research. We conduct
our instructional programs in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma and Indianapolis, Indiana and in Mexico.
Each session lasts one week.
Most students
complete the OU/EDI program over three
calendar years, although this schedule
can be accelerated by attending multiple
locations. Each of the three OU/EDI
sessions allows you to choose from
a variety of core and elective courses.
The
Benefits
You benefit
from OU/EDI in several ways. First,
of course, you can keep current on
the latest changes in the fast-changing
field of economic development. In addition
to taking courses in Oklahoma City
and Indianapolis and throughout Mexico,
you can review the research conducted
by past students in the program. These
research projects give you both practical
advice and new ideas to follow.
Finally,
by becoming actively involved in OU/EDI,
you will meet other professionals.
One way or another, the OU/EDI network
of economic development professionals
will accelerate your career.
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