Bachelor in International Management - ESC Clermont Business School

In few words

Overview

The Bachelor in International Management at ESC Clermont Business School in France is a 3-year programme taught entirely in English and accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research that offers students solid grounding in the main fields of business and management as well as hands-on practical training. The undergraduate programme has a highly international curriculum.

Students are prepared for successfully entering the business world through the various experiences of obtaining a double-degree abroad, and taking on internships during each year of the programme.

An internationally recognised business school diploma

The Bachelor in International Management is accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education as a Bac+3 degree and benefits from the international accreditations of the ESC Clermont Business School: EFMD Bachelor (EFMD Programme Accreditation System) programme certifications and AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) institutional accreditation and AMBA (Association of Masters of Business Administration). It is also registered in the National Directory of Professional Certifications (RNCP – Fiche RNCP34872).

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OBJECTIVES of the programme:

To prepare for jobs in the management and development of international sector, while integrating CSR and ethical issues, in a globalized context, in order to:

Implement marketing methods and tools necessary to develop the company’s markets,
Deploy sales,
Manage the teams,
Manage budgets and financial objectives in terms of turnover and profitability
Implement collaborative work methods
Mastering digital media

In 3 years, you will have:

Acquired the fundamentals of management in order to choose your next career path with confidence.
Achieved an excellent level of English, which is essential for working in a company in France or abroad.
Lived abroad for 12 to 19 months.
Validated an international double degree with a partner university, in addition to the Bachelor of International Management (BIM).

What makes us different:

An innovative teaching method focused on experience, professional situations, and real-life business cases that will enable you to acquire professional reflexes very quickly. The course outline of the Bachelor programme includes numerous group work sessions, seminars, business games, challenges… but also, of course, classes with a maximum of 35 students, 15 for languages.
Language learning is designed to encourage maximum exchange, with English-speaking professors, and in groups of varying levels. Our double degree program allows you to spend a year abroad whilst learning a new language, and we give you every opportunity to do so.
The intercultural environment allows you to work in groups with students from all over the world – more than 60 nationalities in the school are represented – a real life training experience in a multinational company!
A customisable course content, with coaching to help you make your choices: courses fully or partially taught in English, various specializations, internships, international destinations, apprenticeships, further studies.

Strengths

Academic excellence

Our bachelor's degree has the highest international recognition: it is AACSB, AMBA, and EFMD accredited and recognized by the state.

100% Taught in English

The international programme is entirely taught in English. A French and English track is also available.

International study experience

With over 100 partner universities: choose from various study options; summer School, internships abroad, dual-degree qualifications or exchange semester abroad.

In the TOP 10 of the best Bachelors

Our program is in the TOP 10 of the 2022 rankings of l'Etudiant.fr and Le Parisien Étudiant

Top 10 "HappyAtSchool''

We have renewed our HappyIndex®AtSchool 2022 Label and are now in the Top 5 schools offering the best Student Experience

Preparation for managerial positions

Complete executive internships, apprenticeships or work placements to qualify for future business career opportunities and promotions in pursuit of high-level management positions.

Admission

High School Diploma
Proficiency in English (Official TOEFL score of 550 at least, or equivalent: IELTS (6,0), TOEFL IBT, Cambridge English, TOEIC (750))

Additional requirement for entry into:

Second year of achelor : 60 ECTS credits in a business-related course
Third year of bachelor : 120 ECTS credits in a business-related course

Application for Exchange student

Application for Freemover

Our campus is accessible to people with reduced mobility

Campus Handi Accessible

Guide for students with disabilities

Funding

Fees and financing

There is an application fee of 50 Euros.
Tuition Fees for the Bachelor Programme: € 7500 per year (the fee for a double-degree abroad in Year 3 is € 8500)

They include:

Access to online courses and e-learning platforms
CareerLab and SquareLab services
Study abroad opportunities with international partner universities
2 English language exam certifications
Voltaire certification
A first consultation with our partner to secure accommodation in Clermont-Ferrand
Participation in the Student Integration week
The BDE membership fee
The contribution to the Alumni Association Groupe ESC Clermont

The tuition fees for the Bachelor in International Management do not include living
expenses in France or abroad related to educational activities, internships or expatriation.

FINANCING YOUR BACHELOR PROGRAMME

There are many financing solutions, both internal and external to the school.

Early bird waiver:

Payment of deposit: Those who pay the deposit before the beginning of March receive a 5% reduction on the tuition fees.
Confirmation of enrolment: Those who pay the deposit within the two weeks following acceptance and by the end of June at the latest receive a 5% reduction on tuition fees.
Full payment of tuition fees before starting of the programme: 5% reduction on tuition fees.

The first two reduction schemes are non-cumulative. The full payment of the discounted tuition fees discount is cumulative with either the first or second early bird waiver.

Scholarships

Various scholarships are offered to both French and International students based on different criterias.

Scholarships provided by ESC Clermont Foundation:

Groupe ESC Clermont’s Foundation offers scholarships that are open to both French and International students based on their academic achievements and social backgrounds. Students can apply for this scholarship after the start of their programme. A jury will study the submitted file and supporting documents on an individual basis.

Scholarships to go abroad:

Erasmus+ scholarship: It allows students to finance part of their stay in Europe as part of their studies abroad in a partner university (semester / double-degree) or internship.

Conseil Régional scholarship: It is a scholarship offered by the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes for students who do part of their studies or their internship abroad.

Flexible payment plans

There are flexible payment plans available to make it easier for students to pay for their tuition fees. For example, students can pay in various installments or through monthly payments.

Find out all about the assistance available to finance your studies

Student Life

Accommodation

If our campus has one strong asset in Clermont, it is that it is located right in the city centre, at the foot of the historic city centre and about ten minutes’ walk from the bus and train stations. This location in the city centre also has a significant advantage over accommodation: 95% of students come to classes on foot or by tram and 70% of them are less than 10 minutes away from the campus.

All about accommodation

Associative life

All you need to know about assos!

Discovering

Basics of Management: 42 ECTS Credits

Economic and Legal Environment: 12 ECTS Credits
Marketing / Communication: 8 ECTS Credits
Management
Accounting: 6 ECTS Credits
Digital Culture & Statistics: 2 ECTS Credits
Languages: 14 ECTS Credits

Make Sense Workshops: 2 ECTS Credits

Self-awareness
Awareness of the professional environment
Personal development: 1 ECTS Credit
Methodology & interpersonal communication: 1 ECTS Credit

International: 2 ECTS Credits

3 week intensive course in a partner university (summer school)

Tutored Modules: 7 ECTS Credits

Introductory Welcome seminar: 1 ECTS Credit
Social responsibility project: 2 ECTS Credits
Business Games: 2 ECTS Credits
First steps to employment: 1 ECTS Credit

Internship: 3 ECTS Credits

Introductory internship In France or abroad / humanitarian project (2 months)

Making your fist choices

Basics of Management: 32 ECTS Credits

Finance / Budgeting: 5 ECTS Credits
Marketing: 5 ECTS Credits
Management: 5 ECTS Credits
CSR: 2 ECTS Credits
Languages: 15 ECTS Credits

Choice of Minor: 12 ECTS Credits

Choose one between

International Marketing
International Business
International Finance
Sport Business

Tutored Modules: 10 ECTS Credits

Business creation project: 8 ECTS Credits
Business Games: 2 ECTS Credits

Student Associations: 2 ECTS Credits

Forum of associations

Internship: 6 ECTS Credits

Internship 5 months in France or abroad

A tailored course to prepare for the future

Choice of track

International Double Degree: 60 ECTS Credits

Obtain a double-degree in one of ESC Clermont’s partner universities.

Our international partners

International Business: 60 ECTS Credits

Extensive or intensive:

Multicultural teambuilding: 2 ECTS Credits
Strategy and International Development: 6 ECTS Credits
Business Ethics: 6 ECTS Credits
Business Negotiation: 12 ECTS Credits
Cultural development and Foreign Language: 4 ECTS Credits
International Economy & Finance: 6 ECTS Credits
Export & Import Trading: 6 ECTS Credits
Cross Cultural Management: 6 ECTS Credits
Sales Organisation: 6 ECTS Credits
Personal Branding: 1 ECTS Credits

Semester abroad

Internship / Business experience / Humanitarian project

Optional Courses

Digital Marketing: 4 ECTS Credits
Business Intelligence: 4 ECTS Credits
International Internship: 4 ECTS Credits
E-Business Strategies: 4 ECTS Credits
Economics & Globalization – trends and risks: 4 ECTS Credits
Entrepreneurial Export Import Project: 4 ECTS Credits

Work-Study (only taught in French)

5 Specialisations:

Digital Communication Assistant
Retail Manager
Customer Advisor in Banking and Insurance
Business Developer
Humans Ressources

I speak 4 languages. I love to travel, I think it is very enriching to discover other cultures, other ways of seeing things. After my Bac S in the European section of English, I really wanted to be able to use this asset in my higher education studies. I joined the Bachelor's programme in the "all in English" class. I would like to do an internship in England. It is also there, in Nottigham, that I plan to do my double degree year. For next year, I would like to specialise in Finance.

Kawtar SALEK Class of 2020

International / Study abroad

Develop your language skills

International experience is an integral element of our programme. During the three year programme students have the opportunity to live various international experiences and can spend up to a total of 19 months abroad during the three year programme.

From the intensive learning of English to the presence of many international students in the school and the courses in English – which can be taken progressively or directly at 100% from the 1st year – and a 3rd year spent abroad, the objective is to graduate from the school as bilingual or even trilingual. By spending potentially up to 20 months abroad over the course of the programme, in studies and internships, any student who joins this programme is expected to be able to continue their studies or work abroad.

1st year

100% of courses in English (about a quarter of the students)
LV2: French, Spanish, Italian, German, Chinese
Summer School: 2 to 3 weeks in university to prepare for the TOEFL (Spain, France, Ireland and the UK)
Possibility of an internship abroad

2nd year

100% of courses in English (about half of the students)
LV2: French, Spanish, Italian, German, Chinese
Specialisation courses in English
Possibility of 5-month internship abroad

3rd year, optional (except in the case of a work-study program)

Intercultural year on the ESC Clermont campus

A semester abroad
Semester in 3rd year: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Finland, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

A full year abroad in a Double Degree
Double degrees in 3rd year: China, Colombia, Finland, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Spain, UK.

Our international partners

Discover another world when you study abroad

In the webseries “Va voir ailleurs si j’étudie” Jessica, a graduate of ESC Clermont Business School and travel blogger with her Youtube channel “Mes ptits bouts du monde” (My little bits of the world), reveals the daily life of ESC Clermont Business School students who have gone abroad for a double degree.

Watch all the episodes here

Professionalisation

The business world through teaching

From the very first day, students of the Bachelor in International Management discover the world of business, through projects and simulations. Supervised by professors and professionals, they usually work in groups and participate in challenges and business games, or solve real problems proposed by companies.

IN THE FIRST YEAR

Challenge Business Game: an immersion in a world simulating marketing decisions related to the marketing of consumer products.
Challenge Compet’ Agences: a day on a real company’s communication problem. They are formed into agencies and must deliver at the end of the day a graphic proposal and a video that meet the advertiser’s brief.
The Corporate Social Responsibility Project (CSR): a long term project with a concrete subject entrusted by an association or an NGO.

IN THE SECOND YEAR

Les Négociales: the largest French-speaking competition dedicated to commercial negotiation, based on role-playing with professionals
The Business Development Project (or New Business Project – PNB): a year-long support for project leaders who entrust our students with their business launch projects. An example below with Oreline.

IN THE 3RD YEAR ON An APPRENTICESHIP TRACK

Learning by doing projects in each specialisation:

Transversal digital project (building a digital strategy),
Field experimentation (analysis and reflection based on real commercial data provided by the store and interaction with managers),
Experimental classroom (a complete department subjected to construction and deconstruction on shelves designed in the classroom),
Flipped classroom (to make the student the actor of his own learning and to allow him to build his skills in situations close to reality)…

Learning By Doing : Les coulisses du retail – Auchan

7 MONTHS OF INTERNSHIP AND UP TO 19 MONTHS OF EXPERIENCE

Internships form an essential part of the study curriculum at the Business School. Students can carry out an internship in France or abroad. Students carry out a 2-month internship in the first year and a 5-month internship in their second year. Therefore, by the end of the programme, each student acquires a minimum of 7 months of work experience. Students also have the possibility to do an optional internship in the third and final year of the Bachelor programme.

The aim of the internships:

Provide our young graduates with professional experience during their Bachelor studies.
Acquire new skills while developing existing ones.
Bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and best professional practices.
Gain added value that is attractive for companies who are looking for experienced candidates.

To elaborate, the first 2 years, students in the Bachelor in International Management programme have compulsory work experience (internships) in France or abroad:

in the 1st year (June to August): 2 to 3 months to discover the company and its professions
in the 2nd year (April to August): 5 months to carry out concrete assignments
In the 3rd year, students who wish to consolidate their professional project and move towards a 3-year degree can opt for the 100% apprenticeship track taught only in French

Your contacts

Mohamed EL ZAYADI

Recruitment - International

E-mail

Anne PATS

Director of undergraduate programs

E-mail

After the Bachelor in International Management

The programme prepares students to be true international business leaders in a wide variety of sectors across the globe. Through the unique business-oriented curriculum, work experience and the double degrees opportunities, graduates will be qualified for key positions in the different management areas of multinational corporations.

Key figures

92% of companies that receive 2nd year Bachelor trainees are willing to recruit them after graduation.
100% of graduates are recruited within 3 months.

Career services

Throughout their studies, all Bachelor in Management students are provided with consistent support for:

Professional skills development.
Understanding the job market.
Job search and internships.
Practical CV and cover letter writing.
Preparation for interviews.

FOCUS ON THE CLASS OF 2019 – FURTHER STUDIES:

93% success rate
83% of students who graduated from the Bachelor’s programme in 2019 chose to continue their studies.
Most of our graduates go on to the Grandes Écoles de commerce et de management, on Master Grande Ecole, Master of Sciences or Specialised Masters programmes, or to a university.

FOCUS CLASS OF 2019 – PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION:

71% of students found a job even before graduation
88% of graduates found their first job less than 2 months after graduation
The average gross annual salary of graduates is €29,582
41% of graduates hold a position with an international dimension

NB: The rate of entry into working life is higher for students who have completed their 3rd year of work-study, as they are very often recruited on permanent contracts in their host company.

A few examples of jobs held by our graduates and the companies they go on to work in: