Bachelor of International Business

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Program

At EM Strasbourg, our students build their program of study in accordance with their interests and career objectives.

International Manager Track

If you’d like to start your studies at EM Strasbourg and end them abroad, opt for this track, which allows you to spend one or two semesters at a partner institution.

Choose between Progressive English and Full English
English is at the heart of the Bachelor of International Business. To learn the language of business, our students have two options:

- Progressive English gradually develops your skills over the course of the three-year program.
- For those looking to go further, Full English offers the possibility of completing the bachelor's program entirely in English as early as the first year (this is optional and subject to conditions)

Discover business and management:

Introduction to marketing
Introduction to entrepreneurship
Introduction to finance
International communication
People and organizational management

Do a 10-week professional language stay:

Study at one of our 16 language centers in Germany, Canada, the United States, Malta, Ireland, or the United Kingdom, while completing a project to boost your professional skills.

Lead a project with a social and/or environmental impact:

Set up your impact project in line with the United Nations' sustainable development goals.
In groups of five to seven students, create a real association and collectively tackle challenges facing society.
Take advantage of 19 months of support within our association incubator: La Ruche Entrepreneurial Center.

Pursue further in-depth study:

Strategy and entrepreneurship
- Fundamentals of entrepreneurship
- Fundamentals of corporate strategy

International management
- Economics and management
- International and intercultural management

Marketing and communication
- Product and price policy
- Marketing studies

Finance and accounting
- Fundamentals of corporate finance
- Fundamentals of cost and financial accounting

Resume your impact project:

Continue the work you began in first year to boost your association by raising funds, organizing awareness-raising activities on the cause you are supporting, and preparing the humanitarian trip associated with the project.
Organize the handing over of your association to first-year students to ensure a future for your association.

Do a four-month internship:

Discover how a company functions and its management methods.

Choose to do a professional gap year:

6 to 12 months of internship in France or abroad, a springboard for future employment!

Option 1: Finish the program at EM Strasbourg with 100% of courses taught in English and gain professional experience.

Choose your specialization:
- International Marketing
- Human Ressources & International and Responsible Management
- International Business
Do a five-month internship in France or abroad.

Option 2: Study abroad and gain international experience.

University exchange:
- Begin your year by going on a semester-long exchange to one of our 40 partner universities*, where you’ll discover a new culture while improving your language skills. Finish the academic year with a four-month internship.
Dual degree in Germany:
- Spend one year at Furtwangen University and earn a dual degree!
Dual degree in Belgium:
- Spend one year at ULiège and earn a dual degree!

Option 3: Complete the final year of the program via co-op.*

Over the course of 12 months, alternate between periods of study at EM Strasbourg and work at your host company.
Have your university enrollment fees and tuition paid by your host company.
Earn a co-op student salary.

* Subject to approval by the University Board of Trustees

Practical information

- Studying abroad is subject to conditions. To stack all the odds of success in your favor, you must have a sufficient level of proficiency in English. Exchange agreements with our partners may vary from year to year. - You can choose to do a professional gap year: 6 to 12 months of internship in France or abroad, a springboard for future employment!

Since our bachelor is a state-recognized undergraduate degree (license), you have the option of continuing your education at EM Strasbourg by entering our PGE master’s degree or one of our other master’s degrees or pursuing graduate studies elsewhere.

Triple Degree Track

Designed for trilingual students proficient in English, German, and French, this track allows you to learn and grow in a different environment each year of the program: the first year is spent on-site at EM Strasbourg, the second at the University of Hohenheim, and the third at HEC Liège Management School. The advantage of this option? You earn a triple degree at the end of your three years of study.

Semester 1

CLUE: Cross-cultural skills, Language excellence, Uncommon activities, European leadership
- CLUE, a set of courses and activities focused on Europe: language courses, conference-debate at the European Parliament, etc.
Introduction to management studies
- Entrepreneurship
- Accounting
- Marketing and sales techniques
- Professional and personal development
Decision-making tools
- Office applications: Word and Excel
- Quantitative techniques for management

Semester 2

CLUE: Cross-cultural skills, Language excellence, Uncommon activities, European leadership
- CLUE, a set of courses and activities focused on Europe: language courses, conference-debate at the European Parliament, etc.
Introduction to management studies
- Marketing
- Business strategy
- Negotiation
- Customer relationship management
- Accounting
- People and organizational management
- Law
- Corporate finance
Enhanced German courses

Semester 1

Business mathematics
Social sciences
Introduction to macroeconomics
Introduction to economics
German

Semester 2

Digital transformation
Data analysis
Introduction to microeconomics
Management
International business and innovation

Semester 1

Econometrics
Law (two electives)
Strategic human resources management
Supply chain management
English

Semester 2

Financial statement analysis and corporate finance
Monetary and financial economics
Economics of globalization
Elective
Internship (eight weeks minimum)

Choose to do a professional gap year:

6 to 12 months of internship in France or abroad, a springboard for future employment!

Their Experience

"In my first year of the Bachelor of International Business, I was lucky enough to spend two months in England. My stay in Brighton was an extraordinary experience, rich in discoveries. I met people from all over the world, which enabled me to improve my English while opening up to a new culture."

Sasha Harlé

"Going to Mexico for a year was my best experience at the school. I had the good fortune of doing a university exchange during the first semester, followed by an internship in a company during the second. Between discovering a new culture, learning Spanish, and meeting so many incredible people, I c...

Thibault Lanoë

"When I arrived at EM Strasbourg, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do later on. But thanks to my experience in student associations, I discovered a real taste for organizing events. EM Strasbourg gave me the opportunity to get involved in large-scale projects, like the Challenge Ecricome, where I'm in...

Juline Thietry