Objectives of the Program

• Acquire the keys to thriving in an international context
• Master the tools needed to understand the inner workings of a company
• Gain professional experience and skills through internships and projects
• Develop your business and management skills
• Narrow down and develop your personal and professional goals through personalized support

Key Figures

• 99% of our students recommend their school.
• 100% of courses are in English in third year.
• 9 months of internship minimum over the course of the program.

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 throughout 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)

Year 1 - Discover and Try New Things

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.

Year 2 - Deepen Your Knowledge and Develop Your Skills

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.

Year 3 - Specialize and Gain Valuable Experience

• Option 1: Finish the program at EM Strasbourg with 100% of courses taught in English and gain professional experience
• Option 2: Study abroad and gain international experience
• Option 3: Complete the final year of the program via co-op.

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.

Year 1 - Discover and Try New Things

Semester 1

• CLUE: Cross-cultural skills, Language excellence, Uncommon activities, European leadership
• Introduction to Management Studies
• Decision-making tools

Semester 2

• CLUE: Cross-cultural skills, Language excellence, Uncommon activities, European leadership
• Introduction to Management Studies
• Enhanced German courses

Year 2 – Deepen Your Knowledge and Skills

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

Year 3 - Gain Professional Experience

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)

Key Figures

• 73% of graduates continue their studies in a master's program.
• 14% of students do a professional gap year.
• 11% of graduates find a job in a company.

Professionalization

The Bachelor of International Business was conceived and designed to give you the keys to understanding and experiencing the world of work. Our objective? To enable you, if you so choose, to enter the job market after graduation.

Numerous Opportunities

The Bachelor of International Business offers a wide range of opportunities to gain professional experience.

Internships

You are required to complete at least nine months of internship during your three years of study. Students looking to go above and beyond can extend this to 11 months.

Co-op

Are you eager to dive into the world of business? Complete the third year of your program via co-op* and divide your time between alternating periods of work (at your host company) and study (at EM Strasbourg). Not only is your tuition paid in full by your host company, but you also earn a co-op salary.

* Subject to approval by the University Board of Trustees

Professional Gap Year

Allowing students to gain significant professional experience, professional gap years and their six months (minimum) of internship in France or abroad are springboards for professional insertion. They are optional and can be carried out at different times during the program*.

*A professional gap year cannot be completed following a co-op contract.