MBA

MBA in Strategic Management and Leadership through Change

The GEM MBA is TOP ranked globally by the Financial Times in the 2024 full-time MBA rankings, receiving outstanding distinctions for career progression and international mobility. The MBA is also top ranked in France - 7th by the QS Global MBA Rankings 2023 & 8th by the FT Global MBA Rankings 2024.

Program Highlights

• Global Network of Change-makers: Connect with an international cohort of professionals and faculty committed to transformation, fostering a global network of 47,000 alumni including 2,000 MBA alumni.
  
• Hands-On Learning: Collaborate directly with local and international companies with Live Business Cases, applying theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios, building a consultant profile.
  
• Sustainability at the Core: MBA coursework echoes our commitment to a sustainable future, ensuring you lead change with a profound and lasting impact.
  
• Innovation Hub: Immerse yourself in Grenoble's vibrant tech ecosystem, a catalyst for innovation and transformation.
  
• Truly International Experience: Study in the 2nd most English-speaking city in France in a top, international business school. Gain exposure to international companies during the Study Trip to Berlin and the Corporate Expedition Week.

Why Choose Grenoble’s full-time MBA?

• Tailored Specializations: Customize your journey in Finance, Luxury, Entrepreneurship, or Business Analytics, emerging poised to lead change.
  
• Global Immersions for Cross-Cultural Agility: Sharpen your cross-cultural leadership skills with a diverse international faculty, student body, and international study trips, while gaining hands-on industry exposure.
  
• Full-Time Intensity for Rapid Growth: Immerse yourself fully in an intensive learning experience, surrounded by a community where sustainability is a way of life.
  
• Fast-track your career progression by engaging in personal and professional development workshops, enhancing both technical and interpersonal management abilities.
  
• Conclude your curriculum with a final management project tailored to your interests and program focus, aligning closely with your professional aspirations.

Ready to redefine your leadership narrative? Connect with us, attend an information session, or explore how Grenoble's Full-Time MBA can shape your journey of transformation. Preparing your career as a Changer Leader in Strategic Management begins now.

Boost your International Career in a Stimulating Environment

Are you looking for a way to take your international career to the next level? Our MBA offers a 540-hour global management program in a top ranked, triple-accredited International Business School. The MBA is highly applied in content, delivered by a team that brings together international academic specialists, executives, and consultants from a wide range of sectors

Upon completion of the program, you will be able to:

• Carry out internal and external analyses to propose strategic direction
• Set objectives and clear action plans
• Structure a transformation project by defining objectives, means, budget, and duration
• Pilot a project using tools and clear processes
• Communicate clearly and effectively in order to motivate teams and obtain managerial support
• Understand and take into account the impact of global, local, and intra-organizational interplay and impacts
• Map out key stakeholder interests, risks, and leverage points
• Learn how to build, motivate, and create resilient teams
• Explore innovation methodologies, become a collaborative leader
  

Pedagogy

In class: 450-core hours of concepts, theory and real-world examples via written and live cases, 90-hours of chosen elective with practitioners from several professional areas, and an applied in-company project with a group pitch to a client and an individual reflective piece/advisory report.

Core Subjects

Building your Professional Profile & Projects

Leading Organizational Transformation

Management of Technology and Innovation

Finance and Operations

Business Vision and Foresight

Specialization

Students can customize their MBA by choosing one specialization from the following options. Specializations consist of three intensive one-week sessions, along with work in Research Methodologies and the Applied Research Project. The content focuses on managing process and operational specificities aligned with strategic or business priorities. Specializations require a minimum number of participants.

Entrepreneurship: Leadership for Transformation

Financial Management & Advisory

Transformation of Luxury for Digital and Sustainable Age

Business Analytics

Program Recognition

Higher education in France is divided between Grandes Ecoles and public universities. GEM is a Grande Ecole which is recognized and accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (CGE) and as such has degree awarding powers. The CGE is an official association which encompasses the Grandes Ecoles, engineering schools, architecture, design and public administration institutions which are recognized by the French state.

The Grande Ecoles are widely recognized by industry in France and GEM is amongst the top 10 business schools in the leading French rankings (le Point, le Figaro Etudiant, …), holding 8th place in 2024.

GEM also holds triple accreditation by EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA. These three accreditations are international recognition of the quality of the organization, its programs and the degrees it delivers and is only achieved by the top 1% of Business Schools in the world.

Our MBA is internationally recognized by the French Ministry of Research and Higher Education: Diplôme d’études supérieures en Stratégie et management des projets de transformation, Titre RNCP 38648. Our Masters programs are equivalent to a level 7 degree on the European Qualifications Framework and are in compliance with the Bologna Agreement for a master’s degree, comprised of 90 ECTS credits.

Upon Completion of the Program, You Will Be Able to:

• Carry out internal and external analyses to propose strategic direction
• Set objectives and clear action plans
• Structure a transformation project by defining objectives, means, budget, and duration
• Pilot a project using tools and clear processes
• Communicate clearly and effectively in order to motivate teams and obtain managerial support
• Understand and take into account the impact of global, local, and intra-organizational interplay and impacts
• Map out key stakeholder interests, risks, and leverage points
• Learn how to build, motivate, and create resilient teams
• Explore innovation methodologies, become a collaborative leader"

A variety of executive-level functions are targeted, including:

Strategic Managers, Management and Strategic Consultants, Business developers, Marketing managers, ... 3-6 month internship (exemption possible)

After passing their degree in France, students may apply for a residence permit which allows graduates to work for a year in France. The permit is called a “Recherche d’emploi ou Création d’entreprise” residence permit. For more details, you may consult the relevant Campus France or the Ministry of Interior web pages.

Campus location: Full-time MBA: Grenoble, France Executive Part-time MBA: Tbilisi, Georgia

Duration: 10 months on campus (Sept - June) + final paper (remotely or while working) + 3-6 months professional experience (exemption possible)