International BBA

The most international four-year higher education programme in France

2nd best international bachelor in 4 years (Le Point 2021)

Curriculum of the International BBA

Admission level

Degree

Entry in Year 1

Admission level:

Academic records with official equivalence to French Baccalaureate

Year 1

10,350€ / year - 1 year

Year 2

10,350€ / year - 1 year

Year 3

10,350€ / year - 1 year

Year 4

10,350€ / year - 1 year

Degree:

Bachelor of Honour

ENTRY IN YEAR 3

Admission level:

Bac +2

 
 
Year 3

1 year

Year 4

1 year

Degree:

Bachelor of Honour

Entry in Year 1

After an academic record, officially equivalent to the French "Baccalaureat".

Admission level :
Academic records with official equivalence to French Baccalaureate
Duration :
4 years
Degree :
Bachelor of Honour
Campus :
Marseille
Format :
Full Time
Language :
English

Year 1

Format :
Full Time
Duration :
1 year
Language :
English
Campus :
Marseille
Admission level :
Academic records with official equivalence to French Baccalaureate

Intake: September

Year 1 is dedicated to learning the fundamentals on the Marseille campus.  Students can choose the Full English track starting this year.

Semester 1
  • Learn how to learn
  • Business systemic approach
  • Business games
  • Micro/Macro economies
  • Quantitatives methods
  • Sustainable development
  • Principles of marketing
  • Business games
  • IELTS preparation
  • Foreign language (French, German, Spanish, Italian or Chinese)
Semester 2
  • Project management
  • Operations management
  • Data management & information system
  • Data control & management
  • Accounting for managers
  • Introduction to intercultural management
  • Human resources in a global context
  • Maths-Partner specificities
  • IELTS preparation
  • Foreign language (French, German, Spanish, Italian or Chinese)

Year 2

Format :
Full Time
Duration :
1 year
Language :
English
Campus :
Marseille
Admission level :
Academic records with official equivalence to French Baccalaureate
Semester 3

Common Core:

  • International law
  • International Business
  • Administration of international sales and purchases
  • IELTS Preparation

4 International tracks (ENG) + one track to choose amongst the 4 below:

FINANCE

- Introduction to Financial Analysis
- Finance and decision making
- Financial Economics

MARKETING

- Decision-making and Market research
- Digital Marketing Communication
- Sustainable Marketing

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

- Supply Chain Management Fundamentals
- Digitalisation issues in SCM
- Sustainable SCM

DOING BUSINESS IN EMERGING MARKETS

- Buying and Selling
- Foreign investment
- Culture and Business context

Semester 4

Six-month internship or professional experience in France or abroad.

Year 3

Format :
Full Time
Duration :
1 year
Language :
English

Intake: September

Semester 5 and 6

All students spend 3 consecutive semesters in one or several partner universities.

Year 4

Format :
Full Time
Duration :
1 year
Language :
English

Semester 7

Either partner university no. 1 following semesters 5 and 6 to obtain the International Bachelors degree (dual diploma).
Or an academic exchange at a partner university that is different from the first.

Semester 8

The last semester is spent at an end-of-course internship in France or abroad.

ENTRY IN YEAR 3

Ideal profile to join the International BBA programme in the 3rd year: - have a vocation for international business - have completed 2 years of higher education - have a good level of English and 2nd foreign language

Admission level :
Bac +2
Duration :
2 years
Degree :
Bachelor of Honour
Campus :
Marseille
Format :
Full Time
Language :
English and French

Year 3

Duration :
1 year
Language :
English and French
Campus :
Marseille
Admission level :
Bac +2
Semester 1

This year takes place on the Marseille campus. It is dedicated to the consolidation of the fundamentals of management:

  • Digital cultures and Marketing (EN)   
  • Costs and decisions (EN)
  • Project management (EN)
  • European competition law (FR or EN)
  • Organisational Behaviour (FR or EN)
  • Entrepreneurship (EN)
Semester 2
  • Financial Analysis (EN)
  • Geopolitics (EN)
  • Supply Chain Management in practice (EN)
  • Sustainable Development (EN)
  • Management in cross cultural context (FR ou EN)
  • International Marketing (EN)
  • BE-U 
  • Pro Act
  • IELTS preparation
  • Foreign language (French, German, Spanish, Italian, or  Chinese)

Year 4

Format :
Full Time
Duration :
1 year
Language :
English and French
Semester 3 & 4

2 CORE COURSES    

Business Strategy
(FR+ ENG)
Collaborative Management, Networking and Social Innovation (FR+ ENG)

METHODOLOGY 2
Research Dissertation
(FR + ENG)

3 POSSIBLE SPECIALISATIONS

FINANCE
Management control and Operations
Investment and financing decisions

MARKETING
Marketing strategy and planning
The challenges of global luxury marketing
Marketing Communication

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneurship (fundamentals)
Cultures, webs and Entrepre-neurship
Sustainable entrepreneurship

INTERNSHIP IN FRANCE OR OVERSEAS