Program Structure & Content

The TBS Bachelor in Management program

The TBS Bachelor in Management program has a three-year structure. During the first year, you will learn the fundamentals of business. In the second year, you will consolidate these fundamentals and internationalize yourself through a semester-long exchange. In the third year, you will choose a specialization.

High-Employability Business Subjects

The future employability of international business degree students guides all our pedagogic activities. The Bachelor in Management creates competent professionals who can successfully take on a wide range of roles in companies. TBS trains enlightened and responsible managers who are aware of the challenges of sustainable development and social responsibility of organizations. The program’s subjects cover the following topics:

• Marketing
• Management control
• Economics, finance and law
• Human resources
• Operations
• Communication, Digital & Big Data
• Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Career Services
• Languages

Program Structure Year by Year

Program Content

Year 1: Business Fundamentals

During the first year, you will build a foundation with basic concepts of the most relevant areas of companies and start language classes. At the end of the year, you will test your newly acquired knowledge with a Business Game: a simulation of a company involving competing teams, which emphasizes business development and accounting.

Finally, you will perform an internship in customer relations of minimum 8 weeks.

Year 2: Consolidation & Internationalization

During the second year, you will deepen your knowledge of the fundamental areas of a company and continue the language courses and Career Services workshops. 

You will complete an international exchange semester at one of our partner universities or on another of our campuses. If you are an international student, you can also choose to remain in your campus either in Toulouse, Barcelona, Casablanca or Paris. Spending time abroad is essential for a degree in international business.

At the end of the academic course, you will also perform a minimum of 8 weeks of internships as an assistant in a functional area of a company.

Year 3: Specialization

During the third year you will choose your specialization. In addition to continuing the language classes and the Career Services workshops, you will be able to tailor your academic program and select one of our professional itineraries, a functional area of a company and an international elective subject.

Through the professional itinerary you will specialize in a sector or business area by choosing from the following:

You will also have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge of a functional area of a company that you have an affinity for:

• Human Resources
• Corporate Finance
• Operational Marketing
• International Business (only in Toulouse)
• Performance Management (only in Toulouse)
• Business analytics (only in Barcelona)

Finally, you must select an international elective subject which will be delivered by guest professors from around the world to strengthen your specialization and internationalization.

You will end the academic year with a 16-week internship (minimum) in a company to collaborate on project management.

You will also get the possibility to obtain a Double Degree with a Partner University through an exchange program (subject to conditions).

Company Internships

The Bachelor in Management includes compulsory internships every year of the program. This adds up to three internship periods, which are full-time and take place after lessons have ended. In addition, these internships are progressive, which means that they increase each year in terms of duration and the responsibility you are given within the company.

As a consequence, graduates will have accumulated about a year of professional experience by the end of the Bachelor in Management program (the mandatory minimum to graduate is 8 months).

The internships enrich the curriculum for the students and significantly facilitate their integration into the job market. As students work in various departments and sectors, internships also help them to discover what they do and do not like,

As long as the internships match all the school’s requirements, they can be completed in any type of company, sector of activity or country.

• Year 1: sales or customer relations internships – minimum 8 weeks
• Year 2: internships as an assistant in a functional area of a company – minimum 8 weeks
• Year 3: end-of-degree internships in project management – minimum 16 weeks

During the internships, students have follow-up sessions with their Career Services coach. At the end of each internship, an assessment of the internship will be conducted.

TBS shares offers and company contacts with students, along with a list of contacts for the internships carried out by former students. However, it is the student’s responsibility to find their internships; an important learning experience before taking the plunge into the working world.

Citizen Service

The Citizen Service aims to instill a sense of responsibility and an awareness of the reality of today’s society in our students through volunteering at solidarity organizations.

Students must dedicate a total of 50 hours to support an NGO or association with social aims.

Teaching & Assessment Methodology

The teaching methods at TBS are diverse and combine presentations, professional and academic conferences, workshops for the development of management skills, case study work sessions, intensive use of teamwork and project development.

There is not only one single method of evaluation, a combination of assessment instruments are used for each subject, including exercises, short tests, projects, essays, case studies and exams. Less conventional methods, such as participation assessment, peer assessments between students and self-assessment are also used.