TBS Education Master of Science programs are designed for students who’d like to add highly specific skills and cutting-edge professional expertise to their resume before entering the corporate world.
This MSc emphasises the knowledge and skills of managing the internationalization of business.
It produces managers and leaders with a global mindset capable of operating globally as well as in a variety of national environments.
This program has received the CGE quality label, a national accreditation reserved for top business schools in France. The CGE label guarantees the high quality standards of the program and allows international students to continue to work on French territory after their studies to further fine-tune their expertise.
This MSc is ranked 6th in the Eduniversal 2023 Best Mastersranking.
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Head of program
Andrew Barron
PhD, HDR Professor of International Business Department: Strategy and entrepreneurship
Diana Filipescu
PhD Professor of International Business Department: Strategy and entrepreneurship
Among the prestigious 1% of business schools with the “triple crown” of international accreditations
Ranked #46 Best European Business School by the Financial Times (2023)
A top-ranked program
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TBS EDUCATION MSc INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
STRENGTHS OF THE MSc
CAREER PERSPECTIVES
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
APPLICATION PROCESS
KEY DATES
STRENGTHS OF THE MSc
Demand is growing for graduates who understand the global context of business: from the challenges of conducting cross-border business activities, to the cultural and ethical issues that affect business.
Students will increase their understanding of global markets and various regions of the world. They will learn about country-specific business practices and be challenged to explore business phenomena from different perspectives.
With strong conceptual underpinnings, the MSc is also highly practical in orientation. It emphasizes the skills of working, managing and leading in various organizational settings (i.e. MNE’s, SME’s) embedded in diverse cultural, social, economic, and political contexts.
Thanks to the professional nature of the lectures, students will benefit from networking opportunities with seasoned International Business practitioners.
The skills and knowledge acquired will be valuable to employers faced with the challenge of opening and integrating multiple markets and achieving cohesion and collegiality in increasingly diverse workforces.
CAREER PERSPECTIVES
This Master of Science prepares you for the following job categories:
• Business Development Manager
• International Sales Manager
• International Procurement Manager
• International Business Advisor / Consultant
• Country / Subsidiary Manager
• International Marketing Director
• International Economist
• Business Advisor
• Management Consultant
• General Manager
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Academic Requirements
•4-year Bachelor Degree (240 ECTS) or equivalent
• If you hold a 3-year Bachelor Degree, you must apply to our MSc preparatory program. Contact us for more information: international.admissions@tbs-education.fr
Language Requirements
•For programs taught in English: English mother tongue OR TOEFL IBT 80 / IELTS 6.5 / TOEIC 800 / CAMBRIDGE B2 / FCE / CAT 165
•For programs taught in French: French mother tongue OR DELF B2 OR equivalent
APPLICATION PROCESS
Application & Tuition Fees
•Application fee: 100€*
•Tuition fee: 18,500€ for the entire 12-month program.
To know more about our discounts & scholarships please click here.
* Application fees are non-refundable.
4-Step Application Process
1. Go to the application website and complete the rest of the online application form 2. Upload supporting documents and test scores 3. Take the online interview 4. Admission results will be available within 15 days
For any further questions, don’t hesitate to contact our international admissions team.
Required Documents for Application
• CV
• Cover/Motivation letter/Statement of Purpose
• Passport copy
• Transcript of grades of your latest degree
• Enrollment certificate or diploma
• For the English MSc: B2 English test (IELTS, TOIEC, TOEFL, CAMBRIDGE or DUOLINGO), if your studies were not 100% in English or if you are not a native English speaker
• For the bilingual (French & English)MSc: B2 French test (DELF or TCF) if your studies were not 100% in French or if you are not a native French speaker & B2 English test (IELTS, TOIEC, TOEFL, CAMBRIDGE or DUOLINGO), if your studies were not 100% in English or if you are not a native English speaker
• Letter of recommendation (not mandatory)
KEY DATES
• September 2023: Applications open
• June 2024: Applications close
• September 2024: Program start date
PROGRAM CONTENT
CALENDAR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE
Soft Skills Certificate
Consulting ASSIGNEMENT
Master Dissertation
BUSINESS INTERNSHIP
CALENDAR
*Internship not mandatory.
Total number of hours: 450h minimum
This program consists of five learning experiences rigorously designed to develop your managerial and operational skills in your field of professional expertise.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE
8 Course Units:
1. Issues and trends in International Business
Objective: Against a background of radical change in the landscape of international business, this unit – through a combination of leading-edge research and practitioner testimonials – aims to develop students’ appreciation of a range of contemporary issues impacting firms’ international business operations and understand how managers are responding strategically to them.
2. International strategy and organization
Objective: To expose students to the choices facing international and internationalizing firms about which products to offer around the world, how to compete in international markets, where to locate and how to coordinate their worldwide activities effectively.
3. International business development
Objective: To develop students’ capacity to identify and assess appropriate sales markets and sourcing locations in a variety of organizational and environmental contexts.
4. Regional Spotlights I
Objective: To develop students’ understanding of specialist business functions and how they are performed in different international contexts.
5. Managing cross-cultural interactions
Objective: To help students appreciate the strategic choices that firms face when developing their HR policies and practices whilst developing appropriate knowledge and skills to undertake country studies which allows for comparative analysis of employment systems in different parts of the world.
6. Managing Business Operations Globally
Objective: To enable students to recognize and analyze the growing role of entrepreneurship in a global economy and encourage them to understand the distinctive nature of entrepreneurial behaviour across countries, and at the organizational level as firms cross national borders.
7. Regional Spotlights II
Objective: To introduce students to significant historical, political, economic and demographic factors in specific regional contexts, and help them to identify the specific opportunities and challenges that they pose to firms doing business there.
8. International Business research methods and dynamics
Objective: To prepare students for designing and conducting a research project with state-of-the-art research methods and tools in International Business.
Soft Skills Certificate
Certificate designed by 26 professors & leadership and management professionals in collaboration with the Career Services. “Soft Skills” are intrapersonal and interpersonal skills that create the conditions for a successful and sustainable team and allow to effectively manage your career.
2 Courses units:
1. Management and leadership skills Objective: Acquire nine key competencies to lead teams and manage your professional career.
Personal Strengths: 1. Knowing yourself 2. Communicating effectively 3. Long life learning skills
Leadership & Management: 4. Building an inspiring vision 5. Leading teams 6. Responsible decision-making
Relational impact: 7. Managing interpersonal relationships 8. Building trust and well-being at work 9. Influencing effectively
2. Career agility Objective: Reveal your talent and make evolutionary choices in accordance with your deep aspirations.
The Career Services is a support center that helps students define and develop their career project. Through several lectures, workshops, individual tests and coaching sessions, a specialist will support each student from their first questions to looking for the right internship or job.
Coaching We support you in your reflection on your skills, strengths and areas for improvement. Through personality tests and individual coaching, we link this self-knowledge to your ambitions and career choices.
Personal Branding You will participate in workshops to build your CV and e-portfolio to best highlight your experiences and skills for your future employers.
Consulting ASSIGNEMENT
A unique exercise that is a major asset in your program! For the account of prestigious TBS Education partner companies, students, coached by the professors, carry out a strategic diagnosis aiming to analyze its competitive position, then propose strategic and operational recommendations to meet its challenges.
Examples of partner companies: Aerospace Valley, AIRBUS, Cap Gemini, Comtesse du Barry, Continental Automotive, EY, Hilti, Mars Petfoods, Motorola, Thalès, Rockwell & Collins.
Master Dissertation
Objective: Increase your brain agility to anticipate and solve complex business issues in your field of expertise.
Each student in this MSc program is required to write a dissertation which addresses a current issue in management from an academic or professional perspective in his field of expertise.
The student thus contributes to the study, analysis, formalization and abstraction of the identified problem.
BUSINESS INTERNSHIP
Students may carry out an internship in the company of their choice for a period of 4 months minimum. This internship is not mandatory for the validation of the diploma.
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