International MBA / Business Programs in France

La Rochelle Business School:
La Rochelle Business School is a leading business school situated in La Rochelle, a city on the western coast of France. As a recognised French Grande Ecole specialising in business and management, the mission of La Rochelle Business School is to offer undergraduate, post-graduate & executive degree programs to both French and international students in English and / or French. We aim to enable students to acquire the necessary technical, interpersonal and cultural skills to increase their employability by providing them with support in their professional and personal projects.

Academic Programs:

We offer a wide range of undergraduate, post-graduate and executive degree courses in English and French. Our programs emphasise internships and international exchange offering students access to the huge European job market.

* Programs 100%  in English include:

- Bachelor's Degree in International Business:
In September 2011, students enrolled in the Bachelor in International Business program, which recently received EPAS accreditation, will be able to complete the entire four-year programme in English – on a selection basis – via the “Track-all-in-English” option. This gives French students with a good level of English the opportunity to develop their managerial skills while at the same time developing their language skills.

This all-English course is also available to overseas students, and there are a total of 80 international students among this year's Bachelor in International Business graduates.

The English-language option is also available on the following programs:

- Bachelor in Tourism (100% in English as of September 2011)
- MBA in Tourism Management
- Master in Management (ESC – recently EPAS accredited), currently offered in 2nd year and available to 3rd-year students as of September 2011

- Bachelor's Degree in Tourism Management:
The Bachelor in Tourism Management is a management program specifically adapted to all dimensions of the tourism sector: Hospitality, recreation and leisure, creating and marketing new offers and more. Training covers all the fundamentals, while including new management approaches, and gradually leads to specialisation in a specific sector. There are many possibilities for students to practice their skills throughout the world.

At the end of this 3-year program, students can earn a double degree according to the specialisation selected:

- Bachelor awarded by the ESTHUA (University of Angers School of Tourism and Hospitality Management)  or

- Bachelor in Hospitality and Tourism awarded by the ULCO (Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale)

At the end of the degree programme, students can continue their studies for two additional years by enrolling in the MBA in Tourism Management.

- Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Tourism Management:
The MBA in Tourism Management, awarded in partnership with UQAM (University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada) combines courses in management and tourism, supervised applications in vivo, an intensive training programme, internships of up to 1 year in France or abroad, input from professionals and individualised support. It allows students to master management fundamentals and learn about a wide range of sectors in tourism. Students should be capable of adopting a global vision of professional issues and developing specific skills.

- Master's Degree in Management:
The Grande Ecole program (ESC) trains students in baccalaureate level 2 (and more) for Advanced Studies in Management and Management (Master Grade) and prepares them to become responsible managers, marked by a sense of commitment.

The Grande Ecole program of GSCM La Rochelle is particularly oriented towards the international (9 months minimum expatriation for all, mandatory three languages) and experiential (12 months compulsory internship). At the end of the course, the student will have developed a triple specialization (function, industry, geo-cultural area) according to their career plans and personal appetites.

* Additional academic programs include:

- Bachelor's Degree in Business Studies:
The aim of the Bachelor in Business is to prepare students for the world of business, while adapting to the career goals of each student. Each student designs his own training path, according to his personal and professional goals. This is a professional degree, with a third year organised as a work-study programme to prepare students for the job market. It also serves as an excellent stepping stone towards higher studies (Post-graduate degree or Year 2 of the ESC programme)

The entire program lasts 3 years. Students can earn a double degree, a Bachelor awarded by the University of La Rochelle Institute of Management.

- Master's Degrees in Business:
Our Master in Business degrees are designed to meet the needs of a highly diversified audience: French and foreign students, with undergraduate and graduate degrees, professionals heading back to school, etc. These highly diversified profiles enrich the course program and allow participants to build a professional network at the school.

- Master in Business Year 1:  Management
- Master in Business Year 2:  Master in Sustainable Development
- Master in Business Year 2:  Master in Management & the Environment
- Master in Business Year 2:  Master in International Strategy
- Master in Business Year 2:  Master in International Purchasing & Supply Chain Management
- Master in Business Year 2:  Master in Audit and Consultancy
- Master in Business Year 2:  Master in Industrial Management

Our Programmes Focus on Employability:
La Rochelle Business School has an excellent reputation for graduate employment because all academic programmes are tailored to the needs of the business world and all have mandatory work internships during each year. More than 5000 offers a year are recieved by the Business Centre which help place students either here in France or abroad.

The final year of each program offers an internship of at least 6 months in a company in the form of a pre-employment opportunity - with the view to secure a full time position at the end of the course. Ready to work and able to grow, graduates from La Rochelle Business School are prepared to assume line management responsibilities and have the potential to grow into higher management or entrepreneurship.

Overseas Students Learning French:
The Institut d’études françaises (IEF) at the La Rochelle Business School has been providing French classes to students, professors and professionals from overseas since 1931. A total of 60,000 people have taken classes at the IEF. The institute holds a quality label for French as a foreign language, granted jointly by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Ministry of Higher Education and Research and the Ministry of Culture and Communication.

Various options are available:  Weekly, intensive (summer), and evening classes, as well as preparation for the DELF and DALF examinations.

Continuous Education:
Commissioned by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of La Rochelle, La Rochelle Business School also devotes its expertise as an institution of higher education to continuous education. While its primary mission is to train future employees, La Rochelle Business School must also support firms as their teams evolve. This has meant designing a training offer that is effective and appropriate for the key issues facing companies, large and small, regional and national.

The continuous education offer of La Rochelle Business School is based on the pedagogical expertise of its teaching staff, the skills of outside experts and its work in applied research. Our continuous education programs include short training courses and specialized degree programs for employees, independent professionals, job seekers and more.

Short training courses in areas including:  Management, human resources, personal development, financial management, commercial marketing, environment & sustainable developmentand communication.

Specialized degree programs in areas including:  General management, industrial management, international management, environment & sustainable development and tourism & leisure.