European Master in Business Studies
Trento, Italy
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
EUR 3,500 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Jointly run by the University of Savoie Mont Blanc (France), the University of Trento (Italy), the University of Kassel (Germany), and the University of León (Spain), the European Master in Business Studies (EMBS) is a two-year full-time Master&rsquo's degree in Management with a focus on International & Marketing. The EMBS has been developed to offer students a unique opportunity to learn how to do business in Europe effectively. Apart from studying fundamentals of Management and marketing on a European scale, students will learn “on-site” the multicultural differences by working in groups of different nationalities and by spending one semester in each university of the consortium according to the following scheme:
- 1st semester: University of Trento (Italy)
- 2nd semester: University of Savoie Mont Blanc (France)
- 3rd semester: University of Kassel (Germany)
- 4th semester: University of León (Spain)
In September 2017 and renewed in January 2021, the EMBS was awarded the EFMD Programme accreditation for 3 years and 5 years respectively, a prestigious global endorsement (EFMD Accredited). The accreditation was delivered by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), an organisation that is acknowledged globally as an accreditation body of quality in management education. EFMD Programme Accreditation System is a prestigious international programme accreditation system that evaluates the quality of business and management programmes that have an international perspective.
Aimed at graduates with a Bachelor in Economics, Management or Business Studies as well as at graduates with other study backgrounds (Social sciences, Engineering, Languages) with a focus on Economics and Management. Thus, the EMBS is a consecutive full-time Master's degree programme, i.e. a degree that is gained after completing a bachelor's programme. It is aimed to advance and deepen the knowledge and skills acquired during the bachelor’s programme. The EMBS is not an MBA programme aimed at professionals or part-time students.
The EMBS class is made up of 30 students maximum of various nationalities who study and work together over two years (120 ECTS) in a multicultural environment. The EMBS starts in September each year and courses are taught entirely in English. Qualified faculty members and managers from European companies are involved in courses, seminars, and workshops.
EMBS allows students to start their professional career with a sound theoretical knowledge in management and marketing mixed with practical experiences, like consultancy projects assigned during the course and a compulsory internship with a duration of at least 3 months which is scheduled for the end of the 2nd year. The main aims of the EMBS are:
- Training and developing the European managers of tomorrow;
- Giving them all the tools and best practices to enable them to fit easily into international companies and feel at home in multicultural environments;
- Improving their ability in English (and other European languages);
- Offering a specific European professional-oriented curriculum.
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Admissions
Curriculum
Students admitted to the EMBS will spend a semester in each participating university in the following order:
1st year of Master
- Semester 1 in Trento (Italy): early September to early February approximately
- Semester 2 in Annecy (France): early February to June approximately
2nd year of Master
- Semester 3 in Kassel (Germany): early September to early February approximately
- Semester 4 in León (Spain): early February to early June approximately
Traditional lectures mixed with case studies, simulations, business games, group work, paper and report writing assignments, company projects...
Final Master Thesis to be presented at the end of the third semester.
3 months internship/placement in a foreign country (not in their native country) at the end of the fourth semester.
Courses
Core Courses
- European and international commercial law
- Financial markets and corporate finance
- European and global economics
- Information system
- International Accounting
- International strategic management
- Organizational behavior and human resources management
Marketing - Specialised Courses
- Business negotiation
- Communication challenges
- European and global consumer behavior
- Distribution and Pricing in the Internet Age
- Innovation and entrepreneurship
- Sustainable and responsible management
- Statistics and marketing research
- Purchasing and supply chain management
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Scholarships and Funding
Scholarships for EU Citizens and Non-EU Citizens
It is a condition of a student's enrolment that he/she has sufficient financial resources to pay for the program of study. Self-paying students must provide evidence of their ability to cover tuition fees. Sponsored students must provide evidence of their sponsorship.
EMBS students might have the possibility to be supported through grants and scholarships offered by the four Universities and their partners. However, grants and scholarships will not cover all costs of living in Europe and attending the EMBS program (fees, accommodation, books, travel, etc). For further information please contact the university.
EMBS students are NOT eligible for the “Opera Universitaria Scholarship (OUS)” nor the “Eiffel Grant.”
Each EMBS partner university provides a service to help EMBS students find suitable accommodation.
All applicants are strongly recommended to read carefully all the information about living costs in Italy, France, Germany, and Spain, before confirming their application.
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Career Opportunities
The EMBS graduates show remarkably high-level records of employment, with graduates working in 26 countries all around the world (most of them concentrated in Germany, which is followed by Italy and Switzerland). The knowledge obtained during the EMBS program ensures a steady job and more than 80% of our graduates hold a permanent work contract.
Approximately one-half of graduates get positions in marketing, but there are alumni also working in sales, finance, IT, human resources, or other corporate fields.
Moreover, EMBS also allows students to achieve a job with a clear international profile: 90% of our graduates are professionally involved with international partners, clients, projects, or people.
EMBS alumni not only have an important theoretical background, with a focus on international marketing, but also a variety of soft skills, leadership abilities, and interpersonal relationships competencies. Knowledge, attitudes, and aptitudes are indeed very important for their future business careers. Furthermore, the introduction of some personal work on the personality type, the behavioral style, and a skills inventory, will provide each of our students with self-awareness, and knowledge of their style, strengths, and weaknesses, to form the basis of a personal development plan with specific individual goals, to be addressed during their professional careers.
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