Double Bachelor with ESC Clermont Business School
School for life since 1919, ESC Clermont Business School is recognised for the quality of its training, its diplomas and its support in order to train its students, as well as company managers and executives, to the highest level of competence.
Diversity and a focus on “human dimension” make the school unique in an environment characterised by a race for size and the massification of student numbers. Their raison d’être and mission as a Business School is constant and unambiguous: deliver high-level training and offer each student individual and personalised support that responds to their needs and the quest for meaning that drives us all, both personally and professionally.
With its solid ecosystem, the School can count on the unfailing support of its network of partners, companies and universities abroad, and of course its graduates – from all over the world. Together with this network the School constantly adapts its training offer and content, produces promising innovations and prepares students for the world of tomorrow in a globalised economy where the human factor must remain central.
Its international DNA (with a first double degree agreement in the US in 1949), its consistent actions in favour of social openness and equal opportunities, the involvement of companies in 15 specialisation programmes as well as its involvement in the Clermont-Ferrand university-site policy are also hallmarks of ESC Clermont, rich in strong values and a unique family spirit.
French and international accreditation bodies that evaluate business schools in Europe and around the world appreciate and recognize the character and values of ESC Clermont. They rank ESC Clermont among the best French Business Schools underlining the commitment of all collaborators and stakeholders to ensure the success of its students. More than 13,000 alumni are the best proof of this commitment.
International Accreditations
The Bachelor in International Management is a 3-year programme taught entirely in English and accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research that offers students solid grounding in the main fields of business and management as well as hands-on practical training. The undergraduate programme has a highly international curriculum.
Students are prepared for a successful entrance into the business world through the various experiences of obtaining a double degree abroad, and taking on internships during each year of the programme.
Bachelor in International Management: a recognised business school diploma
Rated Bac+3 by the French Ministry of Higher Education, the Bachelor’s degree in International Management benefits from the Bachelor’s degree and the international accreditations of the ESC Clermont Business School: AMBA (Association of Masters of Business Administration) and EFMD (EFMD Programme Accreditation System) Bachelor programme certifications and AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) institutional accreditation.
Application and Language Proficiency
Participation in the double degree programme requires a separate application via email. Information regarding the application process, necessary documents and deadlines can be found here:
Obtaining the academic degrees
On completion of the double degree programme ESC Clermont awards the academic degree
- Bachelor in International Management
and the University of Bamberg awards the academic degree
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Degree Programme
The degree programme comprises 6 semesters. Students from both institutions spend the first year at their home institution. All students spend the last two years of the programme together - for the second year all students are in Clermont and for the third year of the programme all students are in Bamberg. During their stay at the host institution, students remain enrolled at their home institution.
At the University of Bamberg, course credit and credit recognition are governed by the examination regulations for the bachelor degree programme in Business Administration. Course credit and credit recognition at the ESC Clermont are regulated by the examination regulations of the ESC Clermont. To a large extent, students can define the course of study themselves by their choice of certain areas of focus. In Bamberg students may choose from all areas of focus that are part of the bachelor degree programme in business administration.
The distribution of ECTS is the following:
| Starting in Bamberg | Starting in Clermont | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Module Group | 1st and 3rd year in Bamberg | 2nd year in Clermont | 1st and 2nd year in Clermont | 3rd year in Bamberg |
| General Management (A-BWL) | 24 | 36 | 60 | |
| Law, Economics and Methods | 48 | 6 | 54 | |
| Internship | 6 | 6 | ||
| Specialisation (S-BWL) | 24 | 24 | ||
| Profile Formation | 12 | 12 | ||
| Languages | 12 | 12 | ||
| Bachelor Thesis | 12 | 12 | ||
| Total ECTS | 120 | 60 | 120 | 60 |
The programme details mainly depend on whether the student begins the programme in Bamberg or in Clermont. The following overview is designed for planning and orientation, while the individual programme details result from the individual recognition agreement students reach with the programme coordinators at both universities based on the current studying and examination rules for the underlying degree programme. Students choose their courses in Bamberg according to the current version of the Module Handbook (in German only).
| 1st and 3rd year in Bamberg | 2nd year in Clermont | |
|---|---|---|
| General Management (A-BWL) | ||
| Four courses of this module group following the current rules of the MHB in Bamberg | 24 | |
| BA03BF1-00 Introduction to Financial Analysis | 2 | |
| BA03BH2-00 Human Resources and Social Law | 4 | |
| Specialisation Tracks (year two: semester 1 and 2) | 16 | |
| BA3-PNB New Business Project | 5 | |
| BA4-PNB New Business Project | 5 | |
| BA03BE1-00 Applied Statistics | 1 | |
| BA04BF1-00 Budgeting | 3 | |
| 60 | ||
Law, Economics and Methods | ||
| Eight courses of this module group following the current rules of the MHB in Bamberg | 48 | |
| BA-06-INTECO-CL International Economics and Finance | 6 | |
| 54 | ||
| Internship | ||
| Professional Internship 5 months/Professional Experience | 6 | |
| 6 | ||
| Specialisation | ||
| Four courses of this module group following the current rules of the MHB in Bamberg | 24 | |
| 24 | ||
| Profile Formation | ||
| Two courses of this module group following the current rules of the MHB in Bamberg | 12 | |
| 12 | ||
| Languages | ||
| Languages and Culture (year 2) | 12 | |
| 12 | ||
| Bachelor Thesis | ||
| Bachelor Thesis following the rules of the MHB in Bamberg | 12 | |
| 12 | ||
You will find the current version of the Module Handbook (MHB) of the B. Sc. in Business Administration here (in German only).
| 1st and 2nd year in Clermont | 3rd year in Bamberg | |
|---|---|---|
| General Management (A-BWL) | ||
| Courses from the first two years of the programme in Clermont | 60 | |
| 60 | ||
Law, Economics and Methods | ||
| Courses from the first two years of the programme in Clermont | 54 | |
| 54 | ||
| Internship | ||
| Professional Internship 5 months/Professional Experience | 6 | |
| 6 | ||
| Specialisation | ||
| Four courses of this module group following the current rules of the MHB in Bamberg | 24 | |
| 24 | ||
| Profile Formation | ||
| Two courses of this module group following the current rules of the MHB in Bamberg | 12 | |
| 12 | ||
| Languages | ||
| Two courses of this module group following the current rules of the MHB in Bamberg | 12 | |
| 12 | ||
| Bachelor Thesis | ||
| Bachelor Thesis following the rules of the MHB in Bamberg | 12 | |
| 12 | ||
You will find the current version of the Module Handbook (MHB) of the B. Sc. in Business Administration here (in German only).