Executive International MBA

The International MBA helps you develop business skills and a comprehensive understanding of international environment, to prepare you for your next career step. 

The students who have fulfilled all of the requirements of the program will earn: 

• A Master Degree in "Droit Economie Gestion, Mention Management et Administration des Entreprises - Parcours Management International "
  issued by Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University.
• An MBA certificate issued by Sorbonne Business School.

The Sorbonne Business School helps you develop a comprehensive understanding of business issues as well as provide, inside and outside the classroom, an international experience that is a true career accelerator.

The program in video

• Pierre-Yves LAGROUE, Professor and program director - Sorbonne Business School
• Liz IFATUROTI, Graduate of 2024, Apps & web QA Engineer - Dassault Systèmes

answer the questions from the audience on Campus Channel (June 18th, 2024)

Objectives

Compatible with a full time activity, the International MBA is a degree granting program that will enhance your skill set and support your personal growth and career development. 

The program provides training to: 

• Create a strong platform of fundamental business knowledge through interactive and innovative teaching methods ;
• Develop an understanding of international challenges and build competences to work in an international setting ; 
• Improve participant’s leadership, teamwork abilities and soft skills.

Who is it for?

The International MBA is aimed at professionals: 

• with non-business education, who want to supplement their knowledge and competences with business skills. They are expecting to gain the understanding, tools and methodologies that will enhance their managerial skills and boost their career ;
• with business education, who are looking to refresh and complete their business knowledge and soft skills to advance their career towards general management;
• who are interested in expanding their horizons internationally and are willing to explore the opportunities equipped with a stronger background ;
• who are willing to reflect on their path and grow from the cooperation with a variety of professionals from a diverse background and education that will enhance their adaptability.

Opportunities

Graduates of the program will have acquired the competences to reach greater managerial positions and roles in their organization, the mix of their previous expertise being enhanced by their business skills. 

They will have gained a perspective on international business and cooperation with international professional that will make them able to take on responsibilities and projects on foreign markets or within subsidiaries abroad.  

They will have developed soft skills, flexibility and confidence that make them stronger individuals and performers. 

Key points

• Master Degree granted by a World-renowned university:

Our graduates earn a degree issued by the université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. 

• Appropriate scheduling for professionals, intense but limited constraint on one’s career:

The program is taught part time over 18 months (13 months required attendance), making it compatible with a full time job and a dynamic career.

• Knowledge and know how supported by a dynamic and innovative research activity:

Deeply rooted in the business community, Sorbonne Business School is a major actor in applied research through its research center IAE-Paris Sorbonne, GREGOR, as well as its six Research groups (Chaires), which include major organizations both private and public (EDF, Vinci, Suez, BPCE, Michelin, GFI, Paris municipality…). The work carried out by these groups, produces results, which are relevant to organizational practice and contribute to academic knowledge that benefits to our students. 

• Small size group that fosters interactive pedagogy and group work. 

Each intake gathers between 20 and 30 students, who contribute to each participant’s growth and development, in class and through distant work supported by a Learning system. 

• Applicable knowledge combining academic perspective and professional knowledge.

The faculty includes high-level academics as well as business practitioners, with high expertise in their field of action. Teaching relies on case studies, actionable knowledge and experience sharing among participants and faculty.

• Program driven by the student’s personal and professional growth. The dynamic alumni network (over 40 000 alumni) is a strong evidence of this feature. 

IAE Paris Alumni Sorbonne Business School association organizes over 100 events every year and manages around twenty professional chapters that are providing networking opportunities. 

Pedagogy

Active participation is promoted in our programs. Courses are organized with small groups in order to facilitate participation and interactions among students. 

Every student contributes to the collective learning by providing its experience and feedback.

The teaching fundamentally relies on the case study methodology. Reference textbooks are provided to the students. Sessions are dedicated to discussions of the concepts and their application, to case discussion and sharing of experience. Assignments are often practical.  Documents and notes are available on a Learning System (on line repository).