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) located in

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

. Founded in 1897 by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Montpellier, the

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is one of the oldest of the French Écoles Supérieures de Commerce. Montpellier Business School offers several programmes: Bachelor, Master (programme Grande Ecole), 15 Masters of Science, and Executive MBA. The business school has the

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Identity and status

Montpellier Business School, established in 1897, is one of the oldest management schools in Europe. Founded by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Montpellier, Montpellier Business School was initially created to train economic managers who would help in developing activities and businesses in its region. Montpellier Business School has received, in 2017, the qualification of Private Higher Education Institution of General Interest (EESPIG). This label issued by the

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ensures that all its resources are exclusively assigned to the public service mission of higher education. Montpellier Business School is an association under the law of 1901 since 2013. The Governance of the Association brings together the many Major Partners, grouped within the Advisory Board, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Hérault, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Occitanie region, the Regional Council of Occitanie, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, the Alumni Association as well as representatives of universities and other higher education and research institutions and qualified personalities.

History

The ESC Montpellier was created in 1897 by the Chamber of Commerce of Montpellier (CCI Montpellier). In 1915, MBS became the first business school to admit young women into its classes. The school became a member of the

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in 1993. The Executive MBA program was launched in 1994, and the apprenticeship for students in the Master programme was then opened in 1997. The year 2000 saw the creation of the

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. The MBS Foundation for Equal Opportunities, under the aegis of the

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was created in 2007. Afterwards, Montpellier Business School became the first higher education institution to be accredited with the Diversity Label awarded by

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in 2009. In 2010, the school obtained the EFMD – EPAS accreditation of the

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. In 2011, the school received it's

accreditation, and at the same time, launches the BADGE® Executive Education programmes, accredited by the CGE. The Executive MBA programme was accredited

in 2012. In 2013, Montpellier Business School opened a new campus in

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. In 2017, Montpellier Business School received from the

the qualification of Private Higher Education Institution of General Interest (EESPIG), which attests to the absolute non-profit making nature of its activities. Montpellier is the 1st higher education institution to obtain the Professional Gender Equality Certification.

Grande école degrees

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that is separate from, but parallel and often connected to, the main framework of the French public university system. ''Grandes écoles'' are elite academic institutions that admit students through an extremely competitive process, and a significant proportion of their graduates occupy the highest levels of French society. Similar to

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schools in the United States,

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in China, graduation from a grande école is considered the prerequisite credential for any top government, administrative and corporate position in France.

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. Higher education business degrees in France are organized into three levels thus facilitating international mobility: the ''Licence'' /

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degrees. The Bachelors and the Masters are organized in semesters: 6 for the Bachelors and 4 for the Masters. Those levels of study include various "parcours" or paths based on UE (Unités d'enseignement or Modules), each worth a defined number of European credits (ECTS). A student accumulates those credits, which are generally transferable between paths. A Bachelors is awarded once 180 ECTS have been obtained (bac + 3); a Masters is awarded once 120 additional credits have been obtained (bac +5). The highly coveted PGE (Grand Ecole Program) ends with the degree of Master's in Management (MiM)Ben-David, Joseph and Philip G. Altbach. eds. ''Centers of Learning: Britain, France, Germany, United States'' (2nd ed. 2017). In 2022, the

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ranked its Masters in Management program 56th in the world.

Research

The research activities cover all traditional areas of management research. Research activities are based on the work of permanent teacher-researchers. Several Montpellier Business School's teacher-researchers are also part of the ''LabEx Entreprendre''. The researchers play a role in editorial activities and in the organisation of annual conferences such as the Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER) and the International Finance Conference (IFC). In November 2017, Montpellier Business School has also organised its first International Conference on Energy, Finance and the Macroeconomics ''Conférence Internationale sur l’Energie, la Finance et la Macroéconomie'' (ICEFM).

Programmes

Montpellier Business School, member of the

, develops courses from

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s to an Executive

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. Every year, Montpellier Business School also offers a Spring & Summer School.

Partnerships

MBS has over 180 partner universities worldwide.

Notable alumni

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References

External links

Official website
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