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The Grande École Programme is a five-year state-approved course leading to a Master's degree. It consists of two cycles: the first of 3 years is dedicated to learning the fundamentals of management, economics and management; the second of 2 years specialises in one of the 10 possible majors.
In parallel, the Grande École Programme allows you to get an international dual degree with one of our partner universities (British, Russian or American).
1st year entry
• SESAME exam and subject to obtaining the baccalaureate degree
• Application on file, for holders of a foreign diploma equivalent to the baccalaureate.
3rd year entry
• AMBITIONS+ exam and under the condition of graduating with a 2-year university degree
• Application on file, for holders of a foreign diploma equivalent to a 2-year French higher education diploma
Admission in 4th year
• AMBITIONS+ exam and subject to obtaining a 3-year university degree
• Application on file, for holders of a foreign diploma equivalent to a 3-year French higher education diploma
IPAG offers free exam preparation sessions for SESAME and AMBITIONS+.
Our 5-year Grande École programme in Paris and Nice To find out more
A state-approved degree with a Master's grade level, the Grande École program is an increasingly popular choice due to the quality of the teaching and the expertise it provides upon graduation, after obtaining a five-year degree. This is a program offered by the best business schools.
The Grande École program is a postgraduate course of study that delivers a Master's degree level diploma after five years of higher education. This five-year program is mainly taught in business schools or management schools.
The Grande École program is a management training program that provides teaching on the different areas of business management. The fundamentals are taught during the first years of study thanks to a common core leading to specialties allowing students to choose a specific sector in which they can become experts.
The international dimension is also appreciated thanks to the professional experience offered and sometimes compulsory abroad. For most business and management schools, this degree requires students to complete an internship of several months in a foreign country, which gives this degree a significant advantage to be considered, in addition to the others allowing it to justify its excellent rate of professional insertion.
The Grande École program is a program available directly after the baccalaureate, but also after completion of an undergraduate degree at the baccalaureate or graduate level. Admission to this program depends on your academic level: the competitive exams or entry procedures will be different.
At IPAG Business School, our programs are accessible as soon as you have passed your high school diploma, but also to students who have completed two years of higher education (Licence, BTS or DUT) or three years of higher education. Admissions are subject to a competitive examination:
The last two years of the PGE, once you have made your choice from one of our specializations, are possible in work-study sessions. This form of training has many advantages, such as the opportunity to acquire significant professional experience that is acknowledged by recruiters, but it is also a way of funding your tuition fees.
As a business school, our Grande École Program, held on our campuses in Paris and Nice, allows you to follow a complete curriculum and to learn about management and business management. Depending on your professional project (international trade, entrepreneurship, international business, etc.), from manager to executive, you can become an expert in your profession thanks to our 8 different specializations. The business world will no longer hold any secrets for you and you will be prepared to join the workforce with a solid and complete background!
In fact, it is comprehensive because our program also includes a practical part which is added to the theoretical lessons attended. Regardless of the chosen specialization, our training allows you to benefit from up to 34 months of professional experience.
Renowned for its professionalization, our Grande École Program also stands out for its international orientation and the guidance students receive throughout their studies thanks to our Career Center.
Now that you have acquired the fundamentals of management and business administration, it will be a good time in your 3rd year to choose the specialization area that most appeals to you in which you will benefit from specific and targeted teaching during your 4th and 5th years.
At IPAG, we offer 8 different majors (or more commonly called specializations) available on our two French campuses (Paris and Nice):
1st Year
Acquiring the basics
Semester 1
Semester 2
Semester 1
Fundamental courses
Semester 2
8-9-week internship in sales
Extra-curriculum
Business Game
Cases studies submitted by IPAG partner companies, to which the students, divided into teams, must respond collectively.
X’Trem trails
New experiences based on surpassing oneself with the sense of teamwork: survival missions, military training, humanitarian commitment...
Culture and discovery trails
These allow you to develop your general culture, open-mindness and analytical skills: art history, geography, fashion, music, gastronomy...
2nd year
Working in project mode
Semester 1
Semester 2
Semester 1
Courses
Semester 2
An 8 to 12-week internship in a start-up
Extra-curriculum
Business Game
As in the 1st year, real business cases submitted by IPAG partner companies, to which the students, divided into teams, must respond collectively.
Cultural and discovery trails
These allow you to develop your general culture, open-mindedness and analytical skills. The 2nd year is an opportunity to discover a new universe, completely different from the one explored during the 1st year.
3rd year
Moving to another country
Were you a second-year IPAG student?
The two semesters of your 3rd year are devoted to expatriation.
Have you just joined IPAG in parallel admission?
● 1st semester: you improve your level of English and management in Paris or Nice.
● 2nd semester: you fly to the destination of your choice.
Semester 1
English language development (parallel admission)
6 months of international internship or study abroad
Semester 2
6 months of international internship or study abroad or international volunteering programme
4th year
Start specialising
Core modules
The 6 majors of the 4th year
Marketing & Sales Strategy Major (4) - Paris/Nice
The digital shift has turned traditional marketing approaches upside down. The Marketing Major allows you to understand these changes in their entirety. In the 5th year, you have the opportunity to specialise in digital marketing or sales strategy.
Teaching Objectives
• Know how to analyse a market and establish a marketing strategy
• Use different marketing and customer management tools
• Mastering offline and online communication channels
• Know how to manage a project and a product launch on the market
Specialisation courses in the 4th year
• Webmarketing 1
• Strategic Marketing
• Marketing studies
• Operational Marketing
• Communication
• BtoB & BtoC Marketing
Finance, Audit & Control Major (4) - Paris/Nice
With the major Finance, Audit & Control, you master the fundamentals of the financial functions of the banking, insurance and financial engineering professions. In the 5th year, you can specialise in corporate finance, financial markets or wealth management.
Teaching Objectives
• Master advanced financial reporting techniques
• Knowing how to carry out an operational audit as well as a corporate audit
• Know all aspects of financial management of a company
• Know how to establish an economic and financial diagnosis
Specialisation courses in the 4th year
• In-depth accounting
• Controlling
• Business valuations
• Business Taxation
• Financial Markets
• Financial management
International Business & Supply Chain Major (4) - Paris/Nice
Globalisation and the increasing digitalisation of operations are profoundly changing the commercial, purchasing and logistics functions of companies. Focused on economic, environmental and social innovation, the major International Business & Supply Chain is arming you to face these new challenges.
Teaching Objectives
• Understanding the international trade environment
• Mastering the management of an international supply chain
• Know the principles of international and Community law
• Adopt a responsible, collaborative and circular approach
Specialisation courses in the 4th year
• Global trade
• Business operations
• International business law
• Sales & Negotiation
• Performance management
• Transportation & Warehousing
International Management Major (4) - Paris/Nice
The International Management specialisation allows you to develop a managerial profile with a strong international dimension. Courses are taught entirely in English. This major is also the most suitable for achieving double diplomas in the 5th year.
Teaching Objectives
• Knowing how to manage a team in an international and multicultural context
• Understand, evaluate and establish a managerial strategy
• To be able to accompany the international development of organisations
• Mastering negotiations in an international context
Specialisation courses in the 4th year
• International business
• Intercultural management
• International economics
• Sales & negotiation
• Communication
• Business plan
Human Resources Management & CSR Major (4) - Paris
In a time of major economic and social change, human resource management is a major challenge. This specialisation offers a strategic operational approach to meet this challenge.
Teaching Objectives
• Understand the role of the HR manager as a business partner
• Investing in an operational HR function
• Putting know-how at the crossroads of marketing and big data at the service of human beings
• Know the legal principles of labour law
Specialisation courses in the 4th year
• Labour Law
• GPEC and new tools
• Recruitment techniques
• Compensation policy
• HR Communication
• Payroll Management
Entrepreneurship Major (4) - Paris/Nice
Creating, taking over or growing a business requires project management skills and specific abilities such as autonomy, initiative or creativity. The Entrepreneurship Major is a complete and cross-disciplinary programme that enables students to incubate a real business project and also to become intrapreneurs or managers.
Teaching Objectives
• Cultivating critical thinking and thinking "out of the box"
• Developing cross-disciplinary skills in entrepreneurial management
• Knowing how to develop talent and creativity
• Deepen skills in innovation, innovation management and design thinking
Specialisation courses in the 4th year
• Management & Takeover of SMEs
• Start-up & Business model
• Business pitch & Storytelling
• Management Control
• Webmarketing
• Business plan
Semester 1
Specialisation courses
Semester 2
Specialisation internship from 4 to 6 months
5th year
Specialise and get a dual international degree
Core modules
The 10 majors of the 5th year
Marketing & Digital Major (5) - Paris/Nice
After a 4th year devoted to marketing in general, you will now specialising in digital marketing. New trends on the web and social media, the latest developments in CRM, innovative strategies for brands and organisations... In the 5th year, you learn to anticipate tomorrow's revolutions.
Specialisation courses
• Webmarketing 2
• Tools and web interface
• CRM & Innovation
• Advanced Communication
• Strategy and brand
• Digital foresight
Sales Strategy Major (5) - Paris/Nice
After a 4th year devoted to learning solid marketing knowledge, you specialise in designing effective and innovative business strategies. To do so, you will learn to master new consumer expectations, modern sales techniques and the evolution of different distribution channels. You will also study the art of negotiation and methods of analysing a company's commercial and financial performance.
Specialiation: Sales Strategy
• Commercial negotiation
• Sales strategy
• CRM & digital influence
• Multi-channel distribution
• Financial Indicators for Salespeople
• International development
Corporate Finance & Audit Major (5) - Paris/Nice
You will continue to learn new accounting, controlling and auditing skills to become a true specialist in corporate finance. To complete your training, you will also study competition law and legal & Tax management.
Specialisation: Corporate Finance & Audit
• Advanced Accounting II
• Management Control II
• IFRS standards
• External audit
• Competition Law
• Legal & Tax management
Finance & Markets Major (5) - Paris/Nice
After a fourth year devoted to learning about audit, control and corporate finance, you will specialise in market finance by acquiring a comprehensive view on an international scale. You will learn how to master modern reporting techniques, manage a portfolio of assets and understand the mathematical modelling of different types of assets.
Finance & Markets Specialisation
• Advanced corporate finance
• Advances in financial asset pricing
• Alternative investments
• Portfolio management
• Financial markets & institutions
• Quantitative finance
Wealth Management Major (5) - Paris
After having acquired the fundamentals of audit, control and corporate finance in the 4th year, you specialise in wealth management. To do so, you will familiarise yourself with the international banking and insurance environment and learn how to manage portfolios of financial or real estate assets. To complete your training as a manager, you will also study wealth law and taxation.
Specialisation Wealth Management
• Bancassurance engineering
• Asset Management
• Real estate management
• Property law
• Taxation of assets
• Financial Markets Law
International Business & Supply Chain Major (5) - Paris/Nice
You will complete your training by learning to master all the operations of a global and sustainable supply chain. The 5th year of this major will give you more in-depth expertise to exercise your future profession (negotiator, buyer, supply chain manager...) in a responsible, collaborative and circular approach.
Specialisation: International Business & Supply Chain
• Purchasing & Supply chain management
• International trades practices
• Information & Management systems
• Sustainable sourcing & Purchasing
• Circular economy
• Management Control
International Management Major (5) - Paris/Nice
The objective of this 5th year is to perfect your profile as a manager ready to work in an international context. You will learn to master the art of negotiation, to establish and implement innovative international commercial strategies and to anticipate tomorrow's commercial trends. In short, you are preparing yourself to ensure the international development of companies or organisations.
Specialisation: International Management
• Global marketing
• International trades practices
• Innovation strategy in dynamic global markets
• International business trends
• International negotiation
• Circular economy
Human Resources Management & CSR Major (5) - Paris
In the 5th year, you will continue your training in Human Resources Management and you will be prepared to take up the challenges that today's rapidly changing sector presents: diversity management, digital HR management, new legal practices, etc. At the end of the course, you will be ready to take on various operational functions: personnel manager, payroll, training, internal communication, recruitment, etc.
Specialisation: Human Resources Management
• Management Prospective
• Diversity Management
• Business valuations
• Legal HR Practices
• Digital HR
• Social audit
Entrepreneurship & Project Management Major (5) - Paris/Nice
You will deepen your knowledge in the field of business support, whether by carrying out audits, developing innovative strategies or design thinking. As in the 4th year, you can also develop your own entrepreneurial project within our incubator. Finally, you are preparing to obtain PMP (Project Management Professional) certification from the PMI (Project Management Institute), which is now a standard in Europe for project managers in business management.
Specialisation: Entrepreneurship
• Design thinking & innovation
• Challenge weekend
• Preparation for PMI certification
• e-entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurial support
• Audit & Corporate strategy
Marketing BtoC Major (5) - Paris
After a 4th year in the Marketing & Business Strategy major, you can specialise in "Business to Consumer" marketing. You will learn how to develop product or service marketing strategies exclusively oriented towards the consumer, to understand his expectations, to anticipate them and to master the communication tools indispensable to the exercise of your future profession.
Specialisation: Marketing BtoC
Strategy, branding & product management
Digital Marketing
Marketing intelligence
Retail
Owned & earned Media
Communication tools
Communication & media
Optional professional certification: Google analytics
Semester 1
Courses
Semester 2
End-of-study internship of 4 to 6 months
Work-study possible
The 5 possible dual degrees
Dual degree MSc in Business Management (United States)
The dual degree MSc in Business Management is intended for students in the International Management major. The first semester takes place at IPAG on the Nice campus. The second semester is spent entirely in New York at the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York (CUNY). This dual degree enables students to master all the administrative and financial processes of the company. It provides them with all the necessary skills to excel in strategic management within international organisations. The courses focus on the new challenges of international trade and business management.
1st semester courses at IPAG
• Business, Government and Society
• The Administrative Process
• Strategic Marketing Management
• Multichannel Marketing and Media Convergence
• Introduction to Research Methods
• Financial Management - Staten Island
• Financial Management (optional tutoring)
2nd semester courses in New York
• Leadership and Organisational Effectiveness
• Financial Management
• Global Business Strategy
• Strategic Human Resource Management
• Managerial Decision Making and Applications
• Seminar Business Topics (thesis support)
Career Opportunities
• Marketing Manager
• Business Developer
• Project Manager
• Logistics & Supply Chain Manager
• International Reporting Manager
• International Talent Manager
Dual Degree MSc in Finance & Investment (UK)
The dual degree MSc in Finance & Investment is aimed at students of the Finance, Audit & Management Control major. The first semester takes place on the Paris campus of IPAG. The second semester is spent entirely in London at the University of Greenwich. This dual degree enables students trained in financial management to discover and learn how to manage international finance in the heart of Europe's leading financial centre. Each student can develop a high sought-after profile by companies and acquire cutting-edge skills by specialising in the field of their choice from financial risk management, project finance or financial transactions.
1st semester courses at IPAG
• Principles of Finance
• Financial Markets & Products
• Investment Management
• Foundations of Scholarship
• Research Methods for Finance & Accounting
2nd semester courses in Greenwich
• Principles of Finance
• Financial Markets & Products
• Investment Management
• Foundations of Scholarship
• Research Methods for Finance & Accounting
• Financial Econometrics
• Financial Analysis & Valuation
Career Opportunities
• Account Manager
• Asset Manager
• Fund & Investment Manager
• Bond Desk Manager
• Trader
• Bank Advisor
Dual Degree MSc in International Marketing (UK)
The dual degree MSc in International Marketing is aimed at students in the Marketing & Sales Strategy major. The first semester takes place entirely in Edinburgh at Napier University. The second semester takes place at IPAG on the Nice campus.
This dual degree is a course focused on digital marketing. It allows students to discover webmarketing, new sales and communication techniques on an international scale in order to contribute to the development of organisations in foreign markets.
1st semester courses in Edinburgh
• Intercultural Business Communication
• Principles & Practices of Marketing
• Consumer Behaviour
2nd semester courses at IPAG
• Global Marketing
• Strategic Brand Management
• Research Methods
• Direct & Digital Marketing
Career Opportunities
• International Marketing Manager
• Marketing Project Manager
• Business Ethics Consultant
• Internal Communication Manager
• Media Planning Manager
• Real Estate Marketing Specialist
Dual Degree MSc in International Marketing with Tourism & Events (UK)
The dual degree MSc in International Marketing with Tourism & Events is aimed at students in the Marketing & Business Strategy major. The first semester takes place entirely in Edinburgh at Napier University. The second semester is spent at IPAG on the Nice campus. This dual degree is a programme focused on marketing management in the tourism and international events sectors. Students develop solid skills enabling them to handle the techniques of enhancing the value of commercial, sporting or cultural events on an international scale. It provides in-depth knowledge and mastery of marketing and communication strategies that will enable students to have an impact on the development of a company and give an international dimension to its actions.
1st semester courses in Edinburgh
• Intercultural Business Communication
• Principles and Practices of Marketing
• International Festivals & Events Management
2nd semester courses at IPAG
• Global Marketing
• Strategic Brand Management
• Research Methods
Career Opportunities
• Marketing Manager
• Product Manager
• Sustainable Tourism Developer
• Event Manager
• Hospitality Webmarketing Manager
Dual Degree Msc in International Marketing (Russia)
The dual degree Msc in International Marketing is aimed at students of the Marketing, Communication & Commercial Strategy major. The first semester takes place at IPAG, on the Nice campus, and the second semester in Moscow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. During these two semesters, students learn how to design and apply marketing strategies to different international economic, legal and cultural contexts.
1st semester courses at IPAG
• Business, Government & Society
• The Administrative Process
• Strategic Marketing Management
• Multi Chanel Marketing & Media Convergence
• Introduction to Research Methods
• Financial Management
2nd Semester courses in Moscow
•Russian as a foreign language
•Management of Integrated Marketing & Innovative Products
•Managerial Economics
•Customer Service
•Loyalty Management
•Marketing planning and audit
•Service Marketing & Marketing metrics
•Weekly guest (lectures from guest professors/managers)
•Dissertation
Career Opportunities
• Trade marketer
• International marketing consultant
• International marketing research manager
• International project manager
• Category manager
• Product manager
Business Game
The 5th year Business Game, #Negoc'IPAG, consists of a commercial negotiation on the basis of business cases submitted by 4 to 6 partner companies.
Students have 2h30 to prepare their arguments, which they then present before a jury of seasoned professionals.
The last editions have brought together companies such as CBRE, Altran or IZI by EDF, which have had the opportunity to get a fresh look at their problems and to identify future high-potential graduates.
End-of-studies paper
The final dissertation is the link between academic and professional world, since it deals with a theme related to the students' future professional life.
Students choose their subject in the first semester, from a list drawn up by their thesis supervisor, who then guides them through each stage of the writing process: constitution of the corpus, definition of the plan, conduct of the empirical study, etc...
A pre-presentation in May allows them to adjust the final work to be submitted (between 60 and 80 pages), before the presentation in front of a jury, which takes place in June or September.
2018 Labour Force Survey
Results
● Industry: 25%
● Finance, accounting, audit: 20%
● Information service and communication: 14%
● Studies, consulting, expertise, research: 12%
● Trade: 9%
● Transport (services): 5%
● Energy: 4%
● Accomodation and catering: 2%
● Human Resources: 2%
● Others: 7%
50% off tuition fees for the first year is granted:
In the form of lower tuition fees, the best students in each class are rewarded each year for their excellent results to the tune of:
A 25% discount on annual tuition fees is granted to students who have a sibling enrolled at IPAG in the Grande École programme or any other programme.
A 10% discount on tuition fees is given to all children of our graduates, regardless of the programme.
If you are younger than 28 years old, you can benefit from a state scholarship under certain conditions. The scholarship amount is based on family income, according to a scale established each year by the Ministry of Education. These grants can be cumulated with those from IPAG.
