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Released this Wednesday 20th of February, the new Business Schools Ranking 2019 by Le Point ranks Montpellier Business School 13th out of 38 diplomas with a Master’s grade degree from French Business Schools. This general ranking was established according to 8 criteria such as Research and Entrepreneurship, on which the Grande Ecole Programme of MBS respectively ranks 8th and 7th. This is the recognition of the quality of MBS faculty members - over 70 teachers researchers - and the performance of the different measures [...] Read more

On Friday, February 1st, the solemn, moving, and festive Executive MBA graduation ceremony rewarded and honoured the Class of 2018. The MBS Executive MBA is an ACCSB and AMBA accredited programme that also provides the RNCP 1st Level Certification "Manager of Business Development or Business Unit". The entire Class of 2018 graduated under the applause of students’ families, friends, professors, professors and programme managers.  André Deljarry, President of CCI Hérault and 1st Vice-President of CCI Occitania, attended the event to congratulate the [...] Read more

Dedicated to entrepreneurship coaching, training and research, the MBS Entrepreneurship Center (EC) aims to contribute to the development of entrepreneurship in all its diversity. Thus, its services are aimed at MBS students and graduates carrying a project, but also at companies, researchers, experts and institutions. Dr. Katherine Gundolf, a professor and researcher specialising in entrepreneurship and Director of the MBS EC, answered our questions! Among the 3 hubs of the MBS Entrepreneurship Center, the incubator is undoubtedly the best known. How [...] Read more

The Career Center of Montpellier Business School proposed for the first time a thematic week called “Work Me Up” from the 21st to the 24th of January 2019.  The objective was to introduce businesses environment and the wide range of professions to first-year students of the Grande Ecole Programme in order to give them a broad vision of the possible choices in terms of professional orientation. This 1st edition of MBS’ Work Me Up Challenges had several highlights that allowed students [...] Read more

In December 2018, an article written by Dr Meena Andiappan and Dr Lucas Dufour from Montpellier Business School has been accepted in the very prestigious Academy of Management Review. This journal belongs to the very selective Financial Times 50 ranking system. A simplified version of this article for Managers has been developed by the journal. The main results of this research are available from here. Meena and Lucas are both Associate Professors at Montpellier Business School. Their research deals with Human Ressources [...] Read more

As a final year student in the Grande Ecole Programme of Montpellier Business School, Rémi Pfrunner has made international openness one of his leitmotivs, as evidenced by his mission as ambassador for European careers which he has chosen to pursue this year. Rémi wants to help MBS students discover and seize the professional opportunities (internships, jobs, mobility...) offered by a supranational entity as big as the European Union. Rémi, can you summarize your academic background? After a scientific High School Diploma and [...] Read more

A few days before Christmas, Montpellier Business School’s students and associations showed a great generosity by launching the "Solidarity Week" on their own initiative. They wanted to collect as much money as possible to provide toys for hospitalized children. The initiator of this project, Alexandre Lechat, who studies for a Master of Science in International Business at MBS, discusses this beautiful story! How did you get the idea for this Solidarity Week at MBS? This idea came to me quite naturally during [...] Read more

On Wednesday 9 January, Samih Khalef, ASICS France Country Leader, and Didier Grino, Secretary General of Montpellier Business School, signed a major partnership agreement bringing the famous sports equipment manufacturer closer to the Grande Ecole of Management, both strongly anchored in the regional territory. MBS students and graduates' recruitment at the heart of this rapprochement Synonymous with a new Major Partner company for Montpellier Business School, this signature with ASICS marks a formalisation of relations between the two entities that have already [...] Read more

As part of its renewed emphasis on development and internationalisation, Montpellier Business School is to launch 9 new Masters of Science (MSc) programmes in September 2019. Like the existing 6 MSc, these new programmes will be offered 100% in English and accessible to French and international students who are holders of a Bachelor's degree (Baccalaureate + 3 years of higher education) or equivalent. The various MSc courses, which last from 10 to 18 months, allow students to specialise in a particular [...] Read more

Relive the Graduation Ceremony 2018 with the full video replay: REPLAY   The Grande Ecole and Bachelor Programmes graduation ceremony will be held this Saturday 15th of December at the Zenith Sud in Montpellier. A moving and solemn moment in front of over 3500 people. MBS will offer the opportunity to those who could not come to the Zenith the chance to follow the ceremony live and on video on the Facebook page of Montpellier Business School. But that is not all ! For even [...] Read more

Montpellier Business School announces the departure of its Dean, Didier Jourdan (64). After 26 years at the helm of the Grande Ecole, leading its spectacular development, Dr. Didier Jourdan will retire at the end of the year. Director since 1992 of Montpellier Business School, Didier Jourdan has built the exceptional growth of the School upon a strategic vision unique in the business & management schools’ landscape: a parallel development of academic excellence and social footprint, in accordance with the values of [...] Read more

Published on Wednesday 21st of November, Le Figaro’s 2019 ranking of business schools ranked Montpellier Business School and its Grande Ecole Programme in the 13th position among post-preparatory business schools (14th for all schools combined). This 13th place is mainly synonymous with strong growth since MBS has moved up 4 places in this ranking which "highlights academic excellence, corporate relations and the international outreach of schools". Also synonymous with recognition for MBS, this 13th place is in line with the most recent [...] Read more