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For French exchange students who are abroad

– “Can I go back to France?”

All exchange students, who wish to do so, can come back to France.

We recommend that these students consider both situations in their current country and in France before planning their return. In France, as of March 17 and for at least 15 days, meetings are forbidden and moving from your home is only allowed in very specific cases and with a certificate to be able to travel. (More information here)

The President of France indicated that all French citizens currently outside France will be able to return to France, and sometimes, repatriation may be organized by the French Government. We therefore recommend that you contact the French Consulate or Embassy in the country where you are located to find out what arrangements are in place. The MBS teams will of course forward all the information they may have about this issue.

Depending on the situation in the country you are in (and considering of course the current situation in France), if you decide to come back home, please inform both your host university and the MBS Outgoing coordinator who has been following you since your departure.

– “What impact will this have on my schooling?“

The teams are mobilized so that no student is penalized and to offer a specific modulation of the program according to each situation. Some universities, such as MBS, make it possible to follow all the courses and to be evaluated remotely. Whether the student has decided to return to France or to stay in his host country, he will be able to finish his semester online.

If the exchange university has not yet positioned itself or if it cannot ensure continuity remotely, then MBS will offer an adaptation of the student’s course.

Please get in touch with the Outgoing coordinator who has been following you since your departure, or your program.

– “What do I have to do once in France? “

As soon as you arrive in France, please contact the Outgoing coordinator who has been following you since your departure or your program.

For international students at Montpellier Business School

– “Do I have to go back to my home country? “

As physical presence on campus is suspended, international or exchange students who wish to do so, can come back to their home country. They will have access to online courses from 23 March and will be able to take their exams remotely under the same conditions as any other student. If you have any questions, please contact your program or the Incoming service Incoming@Montpellier-BS.com

– “I live in CROUS student housing and share kitchen and bathroom with other people. What can I do? “

If you wish to stay in your accommodation, and you are in a student room (not managed by MBS), the CROUS will transfer you to a studio-type accommodation, to secure the confinement and protect your health.

Please, remember to :

Wash your hands very regularly
Cough or sneeze into your elbow
Throw tissue into closed bin immediately after use
Avoid close contact when greeting people

Reminder: as of 17 March and for at least 15 days, gatherings are prohibited and travel is only allowed in very specific cases and with a certificate to be able to circulate. (More information here)

-“Are the student residences closed ?”
NO. The Crous will continue to welcome in their residences students who are already housed there and who wish to stay there, so that they can work, even at a distance from their educational institution, in good conditions. Thank you for following the current sanitary instructions and the rules of residence life indicated by your Crous.

The housed students have been invited to go back to their family home, in order to avoid them staying in their accommodation in an isolated way, especially as the Crous cannot maintain collective activities. However, this in NO CASE means that those who wish to stay for reasons of their own are forced to leave. They will continue to be accommodated in university residences that remain OPEN.

Furthermore, the Ministry of Higher Education, with the help of the Crous and all higher education institutions, is currently organizing so that the CVEC can as soon as possible finance vouchers for basic necessities for those students who need them most, particularly those confined to university residences.

To help you cope with departures that are linked to a public health measure, if you have had to leave hastily, even without being able to free up your room entirely, the contractual notice period of one month will not apply. Thus, as of April 1st, all students who have left their accommodation – even temporarily – will NO LONGER pay their rent until they return.

To benefit from this interruption in rent, inform the Crous of your departure as a matter of emergency so that it can be checked and accounted for, at the email address of your residence. Naturally, your accommodation in the university residence will not be reallocated in your absence, during the period of confinement.

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Facilitating international cooperation between Business Schools

CLADEA (El Consejo Latinoamericano de Escuelas de Administración) is an international organization that brings together higher education institutions from around the world to promote innovations and teaching techniques in management sciences, and to invite institutions to cooperate more in research, academic exchange and student mobility.

With more than 240 members, CLADEA acts as a global facilitator between universities and business schools in Latin America and the rest of the world.

For the next three years it is Montpellier Business School, represented by Dr. Yvon Desportes, its Director of International Academic Relations, who will sit on CLADEA’s Management Committee on behalf of all higher education institutions outside America.

The mission of this mandate is to break down bias about Latin America and open up the social spectrum of higher education

“Historically, Latin America has inherited a multi-identity that makes it a place of intercultural interaction subject to multiple European, African, American and Asian influences.” explains Dr. Yvon Desportes. “Nowadays, literacy and life expectancy rates are comparable to those in Europe and show a very satisfactory academic level. Today’s major issue is to assure the accessibility for all to higher education.” he adds.

This issue of inequality of opportunity marks the main challenge of this new mandate: to ensure better social mobility and broaden the talent spectrum while integrating Universities and Business Schools by further democratizing accessibility.

“The training of individuals is a key factor in the multiplication of social justice. Business studies help combat the unique family transmission of companies and create more innovative solutions to the current world issues,” says Yvon Desportes. “This mandate is a real opportunity for Montpellier Business School to share its equal opportunity policy and to materialize once again its founding value of CSR in concrete action.”

Montpellier Business School has been facilitating student mobility to Latin America for many years

Several hundred Montpellier Business School students have experienced for many years, academic exchange in Latin America by going to study in one of the school’s many academic partners. “Over the years, Montpellier Business School has succeeded in forging partnerships with 80 % of accredited institutions in Latin America, a commitment that not only fuels our mission as a facilitator of student mobility but also contributes to the development of academic excellence.” concludes Yvon Desportes.

In a few weeks, students in the Bachelor and Grande Ecole programs will be able to choose to go on a single or diploma exchange among some thirty Latin American institutions, such as the Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM), the Universidad Esan of Peru or the Universidad Adolfo Ibanez of Chile….

Find the entire foreign partner Universities of Montpellier Business School here.

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A gourmet idea born of a moment of sharing between students

Sofía and Santiago are two Argentine lawyers, specialists in business law who arrived in Montpellier a year ago to continue their studies in the Montpellier Business School “Grande Ecole” Program. “We were working in a law firm when we decided to breathe new life into our career and start our own business. The project was still very vague. The international dimension was already trotting in our heads, but we did not think at all to create a business of culinary specialties,” explains Santiago.

It is during a multicultural meeting between students of Montpellier Business School that Sofía and Santiago presented an Argentinean specialty: the Alfajores. “All of our friends found it tasty and original and suggested to us to build an Alfajores company in Montpellier,” says Sofía.

A launch strategy supported by Montpellier Business School

In the second year of the Grande Ecole Program, the two Argentineans participated in a business creation simulation during the entrepreneurial module. “This is where the project was born. Through this serious game, we managed to draw the guidelines of our future company and to build a real Business Model. “

The couple’s young project pursued the implementation of their “Station Sucrée” company at the Montpellier Business School Entrepreneurship Centre, the school’s incubator. “We were supported by the Chamber of Trades in the creation, certification and administration of our company,” explains Sofía. Today, Station Sucrée has an office within the school to advance in their development throughout the gap year of the two students.

Sofía & Santiago have also decided to integrate other students into the adventure: “Our marketing consultant is also a student of the school, in the final year of the Grande Ecole Program and brings complementary skills to ours,” says Santiago.

Like Montpellier Business School, join the start-up’s network of partners

This is what Sofia had to say: “Station Sucrée is growing day by day, and of course, we grow and learn with it. If there is any advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, it’s taking the time to develop a finished product before marketing. The key lies in micro-launches of tests, which allow you to not over expose your concepts but that are valuable in return for the customer experience. “

Station Sucrée continues its development and is always looking for new partners:

Click here to discover their products and partners.
You can also follow their adventure on Instagram.

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180 hours of lessons in a week given by 12 specialists from all over the world

During this International Week, students were invited to participate in 12 modules delivered by teachers-researchers from foreign universities, partners of Montpellier Business School, giving them a taste of the international academic exchange experience.

“The objective of these modules is to immerse students in the concept of inter-culturalism,” says Dr. Sandhya Sastry, Professor-researcher at the University of Northampton (England). “In this course, we start from a business issue that is familiar to them: import/export and we modal the establishment of a company in another country. This allows students to think about how to adapt an offer to a new population while respecting its culture and way of functioning.”

A week full of festivities and sharing with students

Throughout the week, conferences are offered to prepare students for their international exchange year: “visa applications, the choice of cities, universities, it is still quite complicated to plan ahead. So, this type of conference allows us to make a first filter in the construction of our track” says Nicolas, a student in the Grande Ecole Program.

The week ended on a very festive note co-organized with the international students of Montpellier Business School, during which students from more than 70 different countries shared their culinary specialties and some information about their national heritage. This moment of sharing ended with a show of dances and songs that was very much appreciated by Montpellier Business School students and staff. If you were unable to attend this exchange moment, find the photo album here.

The family of international academic partners is growing

On Thursday, November 28^th, amidst the International Week of Montpellier Business School, a new academic cooperation agreement was inaugurated with Asia University, College of Management Taipei, in the presence of students wishing to pursue their studies in an international academic exchange program.

“This agreement underlines the mutual trust between our two institutions and underpins our partnership around 4 axes: a collaboration in research, the possibility of obtaining a double degree for students in the Bachelor Program, the possibility of obtaining a double degree for students in the Grande Ecole Program and the opening of an academic exchange program between students during their studies.” explains Dr. Yvon Desportes, Director of International Academic Relations.