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Bachelor in Management

Become a manager in 3 years

Presentation

After your international school-leaving certificate, join the Bachelor in Management programme on the Le Havre or Paris campuses.

In 3 years, develop the key skills needed to become a middle manager in finance, human resources, marketing, logistics, etc.

Get a recognised degree, awarded by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research ( Bac+3), and certified by the RNCP, level 6 (RNCP36813 - DipViGrL - Diplôme d'enseignement supérieur en management international). Ranked in the national Top 10 (Le Figaro Étudiant, Le Parisien Étudiant and Challenges), this Bachelor's degree is your launch pad for a successful career.

Level
3-year diploma
Campus
Le Havre Dublin
Language
English French
Rythm
Work-study On-site
  • Strengths and advantages
  • Programme
  • Admission
  • Career
  • Tuition fees and financing

3 reasons to join the programme

    Develop key middle management skills

    EM Normandie Business School blurs the boundaries between the academic and business worlds by structuring its programme around the key skills needed to succeed in the corporate world. Develop your know-how and interpersonal skills throughout your studies, and learn how to learn through interactive classes and real-life situations. English language courses are included throughout the programme, with the option of studying 100% in English. When it comes to expatriation, there are several opportunities: you can join the Dublin campus or go to a partner university for the immersive semester in Year 2, or complete your 3rd year as part of a university partnership and gain a double degree.

    An immersive semester in Year 2

    Exclusive in the world of business schools, the immersive semester allows you to devote 6 months to a project that is close to your heart, whether it is an international humanitarian mission, a civic department, a specialised training programme or an entrepreneurial project. It's a unique opportunity to explore your passions in practical terms while developing your skills.

    Face up to real-life situations

    With internships available every year, Business Games, work-study tracks in 3rd year on the Caen, Le Havre and Paris campuses, and association projects, the programme offers you plenty of opportunities to develop your professionalisation so that you can start working as soon as you graduate. You can also take advantage of the Career Path and the EM Normandie Alumni Association to boost your integration into the business world, by expanding your network and building a project that perfectly matches your skills and aspirations.

Your Bachelor in Management courses

    Courses, work placements, personal development workshops, association projects... Experience EM Normandie and develop the key skills that recruiters are looking for.

    Discover and master the fundamentals of business

    From the 1st year, learn about finance, marketing and contract law. Gradually master the fundamentals of management (operations management, supply chain, etc.) to optimise your company's overall performance and take informed strategic decisions.

    • Discover the programme in detail

      S1

      • Producing financial statements
      • Marketing fundamentals

      S2

      • Understanding contract law

      S3

      • Conducting a financial analysis
      • Explain the concepts and philosophy of business operations management
      • Draw up an investment and financing plan

      S5

      • Using web marketing tools
      • Managing the supply chain (players and processes)

      S6

      • Become familiar with the legal tools of the world of work
      • Managing overall performance

    Make full use of data

    In addition to the office software tools that are essential in business (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), develop your knowledge of digital tools (social networks, data analysis tools, project management software, etc.). Go even further: discover how artificial intelligence is transforming these tools and improving productivity. Your knowledge will help you stand out in front of recruiters and in your future assignments.

    • Access programme details

      S1

      • Use office software and AI tools

      S2

      • Analysing quantitative data
      • Recognising the fundamental concepts of data

      S3

      • Identify the role of IT in the company
      • Carrying out a market study

      S6

      • Applying e-commerce techniques

    Understanding your future professional environment

    Identify the key players in an organisation and determine your role by analysing the challenges of your job. Open up to different worlds to enrich your general knowledge and understand social, digital and environmental transformations so that you can contribute to a more responsible world.

    • Learn more about the programme

      S1

      • Understanding economic mechanisms
      • Understanding the business world
      • Getting to know each other

      S2

      • Understanding the challenges of sustainable development
      • Networking

      S4

      • Immersive semester

      S5

      • Analysing geopolitical issues
      • Developing an effective job search strategy

      S6

      • Developing a Business Ethic
      • Understanding the challenges of economic intelligence

      Find out more about the Career Path

    Implement a responsible action plan

    Identify your competitors and customers to define your positioning. Identify commercial opportunities by studying their behaviour and adapt your offer accordingly. Find out how to implement a marketing and sales plan in line with short and medium-term objectives, while ensuring financial follow-up to guarantee the profitability of your project.

    • Everything you need to know about the Programme

      S2

      • Run an online and offline sales campaign

      S3

      • Understanding and implementing corporate strategies
      • Imagining an innovative business opportunity
      • Contribute to an SD CSR project

      S5

      • Supporting a project leader
      • Deploying its expertise as part of an SD CSR project

      S6

      • Applying a business development approach (Responsible Project)
      • Managing disruptive innovation (Business Game)

    Communicate effectively: convey and share your ideas

    Learn how to defend your ideas, using language and body language. Adapt your speech to your audience. Create effective communication tools and discover how to use digital tools to collaborate remotely.

    • Find out more about the Programme

      S1

      • Develop critical thinking skills
      • Broaden the scope of your thinking

      S3

      • Building your research approach

      S4

      • Feedback - Activity report

      S5

      • My pitch in 180 seconds
      • Promoting your research approach

      S6

      • Writing a dissertation

      S1/S2/S3/S5

      • English / Business English

      S1/S2/S3/S5/S6

      • Optional foreign language

    Develop your leadership skills and contribute to collective success

    Learn how to make the most of collective intelligence and how to manage while taking into account the cultural specificities of the people you work with. Develop your analytical skills so that you can make ethical and responsible decisions, aligning your actions with the strategic direction of your future company.

    • Explore the full content of the Programme

      S1

      • Managing a team project
      • Managing a team
      • Master the basic notions and concepts of SD/CSR

      S2

      • Discovering employee management processes
      • Get involved in an association project

      S3

      • Working in a multicultural, plural and inclusive environment

      S5

      • Understanding and exercising leadership
      • Diagnosing an organisation

      S6

      • Managing a team as a responsible leader

    Highlights

    Carry out a market study

    ‘Discover and exploit data’ block S3

    Learn how to conduct market research. Put your knowledge straight into practice by working in a team for a semester on a study for a partner company. Analyse the results and identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) in order to inform your partner's strategic decisions.

    Career path: build your career plan

    "Understanding your future professional environment" block

    Throughout the course, learn about yourself, identify your values, your talents and your motivating factors. Find out about jobs, functions and business sectors by interviewing professionals and graduates. Learn how to interpret internship offers, write an effective CV and practise selling yourself at job interviews.

    All about the Career Path

     

    Immersive semester: a new opportunity to reveal yourself

    ‘Understanding your future professional environment’ block

    Discover the Immersive Semester, a unique experience in the world of Grandes Écoles. Offered in semester 4, it allows you to devote 6 months to a project that you are passionate about. For example, join an international humanitarian association, get involved in protecting the environment as part of a civic service, follow a training programme to acquire additional skills, embark on an entrepreneurial project, or join the EM Normandie campus in Dublin.

    Business Game: becoming a company manager

    ‘Deploy a responsible action plan’ block S6

    Over several seminars, take part in an immersive and stimulating experience to learn how a company operates. Work as a team to develop your business and compete with the other groups of your year. Face up to a constantly changing market and make strategic decisions in marketing, finance, human resources and logistics. Receive evaluation reports to measure the impact of your choices and develop the most successful model.

    Responsible Project: innovating for tomorrow

    ‘Deploy a responsible action plan’ block S6

    In semester 6, work in teams on behalf of companies on real Sustainability issues. For a full semester, like real consultants, help companies to integrate sustainable development and CSR into their strategy and organisation in order to meet environmental and societal challenges. Find out about your customer and its environment, explore market opportunities, define a business model and a differentiating management system, suggest an action plan, etc.

    Perfect your English

    ‘Communicate effectively: convey and share your ideas’ block

    Throughout the course, take advantage of classes in english to improve your fluency in both spoken and written English. Strengthen your grammar, diversify your vocabulary and perfect your pronunciation to communicate effectively in everyday and professional life. You'll also gain an appreciation of cultural specificities so that you can work with confidence in a multicultural environment, and further enhance your language skills by practising a second language if you wish.

    Write a dissertation

    Block ‘Communicate effectively: pass on and share your ideas’.

    Deepen your knowledge of a specific issue and strengthen your critical thinking skills by writing a dissertation. Make this long-term project a real asset on your CV.

    Associative Project and Citizenship Project : get involved in a passion project

    ‘Develop your leadership and contribute to collective success’ Block S2

    An essential pillar of the EM Normandie Business School Experience, student associations give you great freedom of action. With the support of the Community Life Department, you can put your knowledge into practice and develop new skills by getting involved, as part of a team, in a project that you are passionate about. Whether it's in sport, humanitarian aid or sustainable development, join one of the School's associations or launch your own project. Broaden your horizons by taking part in the Citizenship Project and contribute to the work of the Restos du Cœur, the Ligue contre le cancer, UNICEF, the Pompiers Volontaires, an NGO, etc.

     

    Home campus

    • 1st year
      Le Havre - courses in English or in French
      Paris - courses in French

    • 2nd year
      Le Havre - courses in English or in French
      Paris - courses in French
      Dublin - courses in English

    • 3rd year
      INITIAL: Le Havre - courses in French or English
      WORK-STUDY TRACK: Caen, Le Havre or Paris - courses in French

Admission

    I hold a foreign diploma: access by application file 

    The programme is open to students under 22 years old holding or are in the process of validating a non-French Baccalaureate diploma, or equivalent.

    No English language test score is required for students holding a degree from an English-speaking university. For other applicants, language requirements are: TOEIC 750, IELTS 5, TOEFL 72.

    Due to the covid-19 situation and the closure of some Exams Centres, we do offer the possibility for the candidate to take a Language Test online, don’t hesitate to contact us for more information : applyto@em-normandie.fr.

    Apply to this programme

    User's guide for application form

    Admission Procedure

    1. Selection based on examination of the application file: seriousness of the application, quality of the academic and/or professional profile.
    2. Remote interview with an academic advisor: to find out more about the applicant, his/her plans and objectives. The admission decision (admitted, refused) is made a few days after the interview.
    3. Admitted candidates receive a formal e-mail inviting them to pay a deposit (deductible from tuition fees), which enables them to reserve their place on the programme and triggers a final letter of acceptance.

    Application

    Supporting documents required for the application:

    • your CV,
    • your most recent diploma,
    • your transcripts from previous years and your certificate of enrolment for the current year,
    • your covering letter,
    • a copy of your ID (front and back) or passport,

    In addition to the EM Normandie application form, international candidates must approach their local Campus France office to facilitate the process of obtaining their visa. Once the down payment has been received, the School will help International students with their visa procedures and search for accommodation.

    Additional information for funded applicants

    Funded applicants are asked to gather the necessary information as soon as possible so that the administrative documents can be drawn up in good time.

  • Well-being and Inclusion

    Inclusion of students with disabilities

    For several years now, EM Normandie has been committed to the inclusion of students with disabilities and has been striving to make it as easy as possible for them to learn, to continue their studies, to live socially within the school and to find employment. Specific training for its teachers and support services, school facilities, digital accessibility, etc. EM Normandie promotes values of equal opportunities and respect for differences, through the sharing of an inclusive culture and the continuous development of its practices. Are you disabled or have a chronic disabling illness? We can provide you with comprehensive support, whether it be in the context of your classes/exams, your search for internships, work-study programmes or jobs, or even in preparing for your expatriation.

Career opportunities

    The Bachelor's degree is a short and professional course, well adapted to the needs of companies, guaranteeing rapid integration into working life or further study towards a Master's degree.

    The EM Normandie Master in Management:

    • Spend more than 2 years abroad
    • Follow your course 100% in English, on our campuses
    • Obtain a double degree in a partner university, in France or abroad
    • Spend 2 years on a work-study contract (under specific conditions)

    Choose from more than 40 possibilities of tailor-made courses: specialisations, double degrees, work-study, optional year, etc.

    Find out more about the Master in Management

    The EM Normandie Two-year MSc Track:

    Master the challenges of globalisation, digital transformation and sustainable development and provide effective support to organisations on these issues.  

    • Follow your course 100% in English, on our campuses.
    • In the 1st year, consolidate and refine your management knowledge.
    • In the 2nd year, access the MSc® programme in the specialisation of your choice.

    Professional integration survey 2024

  • Insertion rate

    • 89%

      net employment rate

    • 68%

      of working graduates found a job before graduating

    • 100%

      are satisfied with their 1st job

    • 33%

      of graduates hold an international position

    • 96%

      Insertion rate in targeted jobs

  • Company sizes

    • 16%

      Large companies
      > 5,000 employees

    • 32%

      Mid-cap companies
      250 to 5,000 employees

    • 40%

      Small and medium sized companies
      10 à 249 employees

    • 12%

      Micro-businesses
      < 10 employees

  • Positions held

    • 28%
      Trade, Business Development
    • 20%
      Audit, Consulting
    • 12%
      Finance, Management, Accounting
    • 12%
      Logistics, Supply Chain, Purchasing
    • 12%
      Marketing, Communication
    • 8%
      General Management
    • 4%
      Human Resources
    • 4%
      Other positions
  • Graduates in further studies

    • 82%
      are purchasing further studies
    • 71%
      Joined the EM Normandie Master in Management
    • 93%
      are in work-study programme
  • Types of further studies

    • MIM
      86%
    • MS or MSc
      12%
    • University master
      2%
  • Evaluation criteria for the course

    All components of the student's education are evaluated: academic learnings, internships, missions, challenges, dissertations, study stays in partner universities. For academic learnings, continuous assessment generally accounts for 40% and the final exam accounts for the remaining 60%. Evaluations may also take the form of case studies, role-playing, group work, etc. Professionalisation (work-study, internships, missions, challenges) and, where appropriate, the corresponding report, will be evaluated jointly by the teaching team and the company.

Tuition fees and funding

    Application fees for 2025-2026

    For non-French diploma holders: €50

    Tuition Fees for 2025-2026

    • Year 1: €8,500 (in France)
    • Year 2: €8,500
    • Year 3:
    • Classique programme:

    • Post-Bac admission: €8,500
    • New student (joining in Y3): €9,200
    • Work-study program: €11,000 (tuition fees are covered by the host company).

    Compulsory Contribution: CVEC (Contribution Vie Etudiante et de Campus): €103 to be paid on the CVEC platform. Learn more

    The cost of the course includes the EM Normandie Alumni Association entrance fee, which gives access to all the Association's services and lifetime membership.

    Fees for students enrolling for the first time in 2025.

  • Fundings

    Various options are offered to students to fund their studies:

  • International payment methods

    We are a partner of the Flywire platform

    This online tool facilitates the procedures of international students by offering the following services:

    • Online tracking of transfers
    • Payment in the national currency, which reduces costs
    • Choice of many payment methods

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