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Duration of studies :
Two years (including a six-month work placement and a six-month end-of-course placement)
Compléments date :
2009-2010 University calendar
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Specificity :
The world of business and international organisations
Various topics are studied from an international perspective including international finance, events organisation, project management, cross-cultural project management, crisis management, logistics, cultural policy and desktop publishing (DTP).
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Research skills and general culture
These are an essential element of ESTRI course programmes. They are covered in specific classes taught both in foreign languages and French and including the history of international relations, cultural anthropology, geopolitics, geostrategy, history of art, and reading and analysis of press articles and extracts from works dealing with relevant international topics such as culture, economics, politics or social issues.
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Familiarisation with foreign cultures and the workplace
Placements are an integral part of the course. Their aim is not only to improve students' language skills but also to increase their cultural and intercultural awareness and encourage personal development. A six-month work placement abroad during the fourth year and a six-month end-of-course internship during fifth year give students the time to develop a lasting understanding that their own way of life is not shared throughout the world and to become thoroughly familiar with other cultures and the workings of companies, international organisations and local authorities.
Placement co-ordinators support students when arranging their placements in order to make sure their career objectives are met.
Objectives :
The main target competencies are:
- Understanding international issues (law, economics, finance and geopolitics)
- Understanding organisational issues (human resources, organisational strategy and the sociology of organisations)
- Organising and managing:
Flows of people: expatriation/inpatriation, offshore outsourcing and events management
Flows of goods and services to or from an organisation: international trade, transport and import/export
Flows of information: internal communications (between multicultural teams) or external communications (with international partners or competitors) - researching, gathering, analysing and distributing accurate, precise and relevant information.
- Facilitating and organising:
the logistics of moving people, services and goods between countries
communications and logistics for international events
communication between organisations located in different countries and with different cultures - such as partners, clients and potential clients - as well as distributing and exchanging information
- Setting up and monitoring international business intelligence systems
- Good understanding of company operations and international specifics and issues
- Ability to operate in three working languages in an international working environment in both writing and speaking: the student's native language plus two foreign languages
- An ability to communicate effectively on behalf of an organisation in speaking and writing in both the student's native and foreign languages, with an awareness of the specifics and techniques of cross-cultural international communication
- The ability to research, process and distribute information in the student's native language as well as foreign languages
- Knowledge of import/export rules and techniques
- Knowledge of international law on the movement of people, information, goods and services.
Language of teaching :
Language A: French
Language B: English
Language B: German, Chinese, Spanish or Italian
Date of graduation :
Bac + 5
Targeted skills :
Competencies acquired at ESTRI in the field of intercultural management
Professional issue(s) :
International management careers accessible with a Master's-level qualification
With an Advanced Certificate in International Relations (five years of higher education), a graduate can apply for the following types of international jobs in companies, associations, local authorities and international organisations:
- International project manager
- International business development officer
- International communications officer
- International public relations officer
- International events designer/organiser
- International co-operation or research officer
- Tour manager
This is not an exhaustive list but simply some examples of positions found by the School's graduates in the past. There are numerous options, and much depends on the opportunities that students create for themselves.
Master's-level course in intercultural management 