American Graduate School in Paris

The American Graduate School in Paris (AGS) offers US-accredited programs in France to students from around the world. Courses are entirely taught in English, in Paris, and based on the US system of higher education. No knowledge of French is required for admission.AGS has a business school and a school of International Relations. Programs at the business school include a one-year MBA accredited in the US through Arcadia University (Philadelphia, PA), as well as an Executive Master of Science in Finance and an Executive Master of Science in Marketing, both accredited in the US through the Baruch College at the City University of New York.The one-year MBA program at AGS provides students with the skills needed for successful careers in international business, government or international organizations.Focus of the MBA program:1. The MBA at AGS focuses on the challenges of the international marketplace:It addresses the most contemporaneous questions posed by globalization.It prepares students to act in and interact with multi-cultural environments.2. The MBA at AGS is geared towards career building:It adopts a hands-on approach, including visits and meetings with executives of the most successful international corporations.It teaches the best and most recent techniques of management, planning and decision-making, and studies major international corporations as illustrative models.3. The MBA at AGS teaches responsible decision-making:It sensitizes students to the challenges of sustainable development, social solidarity and ethical business.4. Finally, the MBA at AGS takes advantage of its location in Paris, at the heart of the European Union:EU economics and business policy makers participate in the program as guest speakers.Students have the opportunity to go on optional visits to the EU Commission in Brussels and meet with EU staff.The European setting of the program makes it possible for students to better apprehend the notion of Europe as a political, economic and social entity.Organization of the MBA program:The MBA at AGS is a one-year program featuring an comprehensive curriculum taught on an intensive basis. It follows a modular model. It includes ten courses, each taught over one month, with classroom time being on evenings and weekends in order to accomodate the constraints of working professionals. AGS maintains small classes and puts an emphasis on group work and interaction with professors.Faculty of the MBA program:The faculty is comprised of both accomplished scholars and experienced professionals, which allows to combine a theoretical with a practical approach in order to prepare students to apply the knowledge acquired to their specific professional goals.Tailored attention to students:AGS puts an emphasis on personalized attention to each student, associated with - and as a way to enhance - academic excellence.