What to do after a Bachelor?
The business school Bachelor is a post-baccalaureate programme lasting 3 to 4 years. It gives students solid management skills while allowing them to specialise in areas such as marketing, finance, luxury or communication.
More career-focused than some academic pathways, this programme prepares students to enter the job market quickly. Once they have graduated, two main options are open to them: continuing their studies or going straight into working life.
Continuing your studies in a Master in Management
During their Bachelor, students acquire a solid foundation of management skills and begin to specialise. With a state-recognised Bachelor, they can continue their studies in a Master in Management (Bac+5, master's degree level).
Admission is generally through parallel admissions, notably via the EDC Paris Business School entrance exam or other business school entrance exams.
Bachelor graduates often choose to continue towards:
a professional specialisation in marketing, finance, audit, human resources or accounting
In many schools, these programmes are offered on a work-study basis, allowing students to build solid professional experience while continuing their studies.
Students can also join programmes that are:
100% in English
internationally oriented
including a semester or a dual degree abroad
Students who have completed a Bachelor in entrepreneurship often go on to specialised master's programmes in order to develop their entrepreneurial project and benefit from the support of the schools' incubators.
Finally, highly specialised Bachelors (events, sport, luxury...) sometimes lead more often to direct entry into the workforce, even though one student in three continues their studies in a specialised master's programme.
Entering the job market after a Bachelor
Graduates of specialised Bachelors more often choose to go straight into working life. The work-study placements or internships completed during the programme make it easier for them to find work.
Depending on their specialisation, a number of careers may open up to them.
In marketing and digital communication, graduates can take up roles such as:
communications officer
community manager
assistant marketing manager
digital project officer
Thanks to their career-focused training, they are often quickly operational in a company.
In banking and finance, opportunities include:
customer account manager
business account manager
wealth management adviser
Human resources specialisations also lead to careers such as:
recruitment officer
HR consultant
administrative manager
Finally, some Bachelors or BBAs have a strong international dimension. Graduates can then go on to roles such as:
international business manager
international trade negotiator
Joining a grande école after a Bachelor
Students who want to continue their studies at a business school generally have to sit a parallel admission exam.
These exams allow students to enter directly into the fourth year of a Master in Management. They include the EDC Paris Business School entrance exam, which allows students to join the School after a Bachelor.
Each exam has its own specific tests and several admission sessions over the course of the year.
It is often advisable to apply as early as the first sessions, in order to get a response quickly and to be able to plan ahead for finding a company as part of a work-study programme.