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Just like an on-campus “Career Day”! On October 15th, business professionals shared with our students and alumni their insights about job and internship opportunities, HR requirements, salary, and much much more! This event allowed employers and job seekers (students and alumni) from Monaco and abroad to get involved safe no matter where they are located.…

Antoine Besnard, MSc in Finance – Hedge Funds & Private Equity specialization What is your background? I had the opportunity to join IUM and the BBA: Monaco Banking & Financial Services program in apprenticeship directly in the third year after my BTS: Comptabilité et Gestion. This BBA gave me some basic knowledge of the financial sector and an…

An interview with the MBA Program Director, Dr. Marika Taishoff “Our aim is not only to enroll candidates who have perfect MBA profiles from the very outset but, just as importantly, those that will gain and grow the most as a result of the program.” When you look at the class profile for the class of…

Meet with Strahinja Stra Bojat, MSc in Luxury Management 2018 What have you done since you graduated from IUM? I moved to London and started a career in the Luxury Retail Industry. At first, I started working as a Luxury Recruitment Consultant, and I realized that the roles I worked on were actually the ones I…

Meet with Hugo Chapuis, an enthusiastic French new student in the Bachelor program Why did you choose to study for a business degree? I chose to do a business school for multiple reasons. First of all, a business degree offers many possible careers. It prepares us for a broad number of jobs. Employment is also…

An MBA is an internationally recognized passport to a successful management career. Benefits of studying in an MBA program? An MBA is important for your career or business goals: To learn about and anticipate the internal and external factors that can impact a business or organization. To think critically, strategically, and creatively. To acquire the…

Meet with Carolina Urias, a dynamic Spanish/French new student of the MSc in Luxury Management program. How did you come about the idea of studying abroad? I have been working in the luxury industry on the French Riviera for seven years now, and I decided to challenge myself by going back to university. It was the moment to invest…

Dr. Maria Petrescu obtained her Ph.D. in Business Administration and Marketing from Florida Atlantic University and an MBA from Nova Southeastern University, USA. She also has graduate studies in public management and European affairs from Ecole Nationale d’Administration in France. Her main research areas focus on marketing and new technologies, artificial intelligence, and immersion marketing. Dr. Petrescu has…

We recently met with Valérie Couradès, Fashion & Accessories Management specialization. What have you done since you graduated from IUM? After my graduation, I worked a few years for Façonnable here in Monaco. Then I moved to Paris to work for some of the most prominent digital pure-players: Rue du Commerce and BrandAlley, where I learned a…

Differently, but by no means worse! During the orientation week, IUM welcomed 2/3 of its new students on campus and 1/3 online. The ones on campus had the opportunity to meet in person with their program directors and their peers. To avoid contacts, videos were made to present key staff members and services to the new…