Master in Management (Programme Grande École)

Burgundy School of Business’s Master in Management (Programme Grande École) is the master cycle of a triple-accredited French grande école — AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA — based in Dijon, with campuses in Lyon and Paris.¹ ⁴ It ranked 49th worldwide in the Financial Times Masters in Management 2025 — its first time in the top 50 — and 17th in the world for international course experience, offers a 100%-English-taught track, admits internationally without the GMAT, GRE or Tage Mage, and is home to the globally distinctive School of Wine & Spirits Business, at roughly €14,600–€15,000 a year.¹ ² ³

Overview

Burgundy School of Business (BSB) traces back to 1899, when the Dijon Chamber of Commerce founded it as the École Supérieure de Commerce de Dijon (ESC Dijon); it took the name Burgundy School of Business in 2016.⁴ What lifts it above a purely regional school is the accreditation stack: BSB carries the “triple crown” of AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA — a combination only a small minority of business schools worldwide hold — and is a member of France’s Conférence des Grandes Écoles.¹ ⁴ With roughly 2,850 students across Dijon, Lyon and Paris, it is a mid-sized grande école with a genuinely international footprint.⁴ That is the quality signal beneath the brand.

The ranked credential is real, too. BSB’s Master in Management placed 49th in the world in the Financial Times Masters in Management 2025 — its first entry into the top 50, up three places — and an eye-catching 17th worldwide for international course experience.² For where that sits among the wider field, weigh it on the full rankings. But the line that most distinguishes BSB from the pack of mid-table French grandes écoles is its wine-and-spirits specialism — covered below.

Curriculum & Structure

The Master in Management is the master-level cycle of BSB’s Programme Grande École, awarding the state-recognised French Grade de Master (Bac+5, RNCP Level 7).¹ Students can enter the full programme earlier and complete a pre-master year, or — as most international and bachelor’s-holding applicants do — join later through parallel/direct admission into the master cycle.¹ The standard track is 24 months (a September intake); BSB also runs an 18-month track with a March intake.¹ Crucially for international students, a 100%-English-taught track is available, so the degree works as a fully English route; confirm the English-track availability for your intended intake and campus.¹

Two features set the academic experience apart. First, professional exposure is heavy: BSB structures up to 30 months of professional experience through company internships across the programme, so graduates leave with substantial work time, not just coursework.¹ Second — and this is the school’s signature — BSB owns a genuine global niche: its School of Wine & Spirits Business, set in the heart of Burgundy, is positioned as the global reference in wine and spirits management, pairing management courses with technical skills (viticulture, oenology, sensory analysis) and sectoral knowledge of the trade.³ Alongside it, the CEREN research centre foregrounds responsibility, ethics, sustainability and diversity.⁴ On how a grande école master compares with the “MiM” label more broadly, see MiM vs MSc in Management, and on entering from a non-business background, doing a MiM without a business degree.

Application & Deadlines

Admission for international and parallel-route applicants is without a standardised entrance test. French post-preparatory-class candidates enter via the BCE competitive exam and Bac+2/+3 holders via the Passerelle parallel-admissions exam, but international applicants and direct Master-2 entrants are assessed through an application file and a motivation interview — there is no GMAT, GRE or Tage Mage requirement on that route.¹ The main gates beyond the file and interview are academic level and English-language proficiency.¹ Because there is no admissions test on the international route, BSB publishes no admitted-student score average, so we quote no range. For test-optional routes generally, see our guide to a MiM in Europe without the GMAT.

On timing, BSB runs two intakes — the standard 24-month September track and an 18-month March track — rather than a single cliff-edge round, with admission handled on an application-and-interview basis.¹ So there is no one universal deadline: the practical timing is set by your chosen intake and route, and seats and any scholarship funding can fill as the cycle progresses, so applying earlier is the safer move. Confirm the current intake calendar and any route-specific cut-offs on BSB’s own admissions page, and map it against the schools that do run fixed rounds on our deadline tracker.

Tuition & Funding

For 2026–27, BSB prices the Master in Management by master-cycle year: about €14,600 for the Master 1 year and €15,000 for the Master 2 year, with no separate EU / non-EU rate quoted — so the two-year master cycle the FT ranks costs in the region of €29,600 (a pre-master year is priced separately for earlier entrants).¹ That places BSB in the mid-range of the French grande école market — well below the marquee Parisian schools (HEC, ESSEC, ESCP) and broadly in line with the other triple-accredited regional grandes écoles.

The cost advantage compounds outside Paris: Dijon’s living costs sit far below the capital’s, so a budget-conscious applicant who still wants triple-crown, FT-ranked credentials can keep the all-in figure down. Fees vary by intake and entry point and change each cycle, so check the figure for your exact entry on BSB’s own page before you budget. For the wider cost picture, see the cheapest MiM in Europe shortlist and how much a MiM in Europe costs.

Career Outcomes

BSB does not publish a Financial Times-audited cross-school salary for its Master in Management, and we do not quote one we cannot verify — so BSB does not appear on our highest-salary shortlist, which uses the FT’s weighted figure. What is verifiable is the shape of the experience: up to 30 months of structured professional experience during the degree, and a strongly international programme — 17th in the world for international course experience in the FT 2025 — that feeds the usual grande école destinations of consulting, finance, marketing and entrepreneurship.¹ ²

Where BSB’s outcomes are most differentiated is the wine-and-spirits economy. Its School of Wine & Spirits Business routes graduates into a genuinely specialist global market — wine and spirits marketing, négoce, luxury and trade roles — that few business schools can credibly serve.³ On staying in France to work, see working in France after a European MiM and our guide to post-study work visas for MiM graduates in Europe. Weigh the broader return in is a MiM worth it in 2026?.

Reputation

A triple-crown accreditation (AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA), a 49th-in-the-world FT Masters in Management 2025 standing in its first year in the top 50, a 17th-place mark for international course experience, and a globally distinctive wine-and-spirits specialism make BSB a credible, internationally-minded route into a European management master.¹ ² ³ ⁴ It is the strongest fit for an applicant who wants internationally accredited, FT-ranked credentials, a 100%-English-taught, test-free application, and either a genuinely international cohort or a route into the wine and spirits trade — at a mid-market French price outside the Parisian premium, provided you’re comfortable that it is a respected regional grande école rather than a global marquee brand.

For context, weigh BSB against the other French options we profile — Audencia Business School and Excelia Business School among them — across the full rankings and the best MiM in Europe shortlist, and read studying a master’s in France and how to build a MiM profile as you plan your application.

¹ Burgundy School of Business — Master in Management (Master Grande École) (official programme name “Master in Management” / “Master Grande École”, Grade de Master / Bac+5 / RNCP Level 7 title no. 41057; 24-month September track, 18-month March track, separate pre-master option; 100%-English-taught track available; tuition 2026–27 Master 1 €14,600 / Master 2 €15,000, no EU/non-EU split stated; admission via BCE (post-prépa), Passerelle (parallel Bac+2/+3), direct Master-2 file + motivation interview, international via the admission department — no GMAT/GRE/Tage Mage; up to 30 months of professional experience via internships; retrieved 23 June 2026).

² BSB — “BSB among the world’s Top 50 business schools” (Financial Times Masters in Management 2025: 49th worldwide — BSB’s first entry into the top 50, up three places; 17th worldwide for international course experience; retrieved 23 June 2026).

³ BSB — School of Wine & Spirits Business (positioned as “the global reference in wine and spirits management”; management skills + technical skills (viticulture, oenology, sensory analysis and tasting) + sectoral knowledge of the wine and spirits sector; retrieved 23 June 2026).

⁴ Burgundy School of Business — Wikipedia (corroborating context: founded 1899 by the Dijon Chamber of Commerce as ESC Dijon, renamed Burgundy School of Business in 2016; triple accreditation AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS; member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles; campuses in Dijon, Lyon and Paris; approx. 2,850 students, 25% international; CEREN research centre established 2003; retrieved 23 June 2026).