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As part of your training, the Faculty of Economics offers a first language course.

You are a student in a Bachelor's degree program in Economics and Management, at Grenoble or Valence...


You take an English for Economics and Management course starting in S2 (100 hours over three years). The aim of the course is to consolidate your general English language skills, and to introduce you to Specialty English both oral and written, to be able to communicate easily in a professional context.

The reference book for the course is :
  • English for Business Studies, A course for Business Studies and Economics Students, Ian MacKenzie, Cambridge University Press (third edition, 2010 yellow cover).

You are a student in the Mathematics, Applied Computing and Human and Social Sciences (MIASHS) degree program at the Grenoble site.

 
Starting in S1 (80 hours over three years), you will take an English for Business course. The aim of the course is to consolidate your language skills in general English, and to introduce you to specialist English, both spoken and written, so that you can communicate easily in a professional context.

 The reference book for the course is :

  • English for Business Studies, A course for Business Studies and Economics Students, Ian MacKenzie, Cambridge University Press (third edition, 2010 yellow cover).

You are a distance learning student on a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Management

 

You take an English for Economics and Management course every year. The aim of the course is to consolidate your language skills in general English, particularly written skills, and to introduce you to specialist English, so that you can communicate easily in a professional context.

You are a Master 1 student

 

To enroll in this course, you need to produce a foreign language certificate. As part of the course, you will be required to take a compulsory Business English course, or you can choose to enroll in an optional Business English course. The reference book for the Business English course is :

  • Academic Vocabulary in Use, Michael McCarthy & Felicity O'Dell, Cambridge University Press.

If you're a student on a Bachelor's or Master's 2 degree course

 

As each course has its own specific structure, you should contact your academic supervisor (for professional bachelor's degrees) or your master's specialization supervisor (for master's 2 degrees) for more information.

You are a doctoral student

 

The Doctoral School of Economics regularly offers training courses in English. For more information, please visit the "Economic Sciences" doctoral school website.

Published May 11, 2017
Updated September 12, 2025