Class Profile: This class cooperates with the French Business School (ESC RENNES) and is committed to cultivating talents in the new service trade field with international vision and international business negotiation capabilities. Students will graduate with solid English, French skills and knowledge in international economic and trade, and will grow into "international trade + English + French" interdisciplinary, compound, international business talents.

The French business school has obtained the three-authority certification of AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, and is known as the Crown Institute (note: only 1% of the world's business management college is called Crown College), which is one of top international business schools. The school’s Master in Management program ranked 35th in the 2016 Financial Times’ Global Master of Management degree and MSc in International Finance ranked 24th in the 2018 Financial Times’ Global Master of International Finance.

The class implements the 3+1.5 international school-running model (i.e. 3 years of undergraduate study at Shandong University,Weihai Campus +1.5 years of postgraduate study in Rennes, France). After completing the undergraduate course at Shandong University,Weihai in the first 3 years, students can go to France and choose one of the 15 master’s programs in the business school. These 15 majors are recognized by the Chinese Ministry of Education.

Cultivate Features:

1. A series of courses such as service economics, service outsourcing, service trade theory frontier, service industry globalization, and WTO service trade rules have been added to the training program, so that students can not only master the latest theories of service trade, but also understand the new trend of global service trade rules construction, and become a compound international management talent of "international trade + English + French".

2. With the wide application of network technologies and digital technologies such as the Internet, mobile Internet, big data, artificial intelligence, intelligent service and mobile interconnection will inject new impetus into the development of service trade. Therefore, courses such as big data analysis and application, python and machine learning, digital trade and digital marketing have been added to enable students to not only understand emerging service formats, but also to master newer analytical methods.

3. Increase the proportion of training courses. The digital simulation and cross-border e-commerce virtual simulation training has been added, and the combination of theoretical teaching and simulation has been carried out to improve the theoretical teaching effect and to strengthen the practical operation ability of students as well.

Employment orientation: Graduates are suitable for relevant jobs in various international economic organizations, business enterprises in French-speaking and English-speaking countries, foreign economic departments of domestic government, multinational corporations, public institutions and banking financial institutions. They can also receive further education at home or abroad.

Major Courses: Advanced Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Political Economy, Statistics, Management Principles, Basic Accounting, Public Economics, Monetary Economics, International Economics, Econometrics, International Trade, International Trade Practice, International Investment, International Marketing, International Business Negotiation, International Settlement, International Service Trade, World Economy, Service Economics, Services Introduction to Outsourcing, French, Introduction to Digital Trade, Introduction to Digital Marketing, Big Data Analysis and Application, Python and Machine Learning, International Business English, Multilateral Trading System Reform and Development.

Duration of study: 4.5 years

Degree awarded: Bachelor of Economics, Shandong University, Master's degree in Rennes, France