It consists of a four-year Bachelor program that draws on the academic expertise of each participating partner school.

Selected students study part of the program as one cohort and stay one semester at each of the four participating institutions.

Besides a local and regional exposure, students gain hands-on global management experience by working closely with one corporate partner from each school.

Beginning with the fourth semester, the IBEA students study for the subsequent four semesters, starting at the University of Mannheim Business School, followed by the Darla Moore School of Business of the University of South Carolina and ESSEC's campus in Singapore.

The last study abroad semester is spent at the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration in Rio de Janeiro.