All registered students in the CASS Europe GDBM program are required to undertake a three-month internship training in a company or complete a three-month consultancy assignment from an organization. Following conclusion of the internship or consultancy assignment students will then be able to prepare and submit their GDBM thesis which is to be defended in a viva made up of a panel of experts drawn from the faculty of CASS Europe, the faculty of a partner higher education institution, and practitioners from the world of business and industry.