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AN INTERNATIONAL CAREER WITH ESCE 10 KEYS TO
AN INTERNATIONAL CAREER WITH ESCE
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CONTENTS
NETWORKSHow do ESCE's links with major international networks allow students to build their future relationships?
02 CHALLENGESHow does ESCE anticipate major business and geopolitical challenges and trends to prepare students to be the international actors and decision-makers of tomorrow?
03 COMPANIESHow are links organized between ESCE and different fields of business at an international level?
04 EXCELLENCE IN PRACTICEHow does the ESCE curriculum allow students to develop the operational skills expected by international companies?
CAREERSHow does ESCE guide, advise, and accompany students along the path to careers in international business?
09 EMPLOYABILITYHow does ESCE promote first professional contacts for its graduates?
10 KEY FIGURESWhy is ESCE your passport to an international career?
05 TEACHING METHODSWhat fundamentals does ESCE use to create customized paths to an international career?
06 IMMERSIONHow are different cultures incorporated into teaching at ESCE?
07 FOREIGN LANGUAGES How does ESCE allow its students to master the foreign languages they will need right from the start of their international career?
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ESCE's DNA: International business, the training of tomorrow’s experts and decision-makers and their employability!
ESCE, Ecole Supérieure du Commerce Extérieur, has fulfilled the ambitions carried in its name since its creation more than 50 years ago.
A Grande École de Commerce, or Inter-national Business School, ESCE provides its students with the multidisciplinary training needed to function as interna-tional experts, with an unrivalled employ-ability on the global job market.
Our mission, our commitment – shared by all faculty members and staff – is to equip our students with unparalleled technical expertise and compound managerial skills.
Our approach is unique: allow our future graduates to become highly trained men and women with successful international careers through inventive teaching methods tuned to the market economy. We also place the highest importance on including social, environmental, inclusive, and sustainable principles using peda-gogy at the cutting edge of technology and innovation.
Our students’ success will be fostered by a multicultural approach reinforced by the presence of almost 70 nationalities on our campus, intensive language learning, foreign internships, and interna-tional exchanges. The promotion of our students’ emotional intelligence quota (EQ) and the acquisition of soft skills are of great importance as companies are increasingly committed to a more human, more open, and more interactive world.
Students at ESCE are thus empowered to understand the keys to their profession, and to strengthen their adaptability in this constantly changing world, from both an
economic and a human point of view. Today, the reputation of ESCE is based on its recognized expertise in international management driven by its renowned cutting-edge research. That reputation is also built on real bonds with all forms of business (from large international groups to start-ups), the links forged with international benchmark networks, a con-tinuous drive to anticipate, strengthen and adapt teaching and content, and its powerful alumni network.
We are happy and proud to train talented, agile, and responsible international busi-ness managers to be sensitive to the current challenges that every business must face. We have a responsibility to constantly innovate to make our students the major actors in the evolving and changing business world of tomorrow.
ESCE places awareness of the interna-tional environment and the development of the individual at the heart of its strat-egy for the success of future graduates. ESCE is The Grande École de Commerce for an International career tomorrow!
Christophe Boisseau, Managing Director of ESCE
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Since its creation, ESCE has been sought out by the most famous French and international net-
works, thus facilitating future student careers.
ESCE strongly encourages students to leave for a first professional experience abroad in an International Volunteer
program position1, thanks to a special
relationship with Business France. The
EFCC (French Trade Commission)2,
another historical partner, also allows them to benefit from many useful international contacts.
ESCE is accredited by national bod-
ies such as the National Commission
for the Evaluation of Training and
Qualifications in Management3 (Visa
and Master’s degree) and the EFMD -
European Foundation for Manage-
FRÉDÉRIC ROSSI, Chief Operating Officer, Export – Business France
Business France links with ESCE are deep and have been honed over time. We appreciate the international specificity of the school: the curriculum is particularly suitable for SMEs and is a real springboard for the future success of French exports.An ESCE course + a volunteer for international experience position + a first job in an international SME is, for me, the winning triptych for the future.
01. NETWORKS
How do ESCE’s links with major international networks allow students to build their future relationships?
Strong institutional partnerships
Numerous accreditations and certifications
A strong presence at international trade fairs
An international network of incubators
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ment Development4 (EPAS accredi-
tation). These certifications attest to the academic and professional stand-ards of training. ESCE is also associ-ated with FORMATEX5, with Business France and Bpifrance. ESCE is also
one of the first Business Schools
to have obtained the “Welcome to
France” label from Campus France,
the official university promotion refer-ence for French schools abroad.
The presence of our school at essential events, including recognized interna-tional trade fairs (Vivatech, Happy Gov Day at Lyon, InnoGeneration by Bpi-france…) further strengthens the bond with businesses and allows the stu-dents of ESCE to showcase their skills. The international network of incubators of the Innov’Inseec Group promotes
he development of entrepreneurial projects and the expansion of start-ups. Finally, the connections ESCE has with decision-making authorities such as the Medef (Largest Employer Fed-eration in France) or AGEFA PME IDF6, (represented on the strategic orien-tation committee of the School) give young graduates added value with employers who are recruiting.
These connections form a vast array of opportunities and bridges available
to ESCE students to facilitate their future international careers.
1 International Corporate Volunteering2 French Foreign Trade Advisors3 Training Evaluation Commission
and Management Diplomas4 European Foundation for Management
Development. European issuing body the EPAS and EQUIS labels.
5 Continuing education organization with as associate members Business France, Bpifrance, ESCE.
6 Represented on the school's Strategic Orientation Council
PEDRO NOVO, Executive Director in charge of Export activities – BpifrancePatron of ESCE Class of 2019
French SMEs and mid-caps must now look to a global market to succeed. Bpifrance, (Bank for entrepreneurs and Public Export Bank), helps them, accompanies them, and funds them through programs and unrivalled montages in Europe.
The ESCE “International” curriculum gives their students an indisputable added value to boost their career. From the decryption of Export strategies to ideal operational procedures, from intercultural people management to marketing and communication, they will be armed for challenge after challenge, alongside leaders, to drive the international transformation of our companies.
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02. CHALLENGES
In a world in constant mutation, understanding international chal-lenges is essential for business.
Companies seek to recruit appli-cants who are aware of these rapid and deep transformations. This is why ESCE has formed a pedagogical team renowned for its expertise in major international trade issues on a Euro-pean and global scale.
The students of our school benefit from the most invaluable up-to-date knowledge because they are taught and coached by teachers and / or researchers whose academic publications around four clear lines of research1 are highly respected. ESCE
also collaborates closely with the
Think Tank ‘The Export Factory’, which works on the theme of French
exports. Aware of the importance of the transfer of knowledge about all the new aspects of international trade, ESCE organizes many confer-
ences such as the regular ‘Geopo-litical rendezvous’ or ‘Humanities Forum’. Digital tools are indispen-sable to inspire the interest of the students and give them the keys to understanding an increasingly complex world.
Our school also requires students to carry out personal research projects as part of their studies; these projects count towards their diploma and cul-tivate their capacities to become the future drivers of transformations and changes in the world.
ESCE complements its academic classes with renowned and influen-tial professional’s operational knowl-edge taken directly from hands-on experience. Each geographical zone
How does ESCE anticipate major business and geopolitical challenges and trends to prepare students to be the international actors and decision-makers of tomorrow?
An international teaching team
Renowned research professors
Dissemination of new areas of knowledge
Tutoring by international professionals
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is scrutinized in videos, “Doing
Business In”, which are produced in
partnership with CCEF2. Internation-al professional tutorials are thus put into place to cover characteristics of each market in the world. Students take advantage of concrete advice on opportunities to seize in function of different sectors or regions.
ETIENNE VAUCHEZ,President – La Fabrique de l’Exportation
International commerce constitutes the main source of prosperity for companies, their employees and their regions, but this activity requires increasingly better skills in order to deal with heterogeneous markets, growing incertitude and sudden opportunities. ESCE teacher-researchers are on the front line for this challenge; they teach men and women who will enable French companies to expand internationally. They also participate in research to improve practices of international commerce.
JÉRÔME DE LAVERGNOLLE, President of the Training Commission – CNCCEF* CEO – Cristalleries Saint-Louis, Hermès group
Our partnership with ESCE is more than just a simple collaboration within the Master Export Management framework. We think that knowledge of the CCEF international business world is the opportunity for an authentic tutoring experience. Students can take advantage of actual testimonies regarding what is happening in different countries (Russia, China, Latin America…) thanks to views and experience of advisors that are firmly established in these markets. This on-the-field expertise makes all the difference.
* CNCCEF : Comité National des Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France (National Committee of International Commerce Advisors)
1 The four research axes: - Finance and economics in the era of international mutations - International management - Innovative processes and behaviours in a global environment - Global value chain and distribution
2 CCEF (International Commerce Advisors in France)
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How do we organise links between ESCE and different types of companies abroad?
03. COMPANIES
In order to meet its fundamental mission of training tomorrow’s international managers ESCE
maintains strong ties with all types of companies. (small, medium, start-up firms) ensuring that all required skills are identified to successfully join the working world. As soon as
new trends appear new speciali-
sations are created accordingly to
meet changing needs of interna-
tional companies such as, “Green
Digital Purchasing &Supply Chain
management” or “Sustainable Human
Development”.
DAVID AVRAM, Head of Trade & Export Finance – FivesStrategic orientation Council member – ESCE
For several years, Fives, a French industrial group specialised in international business, has supported ESCE whose mission is to prepare motivated and motivating students to be future players in international commerce. Whether it be mastering languages, knowledge in techniques and aspects concerning export professions, or multi-cultural awareness, ESCE study programmes train candidates who are particularly sought after in export companies requiring international profiles that are both agile and operational.
A systematic adaptation of our programmes to company needs
Mastery of new trends and topics
Numerous international internships
Continuous contact with the professional world
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The “Entrepreneurial and Innovation” specialisation aims at developing the students’ “start-up” spirit and even ac-companies them in the creation of their own business in the “incubator” which is dedicated to innovative projects.
In parallel, internships with an inter-national vocation represent the main link between the school and com-panies which propose more than six thousand job offers at different levels of study.
At the heart of our school, profes-
sionals come regularly to commu-
nicate with students during “Con-
férences Grand Témoin” or breakfasts “Regard de DRH (Insight from HR)”. Lastly, beyond referenced1 skills, ESCE provides lessons focused on inte-grating ethical, social and ecological stakes which help our students evolve easily within an international team. In this way, ESCE strongly encourages them to develop their adaptability, their autonomy and their sense of
initiative: essential qualities to work in an international world in constant mutation while fully mastering know-
how and interpersonal skills.
1 ESCE skills referential – Each student completes a test and receives individual results based on the Praditus tool, which leads onto a personalised road map to increase and build on their competencies.
AUGUSTIN DE LA FOUCHARDIÈRE,Co-founder and President – MYPE (Promotion ESCE 2016)
ESCE enables you to benefit from a global vision of business with specializations such as International Marketing and Entrepreneurship.
The knowledge, internships, and professional paths in new technologies have allowed me to create my own start-up company, specialized in computer-aided decision-making*. This is where I learned, with optimism and good spirit, to be autonomous and efficient in a multicultural context and to master the basics of my job as a consultant: knowing how to listen and analyze, adapt, explain.
* Business Intelligence
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ESCE’s specificity dwells in its permanent connection with international companies from
which it reaps excellence from oper-ational knowledge. The professional trainers and teacher-researchers are themselves involved in the develop-ment of new tools for companies and they ensure rigorous transversal teaching combining theory and practice. Right from the first year,
students leave to discover the field
first-hand and throughout their
schooling they cover the usage
and good practices of internation-
al commerce: incoterms1, contracts,
DORA TRIKI, Head of Research – ESCE
ESCE has developed a multidisciplinary activity of research in the fields of management and economics which contributes to the international profile of the school through the publication of teacher-researchers work in reviews of reference classed internationally such as the CNRS. This work enriches the schools teaching methods while giving students the opportunity to benefit from ground-breaking research. ESCE research aims to analyse and decrypt mutations of the international economic environment as well as emerging organisational and individual behaviour.
How does the ESCE prepare students to acquire the operational know-how expected by international companies?
04. EXCELLENCE IN PRACTICE
Permanent connection with international companies
Transversal, practical and theoretical teaching,
Appropriation of tools and techniques for international commerce
Work experience in international companies
Operational excellence in international business
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arbitration within the framework of rules elaborated by the International Chamber of Commerce. As the school is a partner of Douanes Françaises (French Customs)2 the students can take advantage of talks from customs officers specialised in the matter.
Trained in the application of interna-
tional techniques, students also carry
out internships, group missions, MI3
in companies of all sizes (market studies, business plans, strategic analyses, site makeovers…)
Students in the “Export Management” specialisation accept the challenge every year to establish a veritable recommendation of international development for companies such as Fives, Eden Park or Armor Lux4.
In partnership with Playmobil , France, students in the second year are trained in combined methods of
sales and the supply chain in a very competitive sector. Those in the fifth year participate each year in an in-ternational business game: a variety of experiences which provide ESCE graduates with excellent practices that are recognised and sought after by companies.
1 Incoterms: INternational COmmercial TERMS – terms to define rights and duties of buyers and sellers in both international and national commerce. These terms were created in 1936 by the International Chamber of Commerce with the objective to standardise and unify world trade.
2 DDGI: Department of Customs and Indirect Taxes
3 MI: International Missions: studies undertaken by second-year students in parallel to their classes, including a final oral test to defend their project in front of professionals.
4 A challenge for young talents in the field of export
CHRISTINE LEPAGE, Head of the Economics division – MEDEF
ESCE training is particularly adapted to the international employment market because it is concrete, diversified and taught in several languages to meet the needs of all companies. It trains students who know perfectly well what it means to work internationally in different professions that are becoming more and more specialised. That is a veritable specificity of ESCE.
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The human and international aspect has been at the heart of methodology, which has
proven its success since ESCE’s creation. Each year, each student
has specific support to build a
personal professional project and career path amongst nine specialisa-tions1 which correspond to identified employment opportunities. Helped by a team of professors, made up of twenty-five different nationali-ties, students are trained throughout
Which fundamentals does ESCE draw on to create personalised international career paths for students?
ANDRÉS DAVILA, PhD, Management professor - ESCE Psychologist for Assessment Methods & Leadership Development
And if we put human skills back into the core of our societal transitions? This is the objective our school has determined in developing a frame of reference for professions and behaviours (soft skills) focusing on competencies, which favour the transition towards new economic and managerial models. Providing these new tools will allow our students to become more confident regarding their capacity to succeed when faced with societal transitions while ensuring their employability on a lasting basis.
05. TEACHING METHODS
A specific accompaniment from the beginning of the curriculum
Internationally oriented specializations with various options
A program of acquisition and evaluation of hard & soft skills
A permanent adaptation to new modes of learning
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the programme to work in an inter-national and multicultural environ-ment. ESCE offers a wide choice of options: 19 dual diplomas, 5 tracks (including a programme entirely in English as well as one in Internation-al Political Science) and numerous university exchanges throughout the world. ESCE constantly evolves taking into account the develop-ments in the various professions for international managers. The school adapts to the international certifica-tion teaching requirements as well as the needs of the business world. The methodology of the school
is founded on a dual educational
approach based on the acquisi-
tion of professional skills (or hard skills)2, and on the development
of behavioural (or soft skills3). The goal being to prepare the students to become adaptable and curious
international managers. And finally, ESCE incorporates all the organisa-tional and digital innovations while adapting constantly to new learning methods: lessons, modules and online conferences (Interviews tackling
geopolitical themes, the Humanities
Forum, Café des langues, Doing
Business In ..), group work, challenges, practical case studies …... The am-bition of the school is to offer each student the keys to succeed in their
career objectives, taking into account their strengths and aspirations.
1 The 9 specialisations: - Export Management. - Green Digital Purchasing & Supply Chain Management. - Finance, Investment & Banking. - Controlling, Finance & Organization. - International & Digital Marketing: Product Management. - International & Digital Marketing: Marketing of Mass Consumer Products (FMCG). - International & Digital Marketing: Communication, Luxury & Prestige Products.
- Entrepreneurship & Innovation. - Sustainable Human Development - Sustainable Human Development
2 Understanding business, Methodology and skills, Expertise and diagnosis, Operational excellence, Performance management and reporting
3 Managing oneself, Managing others,Having an impact on the activity of the company, Culture and Sustainable development, Digital and numerical proficiency
CAROLINE BIANCHI, Director of teaching departments and major projects – ESCE
At ESCE, international trade is part of the core curriculum, with all the specialisations combined. Students are in a permanent and progressive international language and cultural immersion. It begins with practical presentations in the life of an international company and continues during the programme with cases studies, international assignments, a challenge for young export talents as well as business case studies and simulations that highlight their international business skills.
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Openness to the diversity of cultures is indispensable when it comes to studying
international business, and further-more it is something recruiters value. ESCE differentiates by incorporating the intercultural aspect at the heart of the curriculum. From the 1st year, then
throughout the entire programme (3rd
and 5th years), students are required
to carry out internships in compa-
nies which in total accumulate to 20 months’ work experience: 100% of them have an international dimension. Together with teams of co-workers from different cultures speaking differ-ent languages, students learn to work in a variety of environments with varied codes, work cultures and organization-al structures.
The multicultural experience is
enhanced when they study in the
2nd and 4th years in one of the
190 partner universities. For those choosing to follow one of our 19 inter- national dual degrees (including a Franco-German programme1), these experiences will also allow them to obtain both the ESCE Master’s degree as well as the degree from the partner university. Additionally, students may follow one of our three trans disciplinary degrees in commu-nication, international diplomacy or engineering. Thanks to internships and exchanges with partner universi-ties, students have the opportunity to study or work in a different country each year and build their own per-sonalised international programme.
Digital courses2 constitute a unique method to come to terms with the specificities of the cultural codes of each country: professionals from the
How are the different cultures incorporated into the teaching at ESCE?
06. IMMERSION
International-oriented courses
Training periods in companies and university exchanges
Dual degrees with partner universities abroad
The multiculturalism of the students and the teachers
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international business world provide valuable advice to master the prepa-ration, communication and negotia-tions in each part of the world.
The intercultural aspect is something
experienced on a daily basis on our
school campuses that welcome
more 450 students coming from a
variety of countries. They promote a real cultural intermingling, especial-ly during the meetings every month at the Café des langues. For ESCE, the total immersion and coming into contact with a wide range of cultures is an important element to differen-tiate future international managers, enabling them to be more pro-active in a changing world with different codes and subtle cultural differences. Moreover, more than 40% of our grad-uates decide to expatriate abroad.
1 Bi-national curriculum jointly managed by ESCE and the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (HWR Berlin), under the authority of the Franco-German University.
2 Doing Business In videos in partnership with the CCEF
JENNIFER KRAUS, International Relations Manager – ESCE
International immersion is a major asset of ESCE and is highly motivating for students. Each student has the opportunity to build his or her own personalized programme going abroad from the very first year. Students can renew this international experience by going to a different country each year. Finally, the courses at ESCE, life on the campuses and the strong intercultural mix thanks to the exchanges with foreign students are typical features of the school.
TEACHER. DR. MADELEINE JANKE, Franco-German Program Director – HWR Berlin
International exchanges are extremely enriching & rewarding. They develop our students and enable them to undertake international and intercultural projects & assignments. The acquisition of linguistic and intercultural skills is not only decisive for the employability of our young graduates but it also contributes to the development of their personality. Furthermore, international exchanges reduce prejudices and thereby work for peace.
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How does ESCE enable its students to master foreign languages & to be effective from the start of their international careers?
07. FOREIGN LANGUAGES
In a professional international ecosys-tem based on permanent exchanges throughout the world, having a
good command of several foreign languages is an essential pre-requisite. Language lessons have therefore always been a priority at ESCE. Indeed, every student should be able to speak at least three different languages fluently when graduating from ESCE, including English1, the language of international business par excellence. In addition to two man-
datory languages, students have
the opportunity to opt for a 3rd and
4th language among the 20 offered
each year2 .
In order for students to make pro-gress, ESCE advocates an intensive method (with 4.5 hours of lessons per week and per language), blend-ing in-class lessons and online activ-ities. Students are taught by native
speaker teachers from different
countries, which is a major asset to soak up all the accents and to learn the diverse cultural codes and working methods. Learning is built consistently and progressively throughout the entire programme and allows everyone to study in a
practical and concrete way – the
vocabulary of business and the
business world: work on contracts,
presentations on social issues, draw-
ing up a business plan, and nego-
tiations. Moreover, in first year the students prepare for the TOEIC, this is a compulsory external exam, which officially certifies their level of English.
In the third year, students prepare for LV2 exams with the various Chambers of Commerce: in Spanish (COCEF), German (WIDAF), and Ital-
Two compulsory languages + two options among 20 languages
An intensive learning method
Foreign language teachers from different countries
Campuses with the “Welcome to France” certification label
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FABIANA SABSAY, Head of Languages – ESCE
When students graduate from ESCE, they are fluent in at least two foreign languages, including English, which is the mother tongue of the school. We have language courses that specifically target the language of business which are progressive from year to year. In addition, there are obligatory external exams for which the students prepare: the TOEIC at the end of the 1st year for English and, at the end of 3rd year for LV2, external exams from the Chambers of Commerce in Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese and Chinese.
ian (DLECI) as well as in Chinese (BCT and HSK3). The Café des Langues
and the International day are oppor-tunities where French and foreign students can meet each other on the campus on a regular basis and favour the practice of foreign lan-guages more easily in a less formal environment. The goal is to enable the school’s future graduates to have a good command of the languages that would be useful for their careers at a later stage.
1 Our teachers come from the following countries: The United States, England, Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia.
2 English, German, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Irish, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish and Vietnamese + FLE (French as a Foreign Language).
3 The official HANBAN exam (National Bureau for Teaching Chinese as a foreign language) from the Ministry of the National Education System in China.
LAURENCE FREUDENREICH, Head of Quality and Accreditations – ESCE
Mastering languages also means practicing them with international students who are on the Paris and Lyon campuses. For this, the ESCE, which has the “Welcome to France” certification label, is committed to welcoming foreign students as best as possible. Indeed, the school makes every effort to make sure that our foreign students fit in well and feel at home. Indeed, there are meetings, clubs and associations that are set up so that the French and the foreign students have the opportunity to meet and mix with one another.
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In order to define the broad academ-ic programmes in its strategy, ESCE relies on the expertise of leaders
in large French companies around the globe and who belong to the
Strategic Planning Board (Conseil d’Orientation Stratégique). Such is the case, for instance, of Accor, Bouygues, Enedis, Fives or Hepner – to name just a few. Along with industry representatives and profes-sional organisations1, they actively participate in identifying upstream the skills to acquire and the qualities to develop for the professions recruiting for tomorrow. These skills include: agility, intellectual curiosity, openness, commitment, humility and service-mindedness. In addition,
courses are updated, adapted and
included in professional training (blockchain, e-commerce, market-ing, artificial intelligence, intellectual property in partnership with UNIFAB2, supply chain, purchasing, CSR, etc.).
Every year, this expertise is comple-mented by in-depth studies carried out with Alumni and the companies which recruited them. This allows
ESCE to guide its future graduates
towards the leading sectors of
activity (clothing, luxury, industrial technology, chemistry, health, food, transport, etc.) around the world. What is more, students benefit from very practical recommendations from The Foreign Trade Advisors (Les Con-
seillers du Commerce Extérieur de
la France) based on their own past experience: exercise patience when dealing with the vast African market, how to set up a contract in Russian with companies in Central Asia or know how to socialise with Mexicans in order to successfully negotiate
How does ESCE guide, advise and support students towards their international business careers?
08. CAREERS
The benefit of large companies’ expertise when defining academic programmes
An identification of skills to acquire adapted to companies’ needs
A powerful Alumni network
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with them, etc. These cases, linked to the excellence of our professional instruction, are the best guarantee of students’ success abroad in an increasingly complex and multicul-tural environment.
1 The Textile Industry Union, National Leather Council, French Footwear Federation, France Industry
2 UNIFAB (manufacturers’ union for the international protection of intellectual property)
ALAIN BENTÉJAC, President – The French Foreign Advisors (Les Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France)
ESCE meets the growing demand for executives with a truly international background: curious, flexible, open-minded, and adaptable with a real taste for discovery and human contact. Our agreement with a business school such as ESCE is a promising future for those who want to gain concrete international experiences.
DANIEL ABOAF, President of the Strategic Planning Board (Conseil d’Orientation Stratégique) – ESCE
The Strategic Planning Board, which was founded on ESCE’s initiative, is comprised of members from leading agencies such as Foreign Trade, large French companies, exporting SMEs, as well as professional, industrial and trade organisations.
The Board’s aim is to advise and guide the School in its development strategy in order to meet labour market needs abroad. At the same time, it offers the teaching staff - thanks to its expertise – innovative ideas concerning the professions of tomorrow, both their needs and profiles.
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ESCE supports all its students and helps them to consolidate their professional project up
until they graduate and take their first steps into an international career. During their studies, they benefit from personal coaching to reinforce pro-fessional objectives and to promote personal fulfilment. In order to do so, the Career Center1 puts students
in contact with 1200 companies in
different business sectors on every
continent – which are consistent with their skills and aspirations.
“Pre-specialisation” and “pre-em-ployment” internships in 3rd and 5th year respectively enhance employ-ability. 80% of the school’s students find employment thanks to job offers received and dispatched directly into their inboxes by the work placement service (the same is true for job of-fers from Alumni, VIP recruiters or partners) or via the School’s job vacancy platforms such as Jobteaser.
Work/Study programmes allow stu-dents-apprentices to benefit from two or three years of professional experience and to be exposed to – as well as contribute to – a corporate culture. In addition, at the end of the apprenticeship contract, the com-pany has the opportunity to hire a co-worker who is operational (75% of ESCE’s apprentices receive em-ployment offers before graduating2).
Whether it is an internship or a first
job, ESCE students are ready for
their interviews upstream thanks to Kick-off – workshops aimed at preparing them for entry into the professional world3. These bene-fits are combined with numerous
How does ESCE promote initial professional contacts for recent graduates?
09. EMPLOYABILITY
A professional project and personalised coaching
A Career Centre to successfully enter the professional world
A network of 11 500 Alumni in over 80 countries
Increased employability
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complementary measures: confer-ences by renowned professionals (Microsoft, Hermès, L’Oréal…), Job dating, visits to B2B and B2C trade fairs, a CVbook of graduates, on-line and on-campus career fairs such as Forum 3.0 (recruitment sessions via Skype), Midterms Reviews, etc. which allow 96% of ESCE graduates to find their first job within six months, and some even before graduating4. Finally, the School’s network of
11 500 Alumni – present in over
80 countries – is a precious resource to continue sharing after graduation through conferences, receptions and after-work events. All these exchanges constitute the very essence of the ESCE Alumni community.
1 Internship, apprenticeship and corporate relations department
2 For instance at Orange / De Neuville / 3D Plus / Framatome / Coface / PSA Peugeot Citroën automobiles / Groupe Rémy Cointreau / Smith & Nephew / Société Générale / Robert
Bosch France / Qobuz / BNP Paribas.
3 Writing CVs and cover letters, simulating job interviews, posting student profiles on professional social networks
4 CGE survey 2018
ROXANE SLAMA, President ESCE Alumni, Head of Sales Multinational Corporation – China Telecom Europe
ESCE Alumni offers recent graduates numerous services to establish initial business contacts which will be useful for their careers. In close collaboration with the School, we facilitate connections among members, activate our network and make use of all the necessary means to help in the search for internships, apprenticeship contracts, international assignments and employment. Our team constitutes a crossroads for exchange and mobility. ESCE’s international network and the links between students guarantee success when looking to the future.
ANTOINE BERLIET,Associate Director – Global Inventory Optimization – Becton Dickinson, New Jersey
(ESCE Class of 2002)
ESCE’s programme allows students to have all the tools available to successfully carry out an experience abroad. Living and working in a foreign country is a unique opportunity to stand out in the job market and to gain access to stimulating and rewarding positions. In a foreign culture, students have the chance to challenge what they considered certainties, to open up to others, to observe and to learn first-hand.
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Why is ESCE your passport to an international career?
10. KEY FIGURES
Founded more than 50 years ago on the initiative of the CFCE (Centre Français du Commerce Extérieur), now Business France, and with the support of The French Foreign Advisors (Les Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France), ESCE draws on the dynamic of excellence in its DNA which has raised it to the forefront of international business schools. Its teaching approach – entirely based on an international perspective – has made the school shine with world-class companies and provided them with a rich pool of unique talent.
2 500students in 2020 representing
67 nationalities
11 500graduates among 140 nationalities
EUROPE
ASIA
AMERICA
OCEANIA
AFRICA
5 International campuses
• LONDON
• LYON
• PARIS
• SAN FRANCISCO
• SHANGHAI
PARCOURSUP 2020
The 6th most popular business school
with admissions after high school22
INTERNSHIPS
CAREERS
RANKING BY MOCI* 2020
RANKING BY L’ÉTUDIANT 2018-2019
1st programme
Grandes Écolesfor admissions after
high school
1st school
with admissions after high schoolin the category
“Working Abroad”
4th place
International Bachelor’s degree
5th place
programme Grandes Écoles
30%
of first positions
are abroad
100%
of our internships have
an international dimension
1 200companies support
our Career Center
90%
of first jobs have international assignments
TEACHING
190partner universities
throughout the world
20foreign languages offered
4foreign languages possible
during your studies
60tenured faculty members
25nationalities represented within the teaching staff
200professionals in activity
worldwide give classes at ESCE
Up to
20 3
+40%
of ESCE graduates
are based abroad
*MOCI (Moniteur de Commerce International) International Trade Monitor
months of internship possible training periods (minimum)
The 6th most popular business school
with admissions after high school 23
CAMPUS IN PARIS
10 rue Sextius Michel
75015 Paris T: +33 1 84 14 02 98
CAMPUS IN SAN FRANCISCO
180 Sansome St # 800
San Francisco CA 94104 États-Unis
CAMPUS IN LYON
25 rue de l’Université
69007 LyonT: +33 4 78 29 80 28
CAMPUS IN LONDON
32 Aybrook St, Marylebone,
London W1U 4AW, Royaume-Uni
CAMPUS IN SHANGHAI
LBI China Office
Plaza 66, Tower 1, Suite 2112266 Nanjing Road West
Shanghai, Chine
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