Overall - Reviews of ESSCA | France

Useful | 3

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Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

I wish I had known that we should be patient for anything that we want to do ( buy a train ticket, go to the post office ...) japanese people in general are really slow in everything that they do.

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

4

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

2

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

Sophia University is a really good one. Teachers are really good and there are about 200 foreigner students each year so it is easier to meet people from different countries.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Japan is a very good place to travel. I have already been twice to China and I will go in Thailande and Korea in the next few months. Then Japan is a really good experience because the japanese culture is very different from western countries, so it is very interesting to learn how does it work. Finally japan is beautiful, there are a lot to do if you want to travel...

Useful | 3

Susan C

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

I knew most stuff before i went, wish I'd had more information on which bank to get an account with though, Societe Generale are "difficult" to deal with, shall we say...

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

3

Weather / location

3

Personal recommendation

Make an effort to get to know all people, not just people from ESSCA, you'll have more fun that way!

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Enjoy yourself and don't worry too much about the studying, it's not that difficult to pass exams and you'll never get an opportunity like this again!

Useful | 10

sydneysider

Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
European Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

Wish I'd known that accommodation was so randomly assigned. Also wish I'd taken a railpass with me so that I could travel a little cheaper (I was over 25 so the transport situation for me was very expensive). Considered buying a vehicle but not worth it for only 6 months. And wish I'd not worried so much about French consular formalities; turned out that the French dept of immigration were very lax and not terribly worried about my immigrant status (my visa expired while they fluffed around processing my Carte de Sejour!). In fact not one French authority ever examined the inside of my passport when entering/leaving France. Just a cursory glance at the cover to check my nationality! All that after going through hell with the embassy in my own country. Residency status enabled me to get cheaper prices here and there; in hindsight I don't know if it justified the expense though (since I didn't stay longer than 6 months as it turned out).

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

2

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

Go to ESSCA if you are a business, commerce or economics student interested in European politics, and in furthering your interest in the French language (maybe even to begin learning it from scratch).

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

2

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

The international office staff at ESSCA will be forever in your debt. They work quite hard so expect them to maybe take a little while to get back to you in some cases!

Useful | 3

Heidrun R

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Management Science, Graduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

No, because some surprises are nice.

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

2

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

4

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

don't be shocked by the activities organised by the students themselves, they are not very mature.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

2

Final comments

By a reduction card for the train (carte 12-25), it helps a lot and makes travelling in general 50% cheaper. Don't worry about reactions you don't understand, learn to accept different cultural behaviour.

Useful | 4

vilmuke

Universitetas Vilniaus, Vilnius, Lithuania
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

Before i went i gathered as much information as possible, so i didn't have problems for the lack of information.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

4

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

Very interesting lectures, techers were good specialist, and the organization of social life for international students was very good.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Very important thing is to find out all the advantages of beeing a student in that country, i mean discounts for traveling, transport and etc. Also to find out all the social programs which are gonna be organized in nearest future and if possible to take part in all organized social events, because they are always very interesting. Abroad you have to accept many strange things for you, you must integrate into the life of local people. It is a very good experience. Also meeting of so many international student is a big fun, and you are living very interesting life. After such experience you have many friend all over the world.

Useful | 3

“L'ESSCA, une école structurelle et professionnelle”

Louis P

France, Graduate
Marketing and Sales Management, 2019

Overall

J'ai étudié dans le programme de Digital Marketing & Big Data for Values et je dois dire que ce programme a répondu entièrement à mes attentes. Je cherchais à bénéficier d'une expérience professionnelle approfondie et d'un enseignement reconnu tant en digital marketing mais aussi en analyse de base de données. Mes stages au sein de Domino's Pizza France et Danone m'ont permis de m'impliquer réellement dans la vie de l'entreprise, d'acquérir en compétences et de prendre des responsabilités. Exigeant, ce programme m'a offert un cursus complet: interventions professionnelles, professeurs renommés et exercices pratiques, ainsi que de multiples travaux pratiques.
Au delà de tout ça, je ne peux que recommander l'ESSCA pour tous ses atouts académiques, tant en France qu'à l'international. L'école dispose des meilleurs accréditations (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS, EPAS) et l'accompagnement est idéal sur l'ensemble des campus. Il y a une super ambiance en terme de vie étudiante et les opportunités de vivre des expériences académiques sont multiples.

Pros

Interventions professionnels, encadrement supérieurs, vie associative, parcours académique

Cons

Administration, organisation des plannings, accompagnement professionnel