ESDES Business school widens its network of international partners

International experience is one of the pillars of ESDES teaching in its Bachelor program (mandatory 3 months of international experience on a partner campus) and in its Grande Ecole Program (12 to 36 months abroad for everyone). In order to offer its students an increased range of destinations, ESDES has signed 4 new partnership agreements.

The new partner universities of ESDES are all AACSB or EPAS accredited. ESDES also offers a third campus abroad for students in its Bachelor program and four new destinations for Grande École students. 

NEW DESTINATIONS FOR THE GRANDE ECOLE PROGRAM

ESDES has signed 4 new partnership agreements, including 2 in Asia. All are AACSB or EPAS accredited. 

• University of Wuhan (Wuhan, China) AACSB accredited
• University of Chulalongkom (Bangkok, Thailand) AACSB accredited
• ESCA EM (Casablanca, Morocco) AACSB accredited
• Ural Federal University (Yekaterinburg, Russia), committed to the PRME like ESDES, and EPAS accredited

These new agreements bring the share of accredited universities among ESDES partners to nearly 40%. This allows the School to reinforce its presence in promising emerging markets, making it attractive for students and French companies. 

NEW DESTINATION FOR THE BACHELOR PROGRAM

Students in the Bachelor program will benefit from a third campus abroad in 2019 to complete their international semester. In addition to St John's University (New York), accredited by AACSB, and USAL (Buenos Aires), ESDES has signed a partnership with ESCA (Casablanca, Morocco) which will host thirty students. Thami Ghorfi, president of the ESCA, welcomes ESDES students "to discover the changing African continent, in the heart of Casablanca, a gateway between cultures". ESCA is the first university in French-speaking Africa to be accredited by AACSB. This new agreement also provides for the exchange of students and teachers as well as the pooling of research projects.