Groupe ESC Clermont

• One of the leading French business schools • Member of the : => Chapitre de la Conférence des Grandes Ecoles => International Association for Management Education (USA) => European Foundation for Management Development

Our main objectives

Educate students and executives to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to communicate, innovate, and make decisions in a rapidly changing global environment.

Emphasis is given on providing students with the opportunity to develop a broad, open-minded management perspective.

Clermont and the Auvergne

Clermont-Ferrand : 400 km due south of Paris 300 000 inhabitants, including 35 000 students World headquarter of “Michelin”

The Auvergne Region : an unspoilt area in the Massif Central huge possibilities of leisures : skiing, sailing,

hiking, biking, windsurfing and hang-gliding, …

Corporate Partners

Longstanding relations with numerous regional, national and international businesses :

Andersen Consulting; Auchan, Bacardi Martini, Balantines, Cap Gemini, Danone, Fiat, KPMG, Audit, Marks & Spencer, Michelin, Nestlé, Otis, Pechiney, Procter and Gamble, Rhone-Poulenc, Sommer Alibert, United Biscuit, Whirlpool,…

International Academic Partners

Fifty five universities throughout the world :

Europe : Austria (1), Belgium (1), Denmark (2), Netherlands

(1), Finland (2), Germany (6), Great-Britain (7), Greece (1),

Hungary (1), Italy (2), Poland (2), Portugal (1), Spain (4),

Sweden (2)

Asia : China (1), Japan (1)

America : Argentina (1), Mexico (2), Peru (1), USA (12),

Venezuela (1)

Other countries : Russia (1) , Turkey (1) , Jordan (1)

International opportunities 1 semester’s or 1 year’s study abroad Double diploma :

– MBA (USA , Spain) – EMBS (21 European universities) – MSc in finance or marketing (Great-Britain , USA)

More than 100 foreign students studying in Clermont each year

Study-Tours, Visioconferencing, Visiting professors, etc.

Faculties

2 program directors + 1 academic director 18 professors : Head of department or specialisation

135 associated professors minimum 12 visiting professors per year (Aberdeen,

Atlanta, Boston, Kansas, Lima, Monterrey, Nurenberg, Swansea, Orebro, ...)

35 part-time professors in the “languages and international cultures” department (15 nationalities)

6 Graduate teaching-assistants

Main programs of study

1. ESC Master in Management

2. ESC Specialised Programs

a) Post-graduate programs in :

=> International Commerce and Trade (IFCI)

=> International Project Management and

Entrepreneurship (IFMI)

=> European Human Resource Management

=> Engineering and International Logistic

b) Executive programs

ESC Master in Management

A six-semester program Opportunity to complete a one year sabbatical

between the 4th and 5th semester to work in a company or study abroad.

6 / 18 months internship(s) in France or abroad. Foreign languages : English + a second one are

compulsory ; a third one is optional (German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese)

International Commerce and Trade

One of the most prestigious Program in international Trade in France

Prepares students to become commercial engineers and Export Manager for senior posts in exporting and international business

One term academic content based on Problem Based Learning, teamwork and case studies

Internship including an export mission abroad

International Project Management and Entrepreneurship

Prepares students to manage an international development project for a firm or to create new activities / firms

One academic year Management of a real creation project At least 6 months internship in an international

firm or creation of a start-up

European Human Resource Management

Created in 1989 in collaboration with a research centre on human resources.

High-level professional training and education for students to take up posts as senior executives in personnel and human resources

Theoretical component, three study-tours, an internship, and a thesis.

Engineering and International Logistic

In partnership with a graduate engineering school

Objectives : training and education for representatives of both carriers and shippers involved in different areas : logistics, supply-chain management, production planning, freight and load planning, purchasing, E-business ...

Executive Program “ENJEUX PME”

For managers and executives who are working in small firms in Auvergne

Objectives : to help them to – develop their business – adapt their firm to the rapidly changing

environment– create new activities

– ...

Projects : on-line programs

On-line programs for executives :– Export, Project-management, Entrepreneurship,

ESC program for executives

“Lifelong learning” modules : in partnership with our corporate and academic partners.

Michèle Miconnet