Assistance and integration

Student welfare is needs based and tailored to individual needs. For example: international students requiring French language lessons to support life “away from home” are provided with language courses out of class hours.

A system of class delegate exists for matters useful to class administration, and links campus administration staff and participants on global issues focused on process issues rather than customisation/personal course content.

An orientation week is provided for international students to help prepare for French administrative issues related to accommodation, visas, banking.

Any student wishing to have personalised Career Counselling and job market/job change assistance at theoretical and practical levels are provided for and supported. This includes understanding the European, and especially the French, job and economic market as well as understanding the candidate’s abilities through a personalised Competency Assessment in order to make a match between the two. ESC Lille has an extensive online job search service to assist more personalized external searches through agencies and the web.

The student affairs office as well as programme managers help students’ integration by assisting them on administrative and immigration issues, finding accommodation, and generally finding their way around Paris and Lille.