What’s It Like to Study At a Top European Business School?

“The fintech course has been the most important opportunity as it provided me with the knowledge about financial technologies and helped me understand how today’s financial markets work,” said Alberto.

Business school isn’t just about the academic opportunities either. Alice told us she values the importance of studying a master’s degree that offers the chance to seek exciting career opportunities:

“I was able to find my first internship in private equity at Nixen Partners, and am now starting an end-of-studies internship in Venture Capital at Alven Capital.”

Whether it’s football, or the Finance Club, students are encouraged to take part in extra-curricular activities, whatever their interests may be.

Alice has been a part of EDHEC’s football team for four years and has also worked as a key account manager for Le Chti, a French city guide: “This experience taught me many things such as negotiation, networking and adapting to others.”

With five campuses located around the world, one of which sits comfortably on France’s south coast, it’s easy to see why students at EDHEC’s Nice campus enjoy their time studying here:

“Right after the beautiful weather which characterizes the Côte d'Azur, it has to be the education offered by the school. EDHEC is made up of motivated students coming from all over the world and, by being close to them, you are indirectly pushed to be determined like them and you can understand the importance of learning from other students’ work experiences,” said Alberto.

Alice meanwhile praised the school’s ability to prepare its students well for the future, as well as how having the opportunity to meet other people, such as students, professors, and external speakers “teaches you how to adapt to other people and work together”.

“I would suggest focusing on the fact the MSc in International Accounting and Finance doesn’t solely deal with accounting matters; rather, it offers courses such as mergers & acquisitions (M&A), corporate treasury management, and management control, all of which allow you to have the passport to work as financial analysts in all types of industries, including investment banking, corporate finance, and management consulting,” said Alberto.

Whereas Alice advised having an open mind about your future career prospects: “Stay open-minded on different professional opportunities instead of rushing into what everyone else does.”

This article was originally published on June 24th, 2019.