The international aspect is central to a student's education in today's world, and the command of the English language is part of this, something our schools are firmly committed to. With this in mind, we also favour innovative teaching methods in order to eliminate certain obstacles and legacies that can sometimes stem from a less than ideal secondary education.
The most important aspects, however, lie elsewhere: encouraging open-mindedness, understanding of other cultures and countries, and considering other perspectives on life and on professional practice. There is also no substitute for the in situ experience that will give the student a lifetime of memories. For over twenty years now we have been implementing a winning strategy that favours robust partnerships with foreign universities and institutions with which we are familiar and that are familiar with us. They are able to accommodate our students across the five continents and promote this vital global perspective.
The international aspect - the heart and soul of the Group
Whilst one of our aims is to give our students an international outlook, our schools also host several hundred students from all around the world every year. The programmes offered by both our schools and our foreign partners are developed in close collaboration with our partners in order to ensure that our students are not setting off into the unknown and that their experiences in other countries are in no way detrimental to their progression or their course.
The essential command of English
How can you successfully complete a higher education course in today's world without a good command of the English language? With this in mind, our schools place great emphasis on immersion, with the ISEG Marketing & Communication School offering an English Summer Session at the end of the first year that consists of an intensive month-long course designed to encourage students to speak English and remove any inhibitions they may have. IPSA, for its part, now offers a six-week English immersion programme at the end of the first year, whilst with some pathways, such as those offered by ISG, English is central to the teaching curriculum. The 5th year of the ISEG Business & Finance School's International Business specialisation is taught entirely in English. Epitech offers students the opportunity to complete a placement abroad as of their first year whilst EPITA gives students the chance to spend a semester abroad as of their 2nd year.
At Sup'Biotech, meanwhile, English is now compulsory, particularly since it operates in a sector that is dominated by American and Anglo-Saxon companies, and students are required to complete a language placement in an English-speaking country in their first year. In their 3rd year, students spend a semester at a partner university and half of their classes are taught in English throughout the rest of the year. 4th and 5th-year classes are taught exclusively in English, and as is the case with the other schools in IONIS Education Group, in addition to English, students can also choose to learn or improve their knowledge of other languages to supplement their training (Spanish, German, Chinese, Japanese, etc.).
Joël Courtois Managing Director of EPITA
EPITA DNM
"The school has been offering a National Master’s Diploma (DNM) in science and technology with a specialisation in IT for two years now as part of a training programme aimed primarily at foreign students and French graduates looking to move abroad.
This programme makes it easier for young foreign citizens to settle in France, with around a third of students generally remaining in France after completing such a programme and another third returning to their home country. Regardless of their choice, 80% of students go on to maintain professional links with France in their working lives. Some French companies based abroad offer this programme to employees from the countries in which they have branches."
Double diplomas
Promoting international mobility has a number of advantages, including the opportunity for students to obtain a double diploma, in partnership with our host establishments in other countries. The ISEG Business & Finance School, in conjunction with ISM and St John's University in New York, for example, now offers students the possibility of obtaining an accredited MBA in international management. Many schools offer double diplomas in partnership with other establishments, including Sup’Biotech, ISG, EPITA the IPSA, among others.
More and more agreements are being signed with foreign partners every year, and such agreements are also becoming more extensive, demonstrating a clear desire to promote an international experience for our students. Whilst several hundred of our students set off to study abroad every year, however, most of our schools also host foreign students, such as EPITA, for example, which offers a number of specialisations as part of its international Master’s (DNM).
The export mission
As part of the practical teaching administered at ISG, students following the Multinational pathway put together an export project over the course of their studies, comprising a sector-specific analysis of a market or communications for a French company looking to enter international markets. This experience enables them to familiarise themselves with companies' requirements whilst at the same time discovering a new professional culture.
Anne-Marie Rouane Managing Director of ISG
ISG: Make the world yours
"The international aspect has been a central avenue of development for ISG since its creation in 1967, reflecting the needs for openness and understanding in a globalised world that requires our students, as future managers, to continually adapt.
ISG has since chosen to obtain a number of international accreditations. A holder of the Erasmus Charter, a member of the EFMD, the AmCham and the CLADEA, accredited by the ACBSP, and eligible for the EPAS, ISG is developing its network of partner universities and consolidating its positioning within Europe as well as in Asia, America, the Middle East and Oceania.
Furthermore, day-to-day life at ISG resembles life on an international campus, with individuals of multiple nationalities crossing paths and sharing classrooms, living side by side and enjoying evenings out together. Some of our programmes, such as the International Bachelor and the International Track, as part of the Grande Ecole Masters course, can be taken entirely in English and give students the opportunity to obtain a double diploma."
Agreements spanning the four corners of the world
Every year, our International Relations departments develop new international partnerships to complement the 250 agreements already in place.
ISG
Germany : Cologne Business School / FH Jena / FH Köln / FH Nürnberg / Universitat Paderborn
Argentina : Instituto Universitario Escuela Argentina / Universidad Abierta Interamericana / Universidad John F. Kennedy / Universidad Maimonides / UNLP / Universidad de Buenos Aires
Australia : University SAIBT / Australian Catholic University (DD*) / International College of Management Sydney (DD*)
Austria : Management Center Innsbruck (MCI)
Bahrain : Alhia University / Royal University for Women
Brazil : Université Feevale / Université Positivo / Universidade do Blumenau / Universidade do Vale do Itajai / Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro / Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (DD*)
Canada : TWU School of Business / Concordia University College of Alberta / Ecole des Sciences de la Gestion (ESG UQAM)
Chile : Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile / Universidad Autonoma de Chile / Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins / Universidad Central / Universidad Mayor / Universidad del Pacifico / Universidad Santo Tomás / Universidad San Sebastian / Universidad de Valparaiso
China : Central University of Finance and Economics School of International Exchange / School of International Exchange / Chongqing University / Fudan University / Jiao Tong University / Tongji University / Saint Joseph University / Li Xin University / Beijing International Studies University / Beijing Youth Politics College / Hong Kong Baptiste University / HSBC Business School University
Colombia : Universidad EAN (DD*)
South Korea : Sookmyung Women University / University of Seoul
Costa Rica : Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Croatia : University of Rijeka
Ecuador : Universidad Ecotec
United Arab Emirates : Institute of Management Technology
Spain : Universidad Antonio de Nebrija / Universidad Carlos III / Universidad EAE de Barcelone (DD*) / Universidad de Huelva / Universidad Rey Juan Carlos / Universidad de Sevilla
Estonia : Estonian Business School
* DD : Double-Diplôme
United State : Barry University (DD*) / Brooklyn College / Pace University / UCSD / St. Edward’s University / St John’s University / Presbitarian College / Metropolitan College New York (DD*) / Berkeley College / California State University, San Bernardino / San Diego National University (DD*) / Santa Barbara College / California State University, Monterey Bay
Géorgia : International Black Sea University
Hungary : University of Pannonia
Ireland : Dublin Business School / Griffith College
Iceland : Bifröst University
Italy : SAA Turin
Latvia : RISEBA
Japan : Hosei University / Temple University
Macedonia : University American College Skopje
Malaysia : Taylor’s University
Mexico : ITESM
New Zealand : University of Otago
Netherlands : Fontys university of Applied Sciences / Hogeschool Tio
Peru : EASN / Universidad del Pacifico / Centrum Católica del Peru
Poland : Kozminski University / Cracow University of Economics / Gdansk University / Lazarski University / Wroclaw University of Economics
Portugal : Instituto Universitario de Lisboa / Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
United Kingdom : University of Nottingham / University of Wales / Middlesex University (DD*) / London School of business & Finance / Richmond International University (DD*)
Czech Republic : IMPS / Skoda Auto University
Romania : Transilvania University of Brasov
Singapore : Nanyagn Polytechnic School of Business Management
Slovakia : University of Economics in Bratislava
Taiwan : Feng Chia University
Thailand : Mahido University
Turkey : Kadir Has Universitesi / Yeditepe University
Uruguay : Universidad de Montevideo
* DD : Double Diploma
ISEG Business & Finance School
Germany : Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (Francfort)
Argentina : Universidad Argentina de la empresa UADE (Buenos Aires)
Canada : Centre d'entrepreneuriat et de PME Université Laval / Faculté des Sciences de l'Administration (Laval)
China : South Western University of Finance & Economics School of Business Administration (Chengdu) / School of Economics & Management Université de Tongji (Shanghai)
Spain : Universidad Pontifi cia Comillas (Madrid)
United States : University of California Irvine (Irvine) / California International Business University (San Diego) / St. John’s University & ISM (New-York) / Baruch College (New-York)
Ireland : Dublin Business School DBS (Dublin)
Czech Republic : University of Economics (Prague)
United Kingdom : Liverpool John Moore’s University (Liverpool)
ISEG Marketing & Communication School
Spain : Universidad Pontifica Comillas Icade (Madrid)
Ireland : Dublin Business School DBS (Dublin)
Hungary : Corvinus University of Budapest (Budapest)
United States : University of California Irvine (Irvine)
United States : University of California Berkeley (Berkeley)
United States : Baruch College (New-York)
EPITA
South Africa : Stellenbosch University
Germany : Fachhochschule Köln / Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln / Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Barhain : Ahlia University
Brazil : Puc Minas / Puc Parana / Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
Canada : Brock University / Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
China : Beijing Jiaotong University / Shanghai Jiao Tong University
South Korea : Konkuk University / University of Seoul / Kyung Hee University / Hanyang University / Ewha University
Danemark : IT University of Copenhagen
Spain : Universidad del Pais Vasco
United States : Boston University / Stevens Institute of Technology / University of California Berkeley
Finland : Tampere University of Technology
India : Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur / Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan
Ireland : Griffith College Dublin
Italy : Università Degli Studi di Torino
Mexico : Tecnológico de Monterrey / Universidad de Monterrey
Norway : Norwegian University of Science & Technology
New Zealand : AUT University / University of Waikato
Netherlands : Hanze University Groningen / University of Amsterdam / Utrecht University
Poland : Politechnika Krakowska
Czech Republic : Brno University of Technology / Czech Technical University in Prague
United Kingdom : Staffordshire University
Russia : Bronch-Bruevich Saint-Pétersbourg
Slovakia : Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Sweden : Stockholm University
Turkey : Bahcesehir University Istanbul / Bilkent University / Gebze Institute of Technology / Marmara University
ESME Sudria
South Africa : Stellenbosch University / Tshwane University of Technology / Cape Peninsula of technology
Germany : Kassel Universitat
Australia : Wollogong University
Canada : école de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal
China : Shanghai Jiao Tong University / Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology / Beijing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications / Beijing Institute of Technology
South Korea : Konkuk University, Kyungpook National University
Danemark : University of Southern Denmark
United States : University of California, San Diego / Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago / Stevens Institute of Technology, NYC / San José State University / Boston University / California State University / Monterey Bay
Hungary : Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Ireland : Sligo Institute of Technology / Griffith College Dublin
Latvia : Riga Technical University / Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
Mexico : Universidad de Monterrey
Romania : Universitatea din Craiova
United Kingdom : Heriot-Watt University / University of Leeds / University of Portsmouth
Switzerland : Haute école des Ingénieurs du Canton de Vaud
IPSA
Germany : Fachochshule Munich
Belgium : Université de Liège
Brazil : Universidad de São Paulo
Canada : Université Laval, Québec
China : Shenyang Aerospace University
Spain : Universitdad del Pais Vasco, Bilbao / University Polytechnic of Madrid, Etsia/ ETSID Valencia
United States : University of Arizona, Tucson / University of California, San Diego
Hungary : Budapest University of Technology and Economics
India : Vel Tech University / Kumarugu College of Technology
Italy : Polytechnic of Turin / University of Naples ‘Federico II’ / University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’
Poland : Warsaw Technical University
Portugal : University of Beira Interior, Covilha / Universidade de Coimbra - Université de Coimbra / Instituto Superior Tecnico Lisboa
Czech Republic : Ostrava Technical University
Romania : Bucharest Polytechnic University
United Kingdom : Cranfield University / Salford University / Heriot Watt University
Russia : Moscow Aviation Institute / Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology
Taiwan : Cheng Kung National University
Turkey : Istanbul Technical University
Epitech
South Africa : Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Australia : Australian Catholic University / Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Barhain : Ahlia University
Canada : Université Concordia / Université de Laval / Université du Québec à Rimouski
China : Beijing Jiatong University / Tsinghua University / Tongji University
South Korea : Chung Ang University / Keimyung University
Danemark : Roskilde University
Spain : Universidad de Cadiz / Universidad de Huelva / Universidad de Sevilla
United States : California State University, Long Beach / California State University, San Marcos / University of California, Berkeley / University of California, San Diego
Finland : Laurea University of Applied Sciences
India : Manipal Institute of Technology
Ireland : Dublin Institute of Technology / Griffith College of Dublin / Dublin City University
Mexico : Tecnológico de Monterrey
United Kingdom : Kent University
Russia : The Bonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications
Sweden : Linköping University / Jönköping University / Stockholm University
Thailand : Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University
Sup’Biotech
South Africa : Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, NMMU
Australia : Griffith University / Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology / University of Queensland / Macquarie University
Barhain : Alhia University
Belgium : Haute école Lucia de Broukère
Brazil : Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Canada : Université de Montréal
South Korea : Chungnam University / Keimyung University / Korea University, Sejong Campus / Sungkyungkwan University / Sejong University
Danemark : Roskilde University / Aarhus University
Scotland : University of Dundee / University of Aberdeeen
Spain : Universidad San Pablo CEU
United States : California State University, Long Beach / California State University, San Marcos / University of California San Diego, UCSD / Boston University / California State University Monterey Bay
Finland : Turku University of Applied Sciences Turku
India : Indian Institute of Health Management Research / Pondicherry University
Ireland : Dublin City University / Institute of Technology Carlow / Griffith College Dublin
Malaysia : Monash University / Universiti Teknikal Mara Sdn Bhd
Mexico : Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey
Netherlands : Radboud University
Porto Rico : University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Portugal : Universidade Católica Portuguesa
United Kingdom : Keele University / University of East London / University of Essex / University of Sussex
Tunisia : école Polytechnique de Sousse / Université Libre de Tunis