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ESPEME Programme Description: Business, Marketing, Communications, Human Resources


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The ESPEME network

Since its creation in 1988, ESPEME's mission has been to train aspiring young managers.

Our goal is to reveal our students' innovative and ambitious talents to lead projects and people in today's global economy. Performance, reactivity, flexibility, originality and diversity are the dominant features of our learning project where the student is placed firmly at the centre of our attention.

Who is the ESPEME programme for?

The ESPEME programme has been designed for young school-leavers with literary and economic specialisations and students who have completed one year of undergraduate studies.

Students with two years general undergraduate studies may also apply for admission to the 2nd year (AST2) and students with two years business-oriented undergraduate studies such as Business or Management students are eligible to apply for admission to the third year (AST3).

The ESPEME diploma, a guarantee of excellence


National and international recognition at the highest level.

In 2003, the ESPEME diploma was given unconditional endorsement by the French Ministry of Education for a period of 6 years. In addition, EDHEC Business School together with all its programmes has been awarded international AACSB accreditation and the European EQUIS label. These accreditations are not only a sign of quality of the programmes, the level of the students and the excellence of the teaching faculty but also the exceptional learning opportunities offered to our students.

The teaching faculty

Two campuses but just one teaching faculty: EDHEC Business School has 104 permanent faculty members who teach on both the Lille and the Nice campuses. 15 teachers are permanently affiliated to ESPEME and there are over 80 adjunct faculty. Our teaching faculty is a key factor in EDHEC Business School's excellent reputation, both in France and abroad.

Course content

The programme is divided into two 2-year cycles over a four-year period. The first period focuses on adaptability and includes courses on general culture, discovery of the company and learning about business basics. The second period concentrates on training the students to become rapidly operational managers. Concentrations in the third and fourth explore three basic business sectors in-depth.

- Management finance
- Marketing
- Human resources
The 4th year Professional Horizons take a cross-discipline approach to the different business sectors specific to firms.

- The stock exchange and financial markets (Lille)
- Textiles and fashion
- Retail
- Company creation ...
Three other options have also been introduced this year to meet more specific requirements.

- Performance evaluation and management
- Sports marketing
- Cooperation and competition

Written by ERIC RODE
Date of update October 30, 2008

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