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UPDATED IN MAY 2013 “Troyes is a lovely city where it is very easy “Study at Groupe ESC Troyes was an to get along and to feel homelike. unforgettable experience for me. Furthermore it is located only 90 minutes The school and the professors are well away from Paris. Here, I passed an amazing prepared to welcome people from every part and exciting time, got to know a lot of people of the world. The time that I was here in Troyes from all over the world, found new friends, was a time to make good friends, contacts, partied a lot, studied and had a lot of fun!” and specially a time to be in touch with cultures and traditions from all over the world. Yuan Yu, from Beijing, China And I would like to thank the people from the International Office because for sure they do a lot to welcome all the students here. They are always helping us in everything that is necessary for a really nice stay in Troyes.” Pamela Kummer, from Porto Alegre, Brazil 2 GROUPE ESC TROYES STUDENT GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS Studying at Groupe ESC Troyes ................... Page 4 Troyes and its surroundings ........................... Page 11 International Affairs Team Welcome to Groupe ESC Troyes Facilities in Troyes ......................................................... Page 12 Before your arrival Media library When you arrive in France Transports Convenience shops Facilities at Groupe ESC Troyes ................... Page 8 R.U. (Student restaurant) Things to do & Events ............................................... Page 14 Computers Where to eat & night life in Troyes Library Leisure Sports Sports What to do outside Troyes ? Everyday life ............................................................................... Page 9 Accommodation Useful links and addresses ............................. Page 17 Mobile telephone & Internet Bank Words & key sentences .......................................... Page 18 Health Closest doctors GROUPE ESC TROYES STUDENT GUIDE 3 STUDYING AT GROUPE ESC TROYES THE INTER N ATI ONAL AFFAIRS TEAM Jean-Louis CHAPERON Isabelle BEAUJARD Dean International Affairs Area Manager Latin America, India, Russia, Spain [email protected] [email protected] tel.: + 33 325 71 22 39 tel.: + 33 325 71 22 13 David MATAIX Pauline MOYARD Deputy Director International Affairs Area Manager Poland, Baltic States, Scandinavia, [email protected] Canada, USA tel.: +33 325 71 22 63 [email protected] tel.: + 33 325 71 22 17 Arnaud JONQUET International Admission Manager Sophie LORANDEAU [email protected] Area Manager UK/Ireland, Africa, Mediterranean tel.: +33 351 84 23 10 countries, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Oceania [email protected] tel.: + 33 325 71 22 03 Emeline LAMBERT International Officer [email protected] Laëtitia PERQUIN tel.: +33 351 84 23 09 Area Manager Benelux, Central Europe, East Asia [email protected] tel.: + 33 325 71 22 38 Fax International Affairs Office: + 33 325 71 22 63 E-mail: international_offi[email protected] 4 GROUPE ESC TROYES STUDENT GUIDE WELCOME TO GROUPE ESC TROYES Staff members and students at the Groupe majors between Strategic Marketing Manage - ESC Troyes welcome you to the school. We ment, Innovation & Project Management or assure you of our commitment to make your Human Resources Management. The other time here with us a fulfilling and successful possibility is the French track with the choice experience. between Corporate Finance & Auditing, Com - From design to business management, from pany Creation & Takeover. The pedagogy of higher education to continuing education, this program is based on individual personal from “second chance” programs to doctoral development thanks to a coach who supports programs, Groupe ESC Troyes has created synergy each individual student through the entire and built bridges across the fields of higher program. education and training for nearly 20 years. EMVOL Groupe ESC Troyes runs 4 Schools: 2 of them Students are trained to become future mana - are dedicated to Management at Bachelor gers in Tourism, Leisure & Events Manage - and Master level with respectively the School ment. At Bachelor level, and MBA level (fully of International Management & Business (Ba - taught in English), students are taught by chelor with honors INBA) and the Graduate both resident permanent teachers and School of Management (Programme Grande tourism professionals, the technics of Mana - École). Moreover, the Groupe goes beyond gement for the Tourism & Events Industry. At General Management with its two other Bachelor level, students acquire a realistic schools dedicated to Tourism Management view of the industry through real work expe - (EMVOL) and Design Management (École rience during a minimum of eight months of Supérieure de Design). internships and a semester at one of our partner universities. At MBA level, still interna - INBA tionally orientated, the school offers the Selected after high school or a successful choice between a double specialization completion of 1 year higher education studies, (Luxury Tourism and Business & Events Mana - students are trained to become managers in gement) and the possibility to get a double International Management. degree at a partner university abroad. During the third year, students are sent abroad to a partner university to seek a Double Design Degree with over 35 destinations around the The School of Design is situated in the old World. Two long-term internships are scheduled “Abbaye Saint-Martin-Es-Aires” from the XVI th at different times in the program. In total, stu - century. Accessible after high school or a suc - dents will spend over 2 years abroad. When cessful completion of 2-year higher education they graduate they can join the labor market, studies, it offers a Bachelor with specializations which most of them do outside their home in Product Design, Space Design & Communi - country. Sometimes they pursue their studies cation Design. At Master level, the key word is with an optional 5th year either abroad, in Global Design. During the 2 years of the Master , France, or in Troyes by joining the Master students will experience their creative passion Degree in Management. and develop real technical skills through a pedagogical approach based on cooperation Programme Grande École with professionals through the management The Graduate School of Management pro - of projects and competitions. Moreover, they gram teaches management subjects to stu - will have the opportunity to open themselves dents who have successfully completed a to the world spending a semester abroad at bachelor or equivalent. Through the 2 years a partner university. Improving learning skills of the Master, students will be taught marke - in the business world, students carry out an ting, finance, human resources, project ma - internship of six months minimum in order to nagement and so on. In the second year, they have a real experience that will make all the will have the opportunity to take the English difference when they join the labor market. track (fully taught in English) with a choice of GROUPE ESC TROYES STUDENT GUIDE 5 BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL IMPORTANT FOR ALL NON-EUROPEAN STUDENTS: BEFORE coming to France: compulsory application for a visa, depending on your country of residence (not on your nationality), either on Campus France website www.campusfrance.org or directly at the nearest French Consulate (please check on Campus France website). ONCE in France, and depending on the visa you received: • Visa ‘Etudiant’ ‘C ES EDA R3 11-3 6°’ (valid 3 months before extension): this type of visa is given to students who come for an academic year, and sometimes for a semester: compulsory procedures once in France to get an extension (with help of International Office): medical visit, payment of official tax and interview with OFII, French Immigration Bureau (58 € in 2012/13), in Troyes. With this type of visa, you may apply to CAF and work in France (60% of legal working hours). • Visa “Long séjour temporaire” “Dispense temporaire de carte de séjour”: this type of visa is ge - nerally given to students who come and stay for one semester. There is no special procedure to go through once in France, but students are not entitled to apply for CAF housing benefit, and are not allowed to work. WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN FRANCE 1) From Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport to By taxi: Troyes: If you prefer you can take a taxi at the airport to the GARE DE L’EST directly. By RER and Metro: • At your arrival at the airport go to the By bus: and buy a ticket to Paris: get on the train At the airport go to the shuttle 1 and take the heading to « SAINT-REMY-LES-CHEVREUSE ». bus until GARE DE L’EST . Look at the following map of the metro ! Generally there is one every 20-30 minutes. • Get off at station GARE DU NORD but stay in the metro because you have to 2) From Orly airport to Troyes: take another metro line, and follow signs to Métro Ligne 4, it’s the purple line RER and Metro: on your metro map, heading to PORTE At the airport follow signs D’ORLEANS . (bus) and take the direction of Paris. Get off METRO 4 at station GARE DE L’EST, fol - • Get off at station ANTONY and take low the signs GARE SNCF. heading to AEROPORT CHARLES DE • You must go upstairs, watch the big screens GAULLE and get off at station GARE DU which will display your train number, time, NORD , but stay in the station. and the platform your train leaves from. • Then, follow signs hea - ding to PORTE D’ORLEANS , take Remember to punch your ticket this train and get off at station in the small yellow machine GARE DE L’EST . when entering the platform be - • Go upstairs, and if you already fore boarding the train! have your train ticket, watch the Or ask: Où est-ce que je peux composter mon billet ? big screens which will display “where can I punch my ticket?” (If you do not your train number, time, and the punch your ticket, you will be liable to a fine).

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