2013 / 2014 Welcome to FRANCE BUSINESS SCHOOL! Brest Campus p.2-3 Edito France Business School p.4-6 Registration procedures for international Exchange/Erasmus students p.6 Academic calendar 2013/2014 p.7 School facilities p.8 Library p.9 Associations p.10 Key contacts p.11 Arrival in France: Visas and residence permits p.12 Coming to Brest p.12-14 Transportation in Brest p.15 Bank p.16-19 Accommodation p.20 Cost of living p.21-22 Health and insurance p.23 Extra linguistic activities France Business School- Brest Campus p.24 Extra and leisure activities 2 avenue de Provence - CS23812 - 29238 Brest Cedex2 p.25 French public holidays T+33 (0)2 98 34 44 44 - F+33 (0)2 98 34 44 69 Vannes Campus 9 rue Commandant-Charcot - 56000 Vannes www.france-bs.com New World. New School Dear Students, France Business School is a new French School of Management focused on excellence. fBS was created through the merger of four management schools located in different French regions: - Groupe Sup de Co, Amiens (Picardie, Northern France) - ESCEM Tours-Poitiers (Western France) - ESC Bretagne, Brest (on the Atlantic Coast) - Groupe ESC Clermont-Ferrand (in the Auvergne volcanic region). France Business School has the ambition to train new leaders and entrepreneurs who will think differently and be innovative ; Having vision rather than following guidelines, Changing the world rather than managing businesses, Motivating employees rather than giving instructions, Working on the system rather than working inside the system, Creating opportunities rather than solving problems and Creating lasting added value rather than short term profit. fBS offers two main programmes, the “Grande Ecole“ program which is a two or three year Master in Management programme with around 1,200 students graduating each year. The second is a Bachelor in International Business. Both programmes offer courses in English for international students. These programmes aim to: •Recruit students with a diverse range of skills and talents coming from different academic backgrounds •Train students to become open-minded leaders, able to easily adapt to the realities of the world •Innovate and create new methods of learning •Develop new and challenging evaluation criteria •… Welcoming international students to our campuses is a real strength for fBS as you bring great added value to the programmes thanks to your culture, traditions and ways of learning. We hope that you will enjoy being part of our new school and that you will go home as ambassadors for France and for France Business School in your home countries. Thank you for choosing FBS, 2 Beatrice RABET Director of Studies and International France Business School is a member of: • LLP Erasmus programme, http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/structure/erasmus_en.html • European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), http://www.efmd.org • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), http://www.aacsb.edu • Consejo Latino Americano de Escuelas de Administración (CLADEA), http://www.cladea.org • Asia Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE), http://www.apaie.org • Conférence des Recteurs et des Principaux des Universités du Québec (CREPUQ), http://www.crepuq.qc.ca • European Association for International Education (EAIE), http://www.eaie.org/ • Network of International Business Schools http://www.nibsnet.net/ France Business School (fBS) is fully committed to the United Nations Principles for a Responsible Management Education (PRME Program http://www.unprme.org) and claims that performance and competitiveness can be consistent with solidarity and responsibility. We thus train our students to be efficient but also sensitive to the respect of these values. Located on the western tip of the Breton peninsula (North-West France) France Business School- Brest Campus: • Enjoys an exceptional setting and a mild marine climate. • Is well connected to France and the world through its international airport, an excellent highway access to Paris and Nantes, a high-speed train service and easy links to the United Kingdom. • Is one of the leading regions in Europe in the food and drink sector, naval activities, fishing, music production, publishing and logistics. http://www.brittanytourism.com/ 3 http://www.brest.aeroport.fr/en/ Exchange students are nominated by their home university. The Coordinator of the home university: •Nominates the student who has been selected for the exchange, •Sends the students’ details to France Business School‘s International Office as early as possible (June 14 for semester 1 [Fall] and October 14 for semester 2 [Spring]). •Registration is finalized when the exchange student has arrived in Brest and provided the International Office with all the necessary documents including the Learning Agreement. •Courses: France Business School- Brest Campus operates on a semester basis. Free French classes for beginners are available for exchange students throughout the academic year. With the exception of those students who are on a dual qualification exchange program students are registered as non-degree seeking student and they are admitted on the grounds of an existing Bilateral exchange agreement with their home institution. For your registration as an exchange student please follow the following procedure: Stage 1: Consultation of semester dates and list of courses taught in English per program (undergraduate or graduate) - Exchanges are organized at undergraduate (Bachelor’s level) and graduate levels (Master’s level). - Please log into our intranet http://sgcp.esc-bretagne-brest.com using the following indispensable log-ins and passwords hereafter: Log-in and follow instructions: Undergraduate program /Bachelor of Management (BM): Log-in= bm Graduate program /Master of Management (MIM): Log-in= esc Password: Breizh1675 Stage 1: Consultation des dates de semestres et des modules enseignés en français par programme (Bachelor en Management et fBS Grande Ecole) Log-in pour accéder à l’intranet: Programme de niveau “L” /Bachelor en Management PAE (BMPAE) : Log-in= pae Programme de niveau “M” /Master en Management (ESC Grande Ecole) : Log-in= grandecole 4 Mot de passe: Breizh1675 -Programs and modules on offer: The following courses are accessible to our international exchange students: • Bachelor of Management program (BM): BM Year 1, BM Year 2 and BM Year 3 courses are taught in French and English. Incoming students MUST opt either for the French track OR for the English track as timetable clashes will otherwise occur. • Master in Management program (MIM): MIM Year 1 and MIM Year 2 courses are taught in French and some modules of the MIM Year 2 are taught in English ; please select the language of instruction at the host institution online (preregistration). Module choices: click on the appropriate semester/course/module to generate its syllabus and get an overview of the academic contents along with the related class organization and evaluation methodology. Please note: Undergraduate modules (Bachelor’s level) are labeled “L”, Graduate modules (Masters’ level) are labeled ”M”. “L1” means Bachelor's Year 1, “M2” means Master's year 2 – “S1” means semester 1, “S2” means semester 2. Stage 2: Pre-registration Fill in the “Pre-registration form” and send it over to us and you will automatically receive a User account and a password by e-mail, STAGE 3: Registration This user account and password will enable you to register with France Business School Brest Campus as an exchange student. - Module selection and “Learning Agreement”: the above detailed enrolment procedure will enable you to select your modules and generate your “Learning Agreement” along with your “Registration form – Student’s details” which you can print and send to [email protected] - Information: the Institutional Coordinator of your university and yourself will receive a confirmation by e-mail of your module selection. - Timetable (the timetable will be on line from July 2013): this online procedure will enable you to 5 consult and print your timetable automatically. Should you note any overlapping lectures, you may apply for a change of module upon arrival (not before) at France Business School- Brest Campus. Stage 4: Confirming your enrolment as an exchange student - Your enrolment as an exchange student will be complete once the International Office has received the originals (hardcopy versions) of your: •“Learning Agreement” duly signed and sealed by your home university, • “Registration form – Student’s details” duly completed by yourself. - Enrolment deadlines: • 14 June 2013 for the 1st semester of the academic year 2013-2014 • 14 October 2013 for the 2nd semester of the academic year 2013–2014 Induction day Friday, September 6 Semester 1 Bachelor Program, year 1, year 2, year 3 Monday, September 9, 2013 Friday, January 10, 2014 Master 2 Program Monday, September 9, 2013 Friday, December 20, 2013 Semester 2 Bachelor Program, year 1, year 2, year 3 Beginning of the courses: Not known by now Friday, May 16, 2014 6 Master 2 Program Monday, January 13, 2014 Friday, May 30, 2014 For any inquiries, please contact: Nelly Plouzennec International Relations Office T+33 (0)2 98 34 44 47 F+33 (0)2 98 34 44 69 [email protected] http://www.france-bs.com/ School facilities All students, including the international students, will be given a personal e-mail address on arrival which they may use during their period of study at Brittany school of management. Besides, the school has the following facilities: 3 amphitheatres with 100 places, 200 places and 300 places equipped with video projection. Language and multimedia laboratory. 3 photocopiers are available for staff and the fourth is for the students. some computer rooms equipped with 95 Pentium computers connected to the internet, 7 laser printers on the network, 1 color laser jet printer and 1 scanner. 1 canteen. 1 library. The school building is modern and spacious with a total surface area of 7700m². There are 300 parking places, and the School is 5 km from the city centre and 2 km from the nearest shopping centre.