Find out more about internships at ESSCA

ESSCA follows and incorporates the provisions in French law on work placements :

• ‘Loi sur l’égalité des chances’ - Law on equal opportunity – 29 August 2006
• ‘Loi Cherpion sur l’encadrement des stages en entreprise’ - Cherpion Law on the legal framework regulating internships – 28 July 2011
• ‘Loi Fioraso, sur l’enseignement supérieur et à la recherche’ - Fioraso Law, on higher education and research – 22 July 2013
• ‘Loi tendant au développement à l’encadrement des stages et à l’amélioration du statut des stagiaires’ - Law on the development of the legal framework regulating and the improvement of interns status – 10 July 2014

At ESSCA, students start to discover the corporate world - in France or abroad - from the 1st year and continue to do so throughout the whole curriculum and degree.

Bringing young people and businesses closer together is a priority for the School and it increases the number of encounters between the two through its program and partnership policy.

Undergraduate internships

1st year : Internship to discover the business world

Length : minimum 2 months between the beginning of May and the end of August in France or abroad
Aim : discovering a company and its environment

2nd year : Internship in retail

Length : minimum 2 months between the beginning of May and the end of August in France or abroad
Aim : acquiring negotiation and argumentation skills

3rd year : Optional internship

Length : At the end of the 3rd year, between May and August in France or abroad
Aim : undertaking and operational mission linked to the chosen field

Masters internships

4th year : Long specialist internship

Length : At the end of the 4th year, between May and September in France or abroad

Aim : holding an operational function linked to the relevant academic course

5th year : End-of-studies internship

Length : minimum 4 months from January in France or abroad.
Aim : holding an operational function with responsibilities linked to the course’s relevant sector