Institute Mines – Telecom Business School

Télécom Ecole de Managementis French public business school founded in 1979. For over 30 years, the School has been recognized for its dual expertise in management and information and communication technologies (ITC).

The School is AACSB accredited and is one of the top 10 management schools in France. It has a network of more than 300 corporate partners and more than 4 000 active alumni. The School offers students classes in 9 different foreign languages and more than 50 nationalities are represented on campus. Also, it has more than 100 university partners worldwide and nearly 30% of faculty is foreign born.

The Country

France is the largest country in Western Europe and the European Union, and the third-largest in Europe as a whole. It is a unitary semi- presidential republic with its capital in Paris. France is the most popular tourist destination in the world with over 75 million visitors annually. It has both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines. The landscape is diverse, with mountains in the east and south, including the Alpine peak of Mont Blanc which is Western Europe’s highest point. Due to favorable conditions for grape growing in the south, France is the world’s largest wine producer. Also, the country’s wines are rated among the best in the world.

The City

Évry is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris. It is located 25.0 km (40 minutes) from the center of Paris, France’s cultural, political, and business epicenter. In 1965 Évry became part of the French new town initiative and took its current name. Before it was known as Évry-Petit-Bourg and had a population of only a few thousand. Évry is demographically the second youngest town in France with the average age of the population only 26 years.It is served by three stations on Paris RER line D: Évry-Val-de-Seine, Évry – Courcouronnes Centre, and Le Bras-de-Fer.

Student life

Students can participate in 60 student associations covering diverse fields of interest. Telecom’s campus covers six hectares and is only 35 km south of Paris. The campus has many sports facilities such as: gymnasium, 3 tennis courts, a basketball court, a soccer/rugby field, a work-out room and a beach volley court.

Estimated Expenses

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Accommodation

Télécom Ecole de Management campus offers comfortable and well-equipped single occupancy rooms with a private bathroom for international students. Each room has a full bath, refrigerator, closets, small furnishings, telephone and high-speed Internet. All residences are situated on the campus.

Travel opportunities

France has been the world’s most popular tourist destination for over twenty years. It has beautiful beaches, high mountains, finest historic monuments, magnificent castles and many more. Évryis located just 25 km from Paris.With 3,800 national monuments in and around Paris, you will have the opportunity to explore. Also, Palace of Versailles is located just 20 km away from the capital. While studying in France you can go on a short weekend city breaks in places such as Nice, Lille, Nantes or Bordeaux. Trains are a great way to get around in France. You can get pretty much from anywhere to anywhere else by train. For interregional trains you can book tickets online at www.voyages-sncf.com.