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Social scholarships: supporting equal opportunities
The Foundation works to ensure that ESSEC can remain accessible to talented students without their financial resources being an obstacle
Excellence for all: social scholarship
A school committed to social and cultural diversity
At ESSEC Business School, no talented student should have to give up his or her ambitions for financial reasons
ESSEC Social scholarships play a crucial role in opening the school's doors to all students, whatever their resources.
From the start of the 2025 academic year, the ESSEC Foundation will help finance a significant increase amount for social grants. This is a major step forward, enabling students to choose ESSEC without any financial concern.
The overall envelope dedicated to inclusion and the diversity of ESSEC's graduating classes has become an important criteria to confirm our position among world class Business Schools.
Supporting scholarships is not just about financing studies: it's about giving every student the chance to reveal his or her potential and build an ambitious future. It also means strengthening ESSEC's reputation by promoting excellence and diversity.
A strong commitment to social inclusion
On average, 30% of higher education students in France receive state scholarships. A scholarship based on social criteria (as defined by the French institution CROUS) is awarded to a student facing material and financial difficulties that prevent him or her from meeting the best conditions to succeed in higher education. Today, 23 % of ESSEC scholars meet the CROUS social criteria. Of the 27 training programs delivered at ESSEC, 7 are eligible for government scholarships, based on graded social criteria (from 0 to 7) and tuition fee exemption. ESSEC Business School has now adopted a strategy to increase the number of scholars of its Grande École program from 23% to 27% by 2030.
Human stories
« The social scholarship is driving me towards horizons I would never have imagined or dared to conceive. It changed the course of my academic path in a very concrete way. It lifted a weight off my shoulders, offering me a chance to build my career the best way.
When I arrived at ESSEC Grande École, I was dreaming of attending two programs: going to the Singapore campus and attending the courses of the Consumer Goods Chair. As someone who didn't even know what ESSEC was representing just five years ago, and who wasn't intended to graduate from ESSEC, I'm grateful and proud to be part of the great ESSEC community and to have benefited from its support.
Thank you to all our generous donors.»
Arnaud Brieuc, recipient of social scholarship.
« Promoting equal opportunities is particularly close to my heart, and I'm delighted that high-potential students from less privileged backgrounds can also have access to ESSEC's excellent teaching. Supporting them on their path is fundamental to me, and it also contributes to ESSEC's reputation for inclusion, values and commitment.
I'm proud that our School is investing in equal opportunities for years. »
Alicia Javelon-Cahuzac (E09), ESSEC Fondation donor.
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