ESSEC business School launches its Global BBA Program in Mauritius

ESSEC Business School just launched its Global BBA program in Mauritius this Monday, September 12th. Future students are to be welcomed as of September 2017.

In 2016, ESSEC Business School will take a new step towards its ESSEC 3i strategic plan (for innovation, implication and internationalization) and a great achievement in its history. After Singapore and Morocco, the ESSEC Global BBA will now expands its footprint in Mauritius and open the program up to students from countries in the Indian Ocean region and from the African continent at large.

It’s in the prestigious setting of the Labourdonnais Hotel in Port-Louis that the launch event of ESSEC’s Global BBA program took place, with the collaboration of the Médine group. Interventions from different stakeholders of this project happened, among which Thierry Sauzier, Deputy CEO & Managing Director Property; Mrs Leela-Devi Dookun-Luchoomun, Minister of Education; Jean-Michel Blanquer, Dean and President, ESSEC Business School; Martine Bronner, Dean, ESSEC Asia-Pacific and finally Cedomir Nestorovic, Professor, ESSEC Asia-Pacific, presenting « How crucial is the position of Africa within Asian Strategy »

Global BBA : an excellence training in international management

ESSEC’s Global BBA -an excellence training program in 4 years internationally- oriented with academic exchanges between different ESSEC campuses around the world- is starring today among the best 4-year bachelors.

#GBBAMauritius recruits students after high school to prepare them for an international career - Martine Bronner pic.twitter.com/enL7gFrF9z

— ESSEC BusinessSchool (@essec) 12 septembre 2016

Selective, intense and demanding, it is chosen by many students in France and throughout the world thanks to its rich academic program, its 10 to 16 months integrated professional experience and its 6 months minimum international immersion. Global BBA relies on ESSEC Business School’s different campuses and 136 high-end partner universities from all over the 5 continents.

Mrs Leela-Devi Dookun-Luchoomun, Minister of Education of Mauritius, asked the private sector to get involved in education and deal with the challenges which are "huge but not insurmountable".

Mr. Cedomir Nestorovic’s presentation showed clearly the interest to set foot in Africa and particularly in Mauritius, which is to be considered as a hub between Africa and Asia, as Singapore is for Asia and Pacific area.

The African Growth Story illustrated by Professor @cedanestorovic #GBBAMauritius #BShools pic.twitter.com/m6Ep63HCyJ

— ESSEC BusinessSchool (@essec) 12 septembre 2016

A place of excellence in terms of advanced education in Mauritius

"This launch in Mauritius is an important step in our school’s history.” said Jean-Michel Blanquer, Dean and president of ESSEC. “Loyal to this moving pioneering spirit characterizing us, we keep on crossing frontiers and seizing new international development opportunities. This Mauritian project articulates with Médine groupe ambitions. It’s about being part of an excellence centre in terms of higher education, and we are thrilled to contribute to it.“.
Thierry Sauzier, Deputy CEO & Managing Director Property of Groupe Médine, underlined the room dedicated to excellence training programs aiming for professionalization : “Our collaboration with ESSEC Business School is today a proof of how much Médine cares about higher education, embodied by the ICSIA* project. “

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*International campus for sustainable and innovative Africa