Interesting Business Schools & Programs

So this is my very favorite lesson in this course. It’s a fun lesson and we’re going to talk about some specific programs that have really cool features or offer something unique.

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Lesson 4: Interesting Schools and Programs

So this is my very favorite lesson in this course. It's a fun lesson and we're going to talk about some specific programs that have really cool features or offer something unique. 

Slide 2: Study in more than two countries – ESCP

  • First Year: London or Paris
  • Second Year: Turin
  • Third Year: Berlin
  • Triple Crown
  • 20,700 euros per year

* Tuition noted on slides are the 2021 rates

So there are a few different schools that actually require studying in different places throughout Europe, more than just, you know, the opportunity or the requirement to do a semester or year abroad. So there's ESCP. This is pretty cool. They have other locations too, but these are the places you can study if you're doing an English-taught track. So the first year, you're in London or Paris. The second year, you're in Italy. The third year, you're in Germany. They are a Triple Crown school and they are more expensive. 

I'll say the other thing with them is it does require a great level of independence. You're going to different countries each year and you have to get settled in each place, which can be difficult, but a really strong program with cool options there. 

Slide 3: Study in more than two countries – Management Across Europe

  • First Year: Helsinki, Aachen, or Barcelona
  • Second Year – Leuven (Belgium)
  • Third Year – Rennes (France) or choices in UK
  • Rennes is Triple Crown
  • Tuition ranges from about 250 – 9,000 euros per year

So there's also the Management Across Europe program, and this is a collaboration with different schools. So ESCP is their own school. Management Across Europe, they have these different universities that kind of offer this joint degree. So the first year, you're either in Finland, Germany or Spain. The second year, all students go to Leuven, which is a really, really, really cool student city, like 20 minutes from Brussels. It's not at KU Leuven. It’s at UC Leuven. But it's, again, the same little town there. Third year, you're in France, or there's also some choices in the UK. The French school though is Triple Crown. So that's an interesting option there too. 

So the tuition depends on which place you are studying each year. And it ranges from 250 — yes, 250 euros — to 9,000 euros a year. The one in Leuven where all students go to, I can't remember off the top of my head, but I know is under 1,000 euros for that year. So already, you know that your expenses are going to be pretty low. 

Slide 4: Study in more than two countries – Toulouse Business School

  • 1 year Barcelona
  • 1 year Toulouse
  • 3 month international internship
  • 1 semester at partner university
  • Triple Crown
  • 8,200 euros per year

So another choice is Toulouse Business School. You spend your first year in either Barcelona or Toulouse. Your second year, you switch. And then, you also do international internships. And you have a choice to do a semester at one of their partner universities too. They’re Triple Crown. Because you're going to their location — you know, in Toulouse and their location in Barcelona — there's a little bit more support for students when they go from one location to the other, which is nice. I really like the option of starting in Barcelona because it's a much more international and much smaller campus. And so, you kind of acclimate to being an international student where there are more of these resources for international students. And then, it feels more comfortable to sort of, you know, get out and go to Toulouse, which has less international students and is a bigger school, or these other options. And that is a Triple Crown school and it’s 8,200 euros a year. That's just incredible to me. 

Slide 5: Study in more than two countries – Bocconi University World Business Program

  • 1st year – USC (49,000 euros per year)
  • 2nd year – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (23,000 euros per year)
  • 3rd year – Bocconi (18,000 euros per year)
  • 4th year – choice of the three
  • Triple Crown
  • 12,883 euros per year

And then, Bocconi University. This is in Italy and it is expensive. This program at Bocconi is expensive because you're going to pay the tuition at the other schools. So the first year, you're in the US at USC, and you're paying USC’s — you're paying 49,000 euros a year for that first year. The second year, you're going to Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, paying 24,000 euros a year. And then the third year, you're at Bocconi. And the fourth year, you get to choose which of those three places you want to go back to, which is pretty cool. Bocconi is a Triple Crown school. I think incredibly highly of it. It's another school that I had featured in my book, true campus, lots of resources, and also lots of really cool programs that don't cost as much as that.

Slide 6: Interdisciplinary Choices – Bocconi University

  • Economics and Management for Arts, Culture and Communication
  • Economics, Management and Computer Science
  • Triple Crown
  • 12,883 euros per year

You know, they have these programs that do integrate other areas of study. There’s Economics and Management for Arts, Culture and Communication. There's Economics, Management and Computer Science. A whole host of other programs that don't necessarily integrate or aren't necessarily multidisciplinary, more affordable at 12,689 euros a year. 

Slide 7: Interdisciplinary Choices – Copenhagen Business School

  • Business Administration and Digital Management
  • International Business and Politics
  • Business Administration and Sociology
  • Business, Language, and Culture
  • Triple Crown
  • 9,500 euros per year

So another university that offers these more multidisciplinary courses with a business focus is Copenhagen Business School. And of course, like I said, just like with Bocconi, the school has many other choices beyond this list here. I just wanted to provide you with some examples of their interdisciplinary studies with a business focus. So there's Business Administration and Digital Management, International Business and Politics, Business Administration and Sociology, which is pretty interesting. Business, Language, and Culture. Again, they’re a Triple Crown school, 9,500 euros a year. And again, with many other options in this that you can find  in the database. 

Slide 8: Interesting Opportunities – Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Science

  • Degree and business accelerator program
  • “Startup Entrepreneurship is an intense learning-by-doing curriculum where you’ll learn business by building your own innovative company. Throughout your journey from ideation and business model design to hiring and rapid growth management, you’ll be guided by mentors from top startups such as TransferWise, Taxify, Pipedrive, Goworkhabit, Fortumo, Like a Local, Toggl, and many others.”
  • 5,480 euros per year

And then there are these just other interesting opportunities that are sometimes related to the country of study, like Estonia. It's been called the next Silicon Valley, they're known for their startup culture. So it's not surprising that they offer an interesting entrepreneurship program. So I mean, not only are you getting your degree, but it's a business accelerator program. So definitely hands-on. You're going to be building your own company while you get your bachelor's degree. Again, like I said, Estonia has a huge startup culture and it's a very small country. So when I talk to students in Estonia — not just in this field of study, in many fields of study — I talked about because it's such a small country, you get some really kind of big wigs, if you will, talking in your classes, because, you know, again, it's a small country. And guys, 4,820 euros per year. That's incredible to me. 

Slide 9: Affordable Options – Stockholm School of Economics in Riga

  • EQUIS and AMBA
  • Reasonable cost of living
  • Business and Economics
  • 6,250 euros per year

So another option, this is interesting. So there's Stockholm School of Business in Stockholm. Stockholm is not an affordable place to live. With EQUIS and AMBA. Again, if you go to Stockholm, you're going to have a really hard time finding housing, first of all. There's a little bit of a housing crisis, and it's an expensive place to live. Or you could go to their campus in Riga, which I love Riga! It’s in Latvia. Super, super reasonable cost of living, a really cool city too. And you know, your degree is from Stockholm School of Economics. So it's the same degree that you would get if you studied in Stockholm. It’s a Business and Economics program and it's 6,250 euros a year. 

Slide 10: Interesting Opportunities: For those who don’t even know they are interested in business

  • Sports studies/management
  • E-sports
  • Creative Business, Media Management

And then, there are these options for students who didn't even realize that they were interested in business. So my daughter is one of these. She never would have identified business as an interest area, but is really interested in programs that focus on social media and digital marketing. She just never thought of that as business related. 

So Sports Studies is another example. I can't tell you how many kids I've worked with who haven't been able to identify non sports-related interests, and get really super excited by these sports-related business programs. There's even an E-sports program held in Finland that I don't fully or even partially understand, but I do hear that it's becoming a hot field. 

Slide 11: Practical Experiences – Interesting Internships

  • NHL Stenden
  • NEOMA
  • Check out partners
  • Erasmus Plus

So there are also some schools — many schools, actually, much more than this — that offer interesting, particularly interesting internship opportunities. So NHL Stenden has a program for International Tourism Management students where they have traditional internships, but they also have internships for practical learning at their campuses elsewhere. For instance, there's one in Thailand where they have community-based tourism. And what they do is they focus on small-scale tourism in developing countries, which is pretty cool. There's International Destination Branding in Qatar where they explore how events are used to create a brand's identity and look at different competition. It’s pretty cool. 

And then, there's NEOMA Business School in France, and they require an internship each year. So not only do you graduate with almost a full year of experience, of work experience, but each of the internships exposes students to a different level of management.

So you can look at — you know, if you're looking at particularly interesting internships, most business schools will have a page where they talk about their internships, where they talk about who they partner with for internships so you can see what sorts of companies are partnering with them for this sort of thing. And then, there are also opportunities for internships through the Erasmus program that you can check out as well. 

So one thing that I really hope that you took from this class is that the various choices are really personalized to you. There's not one type of school, one type of accreditation, one type of business program, that's the best for everyone. Really think about the different types of learning approaches that you enjoy the most and engage you the most, the specific quality indicators that are important to you, the qualifications that you can reasonably expect of yourself, and the bells and whistles that appeal to you the most. More than just thinking about this, write it down. It’s going to then be something that you can refer to when you're assessing whether a school and a program is a good fit for you. 

So I hope you enjoyed this course on the business programs in Europe and that you're excited about your different options.