Asian Campus Semester

Program Overview

The Asian Campus Semester programme was designed within the context of the development of emlyon business school’s activities in Asia. As the component of MSc in Management program and the specialized master of the emlyon business school, ACS program three and a half months (one semester) and brings together international students from the emlyon business school and from local partner universities (East China Normal University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tongji University, etc.) to achieve multicultural integration. Currently, approximately 600-700 international students come to the emlyon business school Asia campus each year to follow Asian campus semester program.

Launched in March 2008, this project embodies the belief that the thriving Asian market will be an important part for students' future international career development. In order to equip students with effective management skills and capabilities to adapt to current social and cultural context, Asian Campus Semester Program provides students with an opportunity to discover in-depth the business environment in Asia and to understand the key factors for a successful management.

The ACS program is a full-time program, and this implies each student’s commitment to participating in the different components comprising the program, including core course Asian business environment, elective courses related to marketing, finance, human resource management, cross-cultural communication and negotiation, luxury management, operations and strategic management etc.

What’s more, students can also run a consulting project in the enterprise (In-Company Consulting Project, ICP for short). ICP allows students to experience real business environment china in analyzing and providing solutions on a real-world problem in company development. Chinese language courses, career development seminar, industry sharing and management conferences are also core components of the ACS program. After completing Asian campus semester program, an increasing number of students prefer to start internships and develop future career paths in Asia.

Objectives of the program：

• Achieve a clear understanding of key success factors in Asia’s economic development;
• Understand the impact this environment may have on the development of Asian and Western countries’ economies and business;
• Identify specific managerial practices in China;
• Develop and adapt intercultural and negotiation skills to the Chinese environment;
• Create a personal network and a potential future professional network.

Program period: 2 semester per year (spring/fall)

Program location: No.3663 North Zhongshan Rd , East China Normal University, International Education Center, Puotuo district, Shanghai

Participants testimonial：

I discovered a new culture and way of doing business and I think it has changed me forever. I took it as a real opportunity to grow and be inspired by people that are different of what I knew from my past.

I lived in Latin America and even if it's not the same life as France life, it’s still latin. China is completely different and ive loved every aspect of it.

First it was challenging to adapt to this new environment. And I think this will be helpful to me during all my life. I was challenged on every aspect of my life and had to find something to understand and transform myself to live the best way in the country.

Professionally, it was also a good transition between my school life and my work life. The classes are very interesting, concrete and the in-company project allow us to really understand what will be waited from us in the corporate world if we want to work in china.

I think this experience made me understand that I want to live abroad for a part of my life, and why not in China !

—— Verge Antoine (GE)

—— OURDRAOGO Aminata (GE)