Intent on satisfying our students with regards all aspects of study stays and work placements overseas, the international mobility centre is there to help you.
Before you leave, it draws up a list of specifications with the course leaders.  This sets out the contents, modalities and evaluation of your study stay, in respect of 30 ECTS credits, aimed at providing a balance between speciality, language and culture modules essential to help you successfully integrate the country.
The international mobility centre also looks after international students who come to France providing them with all the information needed so that their stay goes smoothly: accommodation, transport or any other issues with the help of ISA association (International Students Association).

An international path for everybody, it's possible!

Our International Label:

• 20 years experience in practicing  ERASMUS exchanges (100% of students go abroad on study stays every year),
• A recognised know-how in preparing for cultural differences and in language learning,
• Sound partnerships (more than 40 partner universities).

Esaip group has developed a network of partners:
in Belgium, Denmark,  Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sweden.
These partnerships provide study stays abroad for all students of Esaip group and also offer work placement opportunities.  Students from these universities are likewise welcomed by Esaip group in France.

What is ERASMUS ?

ESAIP has been granted the Erasmus Charter which is part of the European Community higher education programme. This guarantees our students access to Erasmus grants to help finance their study periods and /or placements abroad.
European Community programme in the field of higher education

ERASMUS is the higher education Action of SOCRATES II programme. It seeks to enhance the quality and reinforce the European dimension of higher education by encouraging transnational cooperation between universities, boosting European mobility and improving the transparency and full academic recognition of studies and qualifications throughout the Union.

ERASMUS consists of many different activities; student and teacher exchanges, joint development of study programmes (Curriculum Development), international intensive programmes, thematic networks between departments and faculties across Europe, language courses (EILC), European credit transfer system (ECTS).

ERASMUS action is targeted at higher education institutions and their students and staff in all 25 Member States of the European Union, the three countries of the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), the three candidate countries (Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey).

ECTS : How does it work ?

A credit system is a systematic way of describing an educational programme by attaching credits to its components. The definition of credits in higher education systems may be based on different parameters, such as student workload, learning outcomes and contact hours.

ECTS was introduced in 1989, within the framework of Erasmus, now part of the Socrates programme. ECTS is the only credit system which has been successfully tested and used across Europe. ECTS was set up initially for credit transfer. The system facilitated the recognition of periods of study abroad and thus enhanced the quality and volume of student mobility in Europe. Recently ECTS is developing into an accumulation system to be implemented at institutional, regional, national and European level. This is one of the key objectives of the Bologna Declaration of June 1999.

ECTS makes study programmes easy to read and compare for all students, local and foreign. ECTS facilitates mobility and academic recognition. ECTS helps universities to organise and revise their study programmes. ECTS can be used across a variety of programmes and modes of delivery. ECTS makes European higher education more attractive for students from abroad.

ECTS is based on the principle that 60 credits measure the workload of a full-time student during one academic year. The student workload of a full-time study programme in Europe amounts in most cases to around 1500-1800 hours per year and in those cases one credit stands for around 25 to 30 working hours.
Credits in ECTS can only be obtained after successful completion of the work required and appropriate assessment of the learning outcomes achieved. Learning outcomes are sets of competences, expressing what the student will know, understand or be able to do after completion of a process of learning, long or short.

Student workload in ECTS consists of the time required to complete all planned learning activities such as attending lectures, seminars, independent and private study, preparation of projects and examinations.
Credits are allocated to all educational components of a study programme (such as modules, courses, placements, dissertation work, etc.) and reflect the quantity of work each component requires to achieve its specific objectives or learning outcomes in relation to the total quantity of work necessary to complete a full year of study successfully.

What is the Diploma Supplement ?

The Diploma Supplement (DS) is a document attached to a higher education diploma aiming at improving international 'transparency' and at facilitating the academic and professional recognition of qualifications (diplomas, degrees, certificates etc.). It is designed to provide a description of the nature, level, context, content and status of the studies that were successfully completed by the individual named on the original qualification to which this supplement is appended. It should be free from any value-judgements, equivalence statements or suggestions about recognition. It is a flexible non-prescriptive tool, which is designed to save time, money and workload. It is capable of adaptation to local needs.

What does the Diploma Supplement offer to students :

• A diploma that is more readable and easily comparable abroad,
• A precise description of their academic career and the competencies acquired during the study period,
• Objective description of their achievements and competencies,
• An easier access to opportunities of work or further studies abroad,
• It fosters their employability.

What does the Diploma Supplement offer to higher education institutions :

• It facilitates academic and professional recognition, thus increasing the transparency of qualifications,
• It protects national/institutional autonomy while offering a common framework which is accepted all over Europe,
• It promotes informed judgements about qualifications that can be understood in another educational context,
• It raises the visibility of the institution abroad,
• It promotes the employability of their graduates at national and international level,
• It helps to save time since it provides the answers to a lot of recurrent questions put to administrative services in institutions about the content and portability of diplomas.

What it is not :

• It is not a Curriculum Vitae.
• It is not a substitute for the original qualification or a transcript.
• It is not an automatic system that guarantees recognition

Careers in France or abroad

Many of our graduates begin their career abroad, for the most part in Europe. Those staying in France put their linguistic and multi-cultural skills to good use working with international suppliers, subsidiaries, clients and international conferences.