Assigments + Internships in France or abroad = 22 monthes minimum

First Year

Communication Assignment

Sales Assignment

Market Research Assignment

Business Discovery Internship

Second Year

Financial Analysis Assignment

Oral Business Exam

Business Creation Assignment

Third Year

Field Project : Sales Exercise

Management Internship

Fourth Year

Business Acquisition & Transfer Assignment

Specialisation Assignment

Fifth Year

Specialisation Internship

(pre-employment)

Business assignments are real and concrete projects assigned to students by individuals and businesses wishing to create, take over or develop a structure. They are a great way for students to apply their theoretical courses to practical situations. Working in teams of five, they are supervised by their academic advisor and teachers. At the end of their assignment they will present their conclusions and recommendations to a jury of professionals.

First Year

1.       Communication : its purpose is to teach students about communication techniques, project management and teamwork.

2.       Sales assigment : this assignment allows the practice of negotiating techniques.

3.        Market Research : with the goal of deciding whether or not to validate the launch of the product, concept or service from a marketing point of view.

Second Year

1.      Oral Business Exam : the student must demonstrate to the jury his mastery of sales techniques.

2.     Business Creation : this assignment allows the student to carry out the complete market research for a project at the request of a professional.

Third Year

1.      Oral Business Exam in English : its purpose is to demonstrate to the jury the student’s ability to carry out business negotiations in English.

Fourth Year

1.      Business Acquisition & Transfer : the aim is to identify suitable businesses for a corporate buyer and to analyse them.

2.      Specialisation : the assignment will depend on what specialisation the student has chosen. For example, this may involve calculating cash flow in Finance, developing a complete analysis for Entrepreneurial Management, elaborating a marketing strategy in Marketing Management, or analysing international development projects in International Management.

Throughout the five years of the degree course, internships allow students to discover how companies work and what challenges they face. Over the course of five years, each student will do at least 18 months of internships in France or abroad.

Each internship has a precise objective :

First Year

Business Discovery Internship

Discovering companies and the world of business.

Third Year

Management Internship

Managing and taking long-term complete control of projects in order to develop analytical and synthesising skills.

Fifth Year

Specialisation Internship

In order to be immediately operational upon graduating, and if possible finishing with a permanent contract.

Each year, numerous major groups organise competitions aimed at students of business and engineering schools. These competitions are a chance to put learning into practice in a different way. They invite students to look for new ideas to solve business problems and to undertake new actions. In 2007, EDC won 1st place out of 170 teams for the "Cas Ford" ; and in 2009, the Entrepreneur label was awarded to the EDC Consulting Junior Enterprise by the French National Confederation of Junior Enterprises and its partners (BNP Paribas, Altran, Microsoft et KPMG).