Equal opportunities
per year
in 2023-2024
involved in equal opportunities in 2023-2024
All talents must be able to pursue their dream and their studies.
EDHEC is fully committed to the fight against self-censorship and supports many secondary and higher education students through the mobilisation of its student volunteers, teachers and partners.
EDHEC deploys a variety of schemes to enable secondary school pupils and students to discover higher education and the ecosystem of a business school, encouraging ambition, giving them a glimpse of the possibilities for achievement and careers, and mentoring those who need it.
Our programmes
EDHEC Talents
EDHEC Talents is EDHEC's main equal opportunities programme. It consists of 3 support programmes for young people with a scholarship profile:
- EDHEC Talents Lycées for high school students who want to prepare for higher education, whatever their chosen path.
- EDHEC Talents Prépas for CPGE students preparing for the Grandes Écoles entrance examinations.
- Ascension EDHEC for BTS students who want to join a Grande Ecole.
Cordées de la Réussite
Co-sponsored by the Ministries of National Education and Higher Education, the Cordées de la réussite programme supports students in their career choices from Year 9 through to the final year of high school. The aim is to introduce greater social equity in access to higher education courses. EDHEC has been a Cordées de la réussite partner for 15 years. Our school runs a ‘Cordée’ called ‘La Cordée de l'EDHEC: Objectif Réussite’ on the Lille campus and ‘Egalité des Chances pour l'Enseignement Supérieur’ on the Nice campus. Every year, we provide support to secondary school students thanks to volunteer students.
Aréli
EDHEC is taking part in the Émergence programme run by our partner Aréli, which enables talented young people from modest backgrounds in the Hauts-de-France region to pursue the studies they want and build a professional future that matches their potential and ambition. Through this programme, and thanks to mentoring and scholarships, Aréli helps CPGE students join EDHEC. EDHEC then provides financial assistance to the young people selected by the programme by committing to match the Aréli scholarship with the same amount.
Entretiens de l'Excellence
Every year, EDHEC hosts the Tournée de l'excellence, a major event organised by the Entretiens de l'Excellence, an association in partnership with the French Ministry of Education, enabling young people to meet professionals with inspiring career paths. The aim is to guide the students in their initial career choices.
Partnerships with Foundations
- Bourse de l'Espoir (Lille only): This scheme enables students from modest backgrounds to continue their studies and helps them build their future career plans, by giving them a financial boost at a crucial time in their studies. EDHEC undertakes to match the amount of the Espoir scholarship.
- Bourse Jacques Lambert (Lille only): The Jacques Lambert Foundation, under the auspices of the Fondation de France, awards scholarships to students admitted to the first year of a business school, selected on the basis of academic and social criteria. The aim of this aid is to support young people who are particularly motivated but have financial difficulties in pursuing their studies.
Our Talents programmes
EDHEC Talents Lycées
EDHEC Talents Lycées is a scheme aimed at scholarship-granting secondary school students in the Lille area, designed to guide them in their academic and career choices, introduce them to the ecosystem of a leading business school and encourage them to broaden their cultural horizons.
EDHEC Talents Prépas
EDHEC Talents Prépas is a six-month programme of individualised support adapted to the pace of preparatory classes. Its aim is to help students with grants to prepare for the competitive entrance exams to the grandes écoles and, more specifically, the oral entrance exams to French business schools.
Ascension EDHEC
Ascension EDHEC is a scheme in partnership with Empower College, a post-bac school that aims to ‘repair the social lift’ by preparing scholarship students from BTS classes to enter the Grandes Écoles de commerce at the end of their training.
