Applicants should have an outstanding (four year) Bachelor’s degree (BA, BSc or equivalent) or higher qualification (a Master’s degree would be an asset). French students can apply with "Bac +4" or more. European students with a Master in Research (MRes) are also welcome to apply – successful applicants would gain exemption from certain courses/seminars and depending on their background, would follow a sequence of courses/seminars covering approximately one year instead of two.

The program is open to top students from business and economics schools, but also from fields such as engineering, hard sciences, psychology, sociology, philosophy, etc.

The application materials include:

The application form indicating university degrees and grades, and a statement of purpose.

Three letters of recommendation from faculty or research scholars.

High GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) or GRE (Graduate Record Examination) scores. These tests are administrated by the ETS (Educational Testing Services, Princeton, USA) and can be taken at various places around the world.

The ETS code center for the ESSEC Ph.D. Program is X 6R-91-50 (GMAT) and 0839 (GRE).

 

As the program is in English, applicants whose native language is not English are required to take the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).

The TOEFL code for the Ph.D. program is 0045.

Registration fees: 100 euros.

 Application form

 Letters of recommendation

 GMAT

 GRE

 TOEFL

The deadline for applications is:

1st session: February 15, 2009

2nd session: May 15, 2009

The tuition fees for the Ph.D. program amount to 10,000 euros per year for the first two years.

 

For students from the European Union, reduced tuition fees of 5,000 euros per year apply.

 

After the first two years, tuition fees for students in residence amount for 2,400 euros for year; an exceptional waiver of half this amount applies for periods of non-residence.

Ph.D. students may be eligible for financial aid according to need and merit:

- Tuition fees waiver;

- Tuition fees waiver plus a Teaching or Research Assistantship with a living allowance (currently 14,640 euros for a full year of study).

These financial aids are available during the four years of study.

They are conditional upon students’ progress and performance, which are reviewed annually.

- External aid (e.g. French Government scholarships for foreigners, foreign government scholarships, CIFRE agreements).

- Bank loans.

 More information about student loans