ESSEC offers companies the opportunity to boost their international recruitment practices by supporting scholarship programs that enable young international students of recognized excellence but with relatively limited finances to carry out their studies in Europe, benefit from the experience of two different cultures, and receive a top-level management education. Since 2002, Lafarge, Renault Samsung Motors, L’Oréal, Accor and Thales / The Foreign Affairs Ministry have each set up partnership schemes with ESSEC. Subject to specific financial criteria, certain French and international students may also benefit from scholarships via the ESSEC Solidarity Fund, supported by the generous donations of ESSEC alumni.