Simone Neeling and Sophie Delleman, two students from Holland

Simone Neeling  and Sophie Delleman are 19 years old students from Nijmegen, Holland.

They chose ISEM for the one semester international exchange, so let’s find out something more in the following interview.

Why did you choose ISEM for your international exchange?

Simone: In our studies it was kind of obligation to go abroad for a half of a year. Our university has a contract with the ISEM in Montpellier. And we chose ISEM Montpellier as a first university  because it has the most similarities with our studies in Holland.

Sophie:  We had the possibility to choose Paul Valéry University as it has many things in common with our studies in Netherlands . Anyway I preferred to do something related to Economy, Marketing and Management. So that’s why I preferred to come here.

How will ISEM studies help you in your future career?

Simone:  We have some courses concerning Marketing and Management, so after my Bachelor’s degree I would like to get my Masters in Marketing. ISEM is a great opportunity to learn something more about Marketing that I didn’t learn in Holland. So I think ISEM will help me to get useful knowledge. In this way I’d like to specialize in this field and to continue my Masters in Holland.

Sophie: It’s really helpful. Here you try to develop yourself. It is a great opportunity to learn a different culture and to do everything by yourself, with other words, to be independent, without relying on parents for help. You have to speak to French people; it’s really nice to be here.

Tell us something more about your adaptation experience.

Simone: It’s quite difficult to really be in contact with French people. They talk to you, they always are ready to offer a helping hand, but of course they already have their own friends, and they don’t need some foreigners who will leave in six months. Luckily here are so many ERASMUS students. They are so open-minded and so cool. One activity that makes me happy is playing basket. I’m in contact with my teammates. It gets easier when you experience the French life by participating in associations, because it helps you to connect with French people.

Sophie: There are a lot of ERASMUS people here and I think we can become friends, but it’s nice to have contact with French people. At the begging we really didn’t have contact with anyone in the classes, but now the French students come to us, we have conversations and we try to create harmonious and relationships. The associations and sports are the opportunities to  get to know the French people.

                                       Kom studeren aan de ISEM, dat wil je niet missen!

                                                         Come to study at ISEM ! 

Svetlana Sergeeva, a Russian student

                   Svetlana Sergeeva is a first-year master’s student, graduate Marketing, Sales and Direction of International teams.

Why did you choose ISEM?

I chose ISEM because I read a lot of articles about it and it was so nice to me to come here. I like Montpellier and also the program was really interesting for me. It is what I’d like to do in the future: International Marketing, Business.

How will your ISEM studies help in your future career?

It depends on what I ‘m going to do, but I know that actually I want to work in international industry and especially in the business sphere. And I think that all the studies about Strategy, Marketing will be very helpful in my future career.

How did you choose to come to France?

It is my first experience abroad. I was language assistant, here in France. And I just wanted to continue because I loved speaking French and I thought that it’d be a very interesting experience.

Was the adaptation difficult?

It was quite easy, French people was so kind to me, they was just very interested about what I’m doing here, why did I chose this kind of experience. So it was actually easy. And professors also are nice and polite. They are always helpful, they try to take their time to answer your questions.

                                                      Бери от жизни всё !

                                                  Take everything from life !

Fatou Koïta, an African student

Fatou Koïta is 20 years old and she comes from Mauritania. She is a second-year undergraduate student at ISEM. Let’s discover more about her ISEM experience!

Why did you choose ISEM ?

When I was high-school student in Mauritania, I wanted to go to Business School, but it was too expensive, so I came here, because it was a mix between university and Business School. There are a lot of interesting courses. I can become what I’d like to be.

How will your ISEM studies help you in your future career?

I don’t have a fixed idea  of what I want to be, but I know that I want to go in the accounting and finance area. And this university allows me to study it, so it’s great. We do internships and a lot of exchange with over countries. The advantage is that the prices are affordable.

 How did you choose to come to France ?

I was in a French high-school in Mauritania, so it was normal for every student to go to other countries to study, as Canada or England. I chose France because it was more comfortable for me. I know people here, so it was evident to me.

Tell us about your adaptation experience :

In general, at the beginning,  it wasn’t very easy, because people here are different from my country. However they are very available and kind, so in the end it was worthy.

                                Wahaw v ISEM yakhoutouni marahba bikoum !

                            
                                          Come to ISEM, you are welcome !

Interview of a Serbian Student

Sanda Salom is a second-year undergraduate student at ISEM. She's 19 years old and she's coming from Serbia. Today we are going to find out more about her experience.

Why have you chosen  ISEM for your studies?

I chose ISEM, because I studied in a French high school, so I wanted to continue my studies in a French educational system. I loved the fact that ISEM offers a choice, so I can choose later what I want to do. The first year at ISEM is more general, so you can see later what do you want and you have enough time to decide.

As you’ve said there are a lot of departments, so which one are you going to choose?

There are 3 departments at ISEM: Marketing and Sales, Management, Accounting and Finance, so I’m going to choose the third one - Accounting and Finance, because later on, I want to get my Master in Finance. I would like to become a Financial Director or to work for a Bank, it’s my choice and I love it.

Tell us something about your adaptation experience.

I can say that I had a chance to have a friend from my country, so it wasn’t so difficult for me in the beginning. Here I met a lot of new people, I was hanging out :) And in our university they offer sport activities, so I’m playing salsa and that’s a fact that I love about this university.

How will your ISEM studies help in your future career?

I think it will help me a lot, because ISEM it’s a very good university and as I said it offers a lot of choices and options. And professors are good, I think it will help me to find easily a job.

                                   Doživite to dobro iskustvo i dodjite na ISEM fakultet !

Live this good experience and come to ISEM !  
   
               

Testimony of a teammate

Irina - a Moldavian student 

Hello everybody,

I am an undergraduate student at ISEM and I am from Moldova, a tiny country in  East Europe. Two years ago, for me, it was just a dream to come to study in France, now it’s a great experience that I live every day. I began my French experience in September 2012, impressed by the dynamic student life, the really beautiful campus and the educational spirit in the University Library.

 I was really enthusiastic about the idea of coming to Montpellier and now I can say that this was a life-changing decision, because ISEM had an impressive impact not only on my studies but also on my life.

During my studies at ISEM, my skills have improved thanks to the thorough and qualitative education, but also thanks to the culture difference and the experience gained from interaction with French people and not only.

It’s a nice small study institute, with interesting students and rich resources. It’s a place where contacts are easy to make and people are really open-minded.

                                                       Trăieşte experienţa ISEM ! 

Live the ISEM experience !