IEB students gained the practical experience at French and Croatian companies

11:45, July 30, 2019

During Summer Schools of programme academic partners

July 2019 was productively hot for the "International Economics and Business" students, who got the intensive educational and international practice-oriented experience in summer schools at KEDGE Business School (France) and the University of Rijeka (Croatia).

The students of the IEB programme shared their vivid memories.and told about intensive classes and useful obtained skills.

Ekaterina Deeva, one of the participants of the KEDGE summer programme, shared her impressions:

“The topic of our lectures was “Global Financial Regulation”, which was quite entertaining. We touched upon the current problems of the economic society and we were able to debate about it at the end of the lectures. It is useful to learn how to express one’s point of view and hear the opinion of the opposite side. And of course, the Summer School is one of the most powerful tool for improving the language skills:. lectures, group work, and communication with new friends. So the last thing that we would like to mention is the opportunity to learn the culture of other countries during the trip. South France is incredibly beautiful when the sun illuminates the stained glass windows of the cathedrals, and lavender blooms in the fields. Along with the study of the lecture material, we could see old town, taste traditional dishes and moreover we learnt from native speakers how people live in Australia, China, America, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and many more”.

Ekaterina Malkova and Anastasia Faizova told about their experience in the "Institutional Aspects of the European Union Development" summer programme, organized by the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics:

“During twelve days we studied the work in the Stata program, learned the features and trajectories of further development of the European Union, analyzed macroeconomic indicators and much more. Separate time was given to discussion and our questions that helped us to understand the material even better. We should also mention interesting visits to local and international companies, such as “JGL”, “Valamar”, “InfoBip” and others. Specialists showed in practice the work of the company, shared their own experience and guidance. The Summer school allowed us to plunge not only into the study but also into the daily life of the seaside town of Rijeka, where a comfortable atmosphere for both schoolwork and recreation".

Partners' summer programmes are practice-oriented educational processes where international participants from different countries  gain additional knowledge and cross-cultural adaptation. Every year, IEB students take part in such events, and the most active of them participate in the International Autumn School “Sustainable Business Development”, which will be the 11th one this November.