ESC Pau Business School

City: Pau, France
Instruction Language: English
Minimum GPA: 2.5
Program terms available: Summer, Fall Semester, Spring Semester or Full Academic Year
ESC Pau website
Subject areas: Business

Pau, France

Pau, France is located in southern France, 1 hour from the France-Spain border. It’s situated on the coast, where surfing and beach resorts are plentiful, but also 1 hour away from the Pyrenees mountains and its ski resorts. Sports are a popular part of the Pau culture including many high-level sports clubs (Élan Béarnais, Section Paloise rugby), high quality facilities (climbing walls, whitewater pool, Olympic swimming pool) and many sporting events throughout the year (tour de France, Automobile Grand Prix, an International Three-day Event, the Kayak World Cup, the Basque Pelota World Cup). In addition to sports, you can learn about the French culture at the 3 national museums, visit the theatre, or take a quick trip to Spain to learn about the Spanish and Basque Country culture. Also within a short distance is the beautiful French wine countryside. The population of Pau is around 75,000 making it a nice and relaxing city to live in and return to on the weekends when traveling around Europe or France.

Pau and the Surrounding Region Video

Academics

Overview

ESC Pau Business School is a private business school with approximately 1,500 students located in Pau, France. The University is situated on the campus of the University of Pau, which is a public university with nearly 19,000 students. The campus is a 10 minute walk from Pau town center and offers a quiet, friendly, and safe environment for studying and meeting new people. Exchange students have the option of taking French Language courses (only at Beginner level) during the semester in combination with business courses taught in English. Students interested in this program should have a good GPA in their business classes and be ready to take upper-division business classes. Most classes offered in Pau will be International Business related courses in areas such as marketing, entrepreneurship, management and finance. Students must pay for at least 12 U.S. credit hours at WSU, regardless of the number of courses they choose to take while on the exchange.

ESC Pau also hosts a WSU Faculty-led summer program, Global Entrepreneurship Experience, that is coordinated by the WSU Barton School of Business and ESC Pau Business School.

Subject Areas

Business

Semester Dates

Fall: End of August until mid-December
Spring: Mid-January until end of May
Summer: see Summer Program section below

Class List

To view courses that have been evaluated for ESC Pau, please review the ESC Pau Business School class list

Course Approval Form

All students will be required to complete a Course Approval Form prior to leaving for their study abroad program so that you have met with your academic advisor and are aware of what courses you will take during your program.

Housing

Housing Options:

Private off-campus housing throughout the city through ESC Pau’s partner, Studapart accommodation platform
Public student residence
Private student residence

Summer Program Housing: See Summer Program section below

ESC Housing Info

Program Costs

The budget sheet is an estimate for costs associated with this program for a full semester. For summer program costs, please view the separate section for Summer Program.

Estimated costs 2022-2023 for ESC Pau Business School

You can also explore scholarship and financial aid options.

How to Apply

Application deadlines

Academic Year and Fall: February 15^th

Spring: September 15^th

Summer: See Summer Program section below

Contact us with any questions at studyabroad@wichita.edu

How to Apply

Student Experiences at ESC Pau

Welcome to ESC Pau Business School