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When and where does the Chair take place?

The Chair’s academic activities take place from early January to the end of June, over T2 and T3.

What topics about the beauty industry does the Chair involve?

The Chair embraces various business concerns dedicated to all beauty market axes (perfumes, skincare, hair care, make up and hygiene, mainly on premium and new comers such as indies brands or start-ups):

How is the Essec Beauty Chair different from other ESSEC Chairs?

To understand this difference, you need to understand the difference between the "Luxury Industry" or "FMCG sector" and the "Beauty Industry".

Luxury, for instance, includes everything from Fashion, Leather goods, Wine and spirits, Selective retail, Hospitality and of course Beauty and Cosmetics.

The beauty Industry in itself is a vast universe including Skincare, Haircare, Cosmetics and Fragrances. This is the scope of this Chair which showcases an overall view of the main beauty actors. Our partners are totally representative of the verticatility of the beauty sector (beauty product manufacturers, row material suppliers and retailers).

What classes are exclusive to the Chair?

The two Chair seminars, New beauty insights in T2 and New Challenges within the beauty world, e-beauty Master classes are accessible only for Chair's students as all Chair visits and field trip. Some lectures organised by the Chair team and its partners are accessible to the ESSEC beauty community members.

What opportunities can the Chair provide me?

It can provide you the opportunity to interact daily with our partners, willing to share with you their best practices and their vision of the Future of Beauty. You will also be part of the ESSEC beauty community that is to say connected to ESSEC Alumni highly involved in this Industry.

Which type of position does the Chair prepare for?

Mainly positions in Marketing, digital communications and omnichannel retail such as:

How many UVs do I get after the Chair?

6 UVs

What are the requirements to successfully complete the Chair?

To complete the Chair program you have to complete:

What does the Chair organize as events apart from courses given by guest speakers?

The Chair proposes companies' visits, discovery of the "Pays de Grasse" in the French Riviera area (listed as Unesco Heritage), factories visits, exhibitions linked to beauty...

Will I have many opportunities to meet senior level/professional people from companies?

Yes of course! It is the heart of our program: the Chair team defines the Chair content with our 3 partner companies’ and welcome numerous of partner Companies experts to deliver operational and up to date overviews (more than 40 companies’ representatives within 2020-2021 Academic year).

Is it mandatory to do an internship in a beauty company?

Yes, 6 months straight internship or an apprenticeship is mandatory, but you can do it before or after the Chair academic program.

Is the Chair suitable for non-French speaker?

Absolutely, yes. All classes, seminars and group activities are in English. No matter your level in French, you will never find yourself out of place in the group!

I have no prior experience in the beauty industry; will the Chair still accept me?

Of course! We are looking for talented people with a passion for beauty and can present their flair to us! Have a look at the CV Book of our previous promotions to see how we have a balance of beauty enthusiasts' profiles with and without prior experience.

Is there a fixed number of Advanced Master you accept in the Chair?

No all beauty enthusiasts are warmly welcomed.

I am a Global BBA student, and I would like to know if the Chair's credit would count to validate my BBA credit?

To validate the academic side of the chair, you have to complete:

The chair courses and seminars are from the Grande Ecole catalog. The 2 electives are from the BBA catalog. This means that your electives courses will appear as regular courses on your transcript.

The UV credit from the 2 courses and 2 seminars will be add up and will appear under the chair’s name on your transcript. The UV credit will be converted onto ECTS. In order to get all of them, you will have to validate the Chair.

I am a BBA student, I would like to join to the Chair but I do not have time left to do the 6-month internship. Can I still apply? 

Yes, you can apply to the chair but you must keep in mind that the training period is indeed mandatory. This means that to be able to register to the chair, you must do a “post study internship” ("stage post-études"). In order to fulfill this condition, you will need to declare your internship before the July graduation jury and register as a 5th year student in the program. This will require the payment of a re-enrolment fee in order to maintain your student status and benefit from an internship agreement.  As such, please note that your graduation will be postponed to the next graduation jury. The possibility of signing up for a post-study internship is subject to regulatory changes by the Government. 

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