Cdi

Our education philosophy is genuinely innovative. We believe that there are some things that can only be understood by acting. This is especially true in the case of management. The management programme at the Collge des Ingénieurs is an innovative MBA programme: it is based on a unique development process of learning-through-action. It has been sp... ecially designed to take engineering and science graduates from the worlds top universities and prepare them for the highest and most responsible positions in the world of business. The CDI searches for the unusual profile of the entrepreneur, capable of stimulating real innovation and driving through change programmes. This explains why the CDI is very selective, international and why it accepts only one hundred participants per year for all of its three sites (Paris, Munich and Turin) from among one thousand four hundred applications. Once accepted, the MBA programme participants become salaried employees of the Collge des Ingénieurs with a 10 month contract. This gives them free access to the series of intensive seminars and the junior consultant assignments within a chosen organisation. The salary covers the cost of living. In terms of educational theory, the "College" concept breaks free from the conventional, rigidly structured, teaching process which constrains participants to a pre-determined academic curriculum. The College ethos creates a place of freedom, made possible by the quality and small number of participants. A place of thirsty minds which requires tolerance, and a range of special expertise, essential ingredients for a fertile environment that will encourage critical but creative individuals. A place of sharing between major decision-makers and young talent. It is a spirit that drives all the great European Colleges such as the Ecole Normale Supérieure and, of course, Oxford and Cambridge Colleges.Read More