Students from Esthua, the faculty of tourism, culture and hospitality at the University of Angers, are invited by their student office (BDE). Right in the middle of the meeting, a cry rang out. Surprised, the young people rush towards the source of the noise and discover a lifeless body. Who killed a BDE member? Let’s go for a giant Cluedo. For one night, around a hundred students wander around their faculty, looking for clues to solve the murder (false, of course) of one of their classmates.
A traditional tool for networking and camaraderie, student associations are becoming educational laboratories in tourism faculties. Ambre Guyomarc’h, president of the Esthua BDE and M1 hotel management student, highlights the care and detail given to each event organized. Within the BDE’s brand new premises, the 23-year-old young woman cites the gala, which welcomes nearly 500 people each year to the Greniers Saint-Jean, an emblematic site of Angers: “We choose a theme – Venetian masked ball last year, starry night during the next edition – with cocktail, three-course dinner and dancing evening. The event is organized for and by students: it is a way to professionalize, especially for those who are destined for reception or events. »
Present even in student associations, the professionalization of students is in the DNA of Esthua. “At the moment, we are creating a new degree course around theme park management, with the National Union of Leisure Spaces. In Puy du Fou alone, there are 250 different professions”, details the director of Esthua, Jean-René Morice. The faculty offers 47 diploma courses, from bac + 2 to bac + 5: “We do not engage in academic elitism, we defend all training courses, including the shortest and most professional”continues the director.
A very good professional integration rate
A positioning that appealed to Aymeric Cerveaux, 19, a first-year tourism degree student: “We can go all the way to the master’s degree in the same place. And we do more internships than in a tourism BTS. I would like to become a steward. With a university course, I will be able to bounce back more easily if I want to evolve. » All at a lower cost.
Timothée Yadro, 20, joined Esthua in a master’s degree in international hospitality management, after a post-baccalaureate business school: “The course is in English, in a multicultural environment – 22 nationalities for 30 students. It’s ideal because I’m moving into the hotel industry abroad. We have numerous interventions from professionals in the sector. We have all the advantages of a hotel school, without the prohibitive prices. » And the professional integration rate is 84%, with an average job search time of only one month.
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