In line with the latest Financial Times rankings, which put EDHEC in the Top three French schools and seventh among European management schools (up three places), the Challenges ranking confirms the rise of the institution seen in recent years and testifies to its growing appeal among students. EDHEC thus consolidates its leadership among the top French business schools, alongside HEC and ESCP.

The event gave all participants the chance to discover the works of Hicham Berrada, an artist in residence at Le Fresnoy, a place for training and artistic production in Tourcoing. Hicham Berrada, who now exhibits his work all over the world, draws inspiration from both science and poetry.

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This latest edition began with a plenary session in the amphitheatre, during which some 450 secondary students from the Hauts-de-France region – notably from priority neighbourhoods and rural areas – heard the testimonies of professionals with untypical trajectories, like Yanis Belaid, a filmmaker from Roubaix, whose student film was nominated for the prestigious BAFTA Awards. In the words of Géraldine Charles, a volunteer for Les Entretiens de l‘Excellence, “it was a highlight of the day.