Here is an amazing article of a friend of mine who tells the beautiful story of an Indian exchange student at EBS. There is nothing else to add, so I'll just let you discover it yourselves.
"As the slogan 'Inspiring Personalities' suggests, EBS is a platform where the world best talent from different nationalities come and learn, inspire and get inspired.Here is the story of Sowmyalakshmi Sethuraman from Indian Institute ofTechnology ( Department of Management Studies) who has stayed at EBS for a semester as an exchange student.
Braving the cold weather and persistent snow in what was called the coldest winter in Germany in years, EBS was as welcoming as I’d heard about it. It was probably the first time ever for most of us from India to be meeting such an eclectic mix of students, almost from every possible region in the world. Nigeria to Bulgaria, India to Japan. I met people from different nations which I have ever heard of. One of the greatest advantages of such an Exchange Programme is the platform that provided us a learning about and embrace each other’s’ cultures, diversities, traditions and much more. EBS provided more than one way for such networking.
The MBA Classrooms
Do we get extra marks for class participation? Well, it doesn’t really matter to the students, given the highly charged intellectual environment both the faculty and students foster in every classroom session. As future leaders and managers, we all strive for quality decision making, and what better way to arrive at it than by learning from multiple perspectives of students from all over the globe. A holistic approach to case studies, extensive discussions and debates, listening to each other’s experiences, all in all contributes to learning with an open mind.
The professors come with rich industry experience and excellent academic background, and also extend the learning outside classrooms by arranging meaningful industrial visits.
The ‘E’ quotient
Ethics and Entrepreneurship – these two arguably are the most hotly discussed topics in most of the leading B schools, both having their respective growing relevance in today’s world.
One very unique course which aptly echoes this E-quotient as well as the motto of EBS, ‘inspiring personalities’, was the VIP (Very Inspiring People) course, a series of talks by inspiring people from the field of Social Business / Social Entrepreneurship. Here, a range of Entrepreneurs shared their stories which aimed at triggering a sense of community in the students, and also highlighting the need for more and more Entrepreneurs today. Innovation and Entrepreneurship was also one such course helping us nurture entrepreneurial skills through workshops and interactive panel discussions.
Through these and many other courses and endeavors, EBS comes across to me as an institution which earnestly makes an effort to imbibe a sense of responsible leadership to its students, by integrating the importance of Ethics in its courses, and not having an isolated approach.
And everything else
While we enjoyed the quiet and charming countryside on the banks of Rhine and its sprawling vineyards, we planned hard to find the best ways to travel Europe. Writing about our Euro-trotting will probably take pages, be it about visiting places with momentous history, spectacular landscapes or potpourri of diverse culture and art.
Cooking became our newfound hobby, trying everything from the famous German Schnitzels to the Indian tadka in our little kitchen. We had frequent shopping sprees in Frankfurt on bright sunny days and lazy little parties at home over some beer and native wine on coldest of days.
I would sum up by saying that your experiences and learning will multiply, if you choose to come as an exchange student to EBS. It takes you away from home, only to find a new home for you everywhere you go."
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