France: Rennes AI Business Summer Program
Rennes School of Business is located two hours north of Paris in the lovely city of Rennes which has a population of around 350,000 people. Rennes is a beautiful city with many options for housing. Students have the option to live with a host family, in a city center apartment, or in the on-campus residence hall. The campus is expanding to four buildings, adjacent to a park, and is quite beautiful.
Rennes School of Business offers a summer school option that works closely with our Wilson College of Business. Accounting students are encouraged to participate, as well as MIS or computer science majors.
Dates & Deadlines
Term: Summer 2024
App Deadline: Friday, March 1, 2024
Program Dates: Monday, May 13 to Friday, June 7, 2024
Location
Rennes is known as one of the best places to live among France's biggest cities. It is located about two hours by train from Paris, London, and Brussels, and it is only 40 minutes from the Atlantic coast, making it the gateway to the Brittany (Bretagne) region. Of the 350,000 people in the area, the student population of 60,000 gives the city a youthful and dynamic atmosphere. It now manages the network set up by the World Health Organization and is one of the top cities in France for technology and research. The city also boasts a vast pedestrian area full of shops and offers plenty of leisure, sport, and art activities.
Students can earn a certificate in AI Business and get 6 US credits for this program. See here for more details.
- Gain international experience and data analytics competence: today’s employers consider both essential to a college degree.
- Develop competencies from basics to advanced in Python application of the new business tools of data science.
- Apply machine learning and deep learning to business data analysis.
- Create business intelligence through application and visualization.
- Learn from automated analysis of text and networks.
- Develop AI business projects to showcase your skills to future employers.
Academic Courses:
- Data Science for Business
- AI Business Intelligence
- Business Textual Learning
- Business Network intelligence
These courses will satisfy elective credit for:
- MAcc
- Management: Business Administration
- Supply Chain
- Management Information Systems (MIS) (technical elective)
- Marketing: Advertising & Digital Media
- Marketing: Global Marketing Management.
Programs that will use this as a Technical Elective:
- Construction Management
- Technology Management
- Technology & Engineering Education
Programs that will use this for a University Elective:
- Manufacturing Engineering Technology
- Graphic Technology
Assessment Method: Assessment by means of a group project developed within the class, and daily assessment sheets
Faculty: A team of multicultural professors with AI expertise from Rennes School of Business
Program Costs
Estimated Program Cost: $5,407* (Accounting Students)
*estimated total cost of participation, actual amount depends on type of housing accommodation selected, actual airfare purchase price, personal spending habits, and other factors
| Estimated Total Program Cost | $5,407 |
| Estimated U-bill Charges | $4,212 |
| Estimated Out-of-Pocket Costs | $1,195 |
Rennes Cost Estimate Summer 2024 (Accounting Students)
Cost of Studying On Campus at UNI*
*per semester, estimated, will vary per person
| Tuition & Fees | $4,864 |
| Room & Board | $4,824 |
| Books | $400 |
| Personal Expenses | $887 |
| Transportation | $350 |
| Total | $11,325 |
Eligibility Requirements to Study Abroad
The Study Abroad Center reserves the right to determine participants' eligibility to study abroad. Students must have a completed study abroad application, including supportive recommendation form(s). Additionally, students must meet all of the following in order to be eligible to study abroad:
- Have a cumulative 2.5 GPA or higher at the time of application and maintain this cumulative GPA prior to departure and throughout the study abroad process
- If your cumulative GPA is lower than 2.5, submit the following to the Study Abroad Center (103 East Bartlett):
- Letters of reference from two academic contacts (e.g. academic advisor and former or current professor) supporting your pursuit of study abroad. If you are attending a faculty-led study abroad program, one of the letters must be from a course leader. However, if the program has two course leaders, only one of the letters can be from one of the course leaders.
- Must be over the age of 18 years old
- Must meet the course prerequisites (participation in the program is dependent upon meeting these)
- Must be in good standing with the university
- UNI's partner institutions may require additional eligibility requirements to be met, these vary from institution to institution. Please consult with the Study Abroad Center staff to discuss these additional requirements, if applicable.
- Applicants traveling to a region of a country or a country with an overall Travel Advisory Level 3 (Reconsider Travel) or 4 (Do Not Travel) will not be eligible