Icam takes an excellent 6th place in the HappyAtSchool® rankings !
Icam
29 Nov 2024
Icam ranks in the top 10 of the best engineering schools to live in according to the HappyAtSchool® France ranking, unveiled on November 22, 2024. This recognition underlines Icam’s commitment to providing an environment conducive to the success and personal and professional fulfillment of its students.
For the first time, Icam is ranked 6th in Choose My Company’s HappyAtSchool® ranking of engineering schools with more than 500 students.
“This is a great source of pride for us and for all the teams at Icam. Thank you to our students for their confidence! This excellent result confirms and commits us to our mission of supporting students in the success of their academic and personal lives. This HappyAtSchool® ranking makes sense for us, since it focuses on CSR, sustainable development and the human side. As well as being a transparent and authentic ranking based on students’ responses, it enables us to get to know the reality of the experience lived by students on our campuses, and to listen to what they have to say. It also confirms the special relationship between students and employees, inspired by our mission, our values and our DNA. A relationship marked by trust, freedom and responsibility”, says Gilles Vandecaveye, General Manager of Icam.
1851 Icam students in France took part in this year’s survey, and the feedback was enthusiastic. With a positive response rate of 81.1% and a recommendation rate of 85.8%, Icam has once again been awarded the HappyAtSchool® label.
Things to remember :
> A passport to employment
Students (88.7%) are very confident about their professional future. 91% feel that the Icam diploma is recognized and valued by employers.
The assets they emphasize are: the quality of the educational project in all its dimensions, professional opportunities, openness to an attractive professional environment, networks, proximity to companies thanks in particular to its Major Partners, employability.
> Quality of life at the school
Student life at Icam is a strong point for 88% of students. Events, conferences, sports, associations, art…: they highlight the diversity and richness of the activities on offer.
What also stands out: “The interaction between promoters and people in general. This can be explained by the many opportunities for sharing, such as in associations.” In this respect, Icam received an excellent score of 4.8 out of 5 !
> Icam’s culture and values
For around 9 out of 10 students, Icam prepares them to have a positive impact on tomorrow’s world. Their school’s commitment to a responsible environmental approach is particularly important to students, highly appreciated by 82.4% of them.
What they like best: the values of the school, the human side, openness to the world and to others, freedom of thought, Icam solidarity, the “family” spirit.
What they say and emphasize :
“The teaching approach is adapted to the current context, and the teachers are good listeners”.
“The Icam project, the importance given to human notions, the open-mindedness and opportunities to learn in different ways, the proximity between management and students, the size of the classes which allows a good understanding, the university residence which trains”.
“A large and active network of alumni and corporate partners”.
“The “family” spirit, where you can easily ask for help or information from people you don’t know”.
“International bachelor’s degree, active pedagogy, integration of integral ecology”.
