Equal Opportunity Admissions – broadening our scope

Dauphine's Equal Opportunity Admissions Program (Egalité des Chances) is a powerful commitment to recruit Dauphine students from the broadest possible range of social and cultural backgrounds, beginning with first year bachelor’s students.

The Equal Opportunity program was created in 2009-2010 with support from Fondation Dauphine.

Its aim is to prepare high-potential high school students for admission to Dauphine and to help them adapt to university life once admitted.

The program targets students in the last two years of high school and is implemented in close collaboration with the 24 Ile-de-France partner-high schools' teaching teams. Approximately 110 high school teachers contributed to the program in 2012/2013.

Equal Opportunity Program students admitted to Dauphine benefit from an innovative "Triple Sponsorship" system designed to facilitate their integration and contribute to their future academic and professional success. Three mentors, a student, a member of the faculty and an alumnus, accompany each program student admitted to Dauphine throughout their studies. With over 100 mentors and volunteers contributing in 2012/2013, the entire Dauphine community is mobilized to make the program a success.

From 8 Equal Opportunity candidates admitted in 2010, the program has grown steadily to reach 28 students admitted in 2012. Since the program was initiated, 53 Equal Opportunity Admissions beneficiaries have been admitted to Dauphine.

Three partner corporations, KPMG, Unilever and BNP Paribas Real Estate, support our Equal Opportunity Admissions program. They contribute not only financially and also by offering students professional and cultural opportunities, providing housing support, visits to corporate headquarters, summer jobs and internships. The program organizes regular events throughout the year: the sponsors' welcome evening at the beginning of the academic year, quarterly monitoring meetings and the annual Parcours Dauphine forum held in May.

In 2010 the Dauphine Equal Opportunity Admissions program received the "Cordée de la Réussite" award in recognition of its success.