One year in China A life-changing experience DDIM Master Program 2012/2013 Aldo Santalco DDIM 4 edition 2009/10
Who is a DDIMer? To be a DDIMer means: Being part of an elite network of people that have shared, directly or indirectly, a unique life-changing experience that will bring with them forever. A DDIMer is not the old style student that simply pays attention during the lessons, taking notes and making the exams, rather is: Proactive Competitive Curious Motivated Open minded Determined LUISS is looking for all of them from you! Show all of them and you have booked a flight ticket to Shanghai! 2
DDIM means Academic Living Working Top LUISS Master Program The coolest city of the world 3 A working experience in China
Studying at DDIM 1. A unique panel of professors coming from 3 Universities You will get advantages from the best Italian (LUISS & Bocconi) and Chinese professors (Fudan) 2. A Master teaching approach Topic oriented (no more subjects to study from page 1 to the end of the book) Case study discussion Project works (tens of them; run with very heterogeneous teams) 3. A challenging exams session No way to reject marks (as it happens in ALL the other Universities (except in Italy)) Make up sessions (if you do not pass the exam, you can re-make it with a maximum achievable mark of 18) Very tough exam sessions (around 4 exams in a week) 4
Studying at DDIM Such academic challenge will allow you to : Resist to the stress (very important for your future working experiences) Test your team leadership Test your negotiation skills within very heterogeneous teams Practice your presentation skills Reinforce your English and to learn the basis of Chinese language 5
Yearly growth rate China is the future! US still holds the leadership in terms of inbound international students volumes, but trends have been already changed year by year, very fast! 25% Inbound International Students 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 2006 2007 2008 2009 China 16% 21% 20% 17% US 2% 5% 6% 4% CHINA CAGR: 99%; AAGR: 18% US CAGR: 64%; AAGR: 4% 6
Living DDIM You will have the chance to experience the most shocking Chinese city: 7
Living DDIM The coolest City of the World: SHANGHAI! This represent the most distinctive 8 aspect from many reasons!
Living DDIM 19 million people with a completely different language from you! 9
Living DDIM but at the same time an international city with people from everywhere around the world Almost all the big multinationals are present since many years with their headquarters: 10
Living DDIM you will enjoy the Chinese cuisine 11
Living DDIM and lots more 12
Living DDIM a city full of contradictions amazing skyscrapers a worker going down from a very tall building with no security protection 13
Living DDIM You will have the opportunities to visit wonderful places The Great Wall! Guilin The Forbidden City 14
Living DDIM Nightlife what else? 15
Working LUISS University gives you the opportunity, starting from the beginning of July, to apply for many Internship opportunities that will be offered to you. This might represent for many of you the very first working experience plus the possibility to interact and discover the Chinese working culture It will represents a distinctive experience on which leverage on your CV You will have the chance to build a useful network especially if you are willing to work in China in the future 16
The advantages of attending the DDIM 1. A solid International Management knowledge 2. After such challenging experience, the 2 nd year attended in Italy will be much more easier and your colleagues will recognize in you a stronger background 3. An international working experience on your CV 4. To know and practice the basis of the Chinese language, very useful especially if you are planning to learn it in the future You will represent, as a young high-potential talent, a strong-appetite profile in the labor market. As a matter of facts, 100% of DDIMers from my edition were employed at the end of the program, many of them even BEFORE the graduation. 17
The Renewable Energy Industry In China Another outstanding example Aldo Santalco DDIM 4 edition 2009/10
Our only perception about China 19
TWh Best Energy Producing Countries 5000 Electricity production (TWh) 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 Brazil China European Union India United States 1000 500 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: World Development Indicators & Global Development Finance Database, 2011. 20
TWh Best Energy Producing Countries 700 Electricity production from renewable sources (TWh) 600 500 400 300 200 100 China United States India European Union Brazil - 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: World Development Indicators & Global Development Finance Database, 2011. 21
Over the top Source: REN 2011 - Global Status Report 22
Conclusions China always stupefies me a lot, both from positive and negative aspects but what is really important is that you have to live China to really know it the DDIM Program gives you this unique opportunity let s join our DDIM family and you will see if your initial perception of China has changed or not! Thank you for your attention! 23
24 LUISS Delegation 2009/2010 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Shanghai, China.