Although our institution is physically located in Chisinau, capital of Moldova, the programms are a genuinely international effort. Initiated by a Greek consulting company, offering courses taught by French faculty of Grenoble Ecole de Management in English and funded by European Union funds - you can't get much more international than that.

Chisinau is a great city in which to live and study. With its entrepreneurial spirit and healthy, community-driven lifestyle, Moldova's capital city offers great cultural, economic and political dimensions. Chisinau has the feel of a friendly small town while offering all benefits of a major city.

It comes to no surprise that every year there are a few young people coming to Chisinau from other countries to join the programme. EFEB and its partners greatly encourage foreigners (non-Moldovans), and especially citizens of other emerging market economy countries, to apply for the program. All courses taught in the program have an international bias, and, whenever possible, draw comparisons between business practices in various parts of the world. Having a great deal of specific experience in Eastern countries, the faculty of the program also is well aware of common problems and issues characteristic for the region.

Living in Chisinau is comparatively cheap, and the EFEB staff is ready to offer you assistance in finding lodging and in the accommodation process. The average costs in a month for adequate shelter and food, paying utilities and entertainments are:

Average Costs per month in MDL
Accomondation (shared house/flat)	1600 lei
Food	700-1000 lei
Transport	200 lei
Electricity	150 lei
McDonalds:
Big Mac	24 lei
Medium Fries	12 lei
Medium Coke	9 lei
Cinema Ticket	20 lei

Official exchange rate

(date 12/02/2008)

Currency	ABR	Rate	Exchange rate
Canadian Dollar	CAD	1	11,2366
Swiss Franc	CHF	1	10,2357
Chinese Yuan	CNY	1	1,561
Euro	EUR	1	16,334
Pound Sterling	GBP	1	21,8853
Japanese Yen	JPY	100	10,5235
Romanian Lei	RON	1	4,4636
Russian Ruble	RUB	1	0,4549
US Dollar	USD	1	11,2265
Ukraine Hryvna	UAH	1	2,2185

Accommodation and meals

There are about 30 hotels and motels in Moldova offering from one to five star services. Many tourists prefer to rent an apartment because the low rent price. The hotel prices are similar to those in developed countries.

Restaurants are very numerous and vary. They offer all different countries meals (Indian, Latino-American, Georgian, Turkish, Jewish, Chinese, Moldovan, and many others). Also there are many pizza places and cafeterias as well as three McDonalds restaurants.

If you are a non-Moldovan citizen considering to apply for our programms, do not hesitate to contact us for any additional information - we'll be more than happy to help.

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