ESSCA School of Management

Based on its rich 116-year history, ESSCA School of Management is a renowned and firmly established French and European institution. A pioneering school in terms of teaching innovation and social and economic inclusion, it has striven to evolve on a permanent basis to incorporate the demands and challenges of the modern world with a will to train responsible leaders and assist organisations undergoing change.

A private higher education institution of common interest built upon a not-for-profit associative structure and a member of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, ESSCA School of Management delivers an officially recognised 5-year post-secondary Master degree and also offers a fully accredited Bachelor in International Management degree programme, an MBA Business & Technology, and Master of Science programmes.

Strengthened by a multicampus identity that helps consolidate its appeal to local regions and the showcasing of French expertise in the areas of higher education and research, ESSCA can call upon a network of almost 21,500 alumni working all across the world and currently welcomes over 500 faculty and administrative staff and 7,000 students on its campuses in France (Aix-en-Provence, Angers, Bordeaux, Lyon, Paris and Strasburg), Hungary, China and most recently in Spain and Luxemburg.

Worldwide reputation

Thanks to its AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS triple crown accreditation, a status held by only 1% of business schools around the world, the School is an internationally renowned institution.

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Financial Times 2024

In recognition of our exceptional teaching quality and the impact of our research, ESSCA’s Master in Management was ranked among the 100 best in the world by the Financial Times in 2024.

ESSCA is part of the Shanghai ranking – 2024 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. The school is ranked in the Business Administration category among the 400 best institutions in the world on the subject, along with 18 other French higher education institutions.

Times Higher Education World University

4th position among French management schools

For its first appearance in the “Impact Survey”, ESSCA was marked on 4 of the United Nations goals: quality education, gender equality, decent work and economic growth, partnership for the goals. Out of a total of nearly 2,000 institutions ranked by the THE, ESSCA is in the 4th position among French management schools.

The School achieved the excellent score of 74.4/100 for “decent work and economic growth”, placing it in 87th among the 1,149 institutions to have chosen this indicator.