ESC Clermont Business School
ESC Clermont Business School is a business school located in France, in the city of Clermont-Ferrand. Established in 1919, the school of management is a Grande Ecole that is recognized by The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. The business school holds AACSB accreditation since 2005 and its Bachelor programme received the EPAS accreditation in 2018. The school obtained the AMBA accreditation in 2020. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The school is a Grand école and is also part of Conférence des Grandes écoles, the Consortium of Graduate Schools of Management. The school  has an alumni network of over 13,000 graduates. History. Founded in 1919, ESC Clermont was established in the city of Clermont-Ferrand. Since then, the business school has graduated 13,000 students. The business school merged with three other French graduate management schools: ESC Amiens, ESCEM and ESC Brest to form France Business School in 2013. ESC Clermont broke from the merger and regained its independence in 2015. ESC Clermont is a founding member of the ENBS (European Network of Business Schools) Consortium, an exclusive network of universities and business schools covering different European countries. The school is also a member  of the NIBES network which is a global network of 20 Business and Economic Schools in 19 countries. In 2016 it launched a foundation as part of it strategic project Vision 2020. The foundation is intended to reinforce social openness and equal opportunities, boost research and innovation, support entrepreneurship, and encourage professional integration in the business world. Accreditations. ESC Clermont is a "Grande école", a French institution of higher education that is separate from, but parallel and connected to the main framework of the French public university system. Similar to the Ivy League in the United States, Oxbridge in the  UK, and C9 League in China, "Grandes Écoles" are elite academic institutions that admit students through an extremely competitive process. Alums go on to occupy elite positions within government, administration, and corporate firms in France. Although they are more expensive than public universities in France, "Grandes Écoles" typically have much smaller class sizes and student bodies, and many of their programs are taught in English. International internships, study abroad opportunities, and close ties with government and the corporate world are a hallmark of the "Grandes Écoles". Many of the top ranked business schools in Europe are members of the "Conférence  des Grandes Écoles" "(CGE)", as is ESC Clermont, and out of the 250 business schools in France, only 39 are "CGE" members. Degrees from ESC Clermont are accredited by the "Conférence des Grandes Écoles" and awarded by the Ministry of National Education (France)(). ESC Clermont is further accredited by the elite international business school accrediting organizations: The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and Association of MBAs (AMBA) Rankings. International Rankings. As of 2016, ESC Clermont was ranked 86th business school in the world according to the "Financial Times Ranking" issued by the "Financial Times" newspaper (FT). The  school was ranked as the 67th best business school in the FT ranking in 2011, and continued to be among the top 100 business schools in Europe till date. ESC Clermont is also featured in the QS ranking for business schools since it was first published in 2017. Accreditations and networks. On the international level, ESC Clermont Business School is: On the national and regional level, Groupe ESC Clermont is: In 2017, the (Business School Impact Survey) carried out by the FNEGE valued the economic impact of the school at 69 million euros in the metropolitan region of Clermont-Vichy  Auvergne. Programmes offered. Undergraduate programmes include a three-year Bachelor in International Management, available in English or French. The degree can also be granted as a third-year-only programme to students who transfer to the school after two years of undergraduate studies elsewhere. Two postgraduate degrees are offered: Master in Management and Master of Science. Master in Management is a two-year programme, offered in English or French, with several study tracks, specialisations, and work environments. The Master of Science programme, offered in English only, is a 16- to 18-month programme and includes an internship and a professional  thesis.