IÉSEG School of Management

Unlike many other French Grande écoles of business which have a three-year program (after two years of Classes Préparatoires) IÉSEG offers a five-year Master in Management program just after completing the French Baccalauréat : the Grande École programme. In addition to mainstream courses, students are allowed to specialize in a variety of subjects that range from finance to human resources.

This program is composed of a three-year Bachelor cycle followed by a two-year Master of Science in Management.

Bachelor cycle: During the three-year bachelor cycle, students study different areas of management such as International Business and Marketing and Operations Management. Master cycle the 2-year Master in Management cycle gives students the opportunity to specialize in a particular field: Audit – Control, Economics and International Trade Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Finance, Human Resources Management, Information Systems Management, Operations Management, Marketing, or International Negotiation & Sales Management.

It is possible for newly admitted students to follow all the courses of the five-year program only in English, allowing foreign students with no French background to be admitted as an IÉSEG student.

Launched in 2015 at the Lille Campus, the Bachelor in International Business, Diplôme d’Études Supérieures en Affaires Internationales, is designed for students interested in management and international business taught entirely in English. Moreover, the programme has been designed and built to allow students to join the labor market after three years of studies. Majority of the students selected into the BIB programme are international students and French students with prior expatriate experience which creates a culturally diverse group and a small class size.

Students are taught to manage projects for international companies and to operate in complex business environments in an ethically responsible and sustainable way.[21]

The Bachelor in International Business program consists of 6 semesters of coursework, including an option for an exchange or double-degree at one of IESEG's university partners. Three internships totaling seven months of progressive work experience means that the students graduate with professional connections and experience.

In their third year students have the opportunity to choose specialised electives in areas such as marketing, financial reporting and analysis, international negotiation, capital markets, and international project management.[22] As a prerequisite for graduation, students are also required to spend at least three months abroad (academic exchange or professional experience).

The BIB (“Diplôme d’Études Supérieures en Affaires Internationales”) is accredited by the French Higher Education Ministry (VISA BAC+3).[23] Starting September 2020 the programme will also be taught at IÉSEG's Paris-La Défense campus.

IÉSEG's Master's of Science programs are taught entirely in English.

Upon successful completion of their Postgraduate Program (90 ECTS), admitted students are awarded the traditional ‘MSc degree’ from the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (“Diplôme de la Conférence des Grandes Écoles”), which attests to the School's excellence.

Since September 2019, IÉSEG School of Management is authorized by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation to also deliver the ‘Grade de Master’ (a State-recognized degree) for its Postgraduate Programs* (“Diplôme d’Études Spécialisées en Management International”) – and to provide a registered title with the French RNCP (the National Repertory of Professional Certification).

The International MBA – IMBA is a one-year program completely taught in English.

IÉSEG international MBA is accredited by AMBA.

This programme IMBA provides a registered title with the French RNCP (National Repertory of Professional Certification) Level 1, recognised in France and in Europe.

In its first participation in the 2020 Global MBA Ranking, IÉSEG was ranked 38th globally, consolidated as the third school with the highest percentage of foreign professors (80%) and shares, together with two schools, the first place for the high percentage of international students.

The class includes students from 22 different nationalities, composed of 49% of women and 51% of men, and on average have 7 years of work experience prior to joining the programme.[24]

Executive MBA is targeted at people having responsibilities in an organisation and who have a career development project towards a new role involving leadership and human competences.

This programme provides a registered title with the French RNCP (National Repertory of Professional Certification) Level 1, recognised in France and in Europe.

The participants of the Executive MBA have diverse profiles allowing them to bring a great wealth of exchanges and projects. This diversity is reflected, in particular, by the different jobs from which they arise and the variety of the jobs that they perform. The class includes students from 19 different nationalities, composed of 36% of women and 64% of men, and on average have 16 years of work experience prior to joining the programme.[25]

IÉSEG has more than 300 partner universities around the world (in 75 different countries) including: - Harvard University - Cornell University - University of California Berkeley - University of Glasgow - University of Sheffield - IE Business School - Korea University - University of Bologna - Bocconi University - Peking University - University of Hong Kong - McGill University - Copenhagen Business School - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität - Lomonosov Moscow State University

IESEG's students can spend one or two semesters as an exchange student during their Bachelor's degree, and one or two additional semesters during the Master's degree. In addition, the School welcomes more than 2500 international students each year.[28]

IESEG proposes several dual degrees both for the Bachelor and Master program. [29]

Program	Partner universities in 2021
Bachelor's degree	EBS University of Business and Law  Germany Fairleigh Dickinson University  United States Juniata College  United States Pforzheim University  Germany Universidad del Rosario  Colombia Universidad Politécnica de Valencia  Spain
Master's degree	Plekhanov Russian University of Economics  Russia Lancaster University  UK McGill University  Canada Loughborough University  UK Queensland University of Technology  Australia Rikkyo University  Japan The City University of New York  United States Tongji University  China Università Carlo Cattaneo  Italy Lille Catholic University (Dual degree in business and law)  France
Doctor of Philosophy	KU Leuven  Belgium

The historical campus, located in the heart of the city of Lille, is composed of modern buildings for a total surface of more than 20 000 m2 (6 buildings).

IÉSEG's facilities (classrooms, multimedia centres, cafeterias and offices) are accessible to students 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All students have an ID card with a magnetic strip that allows for individual access.

More than 200 computer workstations connected to the Internet are available to students and faculty.

The Vauban University Library (Bibliothèque Universitaire Vauban) has over 55,000 books and more than 600 journal subscriptions.

A renovation and extension project for the historic Lille Campus called "The IÉSEG Village" aims to create 4,100 m² of additional space and renovate 4,600 m² of pre-existing space with green terraces, spaces and rainwater harvesting. The project is set to be completed by September 2021.[30]

IÉSEG School of Management La Defense Campus

In 2008, IÉSEG opened a second campus in the Grande Arche de La Défense at the heart of the business district of La Défense.

The Paris Campus consists of 3 buildings of a total of 15,500 m² (166,840 sq ft), and provides students with lecture halls, classrooms, multimedia rooms, 2 trading rooms, a library, 2 cafeterias and meeting rooms for clubs and associations.