School Profiles
Founded in 1907, ESSEC Business School Paris is one of Europe’s leading and most innovative Management Schools.
Drawing upon its European roots it offers an original model of management that is open to the international scene as well as the realities of modern-day society.
Its core values are strongly embedded in the culture of the School: Responsibility, Innovation, Humanism, Diversity, Excellence.
First Business School outside North America to gain AACSB accreditation in 1997, it welcomes 3 700 participants as well as 6 000 executives on 3 Campuses : Singapore Campus, Paris
Business District of La Défense, Cergy (Western Paris Region).
ESSEC’s Faculty is composed of 120 full-time Professors and over 350 adjunct professors.
International Programs taught in English:
• Ph.D. in Business Administration
• ESSEC MBA Program (Generic, 18-month, open to Young
Potential as well as experienced participants)
• MBA International Luxury Brand Management (95% International)
• MBA International Hospitality Management (50% International)
• Specialized Master’s in Strategy & Management of International Business
• ESSEC & Mannheim Executive MBA
Strategic International Development
• Strategic alliances with world top institutions: IIM-Ahmedabad (India) & Mannheim (Germany)
• 75 exchange programs with the very best MBAs worldwide
• Faculty: 40% international, 25 nationalities
• 25% overall international participants of 80 nationalities
Strong links with the business world
• 15 Research & Education Chairs (LVMH, KPMG, Aventis/Sanofi, P&G, Société Générale, etc)
• Company Scholarships (Accor, L’Oréal, Thales, Lafarge,
Renault-Samsung, etc)
• ESSEC Entrepreneurship Institute including Seed Capital Fund and Incubator
• Main recruiters : ACCOR, BAIN, BMW, BNP PARIBAS, CAP GEMINI CONSULTING, COCA COLA, DANONE, DELOITTE, ERNST & YOUNG, HSBC, KPMG, KRAFT FOODS, L'OREAL, LVMH, McKINSEY, MICHELIN, NESTLE, PEPSICO, PPR, PWC, P&G, PSA, RENAULT, SANOFI AVENTIS, SHELL, SOCIETE GENERALE, BCG, TOTAL, UNILEVER
Services to students
• Individual tutoring of each MBA student
• International Residences: almost 1000 places (including 600
recent single-room, fully-equipped flats)
• Very rich & active student life: 100 associations (sports, culture, humanitarian, Junior Enterprise, etc)
Program Title : ESSEC MBA
Type of Course : Full-time
Accreditation : AACSB - EQUIS
Ranking : N°7 International MBA (n°1 in France) in Wall Street Journal 2007
Starting Dates : October
Length of Course : 18 months
University degree : Bachelor’s minimum
GMAT : over 600, average 660
TOEFL : YES
References : 2
Language fluency : English or French
Ratio of applicants to places : 20-25%
Number of nationalities : almost 40
Men/Women : equal
Age Range : 21 to 30
Average Age : 23
Degree Background: all without distinction
Length of Work Experience:
Less than 1 to 6-7 years
Up to 2 years of professional experience integrated in the curriculum, depending on prior experience
Application fees : 160€
Tuition fees : 21,000 € / 34,000 (in 2007)
Estimate for accommodation/living costs, insurance : 8,000€/year
Address:
Av Bernard Hirsch
BP 50105
95021 Cergy Pontoise
Telephone: 01 34 43 30 95
Website: www.essec.edu
Dean: Laurent Bibard
MBA program director:
Laurent Bibard, bibard(at)essec.fr
International Recruitment director:
Bruno Heraud, heraud(at)essec.fr