ESCP Business School


ESCP Business School is a European school of management with campuses in Paris, Berlin, London, Madrid, Turin, and Warsaw. In France, ESCP is one of the most selective French Grandes écoles and referred to in France as one of the "trois Parisiennes", together with HEC Paris and ESSEC Business School. Established in 1819, it is considered as the world's oldest business school.
Owned by the Paris Chamber of Commerce, ESCP is renowned for its Masters in Management and in Finance, highly ranked by the Financial Times.

History

The school was established in Paris on 1 December 1819 as the world's first business school by a group of economic scholars and businessmen including the well-known economist Jean-Baptiste Say and the celebrated trader Vital Roux. It was modeled on the first Grande École, the École Polytechnique founded by Lazare Carnot and Gaspard Monge, but was initially much more modest, mainly because it had not been supported by the state. It gradually gained in stature and importance during the 19th century and moved to its current Parisian location on Avenue de la République in 1898.

In 1828, the project to put the school under the authority of the French Ministry of Commerce and Industry failed. The school remained independent by the intervention of Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui who took it over. Several times during the first half of the 19th century, French politics planned on grouping ESCP with French elite engineering schools such as École Polytechnique or École Centrale Paris, but that never occurred. From 1838, the French state began to give scholarships to ESCP's students and in 1852 it accredited ESCP's programs.
Finally, in 1869 the Paris Chamber of Commerce bought the school to train future business leaders to modern commercial methods. Until 1870 there was only one business school in France: ESCP. In 1892, ESCP set up selective admission processes which still take the form of competitive exams.
On 5 April 1973 the concept of a multi-campus business school was founded with the consecutive inaugurations of campuses in the United Kingdom and in Germany. Since then, the school has deepened its European presence to become an integrated pan-European business school:
Ranking Business Education - Financial Times20142015201620172018
Executive MBA16th13th12th10th11th
Executive Education Open41st29th28th27th37th
Executive Education Customized56th28th27th24th18th
Master in Finance8th3rd2nd4th2nd

Campus

ESCP students can study in campuses in France, in the UK, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Poland. They can spend either 6 months or 1 year on each campus according to their study choices. Each campus has its own specifics and develops programs with local academic institutions. For instance, in Spain ESCP provides a Master in Business Project Management co-delivered with the Technical University of Madrid and in Italy a double-degree program is available for engineers together with Polytechnic University of Turin.
Since 2017, ESCP has two campuses in Paris. One near the Place de la République and another one near the Montparnasse Tower. Each campus is dedicated to a specific range of programs. The campus in the 11th arrondissement hosts all the graduate programs whereas the campus in the 15th arrondissement hosts the undergraduate education, the executive education and the school's start-up Incubator, the Blue Factory. This organization is unique to Paris. In every other school undergraduate, graduate and executive education are dispensed in the same campus.
Paris - RepubliqueParis - Montparnasse

Notable alumni

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