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Business schools in France

Grandes Écoles de commerce and their flagship programmes - Programme Grande École (Master in Management), MBA, MSc Finance, BBA - with accreditations, fees and admission routes. Every school links to its official site.

Updated 2026-06-20

A French école de commerce’s flagship is the Programme Grande École (a Master in Management that carries the State grade de Master). The strongest schools hold international accreditations - AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA (the “triple crown”). An MBA is a separate, later-career programme; a private Bachelor/BBA is usually a titre RNCP. Rankings (Financial Times, QS, Shanghai) measure very different things - read them with care. The list below is sourced; confirm fees and intake on each school’s official site.

22 schools

HEC Paris

EN

Jouy-en-Josas (Paris area) · Grande École de commerce (consular - CCI Paris Île-de-France)

AACSB · EQUIS · AMBA · triple crown

€25,900–28,850/yr Official site ↗

INSEAD

EN

Fontainebleau · Standalone graduate business school (non-profit; not a French Grande École - no Programme Grande École)

AACSB · EQUIS · AMBA · triple crown

≈ €109,860/yr Official site ↗

ESSEC Business School

EN

Cergy-Pontoise (+ Paris-La Défense) · Grande École de commerce - private non-profit (EESPIG since 2015; CCI Paris Île-de-France ~51% owner, legally autonomous)

AACSB · EQUIS · AMBA · triple crown

€40,000–52,000/yr Official site ↗

ESCP Business School

EN

Paris (+ London, Berlin, Madrid, Turin, Warsaw) · Grande École de commerce - consular (école consulaire, CCI Paris Île-de-France). Founded 1819 (world's oldest business school)

AACSB · EQUIS · AMBA · triple crown

€21,500–25,200/yr Official site ↗

EDHEC Business School

EN

Lille (+ Nice, Paris) · Grande École de commerce - private association (historic ties to Université catholique de Lille; not consular)

AACSB · EQUIS · AMBA · triple crown

€22,350–25,625/yr Official site ↗

emlyon business school

EN

Lyon (+ Paris) · Grande École de commerce - private (société à mission since 2021; converted from consular/association to SA in 2018). Founded 1872

AACSB · EQUIS · AMBA · triple crown

≈ €22,000/yr Official site ↗

Skema Business School

EN

Lille / Paris-La Défense / Sophia Antipolis (Nice) · Grande École de commerce (created 2009 by merger of ESC Lille + CERAM; consular roots)

AACSB · EQUIS · EFMD Accredited EMBA

≈ €18,500/yr Official site ↗

Audencia

EN

Nantes (+ Paris) · Grande École de commerce - consular (EESC, CCI Nantes Saint-Nazaire)

AACSB · EQUIS · AMBA · triple crown

≈ €18,000/yr Official site ↗

KEDGE Business School

EN

Bordeaux/Talence + Marseille (+ Toulon, Paris) · Grande École de commerce - consular/private (2013 merger of BEM Bordeaux + Euromed Marseille)

AACSB · EQUIS · AMBA · triple crown

€16,100–19,000/yr Official site ↗

Rennes School of Business

EN

Rennes (+ Paris) · Grande École de commerce - consular (founded 1990, CCI Rennes). Highly international (~85% foreign faculty)

AACSB · EQUIS · AMBA · triple crown

€15,000–17,000/yr Official site ↗

Montpellier Business School (MBS)

EN

Montpellier (+ Paris) · Grande École de management (CGE member), private/associative, consular origin (founded 1897, CCI Montpellier)

AACSB · EQUIS · AMBA · triple crown

€15,000–16,500/yr Official site ↗

IÉSEG School of Management

EN

Lille + Paris-La Défense · Grande École de commerce - private (associated with the Institut Catholique de Lille)

AACSB · EQUIS · AMBA · triple crown

€14,230–14,900/yr Official site ↗

EM Normandie

EN

Caen / Le Havre / Paris (+ Oxford, Dublin, Dubai) · Grande École de commerce (founded 1871; CGE member)

AACSB · EQUIS · AMBA · triple crown

≈ €13,750/yr Official site ↗

ICN Business School

EN

Nancy / Paris (+ Berlin) · Grande École de management (founded 1905; CGE member)

AACSB · EQUIS · AMBA · triple crown

€14,500–14,800/yr Official site ↗

Excelia Business School

EN

La Rochelle (+ Tours, Paris-Cachan, Orléans) · Grande École de commerce - consular origin (co-founded by La Rochelle CCI); CGE member

AACSB · EQUIS · AMBA · triple crown

€14,000–14,750/yr Official site ↗

ISC Paris

EN

Paris (+ Orléans) · Grande École de commerce - private, independent (not consular); CGE & UGEI member

AACSB · AMBA · EFMD Accredited Master · BGA

€11,300–11,500/yr Official site ↗

PSB Paris School of Business

EN

Paris · Grande École de commerce - private (formerly ESG Management School; part of Galileo Global Education); CGE member, state-recognized

AACSB · EQUIS · AMBA · triple crown

≈ €12,500/yr Official site ↗

Sources

  1. AACSB - accreditation · 2026-06-20
  2. EFMD - EQUIS accreditation · 2026-06-20
  3. AMBA - accreditation · 2026-06-20
  4. Conférence des Grandes Écolesofficial · 2026-06-20
  5. Campus France - business studies in Franceofficial · 2026-06-20

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