ESCP Europe is both a high-level school of management with international scope and a large-scale European institution. It was founded in Paris in 1819 and, since then, has educated generations of leaders, contributing to the fine reputation it enjoys today. The European calling of the school was born when the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry decided in 1973 to create a multi-campus school of management in France, Germany and the United Kingdom, called EAP. The ambition was to contribute actively to the development of a European economic culture. With five campuses in Paris, Berlin, London, Madrid and Turin, ESCP-EAP became the School of Management for Europe. Each year ESCP Europe welcomes 4,000 students and a similar number of top-level executives. It is at the cutting edge of a knowledge and immaterial economy; fosters innovation and accompanies business organisations in their change process; sustains a wide international partnership network reflecting its global ambitions; is actively involved in economic and societal debate on European issues. Students and executives come from around the world. The school offers them a model of management which prepares them for the future in the respect of such humanist European values as creativity, history, culture, transversality and diversity.
| No. of students: | 300* |
| Funding type: | Private (for-profit) |
ESCP Europe Campus Paris Facilities
The ESCP Europe Paris Campus covers 35,000 m².
* 2 big amphitheaters
* 20 amphitheaters
* 6 research centers
* 55 classrooms
* 10 IT rooms
* 1 library
* 1 restaurant
* 1 cafeteria
* 1 Forum
* 1 "couloir des Associations"
* 1 gymnasium and 1 fitness room
London Campus
ESCP Europe's London campus is located at 527 Finchley Road, on the cornerof Parsifal Road.
Campus Berlin
* In the immediate vicinity of Charlottenburg Castle
* Excellent public transport connections
* State of the art IT connection and W-LAN Access on the campus
* Computer room
* Media center
* Library
Madrid Campus
The campus is located in a peaceful area, some metres away from the National Park of Monte del Pardo. The Madrid site is the ideal place for the students to focus on their study and professional development. The main building is surrounded by a 6,000 m2 garden that includes a beautiful grove, a grass meadow and a 25 metre swimming pool. In the campus, there are comfortable multi-purpose rooms, a library, computer rooms, a cafeteria and a car park. In the campus there is an intense daily life as there are daily classes, information sessions and conferences, visits of national and international companies, meetings of student groups, forums and great many other activities.
Torino Campus
The Italian Campus was founded in March 2004 and it’s therefore the youngest ESCP Europe campus. In Italy we serve both students with Masters Programmes, as the Italian campus of ESCP Europe, and the business community, with a complete offer of executive education, applied research and entrepreneurship services.
* Strong links with the business community are for sure one of the key characteristics of the Italian campus (over half of our activities are with the corporate world). This leads to a benefit for students, who can take advantage of the relationships of the School in the development of their academic and extra academic curricula, for example in terms of company projects, internships, applied research studies, entrepreneurial opportunities and contributions of managers and professionals during the year.
* Academically, we offer you the highest international standards of ESCP Europe and its world class certifications: EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA. In particular we aim at preparing the next ruling class, a community of exceptional people trained to be capable of taking managerial decisions on behalf on their companies and institutions. With this purpose in mind, our didactics are centred on preparing you as a future decision maker in a complex economic context. This means providing you with the necessary knowledge and more importantly with the skills and attitudes required of such a role. Action learning has proven to be a powerful methodology and we adopt it as much as possible, by including in our didactics case studies and real life situations which can make you practice the role of decision-maker. This approach will be provide you with excitement and learning opportunities, but with some frustration too, as you will realise that management is not an exact science but a professional practice, in which there is no one solution to a given problem. For this reason no knowledge will be enough to enable you to take the right decisions, but rather you will need to develop the skills of a problem solver and a decision maker, who can lead an organisation in a business environment, which will be substantially different from that of today in most of its elements, except one: people. Teamwork is therefore another key element of the equation, which you will practice from your very first class.
ESCP Europe
State-recognized school
There are over 200 schools offering business and management degrees in France; of these, only about half are recognized by the State. ESCP Europe is one of these.
EQUIS
The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) has established high standards for the quality assessment of business schools: the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). Of the several hundred business schools in Europe, 59 have achieved EQUIS accreditation; ESCP Europe obtained its first accreditation in 1998, and was reaccredited in 2003 and in 2009.
AACSB
is the leading American accrediting body of business schools. For many years non-American business schools have enjoyed "membership" in the AACSB but only a very few have been accredited by AACSB. AACSB accreditation means that the business school meets the same very high quality standards demanded of top American business schools. ESCP Europe’s degree programmes were accredited in 2003.
3 National Memberships
Most European countries have a tightly-knit association of top business schools in the country.
In France, it is the "Conférence des Grandes Ecoles" (CGE) which includes 32 management schools.
In the UK, ESCP Europe is a member of the Association of Business Schools (ABS), grouping 102 leading business schools.
In Germany, ESCP Europe is one of the founding members of the VHP, (Verband der privaten Hochschulen), the German federation of private universities, which was created in 2004 and represents the common interests of 30 private universities.
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Master in Management
State-recognized degrees
If a school's degree is recognized by the French Ministry of Education ("diplôme visé"), its degree is a State degree. A special commission appointed by the Ministry of Education determines which schools may deliver a state recognized degree. ESCP Europe is one of about 90 in France authorized to do so.
ESCP Europe is also authorized by the Berlin Senator for Education, Science and Research to deliver the state-recognized degrees "Diplom-Kaufmann/-frau" and "Master of Science (M.Sc.)".
Grade de Master
The Ministry-appointed special commission has authorized 53 business schools in France to deliver a Master degree in management ("grade de master"), representing 5 years of higher education. ESCP Europe is one of these schools and the Master in Management has the official French title of grade de master.
International Validation
In Germany, the Berlin Campus delivers the state-recognized degrees "Diplom-Kaufmann/-frau" and "Master of Science (M.Sc.)".
In the UK, some universities holding a university charter establish specific quality standards which they use to evaluate the quality of education carried out by another academic institution. If the chartered university finds the quality up to standard, it may, under specific conditions, "validate" the institution's degree. ESCP Europe's Master in Management is validated by City University as a European Master in Management (MSc).
In Italy, by virtue of the school’s academic association with the University of Torino (Faculty of Economics) for the Italian campus, ESCP Europe also enjoys validation of its Master in Management as a Laurea magistrale.
In Spain, the Master in Management is officially recognized by the Carlos III University of Madrid and awarded the title of Master Europeo en Administración y Dirección de Empresas, ESCP Europe.
CFA Program Partner
ESCP Europe is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Program Partner. CFA Programme Partners are selected colleges and universities around the world that have embedded a significant percentage (70%) of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge into their degree programs. In addition, these institutions have committed to covering CFA Institute ethical and professional standards in these degree programs. Recognition as a CFA Partner provides a signal to potential students, current students, and the marketplace that the university curriculum is closely tied to professional practice and is well suited to preparing students to sit for the CFA exams.
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European Executive MBA (EEMBA)
AMBA
is a European accrediting body for MBA and Master in Management programs. Only programs meeting strict definitions and standards achieve AMBA accreditation. One key criterion for MBA accreditation is the program participants’ significant previous work experience; therefore AMBA-accredited MBAs are post-experience programs. ESCP Europe's MBA portfolio was AMBA-accredited in 1998 and reaccredited in 2004.
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Master in European Business (MEB)
Grade de Master
The Ministry-appointed special commission has authorized 53 business schools in France to deliver a Master degree in management ("grade de master"), representing 5 years of higher education. ESCP Europe is one of these schools and the Master in European Business has the official French title of grade de master.
AMBA-MBM
AMBA created a second accreditation devoted to pre-experience Masters in Management programs: AMBA-MBM (Masters in Business and Management). The Master in European Business (MEB) became one of the first 13 AMBA-MBM-accredited programmes in 2005.
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Specialized Masters
“Label de la Conférence des Grandes Ecoles”
The ESCP Europe Specialized Masters are accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (a body bringing together French business schools). This label is granted to Specialized Masters offered by schools which are members of the Conférence and is a guarantee of academic excellence.