BEM - Bordeaux Management School (Now

KEDGE Business School KEDGE Business School is a triple accredited (AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA) French business school and grande école. The school was founded in 2013 from the merger of two grandes écoles: Bordeaux Ecole de Management (ESC Bordeaux), founded in 1874 i ...

) is the legal name of a French Grande École founded in 1874, managed and financed by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce. The Master of Science in Management programme is also known as "École Supérieure de Commerce de Bordeaux" or "ESC Bordeaux". BEM is a member of the Chapitre de la Conference des Grandes Écoles, which is the association of France's leading schools. BEM is based in Talence near Bordeaux. BEM is a member of the "campus d'excellence (IDEX)", "Université de Bordeaux", an élite research federation. In 2008, BEM opened new campuses in

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and Paris. ''BEM Talents'' is the name of their alumni society. BEM and Euromed have now merged as KEDGE, which is the third French business school in terms of budget and second for research. In 2021, Kedge was ranked 40th European business school by the Financial Times.

History

* 1873 : Foundation of École supérieure de commerce de Bordeaux * 2000 :

Equis The EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) is an international school accreditation system. It specializes in higher education institutions of management and business administration, run by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFM ...

accreditation * 2001 : Wine

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

* 2004 : The school was chosen by ONU and EFMD for the "Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative" launch * 2007 :

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accreditation (Wine MBA) * 2007 : Bordeaux École de Management becomes BEM - Bordeaux Management School * 2008 : BEM

Campus in

Sénégal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

* 2008 : BEM Paris Campus * 2009 :

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Accreditation * 2013 : Merger with EUROMED Management School, Marseille to form KEDGE Business School

Accreditations

* Member of the Chapitre de la conférence des Grandes Ecoles *

EQUIS The EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) is an international school accreditation system. It specializes in higher education institutions of management and business administration, run by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFM ...

(European Quality Improvement System) accredited * Member of the Global Compact *

(Association of MBAs) accredited *

accredited As an EQUIS + AMBA + AACSB school, BEM is a "Triple Crown"; only 12 schools have this

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in France, and 57 in the world (as on 1/1/2012).

Partnerships & Doubles-degrees

Business Partnerships

JP Morgan, Société Générale, Auchan, Pricewaterhousecoopers, Procter & Gamble, Ernst & Young, L'Oréal or BNP Parisbas.

Academic Partnerships

BEM is a member of the PRES

Université de Bordeaux The University of Bordeaux (French: ''Université de Bordeaux'') is a public university based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It has several campuses in the cities and towns of Bordeaux, Dax, Gradignan, Périgueux, Pessac, and T ...

which gathers Sciences Po Bordeaux, the National Magistrates School (ENM), Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux and most Bordeaux universities. The

has been selected by the French government to become an IDEX campus, a "campus lauréat des initiatives d'excellence", which are going to be top-funded campuses in France. The aim of these "IDEX" is to compete with the best American universities. BEM Grande Ecole students can complete a double-degree from either an international partner university or from Bordeaux's Bar School. They also have the possibility to be awarded the "DSCG", the main French accountancy diploma. La plupart sont accréditées (EQUIS, AACSB et AMBA). Partenaires BEM

* International Relations

BEM Grande Ecole Students have to complete a 6-month international experience through an internship or study abroad. They can study for a semester/year or a double-degree (MA, MSc or MBA) at a partner university, for instance at HEC Montréal, EBS Business School, Mannheim Business School, Stockholm School of Economics, Nottingham Business School, Laval, Hong Kong University and the highly prestigious Swiss university of Saint-Gallen. Most of them are accredited (EQUIS, AACSB et AMBA) and are highly ranked institutions.

Research

Former French Prime Minister

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, who is the current Mayor of Bordeaux, has signed Bordeaux's Call for Responsible Management.

Student life

More than 30 clubs (sports, culture,...). "AOC" is France's biggest student-run oenological club. It organises visits to the greatest vineyards (Château Rothschild, Château d'Yquem,... ), wine-tasting sessions and the "Wine Rally".

Evolution of KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL

In the year 2013, BEM joined hands with EUROMED Management School to form KEDGE Business School as a Merger of Equals. The thus formed merger will have its central administration at BEM campus in Bordeaux.

Notable alumni

Bordeaux Management School has an active network of 20,000 members. According to the number of notable alumni, it is the eighth most powerful network in France among French business schools.

References

External links

Official WebsiteBEM LeafletOfficial VideoNew Website
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