ESC Lille is a French

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founded in 1892. It has two campuses, one in

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

and one in

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. ESC Lille is

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accredited by the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Education) and the Conference Of The Grandes Ecoles. In 2005, it was the first European business school to be accredited by

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’s Global Accreditation Center for Project Management (GACPM), and is still the only PMI-accredited business school in France. In July 2009 the union of Ceram Business School and ESC Lille was announced. It will create the largest French business school in terms of student numbers. The new school, named

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(School of Knowledge Economy and MAnagement), span three sites in France in Lille, Paris and Sophia Antipolis near Nicehttp://www.mba-channel.com/channel/article/esc-lilleceram-biggest-b-school-in-france/ MBA Channel: Merger in France and three sites: in China (Suzhou) United States (Raleigh, NC) and Brazil (Belo Orizonte). In May 2019 SKEMA Business School announced the opening of a new site in Cape Town (South Africa) and the possibility to enter in Russia and India.

Ranking

In 2009, the ESC Lille Grande Ecole Programme ranked 14th in the

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ranking of European Masters in Management. In 2008, the school was ranked #47 in the "European Business School ranking" of

External links

ESC Lille Official WebsiteSkema Business School

References

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Universities and colleges established in 1892 1892 establishments in France