The Rouen Business School () was a leading French

business school A business school is a higher education institution or professional school that teaches courses leading to degrees in business administration or management. A business school may also be referred to as school of management, management school, s ...

. It was founded in 1871. On 24 April 2013, Rouen Business School and

Reims Management School Reims Management School (RMS) was a business school or ''grande école'' in Reims, France, offering several specialized programs. It merged with Rouen Business School in 2013 to create NEOMA Business School. Founded in 1928, RMS was one of the f ...

announced the merger of the two schools into a single entity - NEOMA Business School. Rouen Business School's quality is recognised by its "triple-crown"

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s (

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, AMBA,

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) and its ''Financial Times ranking 13th position best European Master in Management. The ''Financial Times'' also highlights the particular quality of the education it provides in finance, ranking the "Grande Ecole" program 8th best in Europe and 4th best in France.

History

Established in 1871 in the then-vibrant industrial city of

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...

, it is the second business school to be created in France. Groupe ESC Rouen was formed in 1996, gathering together four independent schools, all managed and financed mainly by the Rouen Chamber of Commerce and Industry. These schools are ESC Rouen, the leading school of the group, IFI, ISPP and ECAL - each school having a distinctive mission and student base. ESC Rouen is a founding member of the Chapitre des Ecoles du Management de la Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (Chapter of Management Schools belonging to the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles). The school is also a member of EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development) and AACSB (International Association for Management Education). ESC Rouen received EQUIS accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development for a second time in May 2005. Later, the school has received

(Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and AMBA (Association of Masters of Business Administration) accreditations.

Notable faculty

* Louis Le Duff, billionaire businessman

References

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