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An École Supérieure de Commerce or ESC is a 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 ...
at the
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level. Historically, however, these schools were not recognized by the state as university level. In most instances, such a school is a private
Grande École Grande means "large" or "great" in many of the Romance languages. It may also refer to: Places *Grande, Germany, a municipality in Germany *Grande Communications, a telecommunications firm based in Texas *Grande-Rivière (disambiguation) *Arroio ...
de Commerce (an elite business school) operated by a local
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, also abbreviated as ''Sup de Co.
Grande École Grande means "large" or "great" in many of the Romance languages. It may also refer to: Places *Grande, Germany, a municipality in Germany *Grande Communications, a telecommunications firm based in Texas *Grande-Rivière (disambiguation) *Arroio ...
s de Commerce are traditionally known for producing many, if not most, of the leading French business executives and government officials. The ''Grandes Écoles'' (literally in French "grand schools" or "elite schools") of
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are higher education establishments outside the mainstream framework of the public
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system. Unlike French public universities which have an obligation to accept all candidates of the same region who hold a ''
baccalauréat The ''baccalauréat'' (; ), often known in France colloquially as the ''bac'', is a French national academic qualification that students can obtain at the completion of their secondary education (at the end of the ''lycée'') by meeting certain ...
'', the selection criteria of ''grandes écoles'' rests mainly on competitive written and oral exams, usually undertaken by students from dedicated preparatory classes, although this is not always the case. They do not have a large student body (3,000 at the largest establishment; most have a few hundred students each year) and are generally focused on a single subject area, such as
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or
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. Most of the French business schools have the term ESC in their name such as
ESCP Europe ESCP Business School (; ) is a French business school and ''grande école'' founded in Paris and based across Europe with campuses in Paris, Berlin, London, Madrid, Turin, and Warsaw. Established in 1819, it is considered the world's oldest busi ...
(Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris Europe). Some French business schools do not include the term ESC in the school name e.g.
HEC Paris HEC Paris () is a business school and ''grande école'' located in Jouy-en-Josas, a southwestern outer suburb of Paris, France. It offers Bachelor, MiM, MSc in International Finance, MBA, EMBA, executive education, professional developm ...
,
EM Lyon EM Lyon Business School (styled emlyon) is a business school in Lyon, France, established in 1872, and affiliated with the Lyon Chamber of Commerce and Industry. A ''grande école, grande école de commerce'', EM Lyon Business School offers a ra ...
, Grenoble École de Management (GEM), Audencia, Neoma Business School and Skema Business School,
ICN Business School ICN Business School is a Grande Ecole of management (selective higher education institutions, which provide high-level training) triple accredited AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA. Associated with the University of Lorraine, the school is authorized to is ...
. Some schools use an adapted version of ESC e.g.
ESSEC Founded in 1907, ESSEC Business School (École Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) is a French higher education institution specialising in business and management. It is a grande école, a type of institution known for select ...
(École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales).


See also

* List of écoles supérieures de commerce


References

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