Established |
2013 (1872 Euromed Marseille; 1874 BEM Bordeaux) |
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Dean | Thomas Froehlicher |
Students | 12000 |
Location | Bordeaux, Marseille, Toulon, Paris, Suzhou, Shanghai, Dakar |
Campus | 7 |
Website | https://kedge.edu |
Motto | BEM, write your story |
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Type | Business School (École consulaire) |
Established | 1874 |
Affiliation | CGE, AACSB |
Students | 2,700 (in 2010) |
Location |
Talence, Aquitaine, France 44°47′46″N 0°36′06″W / 44.796173°N 0.601566°W |
Website | http://www.kedgebs.com |
Euromed Marseille École de Management | |
Motto | Get ready to love your future |
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Established | 1872 |
Location | Marseille, France |
Campus | Suzhou |
Website | http://www.kedgebs.com |
2013
KEDGE Business School is a French business school and grande école. Located in Bordeaux, Marseille, Toulon and Paris, the school is a merger between two business schools: BEM (ESC Bordeaux, founded in 1874) and Euromed (ESC Marseille, founded in 1872). Following the merger, Kedge is the largest business school in France. It is consistently ranked near the top 10 business schools in France by the Financial Times and is the one of the best 30 business schools in Europe, according to the Financial Times 2014. Nationally, it ranks 3rd for its MBA, 3rd for its budget ,2nd for research and is accredited by Palmes League as TOP business school with significant international influence. The institution also holds the Triple accreditation (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS). The Global Executive MBA from Kedge Business School is now ranked n°22 worldwide, one place up from last year, the KEDGE BS Global Executive MBA pursues its progress in the Top 25 of the 2016 Financial Times Executive MBA ranking. In seven years, it has moved up 62 places in this reference ranking.
KEDGE Business School is founded by Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Bordeaux and Marseille. It is governed by a Board of Directors composed of business leaders and representatives of local authorities.
The Board of Directors is structured into five committees holds 65% of the voting rights.
President of the Board of Directors is: François Pierson formerly CEO of AXA France, Chairman of the Board of AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance, and CEO of AGIPI. Vice-President is Pierre Goguet, President of Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce, Statutory Auditor, expert registered with the Bordeaux Court of Appeal. Thomas Froehlicher act as Dean & Director General Kedge Business School,
The current Bordeaux campus of KEDGE is the former BEM (Bordeaux École de Management), a French grande école founded in 1874, managed and financed by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce.
BEM was a member of the Chapitre de la Conference des Grandes Écoles, which is the association of France's leading schools.