École Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen

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The École Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen

The École Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen (ESC Rouen or "Rouen School of Management" in English) is a leading French business school.

ESC Rouen's quality is recognized at European level through its EQUIS accreditation.

Mission: "To train business leaders or directors of overseas agencies, consular agents capable of representing France in a suitable manner in its international trade relations."


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[edit] History

Established in 1871 in the then-vibrant industrial city of Rouen, it is the oldest French business school outside the Paris metropolitan area. it is the second business school to be created in France.

Groupe ESC Rouen was formed in 1996, with the grouping together of 4 independent schools, all managed and financed by the Rouen Chamber of Commerce and Industry. These schools were ESC Rouen, 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 for the second time the EQUIS accreditation from the European Foudation for Management Development in May 2005.

[edit] Ranking

ESC Rouen is consistently ranked among the top-10 French Business Schools.

2006 - Financial Times - the ESC Rouen Grande Ecole Programme ranked 15th in the Financial Times ranking of European Masters in Management.
2006 - "L'Etudiant" - 9th position
2006 - "L'Express" - 9th (10th in 2005) positions
‘Capital’ (Business magazine) ranks the ESC Rouen in 5th place for starting salaries for Business School graduates - 2004

[edit] Campus

1 rue du Maréchal Juin - BP 215
76825 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex
Téléphone : 02.32.82.57.00 - Télécopie : 02.32.82.57.01

62 full time professors (170 overall)
1340 student and 2600 in the ESC Rouen Groupe
Budget: 23 million euros

[edit] Formation offered

Graduate programme (Flag Diploma)

ESC Rouen consists of a 5-year programme, broken down into 2 years of preparatory school (maths, economics, languages, liberal arts) and 3 years of business. Graduating students receive a Master of Science in Management and are generally specialised in Finance, Management. ESC Rouen has the “visa” accreditation of the Ministry of Education.

Diploma delivered: Master of Science in Management 'Grande Ecole'
Study length: 3 years for a "BAC +5"

Undergraduate programmes

IFI (created in 1986) offers a 4-year programme specialised in international business. This leads to a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with a specialisation in either International Marketing or International Management. IFI has the highest accreditation of the Ministry of Education, which is called the “visa”.

Téléphone : 02.32.82.58.58
Site Web : www.ifi-rouen.fr

ISPP (created in 1977) offers a 3-year Bachelor of Arts programme in Management (with specialisations in Sales Management, Tourism, Logistics and Retailing). ISPP has the highest accreditation of the Ministry of Education (“visa”).

Téléphone : 02.32.82.58.85
Site Web : www.ispp-rouen.fr

ECAL (created in 1962) offers a 2-year programme in Retailing Management, with students being accepted after having already completed 2 post-secondary years of education.

Téléphone : 02.35.52.85.35
Site Web : www.ecal-rouen.fr

Postgraduate programmes

Specialised Masters (Market Research and Marketing Management, Strategic Management for International Development, International Financial Management, Business Information Systems, Corporate Communications Strategies, Corporate Legal Manager, Managing Retail Networks, Childhood and Teen Marketing). These are generally one year programmes open to students who already have a 5 year Master degree.

MSc in European Management : a one year programme conducted in English and open to students who have 4-year Bachelors degrees.

Rouen Normandy MBA : a 12 – 16 month programme taught in English. Téléphone : 02.32.82.58.49
Mél. : mba@groupe-esc-rouen.fr

[edit] ESC Rouen - Grande Ecole Programme

13 specialised majors in the 3rd year (Grande Ecole Programme). The 13 majors are designed jointly with European partner universities and are taught by international teams. They are offered to students in the 3rd year so as to strengthen their theoretical knowledge in the main management disciplines :

Auditing
Corporate Finance
Financial Markets
Managerial Accounting
Finance and International Management
Financial and Banking Management
Marketing of Services, Retailing and Leisure Activities
Entrepreneurialism
Human Resources Management
Performance Management
Management of Non-Profit Organisations
International Marketing
Marketing of Products and Communication

Admission
First year : CPGE: 260 accepted
First year: University Diploma (Bac + 2): 35 places
Second year: University Diploma (Bac + 3 to Bac + 4): 65 places

Interneship
Semester 3: 4 months compulsory internship
Place: France or overseas

Semester 5 or 6: 6 to 8 months internship
Subject: Professional insertion
Place: France or overseas

Semester 8 : 6 month intership
Subject: Professional integration
Place: France or overseas

Semester 5 and 6: Possibility of a gap year in a company for 9 to 12 months

International Partner
The agreements between Groupe ESC Rouen and its 165 partner universities offer students the possibility of studying in universities and business schools

These agreements allow our students to spend one or two semesters in one of these universities. The grades obtained are credited towards their degree. Each year, 100 % of the IFI students and about 90 % of ESC Rouen students study abroad.

In exchange, Rouen welcomes nearly 370 students from its partner universities onto its different programmes and generally stay between 3 and 9 months. These students also have the possibility of continuing their graduate studies in order to complete the full ESC-Programme and obtain the Diplôme de Grande École (Master of Science in Management).

Groupe ESC Rouen also offers European Management Seminars which are customized intensive management seminars on “Doing Business in the European Union”. These seminars are organised at the Undergraduate, Graduate and Post-Graduate level (Full-Time MBA and Executive MBA).

Countries:
Allemagne, Argentine, Australie, Autriche, Belgique, Brésil, Canada, Chili, Chine, Colombie, Corée, Danemark, Estonie, Ecosse, Espagne, Etats-Unis, Finlande, Hongrie, Inde, Irlande, Israël, Italie, Japon, Liban, Malaisie, Mexique, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Pérou, Pologne, Portugal, Royaume-Uni, Russie, Sénégal, Singapour, Suède, Thaïlande, Turquie.

International network:
AACSB
EFMD
AUF
RAMEGE

Other Information
Main sector of activity of graduates (2004):
- Etudes, conseil, audit : 29%
- Finance, banks, insurance : 18%
- Chemicals and pharmeucical industry : 8%

Main strength promoted by the school:
- International partners and its new many European progamme:
- Simulation game
- Alumni network (over 14 000)
- Partnership with companies
- The campus (7 hectars)

Ten main recruiting company:
- Ernst & Young
- Société Générale
- BNP Paribas
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- KPMG
- Total
- PSA
- Axa
- Renault
- Deloitte

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