Presentation

Established in Lille in 1964 and member of the "Conférence des Grandes Écoles", Ieseg is now one of the top 10 business school in France.
IESEG’s mission is to train and prepare future executives and leaders in the corporate world both nationally and internationally, create actors of change in a professional environment that is constantly changing and improving.
IESEG has a total of 1700 students on both the Lille and Paris campuses.

The “Grande Ecole” programme is a five year cursus conforming to international standards.

IESEG was the first business school in France to have a 5 year post- baccalauréat cursus: a 3 year Bachelor programme covering the fundamentals of management followed by a 2 year MSc programme in which the students deepen their management knowledge and choose a specialisation.
In the Masters programme IESEG has 8 fields of specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Human Resource Management, Management of Information Systems, Operations Management, Audit-Control, International Negotiation and General Management.

A recognised diploma guaranteeing the quality of the programmes.

The diploma approved by the French Ministry of Education has also been awarded the “grade de Master”.
The students wanting to enter the school have to pass a competitive entrance exam which is part of the “ACCES” group of exams.
IESEG is a member of the “Conférence des Grandes Ecoles”, (EFMD European Foundation for Management Development) and AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), that recognise the quality and excellence of the school.

International mind-set, one of the strong points of the school.

With an international mind set, IESEG is the first school to offer all the courses on the Masters programme in English. 75% of the permanent academic staff come from a non-french background. All the courses are now given in English in the 3rd year. There are over 200 management courses offered in English.
IESEG has a network of 150 partner universities in 43 countries. 80% of IESEG students take part in our student exchange programme at these universities.

Research

At IESEG research and teaching go together and it has high importance in the school. In 2008, the 41 lecturers that hold a Phd published over 100 articles in international scientific journals. IESEG along with HEC Paris, the only French business school where the research centre (IESEG Research) is part of the CNRS.
The amount of importance given to research and the means to undertake this activity, is a guarantee of quality and allows the students to be part of an intellectually stimulating environment.

The Catholic University of Lille

Ieseg is part of the Catholic University of Lille, which by the organisation, size, infrastructure, resources and quality is very similar to that of some famous British universities.
As well as the Vauban University library that owns 55.000 books and a subscription to over 600 journals and magazines, houses the Digital network library ( Bibliothèque Numérique en Reseau). It gives students the opportunity of having access to documents via internet.
Being a member of the University also allows IESEG students to have access to lots of other resources: academic exchanges, the cafeteria and university restaurants, halls of residence, the sports centre, medical centre etc….

One school – 2 campuses – Lille and Paris

The first and main IESEG campus is situated in the heart of Lille, known for the warm welcome it gives to outsiders and the dynamism of the city. With over 100.000 students, Lille is the 2nd largest university city in France.

The Paris campus: location- in the “Grande Arche de la Défense”, the heart of the business district.
Established in 2008, the Paris campus will be situated in the “Grande Arche de la Défense” in 2009. In September 2009 the campus will have 1st and 2nd year students present as well as many international students.