Founded in 1909 in Angers, France, ESSCA is a grande école specializing in business offering a wide portfolio of programmes and degrees in management accessible immediately after the baccalauréat or secondary school.

A member of the prestigious Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, its five-year diploma, Master in Management, has been accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education as a master’s degree.  Three areas of specialization are offered in the fourth year:  marketing, management and finance.

Located at eight different sites including four campuses approved for non-French-speaking students in Angers, Paris, Budapest and Shanghai, ESSCA’s international curriculum can boast of an international partner network of over 279 institutions in more than 55 countries.  It is the first post-secondary French school to have received the European EPAS accreditation for the excellence of its programs, its international scope and its strong links to the corporate world.  ESSCA was accredited by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in May 2014.

ESSCA nurtures humanistic values which place the student at the heart of their pedagogical project thus fostering their personal and holistic fulfillment and striving

ESSCA is also a number of entities and means dedicated to fundamental activities, all part of the school’s mission.

• ESSCA Continuing Education:  a complete offer of programs and/or diplomas for directors, managers and operational teams.
• The EU-Asia Institute: an innovative laboratory positioned in the social sciences and humanities, whose research is focused on the European integration process and EU-Asia relations.
• ESSCA Research Lab:  ESSCA’s research laboratory composed by several research streams whose publications and findings are spread amongst different schools, students, researchers or company heads.
• Institute for Advanced Pedagogy vocation is to develop teaching innovation within the school and facilitate professors’ integration of its findings and techniques into their own classes.
• The Digital Marketing Institute enables the spread of ESSCA’s expertise in all things digital through its full-time and adult continuing education programs, conference and lecture cycles and consulting activities.

A city in the Hauts-de-Seine “department” considered a major economic centre in the Paris region. It is part of the Grand Paris Communauté Seine Ouest, which employs 100,000 individuals and is home to many corporate head offices.

Surrounded by gardens and greenery, the building (7,700 m² over eight stories) is located on the riverbanks of the Seine close to the Pont de Saint-Cloud subway station.

The new premises in Paris intend to promote research and specific study projects, allow for the continued development of the School’s international profile by significantly increasing its capacity to accommodate students from around the world, and add to its educational programmes, in particular in the field of continued education.

Thanks to these new infrastructures, students may now complete the full undergraduate programme (three years) and then continue their specialisation through the Master programme in Paris.

ESSCA hosts a business incubator to provide even greater support to its young entrepreneurs. In addition, the “La Maison de l’ESSCA” foundation welcomes all of its preferred partners (businesses, institutions, graduates, etc.).

Founded in 1909 in Angers, France, ESSCA is a grande école specializing in business offering a wide portfolio of programmes and degrees in management accessible immediately after the baccalauréat or secondary school.

A member of the prestigious Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, its five-year diploma, Master in Management, has been accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education as a master’s degree.  Three areas of specialization are offered in the fourth year:  marketing, management and finance.

Located at eight different sites including four campuses approved for non-French-speaking students in Angers, Paris, Budapest and Shanghai, ESSCA’s international curriculum can boast of an international partner network of over 279 institutions in more than 55 countries.  It is the first post-secondary French school to have received the European EPAS accreditation for the excellence of its programs, its international scope and its strong links to the corporate world.  ESSCA was accredited by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in May 2014.

ESSCA nurtures humanistic values which place the student at the heart of their pedagogical project thus fostering their personal and holistic fulfillment and striving

ESSCA is also a number of entities and means dedicated to fundamental activities, all part of the school’s mission.

• ESSCA Continuing Education:  a complete offer of programs and/or diplomas for directors, managers and operational teams.
• The EU-Asia Institute: an innovative laboratory positioned in the social sciences and humanities, whose research is focused on the European integration process and EU-Asia relations.
• ESSCA Research Lab:  ESSCA’s research laboratory composed by several research streams whose publications and findings are spread amongst different schools, students, researchers or company heads.
• Institute for Advanced Pedagogy vocation is to develop teaching innovation within the school and facilitate professors’ integration of its findings and techniques into their own classes.
• The Digital Marketing Institute enables the spread of ESSCA’s expertise in all things digital through its full-time and adult continuing education programs, conference and lecture cycles and consulting activities.

Earn World-Class Education in the Heart of the Hungarian capital

Launched in Budapest in 1993, ESSCA is the sole French management school whose diploma has the label of the French Conférence des Grandes Ecoles in Hungary.

Students at ESSCA receive education of outstanding academic, practical and cultural quality. The excellence of the school and the quality of education are recognized by the three most prestigious international labels: AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. It is among the 1% of business schools in the world which hold the Triple Crown. Each accreditation is extended to all eight campuses of the school, so no matter which campus they choose, students can be assured that they will receive the same knowledge, in the same format and within the same framework. At the end of their studies, students obtain a French degree recognized by the French state, which is highly valued among large multinational companies.

Study International Management at ESSCA Budapest

A degree of distinction

Obtain a French degree in the framework of an English language bachelor programme at a world famous French Business School in Budapest! Ranked among the top business schools in the world by the Financial Times, the over a hundred-year-old ESSCA School of Management offers its undergraduate program in Budapest.

An action-centred education

The programme is characterised by its work oriented vocation, innovative project work teaching methods and the use of digital technologies in courses.

During the three-year programme we teach our students how to become successful and humane managers and explore their strengths and also we support them to start their career. The curriculum is designed to equip students with general proficiencies and transferable business and leadership skills that will enhance their professional development.

Join us at ESSCA and you’ll find we offer a wide range of challenging, relevant and rewarding courses that will offer you impressive skills for your future career.

Founded in 1909 in Angers, France, ESSCA is a grande école specializing in business offering a wide portfolio of programmes and degrees in management accessible immediately after the baccalauréat or secondary school.

A member of the prestigious Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, its five-year diploma, Master in Management, has been accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education as a master’s degree.  Three areas of specialization are offered in the fourth year:  marketing, management and finance.

Located at eight different sites including four campuses approved for non-French-speaking students in Angers, Paris, Budapest and Shanghai, ESSCA’s international curriculum can boast of an international partner network of over 279 institutions in more than 55 countries.  It is the first post-secondary French school to have received the European EPAS accreditation for the excellence of its programs, its international scope and its strong links to the corporate world.  ESSCA was accredited by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in May 2014.

ESSCA nurtures humanistic values which place the student at the heart of their pedagogical project thus fostering their personal and holistic fulfillment and striving

ESSCA is also a number of entities and means dedicated to fundamental activities, all part of the school’s mission.

• ESSCA Continuing Education:  a complete offer of programs and/or diplomas for directors, managers and operational teams.
• The EU-Asia Institute: an innovative laboratory positioned in the social sciences and humanities, whose research is focused on the European integration process and EU-Asia relations.
• ESSCA Research Lab:  ESSCA’s research laboratory composed by several research streams whose publications and findings are spread amongst different schools, students, researchers or company heads.
• Institute for Advanced Pedagogy vocation is to develop teaching innovation within the school and facilitate professors’ integration of its findings and techniques into their own classes.
• The Digital Marketing Institute enables the spread of ESSCA’s expertise in all things digital through its full-time and adult continuing education programs, conference and lecture cycles and consulting activities.

After 2 years in the center of Lyon, as of May 2019, ESSCA will open its doors place Antonin Perrin, only a few steps away from the Pont Pasteur and the Musée des Confluences. This business district is a major economic pole in the Lyon metropolitan area.

In a 5-story, modern and airy building, ESSCA students will have 38 classrooms, 2 amphitheaters, 19 computer and workrooms, a student lounge, 2 sports rooms, and 3 rooms for student associations at their disposal.

Lyon, economic capital

Ideally located at the junction of major French and European communication crossroads and benefiting from excellent services, Lyon is the seat of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, the second-largest French region in terms of economics and demographics.

Historically very business-oriented, Lyon was during the Renaissance a financial capital. Its economic prosperity was then successively guaranteed by silkworks, textiles, chemicals, and more recently petrochemicals. It then progressively itself on moved toward high-tech and state-of-the-art technology sectors, such as pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, but also cinema and tourism.

Since 1998, Lyon has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site and is home to many prestigious domestic and international groups and firms such as Adecco, Apical, April, Babolat, Biomerieux, Boiron, Cegid, Euronews, Fiducial, GL Events, Renault Trucks, Sanofi, Pasteur, Seb, Toupargel.

Lyon, Student City

With nearly 150,000 students (28,000 more over the last 10 years alone), Lyon has assumed its role as the second-largest student city in France. Internationally-minded and strengthened by a rich network of universities and grandes écoles as well as by an outstanding public sector, Lyon offers the possibility of a varied, developed and dynamic education, providing young alumni with multiple professional opportunities.

Its dense and diversified networks and means of transportation (metros, tramways, buses, and also Vélo’y, Bluely and Nayly) make students’ lives easier, in terms of accessibility to housing, culture or nightlife.

Founded in 1909 in Angers, France, ESSCA is a grande école specializing in business offering a wide portfolio of programmes and degrees in management accessible immediately after the baccalauréat or secondary school.

A member of the prestigious Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, its five-year diploma, Master in Management, has been accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education as a master’s degree.  Three areas of specialization are offered in the fourth year:  marketing, management and finance.

Located at eight different sites including four campuses approved for non-French-speaking students in Angers, Paris, Budapest and Shanghai, ESSCA’s international curriculum can boast of an international partner network of over 279 institutions in more than 55 countries.  It is the first post-secondary French school to have received the European EPAS accreditation for the excellence of its programs, its international scope and its strong links to the corporate world.  ESSCA was accredited by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in May 2014.

ESSCA nurtures humanistic values which place the student at the heart of their pedagogical project thus fostering their personal and holistic fulfillment and striving

ESSCA is also a number of entities and means dedicated to fundamental activities, all part of the school’s mission.

• ESSCA Continuing Education:  a complete offer of programs and/or diplomas for directors, managers and operational teams.
• The EU-Asia Institute: an innovative laboratory positioned in the social sciences and humanities, whose research is focused on the European integration process and EU-Asia relations.
• ESSCA Research Lab:  ESSCA’s research laboratory composed by several research streams whose publications and findings are spread amongst different schools, students, researchers or company heads.
• Institute for Advanced Pedagogy vocation is to develop teaching innovation within the school and facilitate professors’ integration of its findings and techniques into their own classes.
• The Digital Marketing Institute enables the spread of ESSCA’s expertise in all things digital through its full-time and adult continuing education programs, conference and lecture cycles and consulting activities.

Why study in Cholet?

Cholet is the second-largest economic area in the Pays de la Loire region. It is the land of entrepreneurs in diverse sectors (Michelin, Charal, Jeanneau, Ziegler, Antoine Distribution, Ikks).

Cholet is a city open to four large regions: the south of the Paris Metropolitan area, Normandy, Brittany, and Poitou-Charentes. Cholet is the 2nd largest sales pole in the department, only 3 hours from Paris and 1 from the Atlantic seaboard, as well as being the largest industrial pole in the apparel sector.

The ESSCA Campus (1,000 sq. meters) on the Eurespace site (17,400 sq. meters) meets HQE norms and is strengthened by an eco-responsible Organization Charter.

Sports: Cholet was the most athletic city in France in 2014 for ice hockey and basketball.

What ESSCA programs are taught at its Cholet campus?

Bachelor's degree in International Management, accredited by the Ministry for Higher Education and Research.

Executive education offered by ESSCA’s Executive Education department.

Partner firms’ continuous education.

How to sum up the atmosphere on campus?

Campus on a human scale where students benefit from personalized accompaniment and professional integration and internships, case studies are made easier thanks to 4,000 urban SMEs and the 150,000 firms in the regional economic area.

Founded in 1909 in Angers, France, ESSCA is a grande école specializing in business offering a wide portfolio of programmes and degrees in management accessible immediately after the baccalauréat or secondary school.

A member of the prestigious Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, its five-year diploma, Master in Management, has been accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education as a master’s degree.  Three areas of specialization are offered in the fourth year:  marketing, management and finance.

Located at eight different sites including four campuses approved for non-French-speaking students in Angers, Paris, Budapest and Shanghai, ESSCA’s international curriculum can boast of an international partner network of over 279 institutions in more than 55 countries.  It is the first post-secondary French school to have received the European EPAS accreditation for the excellence of its programs, its international scope and its strong links to the corporate world.  ESSCA was accredited by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in May 2014.

ESSCA nurtures humanistic values which place the student at the heart of their pedagogical project thus fostering their personal and holistic fulfillment and striving

ESSCA is also a number of entities and means dedicated to fundamental activities, all part of the school’s mission.

• ESSCA Continuing Education:  a complete offer of programs and/or diplomas for directors, managers and operational teams.
• The EU-Asia Institute: an innovative laboratory positioned in the social sciences and humanities, whose research is focused on the European integration process and EU-Asia relations.
• ESSCA Research Lab:  ESSCA’s research laboratory composed by several research streams whose publications and findings are spread amongst different schools, students, researchers or company heads.
• Institute for Advanced Pedagogy vocation is to develop teaching innovation within the school and facilitate professors’ integration of its findings and techniques into their own classes.
• The Digital Marketing Institute enables the spread of ESSCA’s expertise in all things digital through its full-time and adult continuing education programs, conference and lecture cycles and consulting activities.

Why should you study at ESSCA Shanghai?

Welcome to the Oriental Pearl. Shanghai Municipality is the commercial and financial center of the People’s Republic of China and the Middle Kingdom’s door to the world. Situated on the east coast of the country, in the Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai has almost 25 million inhabitants and is the world’s busiest container port with some 37 million TEU in 2016.

In many respects, Shanghai is one of the most important metropolises of the world. Most major companies, brands and industries are represented in Shanghai. Whether you are interested in international business, logistics, or investment, marketing, commerce, or the digital transition – Shanghai is the perfect city to test your ideas and observe a rapid change in the making.

ESSCA Shanghai is in the heart of downtown Shanghai and offers the latest facilities to incoming students. A truly international faculty provides students with a balanced perspective of China’s cultural and historical underpinnings as well as spectacular economic rise.

Through cooperation with business leaders and real-world case studies, contemporary business challenges are highlighted and academic theory can be applied to business practice.

ESSCA Shanghai offers students with a solid background of secondary research and in-depth insight into the ins and outs of China’s economy. Subsequently, students can venture into the city and try to validate or reject their hypotheses while engaging with the Chinese consumer in various formats of primary research, fieldwork, and industry excursions.

Which programmes and specialisations can you follow at ESSCA Shanghai?

ESSCA Shanghai offers a wide array of programmes in international business and marketing. In particular, the programmes offered include:

UG Chinese Business and Language Semester

M1 Asian Business Semester

MKG – Marketing

INT – International Business

MSc China Europe Business – INT

M2 Brand Marketing & Retailing in China – MKG

MSc EU-Asia Luxury Marketing

MSc EU-Asia Digital Marketing and Business

Founded in 1909 in Angers, France, ESSCA is a grande école specializing in business offering a wide portfolio of programmes and degrees in management accessible immediately after the baccalauréat or secondary school.

A member of the prestigious Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, its five-year diploma, Master in Management, has been accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education as a master’s degree.  Three areas of specialization are offered in the fourth year:  marketing, management and finance.

Located at eight different sites including four campuses approved for non-French-speaking students in Angers, Paris, Budapest and Shanghai, ESSCA’s international curriculum can boast of an international partner network of over 279 institutions in more than 55 countries.  It is the first post-secondary French school to have received the European EPAS accreditation for the excellence of its programs, its international scope and its strong links to the corporate world.  ESSCA was accredited by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in May 2014.

ESSCA nurtures humanistic values which place the student at the heart of their pedagogical project thus fostering their personal and holistic fulfillment and striving

ESSCA is also a number of entities and means dedicated to fundamental activities, all part of the school’s mission.

• ESSCA Continuing Education:  a complete offer of programs and/or diplomas for directors, managers and operational teams.
• The EU-Asia Institute: an innovative laboratory positioned in the social sciences and humanities, whose research is focused on the European integration process and EU-Asia relations.
• ESSCA Research Lab:  ESSCA’s research laboratory composed by several research streams whose publications and findings are spread amongst different schools, students, researchers or company heads.
• Institute for Advanced Pedagogy vocation is to develop teaching innovation within the school and facilitate professors’ integration of its findings and techniques into their own classes.
• The Digital Marketing Institute enables the spread of ESSCA’s expertise in all things digital through its full-time and adult continuing education programs, conference and lecture cycles and consulting activities.

A city at the heart of a metropolitan area of soon nearly a million inhabitants, Bordeaux for the past fifteen years has been a veritable economic dynamo and enjoyed high economic attractiveness. First and foremost, Bordeaux is an illustrious heritage site benefitting from ancestral know-how still today. It is at the heart of exceptional vineyards with major world vintage châteaux turned toward wine tourism and developing a more and more receptive offering. Case in point: the Cité du Vin or Wine City, open since 2016, that has already welcomed more than a million visitors. Its port regularly welcomes cruise liners and its architecture now enshrined in UNESCO’s World Heritage List. On top of that, Bordeaux was named no. 1 city in the world to visit by Lonely Planet.

Bordeaux has also turned toward the future by developing expertise in avant-garde technology organized around 4 major poles of knowhow and 15 clusters like Inno’Vin and Digital Aquitaine to mention only two. The French Tech label has anchored Bordeaux even more as an important ecosystem of start-up companies and entrepreneurs that are driving the city’s digital development. The megajoule laser, optics and aeronautics or innovative uses of wood are also the region’s state-of-the-art sectors.

Bordeaux is also home to more than 80,000 students in many universities or schools. The development of new infrastructures has made their daily lives easier – a highly developed tramway network, free Wifi access in public spaces, the deployment of very high bandwidth land and cell lines, and the outfitting of new eco-neighborhoods near the center of the city.

Bordeaux’s exceptional situation at the heart of southwestern France only 30 minutes from the Atlantic Ocean, 2 hours from the Pyrenees mountains, and now only 2 hours from Paris by the TGV high speed train make it a place of choice for your studies … why not check it out? Bordeaux has remained a favorite for executives thanks to its really great attractiveness!

Founded in 1909 in Angers, France, ESSCA is a grande école specializing in business offering a wide portfolio of programmes and degrees in management accessible immediately after the baccalauréat or secondary school.

A member of the prestigious Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, its five-year diploma, Master in Management, has been accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education as a master’s degree.  Three areas of specialization are offered in the fourth year:  marketing, management and finance.

Located at eight different sites including four campuses approved for non-French-speaking students in Angers, Paris, Budapest and Shanghai, ESSCA’s international curriculum can boast of an international partner network of over 279 institutions in more than 55 countries.  It is the first post-secondary French school to have received the European EPAS accreditation for the excellence of its programs, its international scope and its strong links to the corporate world.  ESSCA was accredited by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in May 2014.

ESSCA nurtures humanistic values which place the student at the heart of their pedagogical project thus fostering their personal and holistic fulfillment and striving

ESSCA is also a number of entities and means dedicated to fundamental activities, all part of the school’s mission.

• ESSCA Continuing Education:  a complete offer of programs and/or diplomas for directors, managers and operational teams.
• The EU-Asia Institute: an innovative laboratory positioned in the social sciences and humanities, whose research is focused on the European integration process and EU-Asia relations.
• ESSCA Research Lab:  ESSCA’s research laboratory composed by several research streams whose publications and findings are spread amongst different schools, students, researchers or company heads.
• Institute for Advanced Pedagogy vocation is to develop teaching innovation within the school and facilitate professors’ integration of its findings and techniques into their own classes.
• The Digital Marketing Institute enables the spread of ESSCA’s expertise in all things digital through its full-time and adult continuing education programs, conference and lecture cycles and consulting activities.

Famous for its sunny weather, Aix-en-Provence is 30 minutes from the beach and 1 hour from the mountains. With a population of 355,000, Aix is spread out over 186 square km and is also a major university, a cultural and economic hub in France.

Aix-en-Provence is a lively student city, but on a more human level – students make up a quarter of the population and rents remain affordable.

Athletic and student life is enhanced by the city with rich activities all year round.

A place of culture and history, the city was the birthplace of Paul Cézanne and inspired some of his most famous paintings, of which the Montagne Sainte Victoire. Today’s art, music, comic book, and film festivals mark the seasons.

Its proximity to the cities of Marseille, Sofia Antipolis, and Montpellier make it a vibrant employment area for human resources, communication, marketing and logistics.