SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS
With six campuses spread across France and a number of overseas countries, EM Normandie Business School is a long-established Grandes Écoles member that recently achieved AMBA accreditation for its master’s in management programme. Compiled by Tim Banerjee Dhoul
LOCATION EM Normandie has six
HISTORY EM Normandie Business School
campuses, two of which are based in the port cities of
(EM Normandie) began life as ESC Le Havre, an institution founded in 1871 by Jules and Jacques Siegfried, making it one of France’s oldest business schools. In 1947, its programmes were approved by the French Ministry of National Education and it joined a new network known as the Higher Education Schools of Trade and Business Administration (ESCAE). Joining forces with Le Havre Institute for Teaching and Port Research (IPER) and a new international programme taught in Caen, it then rebranded as the ESC Normandie Group in 1982, before becoming the École de Management de Normandie (EM Normandie Business School) in 2004. The school has been a member of the prestigious Conférence des Grandes Écoles since 1988 and has now been accredited by AMBA for its Programme Grande École (master’s in management). Launched in 2006, this programme has also offered a fully online option since 2011.
Caen and Le Havre in the Normandy region of France. Known for its historical buildings dating back to the time of William the Conqueror, Caen connects to the coast via a 14km-canal built in the 19th century. Le Havre, which translates as “the harbour”, is where the Seine – the river that flows through Paris – meets the Channel. The school’s Paris campus opened in 2013 and moved to a new location at the start of 2022. International campuses were opened in Oxford, UK and Dublin, Ireland in 2014 and 2017 respectively, as well as in the renowned Dubai Knowledge Park in the United Arab Emirates.
COURSES As a Programme Grande École , EM Normandie’s master’s in management is open to domestic students finishing secondary school. International students, as well as domestic ones, can join the programme in its fourth year upon the successful completion of a bachelor’s degree. They then complete their master’s in two years. All courses are available in both English and French at the school’s domestic campuses. EM Normandie also offers 12-to-18-month English-language MSc degrees in logistics, marketing, management and finance. These are offered as post-master (MS) degrees in French.
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