ESDES
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ESDES School of Business and Management (École supérieure pour le développement économique et social) was founded in 1987 as part of the Catholic University of Lyon
which has stood for a hundred and thirty years since its foundation in 1875 in Lyon, France. ESDES is state
-recognised and its diploma
carries the 'visa' of approval and the Master degree
of the French Ministry of Education. The school is part of the "Conférence des Grandes Écoles" organisation which gather top french business schools that have proven academic excellence and selectivity in admissions.
paths. The course is built around the key business skills that students will need in their future careers.
s and does a six months study abroad program in an English speaking country followed by a two-month work placement at the end of the 2nd year. In the 4th year, every student spends one semester
at one of the school's 100 partner universities or business schools.
International Exchange students are welcomed into the International Business Program where they can take classes for transfer credit back to their home universities. Students may take courses in English, French or a mixture of both. Services provided for IBP students include access to Housing, Health Insurance, Academic Advising, The Jeunes Ambassadeurs Program, Student Peer Advisors, in addition to a full range of trips and activities which are organized specifically for international exchange students who are studying at ESDES.
centre at ESDES. The GEMO consists of ESDES faculty with considerable active involvement in research.
Research at the GEMO has several objectives. The first is to contribute to the development of knowledge
of organisational science
and business management by carrying out fundamental and applied research. The research work is also intended to serve a certain number of pedagogical needs. The research undertaken by the various members of the GEMO acts as the departure point for new course content taught at the school, both in undergraduate
and postgraduate
programmes and vocational training
courses.
The place of ESDES in the rankings has been growing steadily since 2006.
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Catholic University of Lyon
The Catholic University of Lyon , also known as the Catholic Institute of Lyon , is a private university based in Lyon, France.-History:...
which has stood for a hundred and thirty years since its foundation in 1875 in Lyon, France. ESDES is state
Sovereign state
A sovereign state, or simply, state, is a state with a defined territory on which it exercises internal and external sovereignty, a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states. It is also normally understood to be a state which is neither...
-recognised and its diploma
Diploma
A diploma is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study or confers an academic degree. In countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia, the word diploma refers to...
carries the 'visa' of approval and the Master degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
of the French Ministry of Education. The school is part of the "Conférence des Grandes Écoles" organisation which gather top french business schools that have proven academic excellence and selectivity in admissions.
Facts and Figures
- 1,300 students in 2010
- 120 teachers, 70 of whom are permanent
- 2,775 applicants in 2010
- 250 students in each year group
- 110 links with other universitiesUniversityA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
and business schoolBusiness schoolA business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...
s in 34 countries
The Five Year Course
In accordance with European and international teaching practices the ESDES course has two stages (a three year period followed by a two-year period) over which students may develop their careerCareer
Career is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a person's "course or progress through life ". It is usually considered to pertain to remunerative work ....
paths. The course is built around the key business skills that students will need in their future careers.
Master's degree : options
There are 6 specializations for the 4th and 5th years : Marketing & Sales, Finance, Audit & Control, International Business, Human Resources and " Development & Entrepreneurship".An international culture
Each student has to take at least two foreign languageForeign language
A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her...
s and does a six months study abroad program in an English speaking country followed by a two-month work placement at the end of the 2nd year. In the 4th year, every student spends one semester
Academic term
An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. These divisions may be called terms...
at one of the school's 100 partner universities or business schools.
International Exchange students are welcomed into the International Business Program where they can take classes for transfer credit back to their home universities. Students may take courses in English, French or a mixture of both. Services provided for IBP students include access to Housing, Health Insurance, Academic Advising, The Jeunes Ambassadeurs Program, Student Peer Advisors, in addition to a full range of trips and activities which are organized specifically for international exchange students who are studying at ESDES.
Research
The GEMO is the researchResearch
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
centre at ESDES. The GEMO consists of ESDES faculty with considerable active involvement in research.
Research at the GEMO has several objectives. The first is to contribute to the development of knowledge
Knowledge
Knowledge is a familiarity with someone or something unknown, which can include information, facts, descriptions, or skills acquired through experience or education. It can refer to the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject...
of organisational science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
and business management by carrying out fundamental and applied research. The research work is also intended to serve a certain number of pedagogical needs. The research undertaken by the various members of the GEMO acts as the departure point for new course content taught at the school, both in undergraduate
Undergraduate education
Undergraduate education is an education level taken prior to gaining a first degree . Hence, in many subjects in many educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a bachelor's degree, such as in the United States, where a university entry level is...
and postgraduate
Postgraduate education
Postgraduate education involves learning and studying for degrees or other qualifications for which a first or Bachelor's degree generally is required, and is normally considered to be part of higher education...
programmes and vocational training
Vocational education
Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
courses.
Rankings
- L'Etudiant: 33rd place in the 2008 French Business Schools ranking (November 2008)
- Le Point: 26th place in the 2009 French Business Schools ranking (February 2009)
- Le Figaro : 32nd place in the 2008 French Business Schools ranking
The place of ESDES in the rankings has been growing steadily since 2006.
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