Ecole Supérieure des Affaires
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The École Supérieure des Affaires (ESA; ) is a Beirut
-based higher education establishment. It is the only Grande Ecole for business in the Middle East region. The ESA was founded in 1996 by the French
and Lebanese governments, as a joint cooperation between the Paris Chamber of Commerce
(Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris) and the Bank of Lebanon. ESA is managed by the Paris Chamber of Commerce
and is an associated center of the École supérieure de commerce de Paris–École européenne des affaires (ESCP-EAP), a top ranking international business school; it offers a variety of specialized business and management degrees. The medium of teaching is French.
by the Lebanese scholar Fayek Abillama who was also the president of the HEC
alumni in Lebanon. A partnership was established between the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
, the Bank of Lebanon
and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris
to provide Lebanon with a higher education establishment for international business. The ESA was formally established 5 April 1996, in the presence of presidents Jacques Chirac
and Rafik Hariri
, as part of a government agreement signed between Lebanon and France and an agreement between the Bank of Lebanon and the CCIP
.
ESA was officially recognized by the Lebanese Ministry of Higher Education decree N8 9033 dated 27 August 1996
, the campus is just over 22000 square metres (5.4 acre) in area, it includes seven buildings, a parking lot and green terraced areas. Campus green areas includes groves of ancient Ficus
, Robinia
and pine trees, fountains, a small open-air amphitheater, and terraces which serve as permanent exhibition space for modern plastic art. The campus is only accessible to students and visitors through the main gate which opens onto Clemenceau street as the other gates are kept closed.
In 2008, the ESA supervisory board endorsed a campus expansion plan which focuses initial development on the rehabilitation of the Villa Rose, a historic landmark lying south of the current campus. and undertook a fund raising campaign aiming $ 5 million.
The "Villa Rose" (pink villa), is a historical 19th century mansion. Built by industrialists Antoine-Fortuné and Nicolas Portalis (sons of French statesman Jean-Étienne Portalis
) who founded a sericulture and silk production facility in the Shouf region in 1836. The Portalis heirs sold the mansion in the early 20th century to the French mandate authorities
. The "Villa Rose" is still owned by the French government, it had accommodated since the 1930s the counselor of the embassy of France in Lebanon. The "Villa Rose" and its gardens have been abandoned and ravaged during the Lebanese civil war
. The ESA recently acquired the "Villa Rose" from the French government according to a long term lease. The ESA is currently restoring the "Villa Rose" in preparation of future expansion and integration into the campus, meanwhile the Portalis mansion is used by ESA to house regular cultural events and painting expositions.
. The ESA is headed by Stéphane Attali who previously was the deputy director general of ESCP Europe; Attali replaced Roger Ourset and assumed office in January 2009.
The ESA Executive MBA is an 18 months part time program created in 1998 in partnership with the ESCP-EAP Executive MBA program. The program provides a double executive MBA degree from ESA and ESCP-EAPEuropean School of Management.
The specialized Master in Marketing is an 18 months program part time program. The program provides a double degree: Specialized Master in Marketing (Mastère de Spécialisation en Marketing) from the ESA, and "Mastère Spécialisé Marketing et Communication" from the ESCP-EAP European School of Management.
ESA master in healthcare management is an 18 months part time program which is organized in partnership with the Paris Diderot University, the Haute Autorité de Santé and the Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
. The program provides a double degree: Specialized Master in Hospital and Health Management (Master en Management de l’Hôpital et de la Santé) from ESA and "Master en Management des Unités de Production de Soins" (MUPS) from Paris 7 – Denis Diderot. The program is provided by professors from the Paris Diderot University, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
, Haute Autorité de la Santé (HAS)- France, Fédération Hospitalière de France, Fédération Hospitalière Privée, Qulturum- Sweden, University of Montréal- Canada, University of Toronto
- Canada, Dartmouth Medical School
and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Rotterdam School of Mangement
The ESA developed the Islamic Finance Qualification (IFQ) as a result of a joint initiative between the Securities & Investment Institute and the Bank of Lebanon
, the program covers Islamic finance from both a technical and Sharia’a perspective. The IFQ provides the first international benchmark in the area of Islamic finance.
Beirut
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
-based higher education establishment. It is the only Grande Ecole for business in the Middle East region. The ESA was founded in 1996 by the French
Government of France
The government of the French Republic is a semi-presidential system determined by the French Constitution of the fifth Republic. The nation declares itself to be an "indivisible, secular, democratic, and social Republic"...
and Lebanese governments, as a joint cooperation between the Paris Chamber of Commerce
Paris Chamber of Commerce
The Paris Chamber of Commerce is a Chamber of Commerce of the Paris region. It defends the interests of 310,000 corporations of the Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne départements that create 20% of France's GDP.The CCIP was created on February 25, 1803 by Napoléon...
(Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris) and the Bank of Lebanon. ESA is managed by the Paris Chamber of Commerce
Paris Chamber of Commerce
The Paris Chamber of Commerce is a Chamber of Commerce of the Paris region. It defends the interests of 310,000 corporations of the Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne départements that create 20% of France's GDP.The CCIP was created on February 25, 1803 by Napoléon...
and is an associated center of the École supérieure de commerce de Paris–École européenne des affaires (ESCP-EAP), a top ranking international business school; it offers a variety of specialized business and management degrees. The medium of teaching is French.
History
The concept of creating a Lebanon-based Grande Ecole for business that follows the French model was proposed, promoted, and lobbied at the Paris Chamber of CommerceParis Chamber of Commerce
The Paris Chamber of Commerce is a Chamber of Commerce of the Paris region. It defends the interests of 310,000 corporations of the Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne départements that create 20% of France's GDP.The CCIP was created on February 25, 1803 by Napoléon...
by the Lebanese scholar Fayek Abillama who was also the president of the HEC
Hautes Etudes Commerciales
Hautes Études Commerciales may refer to several business schools.*HEC Paris, France*HEC Lausanne, Switzerland*HEC Geneva, Switzerland*HEC Montréal, Canada*HEC Alger, Algiers*HECJF Paris, France...
alumni in Lebanon. A partnership was established between the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs ), is France's foreign affairs ministry, with the headquarters located on the Quai d'Orsay in Paris close to the National Assembly of France. The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the government of France is the cabinet minister responsible for...
, the Bank of Lebanon
Banque du Liban
Banque du Liban is the central bank of Lebanon. It was established on August 1, 1963 and became fully operational on April 1, 1964. It is currently headed by Riad Salameh, who was named the Middle East's best central bank governor by Euromoney in 2005....
and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris
Paris Chamber of Commerce
The Paris Chamber of Commerce is a Chamber of Commerce of the Paris region. It defends the interests of 310,000 corporations of the Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne départements that create 20% of France's GDP.The CCIP was created on February 25, 1803 by Napoléon...
to provide Lebanon with a higher education establishment for international business. The ESA was formally established 5 April 1996, in the presence of presidents Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...
and Rafik Hariri
Rafik Hariri
Rafic Baha El Deen Al-Hariri , was a business tycoon and the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 until his resignation, 20 October 2004.He headed five cabinets during his tenure...
, as part of a government agreement signed between Lebanon and France and an agreement between the Bank of Lebanon and the CCIP
Paris Chamber of Commerce
The Paris Chamber of Commerce is a Chamber of Commerce of the Paris region. It defends the interests of 310,000 corporations of the Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne départements that create 20% of France's GDP.The CCIP was created on February 25, 1803 by Napoléon...
.
ESA was officially recognized by the Lebanese Ministry of Higher Education decree N8 9033 dated 27 August 1996
Campus
The ESA Clemenceau campus served as the headquarters of the diplomatic chancellery of the French embassy in Lebanon; it sits at an elevated hillside overlooking the Mediterranean at the heart of BeirutBeirut
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
, the campus is just over 22000 square metres (5.4 acre) in area, it includes seven buildings, a parking lot and green terraced areas. Campus green areas includes groves of ancient Ficus
Ficus
Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes, and hemiepiphyte in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone. The Common Fig Ficus is a genus of...
, Robinia
Robinia
Robinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, native to North America and northern Mexico. Commonly known as "locusts", they are deciduous trees and shrubs growing 4-25 m tall. The leaves are pinnate with 7-21 oval leaflets. The flowers are white or pink, in...
and pine trees, fountains, a small open-air amphitheater, and terraces which serve as permanent exhibition space for modern plastic art. The campus is only accessible to students and visitors through the main gate which opens onto Clemenceau street as the other gates are kept closed.
In 2008, the ESA supervisory board endorsed a campus expansion plan which focuses initial development on the rehabilitation of the Villa Rose, a historic landmark lying south of the current campus. and undertook a fund raising campaign aiming $ 5 million.
Villa Rose – Portalis Mansion
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis was a French jurist and politician in time of the French Revolution and the First Empire...
) who founded a sericulture and silk production facility in the Shouf region in 1836. The Portalis heirs sold the mansion in the early 20th century to the French mandate authorities
French Mandate of Lebanon
The state of Greater Lebanon, the predecessor of modern Lebanon, was created in 1920 as part of the French scheme of dividing the French Mandate of Syria into six states....
. The "Villa Rose" is still owned by the French government, it had accommodated since the 1930s the counselor of the embassy of France in Lebanon. The "Villa Rose" and its gardens have been abandoned and ravaged during the Lebanese civil war
Lebanese Civil War
The Lebanese Civil War was a multifaceted civil war in Lebanon. The war lasted from 1975 to 1990 and resulted in an estimated 150,000 to 230,000 civilian fatalities. Another one million people were wounded, and today approximately 350,000 people remain displaced. There was also a mass exodus of...
. The ESA recently acquired the "Villa Rose" from the French government according to a long term lease. The ESA is currently restoring the "Villa Rose" in preparation of future expansion and integration into the campus, meanwhile the Portalis mansion is used by ESA to house regular cultural events and painting expositions.
Faculty
The Ecole Supérieure des Affaires hosts approximately 250 visiting international leading academics and professors most of which come from the two centres of Business Higher Education of the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry: ESCP Europe and HEC groupHautes Etudes Commerciales
Hautes Études Commerciales may refer to several business schools.*HEC Paris, France*HEC Lausanne, Switzerland*HEC Geneva, Switzerland*HEC Montréal, Canada*HEC Alger, Algiers*HECJF Paris, France...
. The ESA is headed by Stéphane Attali who previously was the deputy director general of ESCP Europe; Attali replaced Roger Ourset and assumed office in January 2009.
Academic cooperation
- ESCP-EAP (École supérieure de commerce de Paris–École européenne des affaires)
- Institut d'Administration des EntreprisesInstitut d'Administration des EntreprisesThe French "Instituts d'Administration des Entreprises" or "IAE" are graduate schools of management which are components of French universities with more financial and recruiting freedom....
at PoitiersPoitiersPoitiers is a city on the Clain river in west central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and of the Poitou-Charentes region. The centre is picturesque and its streets are interesting for predominant remains of historical architecture, especially from the Romanesque... - École supérieure de commerce de RouenÉcole Supérieure de Commerce de RouenThe Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen is a leading French business school.ESC Rouen's quality is recognized at European level through its EQUIS accreditation and its Financial Times' ranking 13th position best European Master in Management...
- HEC LausanneHEC LausanneHEC Lausanne , also called the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne in English, is the affiliated business school of the University of Lausanne...
- Groupe HEC paris
- Paris Diderot University
- Reims Management SchoolReims Management SchoolReims Management School is a business school or grande école in Reims, France, consisting of four smaller schools offering several specialized programs. Founded in 1928, it is one of the few business schools worldwide to gain triple accreditation by the European EFMD , the British AMBA, and the...
- Università Commerciale Luigi BocconiBocconi UniversityBocconi University is a private university located in central Milan, beside Parco Ravizza. Bocconi provides undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate education, in addition to a range of double degree programs, in the fields of economics, management, finance and law. According to many university...
- Universita Ca' Foscari Venezia
- Skema Business SchoolSkema Business SchoolSKEMA Business School is a school created by the merger of two French schools, CERAM Business School and Groupe ESC Lille in 2009. The school's name stands for School of Knowledge Economy and Management. The school offers bachelors, masters, MBA, doctoral and executive education programs in China,...
- Rotterdam School of ManagementRotterdam School of ManagementRotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University is the international business school of the Erasmus University Rotterdam located in Rotterdam, Netherlands...
Programs and degrees
- Master in management
- Master in Business Administration
- Executive MBA
The ESA Executive MBA is an 18 months part time program created in 1998 in partnership with the ESCP-EAP Executive MBA program. The program provides a double executive MBA degree from ESA and ESCP-EAPEuropean School of Management.
- Specialized Master in Finance
- Specialized Master in Marketing
The specialized Master in Marketing is an 18 months program part time program. The program provides a double degree: Specialized Master in Marketing (Mastère de Spécialisation en Marketing) from the ESA, and "Mastère Spécialisé Marketing et Communication" from the ESCP-EAP European School of Management.
- Specialized Master in Hospital and Health Management:
ESA master in healthcare management is an 18 months part time program which is organized in partnership with the Paris Diderot University, the Haute Autorité de Santé and the Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
The Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris is the public hospital system of the city of Paris and its suburbs...
. The program provides a double degree: Specialized Master in Hospital and Health Management (Master en Management de l’Hôpital et de la Santé) from ESA and "Master en Management des Unités de Production de Soins" (MUPS) from Paris 7 – Denis Diderot. The program is provided by professors from the Paris Diderot University, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
The Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris is the public hospital system of the city of Paris and its suburbs...
, Haute Autorité de la Santé (HAS)- France, Fédération Hospitalière de France, Fédération Hospitalière Privée, Qulturum- Sweden, University of Montréal- Canada, University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
- Canada, Dartmouth Medical School
Dartmouth Medical School
Dartmouth Medical School is the medical school of Dartmouth College, located in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. The fourth-oldest medical school in the United States, Dartmouth Medical School was founded in 1797 by New England physician Nathan Smith and grew steadily over the course...
and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Rotterdam School of Mangement
- Islamic Finance
The ESA developed the Islamic Finance Qualification (IFQ) as a result of a joint initiative between the Securities & Investment Institute and the Bank of Lebanon
Banque du Liban
Banque du Liban is the central bank of Lebanon. It was established on August 1, 1963 and became fully operational on April 1, 1964. It is currently headed by Riad Salameh, who was named the Middle East's best central bank governor by Euromoney in 2005....
, the program covers Islamic finance from both a technical and Sharia’a perspective. The IFQ provides the first international benchmark in the area of Islamic finance.