GRANDES ECOLES CAMPUSES ABROAD
In EUROPE:
 ESCP Europe is established in Paris, London, Berlin, Madrid and Torino ; 4,000 students
from all over the world are in master’s, MBA and PhD programmes
 ESC Toulouse is known as the Escuela Superior Europea de Comercio (ESEC) in
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Barcelona with two international bachelor’s and master’s programmes
ESSCA Angers has been focusing on East-West relationships for many years and offers
programmes in English in Budapest
EDHEC has an Executive part-time campus in London, with continuing education
programmes for companies, especially in the field of finance
The ESC Dijon-Bourgogne Group is creating a new model of European Business School
together with Oxford Brookes University in the fields of education, research,
international relations, links with the business world, governance, student and faculty
exchanges. BSc and MA programmes are offered
Grenoble Ecole de Management has campuses abroad in partnership with local
universities and companies; similar programmes to those in Grenoble are offered.
Partners: the London School of Business and Finance, the Russian Presidential
Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in Moscow, the Caucasus
School of Business in Tbilissi, and also Schneider Electric in Ryad and in Asia
ICAM (Institut catholique d’arts et métiers) has a campus in Gliwice (Poland) and in
Africa (see below)
ICN
Business
School Nancy–Metz
has a campus
in
Nuremberg
(Germany) for international executive training
INSEEC has a campus in London, and a 2-3 month summer school with courses of
economics, languages and culture; specialised master’s programmes in finance, wine
and spirits marketing
INSEEC runs the International University of Monaco, with a programme in Luxury
Brand Management
The ISEN Group has opened a preparatory class in Greenwich (United Kingdom) in
partnership with other engineering schools (HEI, ISA)
In ASIA:
Asia, and above all China, with its economic boom and a wide student potential, attract
many initiatives:
 China :
 École Centrale Pékin was created on the request of the Chinese government in 2005
and thanks to a partnership between the Écoles Centrales and Beihang University,
where the campus is hosted
 The GEA, a network of engineering schools of aeronautics, created the Sino-Institute
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of Aviation Engineering in Tianjin in partnership with the Civil Aviation University of
China (CAUC): the engineering curriculum leads to a French engineering degree
(validated by the French Commission on Engineering Degrees), a Chinese master’s
degree and double degrees ; research laboratories are also being constructed
Polytech’ Nantes has a campus in Guangzhou hosted by the South China University of
Technology
Located on the Franco-Chinese School campus in Shanghai, ESEO Angers trains
engineers and ESSCA Angers offers several management programmes
EM Lyon has settled down at the East China Normal University in Shanghai since
September 2007, and offers management training and continuing education
programmes
Grenoble Ecole de Management offers a MSc programme in Beijing at Beihang
University
L’École de Design Nantes Atlantique runs a master’s programme in Design and
interculturality, in partnership with the University of Shanghai
The Sino-European University of Technology (UTSEUS) has been created by three
French universities of technology (Compiègne, Belfort-Montbéliard, Troyes) in
partnership with the University of Shanghai but in its own building. 860 Chinese, 50
French students study in the engineering curriculum. Industrial relations, research
activities and internships will be developed
In Suzhou, a neighbour city to Shanghai, has the status of special economic area and hosts
around 2,000 companies on two industrial parks:
 Euromed Management has a campus in partnership with Renmin University of China
(in the framework of the Franco-Chinese Institute created by a bilateral agreement
between the French and Chinese governments in the field of human sciences). 300
students (Chinese, French and international) study in bachelor’s and master’s
programmes and can obtain a double degree.
 The Skema Business School campus was born from a partnership with Suzhou Science
and Technology Town. In January 2012, 254 students were enrolled in master’s and
MSc programmes
 Thaïland:
 Sup de Co Montpellier built a new campus in partnership with the Business School of
Burapha University and IAE in Montpellier: 30 students have begun the 1st year of the
master’s programme and will achieve the 2 nd year in Montpellier
 Singapore:
 ESSEC has set up a Centre for Education and Research training 300 students and 400
executives (MS, MBA, MSc).
 EDHEC has a campus for Executive part-time training, focussing on Risk and Investment
Management and Finance. Research partnerships with local or foreign companies in
Singapore have been developed
 India:
 L’Ecole du Design Nantes is extending its Asian campus and offers a master’s
programme in Design and Interculturality in partnership with Srishti’s School of Art,
Design and Technology in Bangalore.
 ICAM and the Loyola College in Chennai opened the Loyola Icam College of
Engineering and Technology in 2010: engineering students study 3 years in India and 3
more years in France
In the USA:
 Skema Business School has settled down in Raleigh (North Carolina) on the Centennial
campus, a science park bringing together companies and research laboratories. In
January 2012, 240 students were enrolled in master’s and MSc programmes
 L’Institut Télécom has a branch in California named “Institut Telecom Silicon Valley ».
This site was created in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, and will be a
hub for Institut Télécom future activities. One objective is to support the development
of small and medium-sized enterprises and start-up, and to find new academic and
industrial partners
 INSEEC opened a branch in Chicago in 2012 with specialisations in Design and Strategy
In AFRICA:
 The Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM) offers numerous training
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programmes at partner universities and has education centres in several foreign
countries (Spain, Lebanon) and in Africa: Benin, Madagascar, Morocco, Mauritius
EIGSI La Rochelle has a campus (EIGSICA) in Casablanca (Morocco) with programmes in
industrial system engineering (identical to the programme in La Rochelle); the students
spend 3 years in Casablanca and 2 years in La Rochelle
Toulouse Business School has a campus in Casablanca on a site dedicated to education
and managed by the French CCI in Morocco. 250 students are in bachelor’s, MS, MSc
or Executive MBA programmes
Euromed Management Morocco (created in 2009) is hosted on the Private University
Campus of Marrakech (Morocco); all the programmes of the Marseille campus will be
available, with continuing education and research activities. 150 students are in
Bachelors’ programmes
L'institut supérieur de l'électronique et du numérique (ISEN) opened a campus in Fes
(Morocco), offering the complete 5-year engineering curriculum
Among other large-scale operations, a few binational higher education institutions have
been set up with a strong involvement from French actors, for example from several
Grandes Ecoles gathered within a consortium :
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The Programme PFIEV (Training Programme for Engineering Excellence) was set up in
1997 with the implementation engineering curriculum « à la française » at 4 local
institutions: the Universites of Technology in Hô Chi Minh City, Danang, Hanoi and
Hanoi School of Civil Engineering. A group of some 10 Grandes Ecoles were involved
and are still active in setting up courses locally: École Centrale Paris, École des Ponts
ParisTech, ISAE-ENSMA, Télécom Bretagne, INSA Lyon, the engineering schools of
Grenoble INP and Toulouse INP and the National Institute for Nuclear Science and
Technology (INSTN)
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L'École supérieure algérienne des affaires (Algerian business School) was created by
an Intergovernmental agreement in 2004; it awards Algerian and French (master)
degrees, as well as MBA degrees and offers vocational training. It is under the
authority of the Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry whereas the CCI Paris
coordinates a consortium of French business schools which shape the programmes:
HEC, ESCP Europe, Euromed Management and the University of Lille 2
The French-South African Institute of Technology was created in 1997 in Cape Town
by Tshwane University of Technology and the CCI Paris (together with ESIEE Paris).
This engineering school trains high-level graduates and researchers in electronics and
information and communication technologies
The Institute of Technology of Central Africa (IST-AC) is an institution of the Catholic
University of Central Africa which entrusted ICAM (Institut catholique d’arts et
métiers) with the direction: the Pointe-Noire Campus (Republic of the Congo)
provides the first two years of the engineering curriculum and a technician
curriculum in sandwich-courses; the Douala campus (Cameroon) enrolls the students
coming from Pointe-Noire in the last three years of the engineering curriculum
The IUDAC project (University Institute of Central Africa) brings together a
consortium of French schools led by the Institute for Material Sciences and
Mechanical Engineering of Angers (ISMANS) and the School for Agricultural
Engineering in Rouen (ESITPA), and also Chadian institutions: IUSAE (Institute for
Agronomic Sciences and Environment), ISMEA (Institute for Management Sciences
and Applied Economics), ITRAD (Chadian Institute of Agro-Research for the
Development) and HEC. It is supported by the Chadian Ministry of Higher Education
and will offer preparatory classes as well as curricula for engineers and technicians.
IUDAC opened in Autum 2011 with 480 students in the preparatory cycle, on two
campuses in Chad, and a master’s programme on the campus in Cameroon (in
partnership with the National Advanced School of Engineering of Yaounde).
IFCEN (Sino-French Institute for Nuclear Engineering and Technology) is located on
the campus of Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangdong. It offers engineering studies “à la
française” and graduates 100 Chinese students each year in nuclear engineering. It
involves Grenoble lnstitute of Technology (pilot), the National Institute for Nuclear
Science and Technology (INSTN), École des mines de Nantes, the Schools of Chemistry
of Montpellier and Paris. This academic cooperation has narrow links with local
companies and is meant to accompany the fast development of the Chinese nuclear
industry by training a large number of engineers and technicians which are needed.
Industrial companies such as Areva and EDF and the French Ministry of Higher
Education and Research are also partners.
The International University of Rabat (UIR) is a multidisciplinary university created
by the Moroccan and French governments. It hosts centres of excellence in various
fields (information and communication technologies, aeronautics, automotive and
naval sciences, petroleum studies and renewable energy technologies), a School of
architecture and an Institute of Political Studies. ESC 2-R Rennes-Rabat is the
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Business School of the International University and trains 110 students in the core
curriculum and in the International Bachelor’s Programme in Management (IBPM).
The Institute of Technology of Toulouse – especially one of its schools (Ecole des
ingénieurs en arts chimiques et technologiques (ENSIACET) - Tianjin City
administration and Tianjin University of Technology are creating a Sino-French
Institute of Engineering which will focus on chemical engineering, computer science,
telecommunication and networks, mechanical and industrial engineering. This
Institute will be designed after the French model, and should train 120 engineering
graduates each year in its first phase.
ParisTech and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China) are planning to jointly create an
engineering school SJTU-ParisTech in Shanghai.
These examples do not constitute an exhaustive list. They illustrate the international
outreach of the Grandes Écoles and their capacity to engage in international projects. In this
article, we mentioned real, concrete campuses only. Another chapter could be dedicated to
virtual experiments, such as e-training platforms.