KEDGE Business School

Year of foundation: 2013
Approx. number of students: 12,000
Period of study: Early September-Mid December; Early January-Early June
MCI partner since: 2016

The City

Marseille, on France's south coast, is the country's second largest city, after Paris, with a population of 852,516 in 2012, the 3rd-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris and Lyon.

Known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as Massalia Marseille was the most important trading centre in the region and the main commercial port of the French Empire. Marseille is now France's largest city on the Mediterranean coast and the largest port for commerce, freight and cruise ships. The city was European Capital of Culture, together with Košice, Slovakia, in 2013. It hosted the European Football Championship in 2016, and will be the European Capital of Sport in 2017.

Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France. The city itself has approx. 245,000 inhabitants. The city's titles are "La Perle d'Aquitaine" (The Pearl of Aquitaine), and "La Belle Endormie" (Sleeping Beauty) in reference to the old centre which had black walls due to pollution. Nowadays, this is not the case. In fact, a part of the city, Le Port de La Lune, was almost completely renovated. Bordeaux is the city which has the highest number of preserved historical buildings in France, except for Paris.
Bordeaux is the world's major wine industry capital. It is home to the world's main wine fair, Vinexpo, while the wine economy in the metro area takes in 14.5 billion euros each year. Bordeaux wine has been produced in the region since the 8th century. The historic part of the city is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as "an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble" of the 18th century.

The University

KEDGE Business School is a French business school and grande école. Located in Bordeaux, Marseille, Toulon and Paris, the school is a merger between two business schools : BEM (ESC Bordeaux, founded in 1874) and Euromed (ESC Marseille, founded in 1872). Following the merger, Kedge is the largest business school in France. It is consistently ranked within the top 5 business schools in France by the Financial Times and is the one of the best 30 business schools in Europe, according to the Financial Times 2014.Nationally, it ranks 3rd for its MBA,3rd for its budget ,2nd for research and is accredited by Palmes League as TOP business school with significant international influence. The institution also holds the Triple accreditation (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS).

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