Kedge Business School in France

Introduction

KEDGE Business School is a benchmark French business school with 4 campuses in France (Paris, Bordeaux, Marseilles, and Toulon), 2 in China (Shanghai and Suzhou), 1 in Dakar, Senegal, and 3 partner campuses (Avignon, Bastia, and Bayonne).

Kedge in numbers

The KEDGE BS community is made up of 12,000 students (25% of whom are international students), 196 permanent professors (44% of whom are international), 300 international academic partners and 54,000 alumni around the world.

Training Programs

KEDGE BS offers a portfolio of 31 management and design programs for students and industry professionals. It also provides customized educational programs for businesses at national and international levels.

Kedge training programs:

General management programs
Design program
Preparation for the DCG (equivalent to an undergraduate degree) and DSCG (equivalent to a master’s degree) in accountancy
Rotational work-study programs
Specialist programs: MSc and Specialised Masters courses
Intra- and inter-company training programs
An Executive MBA

Research

Teacher-researchers at Kedge contribute to the advancement of knowledge in management through basic and applied research. They are behind the production of publications, works, conferences and more which puts the school in 2nd place for research in the French Business Schools rankings.

The school is internationally recognized for the management research it conducts in the areas covered by its centers of excellence and specialisms.

Centers of excellence

Marketing
CSR
Supply Chain

Expertise

Wine & Spirits
Health Management
Creative Industries & Culture
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Finance reconsidered

The research emerging from the school contributes to strengthening the quality of its teaching, the performance of companies and public bodies, and the increase of knowledge within the academic management community.

Accolades

The Executive MBA offered by Kedge Business School came 33rd in the Financial Times’ European Business School rankings and 22nd in the world. Kedge Business School is AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accredited, recognized and approved by the French government, and a member of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles in France.

Campuses

Bordeaux

The new Bordeaux campus has been designed to be a living space. Spread over 35,000 m2, it has dedicated work and chat rooms, and sports and relaxation areas.

Marseille

KEDGE Business School continually invests in substantial logistics resources, both in terms of its educational infrastructures and cutting-edge technological resources.

Paris

In 2015, the group created a new establishment in Paris' 9th arrondissement, a vibrant hub of activity where students, teaching staff and businesses can meet, exchange and interact.

Toulon

Currently under construction, KEDGE BS Toulon’s new campus will be ready to welcome its students next fall.

Suzhou

The opening of the Suzhou campus in 2010 was part of an ongoing policy began in 2003 to develop our activity in China.

Shanghai

The main campus is located in the Xuhui district of Shanghai and is home to several educational institutions. The buildings demonstrate a mixture of American architectural influences with Chinese style.

Dakar

KEDGE BS has been located in Dakar since 2008. Dakar campus students benefit from the educational innovation and expertise of KEDGE BS.

Our Commitment

The entire KEDGE BS community: teaching staff, administrative teams and students alike support the directions it takes with respect to the school's social responsibility commitment.

What makes KEDGE BS distinctive, what makes the School a renowned key player in sustainable development and CSR, is its viral approach that combines excellence with consistency.

It is not simply a case of adding exemplary practices (a master's course, a research center), but of implementing consistent actions across its research, teaching, social and environmental management of the campuses and its governance.

Through its commitments and its network of experts, the School contributes to the development of higher education through the lens of CSR.