ESSEC Business School

ESSEC Global MBA participants

As digital transformation fundamentally alters the business landscape, the onus has shifted towards professionals to constantly upskill in order to remain relevant for the job market.

Open the doors to your desired industry with the ESSEC Global MBA, a 12-month full-time program delivered in France  Through its 2 majors: Luxury Brand Management, and Strategy & Digital Leadership, participants are equipped with a macro-view of core business functions coupled with industry-specific skills and knowledge to help them make a successful career switch to industries such as consulting, tech, or luxury.

A holistic MBA experience encompassing hard and soft skills through trainings on in-demand industry certifications, personal branding and development workshops, as well as career development support, will give you the tools you need to make the career leap. The notion of sustainability is also integrated in the program through conferences and related courses, sensitizing participants to the importance of social responsibility in the face of business.

ESSEC Business School is one of France's foremost business schools and a European leader in global management training.

ESSEC Campus in Cergy-Pontoise, France

Created in 1907, ESSEC Business School is a world school with French roots. Its purpose is to give meaning to the leadership of tomorrow and have a global impact.

ESSEC is a graduate school with programs ranging from Bachelor to Ph.D., a wide range of Masters programs including our flagship Master in Management and Global MBA programs. ESSEC also offers executive education and custom training designed and developed on-demand for our partners from the private sector. ESSEC holds the “Triple Crown” of accreditations for global business education: EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA.

At the core of the ESSEC learning experience is a combination of excellence and distinctiveness. ESSEC’s unique educational model is based on education by experiences, that foster the acquisition of cutting-edge knowledge with the development of know-how and life skills. At ESSEC, we aim to empower students and give them the keys to imagine, create, lead and have a positive impact in the business world of tomorrow that will be more complex and changing ever more rapidly.

ESSEC is a world-school. Our International campuses in Asia-Pacific and Africa are dual gateways that allow students to really immerse themselves into different cultures worldwide and develop genuine expertise about business in those regions. They allow our school to build deeper alliances with academic, private and public partners in those regions that are growing at an accelerated pace and will be leaders of economic growth in tomorrow’s world. ESSEC has built a network of alliances with academic partners worldwide so that its students’ learning journey is a true international one.

At ESSEC, the professor is at the core of a system designed to create knowledge through cross fertilization between teaching, cutting-edge research and our relationships with our corporate partners. This system allows us to produce quality research – in terms of academic rigor and the highest international standards of excellence – that is innovative, relevant and shapes practices for businesses, organizations, policy-makers and civil society.

This process of knowledge creation helps to bridge the gap between academic research and business practices, while also shaping the way we teach our students.

To truly innovate, we need to build bridges. Therefore, ESSEC seeks to act as a catalyst for interaction between continents, cultures, and disciplines. We want to create synergies between different forms of teaching and research, as well as between different types of institutions – academic, public, and private – to fuel understanding and action.

At the end of the day, ESSEC brings multiple factors together, encouraging interactions between research, management, technology and society, and allowing students in undergraduate, graduate and training programs to understand the various technological, environmental, social, and ethical issues facing the world today.

• Be at least 26 years old at the time of application
• At least 3 years of post-university professional experience (excluding internships)
• Work experience abroad or in an international environment
• Bachelor's Degree
• A competitive GMAT or GRE score
• Advanced level of English

View comprehensive admissions requirements on this page.

All applications for the Global MBA are done online and must include:

• One common essay for the majors, and additional questions, corresponding to your major.
• A professional résumé (1-2 pages maximum)
• A copy of your passport or ID card
• Official transcripts of grades from all prior academic establishments (excluding high school)
• Official degree certificates from all prior academic establishments (excluding high school)
• If you are a French candidate, a copy of your baccalauréat
• Original GMAT or GRE score
• Original TOEFL or IELTS or TOEIC score
• An ID photo, passport style (medium to high-resolution digital image)
• Two professional referees

Find out more about applying for the ESSEC Global MBA on this page.

The tuition fee covers all academic courses, seminars, and business trips.

Find out more about tuition and fees for the ESSEC Global MBA.

An MBA is a big investment in time and money. Therefore it’s important to make sure that you have all the financial support you need before you start the MBA. At ESSEC Business School, we offer a range of scholarships to support you in your MBA journey.

Find out more about scholarships for the ESSEC Global MBA.

• Cergy-Pontoise, France

Through ALEGESSEC (ESSEC's student housing association), ESSEC Business School offers comfortable and well-equipped rooms and studio apartments near the campus, as well as other amenities to help simplify day-to-day life.

Learn more about ESSEC's student residences.