Clermont School of Business

Founded in 2019, ESC Clermont Business School (BS) is an independent private non-for-profit organization, currently comprising a teaching body of over 50 core research faculty, supported by over 250 adjunct academics and professional practitionners and around 120 administrative staff. As an independent business school, ESC Clermont operates within a highly collaborative academic and corporate ecosystem, adopting a collective intelligence approach to aid the development of higher education, research, innovation and entre/intrapreneurship in and around Clermont-Ferrand, enhancing the territory’s attractiveness and impact both in France and internationally. This global dynamic between territorial higher educational institutions has led to the mutualization of many actions and services (Business Forum for example), and the setting up of bilateral research/pedagogical collaborations, exchanges of best practices and second-degree agreements/dual competencies opportunities.

The School has an in-house Alumni Association and Foundation, created in 1920 and 2016 respectively. It also houses an open incubator (the ‘SquareLab’) and runs an educational socio-professional reintegration scheme via a Second Chance School (‘E2C’), in accordance with its longstanding comittment to social openness and equal opportunities.

ESC Clermont BS offers a diverse portfolio of general management training programs at various levels, from pre-experience undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes (Bachelor, Master, MSc. programs), an expanding Executive Education offer including a Specialized Master and a post-experience Master degree programme (MBA). International degree programs are also ran in France and/or abroad: Masters in International Business (MIBs), MSc. programs and a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA). All ESC Clermont BS research activities and training programs are structured around the School’s central focus of ‘Sustainable Management-Transformation of Organisations’, with 6 main disciplines (Management of organisations & HR, Entrepreneursip & Business Development, Finance & Audit, Retail & Supply Chain, Marketing & Data and Sport Business), and major and sub-emphasises/specialisations.  Programs integrate transversal components such as Entre/intrapreneurship, ERS, Ecological transition and Artificial Intelligence, all impacting contemporary business management today. The School’s programs focus on personal development, professionalisation and  competencies corresponding to the labour market of today and tomorrow.