5 000 students on campus, including 40% international students
Top 1% worldwide of management schools with triple accreditation from AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS
No1 in France for entrepreneurship (Leader in the percentage of graduates who start their own business – L’Étudiant 2023)
Excellence
Top 10 in France for the Master in Management in 2024 (Le Parisien 2024)
Top 3 best Bachelor programme in France (Le Parisien 2025, Le Figaro 2025) and 56th in the ranking of the best Business Schools in Europe in the Financial Times European Business Schools 2024 ranking
Top 100 in the ranking of the best Business Schools worldwide in the Financial Times 2025 ranking
International
100+ nationalities on campus
90% of permanent professors are international
Nearly 100% of courses are taught in English
1/4 of students pursue their careers internationally.
330 partner universities on all continents
Professional integration
93 to 95% professional integration within 6 months, depending on the programme
30,000+ alumni in France and internationally
20,000 internship offers per year
94% of Rennes SB work-study students rated as very good or excellent by companies.
Resources in Rennes
20,000 m2 of campus space, open 6 days a week
25 rooms for student associations
A media library with over 10,000 press publications, 20,000 books and a collection of eBooks.
20 lecture theatres with 50 to 400 seats
1 sports hall
1 outdoor multi-sports ground
1 music room
1 language laboratory
1 audiovisual laboratory with editing suite
1 trading room
1 Créativ’Lab
1 Incubator
Resources in Paris
A 1,500 m2 campus (5 buildings) near Saint-Lazare station
An alumni centre
Key Dates
2024
Adilson Borges becomes the new Dean & Executive Director of Rennes School of Business.
2023
Financial Times 2023 ranking of the world’s best EMBA programmes: Top 100 (up 6 places)
Jean Audouard is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Rennes School of Business.
Rennes School of Business renews its AACSB accreditation for the maximum period of 5 years.
2022
Financial Times 2022 ranking of the world’s best Masters in Management: 49th place (+5 places), 1st French Grande École and 3rd worldwide in the ‘International Experience’ category.
2022 Financial Times ranking of the world’s best EMBA programmes: Top 100
2021
Opening of the Paris campus
24th in the 2021 Financial Times world ranking (+5 places) (and 8th in France) for the MSc in International Finance.
2020
Creation of the Cyber Risk Governance Chair
29th in the 2020 Financial Times global ranking (and 9th in France) for the MSc in International Finance
54th in the 2020 Financial Times global ranking for the Master in Management (and 6th in France) – 100 best schools in the world (Master Grande École programme).
2019
Creation of the Geopolitics Chair
Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019 – Management (World Rank 401 – 500)
2018
Thomas Froehlicher becomes the new Chief Executive Officer and Dean of Rennes School of Business
AACSB reaccreditation
2017
Opening of a fourth building on campus
EQUIS reaccreditation
Three Rennes SB programmes in the Financial Times’ 2017 global rankings: the MSc in International Finance, the Master Programme Grande École, the Executive MBA; European Business School rankings 2017
2016
ESC Rennes becomes Rennes School of Business in June 2016
35th place in the Financial Times ranking (Master in Management) for the Programme Grande École
45th place in the Financial Times ranking (Finance Programme) for the MSc in International Finance
2015
Official launch of R-SCOM (Research in Supply Chain and Operations Management), the third research centre at Rennes School of Business Management School
2014
EQUIS accreditation
23rd place in the Financial Times ranking (Master in Management)
Opening of Campus 3 in Rennes
2013
François Chatel becomes the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of ESC Rennes
AMBA accreditation
EPAS reaccreditation
The École Supérieure de Logistique Industrielle (ESLI) joins the ESC Rennes Group (Redon Campus)
2012
AACSB accreditation
2010
Opening of Campus 2 in Rennes
2008-2009
Eligibility for EQUIS accreditation
Extension of existing buildings: + 5,000 m², bringing the total surface area of the campus to nearly 15,000 m²
Creation of the Centre for Technology and Innovation Management
Creation of a Bachelor’s programme: IBPM 2008
EPAS accreditation in April 2008 for 5 years (Grande École programme)
Reaccreditation by the Open University
2007
Creation of the Centre for Responsible Business
Implementation of a Strategic Development Plan 2007-2011
Dr Olivier Aptel becomes the new Director General of the School
Bernard Angot is the new President of Rennes School of Business
New strategic positioning: the ESC Rennes Group becomes: ESC Rennes School of Business
2004
Launch of new postgraduate programmes: Master of Science (MSc) degrees.
2002
Building extension (10,000 m²) and installation of multimedia platform.
2000
10th anniversary of the School.
Re-accreditation by the Open University.
1999
Implementation of 5-year development plan.
1998
Joins the Chapter of Management Schools and the Conference of Grandes Écoles
First business school to obtain ISO 9001 certification from AFAQ.
1996
Becomes a member of the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development).
1994
Accreditation by the British Open University. ESC Rennes authorised to award Anglo-Saxon degrees: Master of Arts in International Business (MA), Master in Business Administration (MBA), MPhil and PhD
1993
Graduation Ceremony P1
1991
Inauguration of Building 1
Degree accredited by the French Ministry of Education
1990
Creation of the School of Business and Management
Laying of the foundation stone
Welcome of the first class at 4 rue des Français-Libres.
1989
AG CCI official decision to create an ESC in Rennes
Authorisation to open from the Ministry of Industry
Sup de Co Rennes is admitted to the ESCAE network
Authorisation of the competitive examination in the ESCAE network
