Key dates & figures

School

  • 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