École des hautes études commerciales du nord

Infobox_University


name = EDHEC Business School
established = 1906
type = Private
president = Olivier Oger (Dean)
city = Lille, Nice, Paris
country = France
website= [http://www.edhec.com/ www.edhec.com]

EDHEC or École De Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord is a French business school and grande école founded in 1906. It has three campuses, one in Lille, one in Nice, where it absorbed the bachelor program Espeme and Theseus International Management Institute, and the latest was founded in 2006 in Paris' business district, La Défense. EDHEC is EQUIS accredited by the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Education), and AMBA accredited for the Theseus and Part-Time Executive MBAs programmes and by the AACSB, and the Conference Of The Grandes Ecoles.

Programmes

Every programme is taught either in English or in French, the only exception being ESPEME bachelor's degree which is taught in French.

The [http://master-management.edhec.com/ Master in Management] (Programme Grande Ecole), mainly targeted at students in the French "classes préparatoires" system but also open to French & [http://master-management.edhec.com/72769625/1/fiche___pagelibre/ international students] with a Bachelor degree. Campuses : Lille, Nice, Paris ( [http://ge.edhec.com/1141827343459/1/fiche___article/ European Apprenticeship Programme] ).

The Master of Science programmes in [http://msc-european.edhec.com/ European Business] , [http://msc-finance.edhec.com/ Finance] , [http://msc-marketing.edhec.com/ Marketing] , [http://msc-risk.edhec.com/ Risk and Asset Management] , and [http://msc-strategic.edhec.com/ Strategic Management] has enrolled students from 75 nationalities (for 2006/2007). Campus : Nice.

[http://www.espeme.com/ ESPEME] is the EDHEC bachelor unit. Campuses : Lille, Nice.

[http://www.theseus-mba.com/ Theseus EDHEC MBA] - is an MBA that specializes in IT and innovation management. Campus : Nice

[http://executive-mba.edhec.com/ Executive MBA] - Part-time. Campus: Lille

[http://phd.edhec.com/ PhD in Business Administration] & [http://msc-research.edhec.com/04073079/1/fiche___pagelibre/ MSc in Research] - majors : finance or accounting.

It also offers executive education courses in management and finance.

Ranking

The school is usually ranked fifth among business schools in France, after HEC, ESSEC, ESCP-EAP, and EM Lyon. It is worth noting that these French rankings have been very stable over the past 20 years. Their source is the French state organization called SIGEM which is in charge of tests for admissions for "classe préparatoire" students.

In 2006, the EDHEC Grande Ecole Programme ranked 7th in the Financial Times ranking of European Masters in Management. It was previously 12th in 2005 for the same ranking.

Research

EDHEC Business School is involved in academic research and has launched its Research For Business [http://faculty-research.edhec.com/93341600/1/fiche___pagelibre/] policy, that states objectives for EDHEC research.

The EDHEC RAM center produces hedge funds style indexes, which are similar in purpose to CSFB/Tremont indexes on its website.

It is publishing a return based style analysis ranking of European mutual funds with Europerformance (see [http://rating.europerformance.fr/] ). The EDHEC-RAM is sponsored by financial organizations such as Euronext, [http://public.lyxor.com/en/ Lyxor AM] and Eurex.

As a business school, EDHEC has chosen to conduct applied research in the fields of finance, business law, marketing and management.

- [http://www.edhec-risk.com Finance] , with the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre

Created in 2001, this centre does research in asset management, most particularly in the organisation and improvement of risk management.

- [http://faculty-research.edhec.com/32089774/1/fiche___pagelibre/ Accounting and financial analysis] with the EDHEC Financial Analysis and Accounting Research Centre

Created in 2006, the EDHEC Financial Analysis and Accounting Research Centre works on the choice of discount rate in company valuation and in particular on the integration of systemic accounting risk.

- [http://faculty-research.edhec.com/65973040/1/fiche___pagelibre/ Marketing] , with InteraCT

Created in 2006, Interact is a research centre dedicated to research about cultural approaches to consumption and related marketing strategies

- [http://faculty-research.edhec.com/84436454/1/fiche___pagelibre/ Economics] , with the EDHEC Economics Research Centre on Evaluation of Public Policy and State Reform.
Since February 2006 EDHEC has had an economics research team focused on public policy and state reform. This team works on four broad themes: financing and reform of the welfare state, labor policies and competition, evaluation of sovereign risk and optimal management of the public debt and European budgetary governance.

- [http://faculty-research.edhec.com/53057722/1/fiche___pagelibre/ Legal] , with LegalEdhec Research Centre.

The LegalEDHEC Research Centre has Legal Performance and Company Competitiveness as a subtitle.At the heart of the Centre then is the notion of legal performance and its variations.

- [http://faculty-research.edhec.com/87143333/1/fiche___pagelibre/ Leadership] , with ICODe Research Centre

ICODe's mission is to support management in its work on the new leadership/legitimacy practices and in its exercise of managerial responsibilities/activities in the field of corporate governance.

Societies

EDHEC has around 60 student societies on the two campuses. Below is a nonexhaustive list:

Welcoming foreign students

* Open'up, welcomes incoming foreign students in Lille. Open Up Group consists of French business students who are eager to help all incoming exchange students. Open Up members organize trips to nearby European destinations such as Amsterdam, Berlin, and North Spain at very affordable prices.

Culture

* Ad Lib, concerts and music magazines
* [http://www.lagoradunord.com L'Agora du Nord] , conference and debates organisation
* Bureau des Arts
* Dionysos (wine degustations)
* [http://www.laclefdesplanches.com La Clef des Planches] , theater company

Events

* Course Croisière EDHEC [http://www.ccedhec.com] , the biggest sailing event for students in Europe
* Citepub-Citecom (http://www.citepub.fr), organization of the 'Etoiles de la Pub', an event dedicated to the creation of a real commercial by students. The members of CitéPub also work on a Communication Consulting Agency, created to give access to a real communication budget to SMEs and young star-ups (communication plan, media plan, communication medium)
* Prix de Court, short film competition
* Le Père Noël est-il un rocker ? ("Is Santa Klaus a rocker ?") music festival organised to help disadvantaged children
* Star'Ec, organise 'La Croisée des Talents' a junior manager competition

Social Life

* Bureau des etudiants (Nice and Lille Campus), in charge of major nightlife events and introduction week ends
* Ed'MyCible (Lille) and Admissiblement Vôtre (Nice) are welcoming students for the time of their admission tests

Social and humanitarian

* VLV, (Vive les Vacances), holidays for disadvantaged children
* Frères de Sève, promotion of sustainable development (http://www.freresdeseve.com)
* Schola Africa, building schools in Burkina Faso
* Music'All, a musical comedy which aim is to collect funds in order to help humanitarian associations (for example Arc-en-ciel association in 2008).Let's have a look on www.ilovemusicall.fr
* Aide Edhec (Humanitarian association in Nice helping disadvantaged children after school, helping children in Madagascar...)
* Nice 4L, humanitarian association which took part of the 4L Trophy in Morocco. "A garden for the children" is their motto
* MHIGE (humanitarian help to schools, hospitals, orphanages etc. of the countries victims of the Chernobyl catastrophe).

City guides

* Le Ch'ti, city guide to Lille
* Le Pitchoun, city guide to Nice

Corporate

*Transaction EDHEC, Society that organises a Business Game and manages several investment clubs.
*EJE, EDHEC Junior Etudes. Lille Junior Enterprise association [http://www.edhecje.com]
*EJM, EDHEC Career and job Management

Media

*ETNA, Video society
* [http://www.radio-ed.com Radio ED/ EDHEC Webradio]
*Fotomas, Photo society

Notable Alumni

*Delphine Arnault (EDHEC 1998) - Director, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy
*Christian Polge (EDHEC 1989) - CEO The Coca-Cola Company France
*Laurence Antoine (EDHEC 1989), CEO, Caterpillar France
*Mike Burke (EDHEC 1980), CEO, Fendi
*Jean-Pierre de Montalivet (EDHEC 1966), VP EMEA, Henkel
*Bruno de Pampelonne (EDHEC 1981 ), CEO, Merrill Lynch France
*Bernard Fournier (EDHEC 1962), Chairman N.E.D, Xerox Limited
*Gérard Guillemot (EDHEC 1980), CEO, Gameloft (Creator of Ubisoft)
*Geoffroy Sardin, CEO, Ubisoft
*Regis Larose (EDHEC 1981), CEO, Yves Rocher
*Thierry Maraud (EDHEC 1966), Director, Bolloré
*Jean-Jacques Goldman, (EDHEC 1973) composer and singer.(has not graduated)

External links

EDHEC Official websites

* [http://about.edhec.com/ EDHEC Official Website]
* [http://www.theseus-mba.com/ Theseus Edhec MBA Website]
* [http://www.edhec-risk.com/ EDHEC Risk & Asset Management Research Centre]

External Sources

* [http://www.cge.asso.fr/ecoles/ECOLE16.phtml Presentation of EDHEC by the Chapter of "Grandes Ecoles"]
* [http://www.lexpress.fr/reussir/dossier/combac2/dossier.asp?ida=435539 Information on EDHEC by magazine "L'Express"]