Press Releases and Articles
November 2024 – Cofidis and the IÉSEG Foundation commit to equal opportunities with a three-year partnership agreement
In a joint effort to promote social inclusion and employment opportunities for everyone, Cofidis and the IÉSEG Foundation have signed a three-year partnership agreement to support social inclusion.
This initiative includes a financial contribution from Cofidis of €100,000 per year over three years, enabling students from underprivileged backgrounds to access the high-quality education offered by IÉSEG.
October 2024 – IÉSEG’s portfolio of Specialized Masters evolves to better meet companies’ needs
Every year, more than 350 students of over 50 different nationalities come to IÉSEG to study one of the 12 Specialized Masters – all of which have been awarded the “grade de Master”.
With the rapid development of new technologies and the emergence of new professions, companies’ needs for skills and training are constantly evolving. To better respond to these new expectations, IÉSEG is upgrading its portfolio of Specialized Masters programs, with a complete makeover of 4 Specialized Masters: the Master in AI & Data Analytics for Business, the Master in International Sales Management & Negotiation, the Master in Digital Marketing & Customer Experience Management and the Master in Impact Entrepreneurship.
October 2024 – IÉSEG opens its “Impact Corners”, spaces dedicated to ecological and social transition
On September 24 and 26, IÉSEG’s Social and Environmental Impact Department opened the “Impact Corners”, two spaces dedicated to the challenges of ecological and social transition, on its La Défense and Lille campuses.
The Impact Corners will offer ongoing programming including debates, film screenings, training workshops and awareness-raising sessions on sustainable development, diversity and inclusion, gender-based and sexual violence… Everyone will be able to organize sustainability-related events there, whether DIY workshops, collective works or research-related clubs.
October 2024 – IÉSEG secures the renewal of its AMBA accreditation for the maximum duration of 5 years
IÉSEG is proud to announce the renewal of its international AMBA (the Association of MBAs) accreditation for a maximum duration of five years. This renewal once again places IÉSEG among the few global institutions (1%) holding the triple crown of the most prestigious international accreditations: AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB, each obtained for a maximum duration of five years.
September 2024 – IÉSEG stands out as a key player in higher education and looks forward to the next stage of its strategic plan
Halfway through its 2022 – 2027 Strategic Plan “Inspire – Connect – Transform”, IÉSEG has already achieved very positive results. The School has had many successes and moments of pride thanks to the commitment of all its stakeholders and significant investments (around €100 million).
In a world shaken to its core by the emergence of generative AIs as well as by an unstable political, economic, social and societal context, IÉSEG is focusing on its main contribution to society, on its core business: to empower responsible changemakers for a better society.
September 2024 – 20 permanent professors of 15 different nationalities join IÉSEG at the start of the 2024 academic year
For the start of the 2024 – 2025 academic year, IÉSEG is successfully closing a new faculty recruitment campaign. As of September 1st, 17 professors with a research mission, 3 postdoctoal researchers, 2 Professors of Practice and 1 Teaching Fellow are joining IÉSEG’s faculty on its Lille and Paris-La Défense campuses.
As of September 1, 2024, IÉSEG faculty now comprises 208 full-time professors with a research mission. Over 84% are international professors, representing no fewer than 54 different nationalities.
June 2024 – IÉSEG launches an innovative Career Bootcamp : “Master Your Future”
In May 2024, IÉSEG held its first Career Bootcamp entitled “Master Your Future” on its two campuses: Lille and Paris-La Défense. This unprecedented event brought together over 1,000 students in the Master cycle of the Grande École Program, with the aim of preparing them for a successful transition to the professional world.
May 2024 – IÉSEG partners with CentraleSupélec to offer students 3 new double degrees
IÉSEG continues to implement its 2022-2027 strategic plan by announcing the signature of a partnership with CentraleSupélec. This partnership will enable the school to enhance the interdisciplinary focus of its Grande École Program by drawing on the expertise of a prestigious institution recognized both in France and internationally in its teaching fields.
Thanks to this partnership with CentraleSupélec, IÉSEG will be able to offer its students in the Grande École Program (PGE) Master’s cycle three new double degrees, as of September 2024.
May 2024 – Generative AI: IÉSEG adopts a systemic approach to raise awareness, train and support its teams, students and stakeholders
Text, image, video, voice, computer programming: generative AI tools are increasingly powerful and their use is booming, penetrating all professions and all sectors.
Immediately aware of the profound economic and educational implications of these technologies, IÉSEG got to grips with the subject. The aim was to identify the opportunities and challenges that generative AI would bring to teaching and learning practices, as well as the many opportunities it would bring to all staff, both academic and administrative.
The School has adopted a very concrete, systemic approach involving all teams: raising awareness to tame the technology, then testing to discover, training to improve and master it, and finally widespread adoption wherever possible.
May 2024 – Welcome Account wins the 2024 Créenso Prize
The Créenso Prize (National Prize for the Founder of a Social Company), founded by IÉSEG and the Ceetrus Foundation, aims to create a link between the academic world and the business world, to support the success of young companies that emphasize the human and social dimension in their objectives rather than the financial dimension, while encouraging the emergence of a new generation of entrepreneurs, particularly within IÉSEG.
The 2024 Créenso Prize, worth €25,000, was awarded to Welcome Account. The « Coup de Cœur du Jury » Prize, worth €5,000, was awarded to SEM Habitat Durable.
May 2024 – Discover the 2022-2023 Impact Report – « Act for a better society”
Discover IÉSEG’s 2022-2023 Impact Report, a report which illustrates the School’s daily commitment to sustainable development and social impact through its four pillars: Transition Pedagogy, Environmental impact on the School’s operations, Impact Research and Partnerships, and finally Diversity, Inclusion and Well-Being.
This report summarizes the key initiatives, the innovative projects, the strategic partnerships, the commitment of the School’s employees, students and alumni and IÉSEG’s key CSR performance indicators.
April 2024 – Agathe MONPAYS and Ophélie VANBREMEERSCH, 2 IÉSEG graduates on the Forbes “30 Under 30” list
Every year, Forbes France rewards the rising stars of the French entrepreneurial ecosystem with its 30 Under 30 ranking. Each award winner represents a new generation of leaders, creators, artists and athletes under the age of thirty, each revolutionizing their own sector and breathing new life into fields undergoing rapid technological change.
This year, 2 IÉSEG graduates have been named for the prestigious “Forbes 30 Under 30” list: Agathe MONPAYS, Managing Director of Leroy Merlin France, and Ophélie VANBREMEERSCH, founder of Lunettes de Zac.
March 2024 – Christophe CATOIR, a 1995 IÉSEG graduate and Global President of Adecco, takes over from Marc DELOZANNE as Chairman of IÉSEG’s Board of Trustees
IÉSEG is proud to announce that Mr. Christophe CATOIR has been appointed Chairman of its Board of Trustees as of March 27, 2024. Christophe CATOIR, who is currently Global President of Adecco, graduated from IÉSEG in 1995 and has been a member of the School’s Board of Trustees since 2009. He has made employability a key priority in education and training.
This announcement comes at a time when Marc DELOZANNE, President of ADEO France Enterprises, decided to hand over his duties as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, after a dedicated commitment since 2011. He will continue to support IÉSEG by remaining an administrator of the School.
March 2024 – Julia VANLERBERGHE wins the 2024 ICOR Award with her thesis on fast fashion and Generation Z
The ICOR Award for the best student thesis in the fields of organizational ethics, corporate social responsibility and corporate sustainability is awarded every year by IÉSEG and its Center of Excellence for Organizational Responsibility (ICOR). Julia VANLERBERGHE is rewarded for her thesis entitled “Understanding Gen Z’s slow fashion consumption: A value-attitude-behavior approach”.
March 2024 – IÉSEG signs long-term partnership with Télémaque to fight for equal opportunities in education
While education and teaching are the first vectors of success and must enable everyone to fulfill their potential and find their role in society, socio-economic disparities have never been so high in France and have weighed heavily on access to quality education for all. IÉSEG has thus decided to become even more involved in the fight for equal opportunities in education by making a 3-year commitment to Télémaque. This partnership will make IÉSEG a major player in equal opportunities for secondary schools in the regions where it operates.
February 2024 – Discover “Engage to transform – Managers and HR managers, co-producers of a new human function”, Bernard COULATY’s latest book
A recognized expert in HR engagement and transformation strategies, Bernard COULATY offers solutions to rethink a human function better shared between managers and HR managers, transformative for organizations and people and creating commitment for all. The proposed model is intended to be innovative, for a transformative human function better shared between influential HR experts and leaders who create commitment. He also carries out an in-depth review of the strategic elements of individual, managerial, organizational transformations and those of the HR function itself.
February 2024 – Lorena ZANELLI is appointed Director of International Relations at IÉSEG
As of March 1, Lorena ZANELLI is appointed IÉSEG’s Director of International Relations and becomes a member of the School’s Management Board. She succeeds Antonio GIANGRECO who, in addition to his duties as Director of International Programs, becomes Director of Accreditations.
Lorena ZANELLI’s objectives will be to boost the international appeal of the School’s network of partner universities and its international joint programs, and to further develop the School’s “Internationalization @Home” strategy.
February 2024 – IÉSEG launches specific statuses for Entrepreneurial Students and Top-Level Athlets to provide better support for these students
To enable those students to make the most of their double experience (that of an IÉSEG student as well as that of an entrepreneur or top-level athlete), which is precisely their greatest asset, IÉSEG established a specific status for these two categories of students in September 2023. They now benefit from special arrangements and regular personalized support throughout the year.
January 2024 – HEC Montréal, IÉSEG and Rabat Business School innovate and launch together the International Triple Bachelor in Business
In order to offer an ever richer multicultural learning experience in an international environment, HEC Montréal, IÉSEG School of Management and Rabat Business School, three prestigious institutions whose excellence is recognized in the best international rankings, have decided to launch together an International Triple Bachelor in Business, which will grant students a triple degree at the end of their studies. It will officially open in September 2024.
January 2024 – IÉSEG reinforces its partnerships in Africa by launching a joint program with Prépa Saint-Jean in Douala (Cameroon)
IÉSEG’s objective is to develop a co-construction process with its African partners to offer high-quality academic programs that respond to local needs while providing students with international opportunities.
In 2022, IÉSEG signed an even more committed partnership with Prépa Saint-Jean, a Higher Education institution located in Douala (Cameroon). A joint program has been set up to facilitate the admission and integration of Cameroonian students into IÉSEG.
January 2024 – Financial Times Responsible Business Education Award: IÉSEG wins the ‘Best Schools’ Award!
IÉSEG wins the Financial Times Responsible Business Education Awards on the category ‘Best business school demonstrating system-wide responsible business principles integrated throughout teaching, research, operations, and student outcomes’.
The School is also selected in the highly commended institutions on the category ‘Best responsible teaching resources: innovative materials with a financial sustainability focus’ for its Transition 2026 initiative.
January 2024 – A safe bet for 60 years based on solid values… IÉSEG celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2024!
2024 is a special year for IÉSEG, as it celebrates its 60th anniversary. 60 years of innovation, solidarity and achievements, 60 years of commitment from all the teams working closely with students, to prepare them every day to become tomorrow’s changemakers in an ever-changing world.
To mark the occasion, several special activities will be offered to students, professors, administrative staff, graduates and the School’s partners, culminating in the inauguration of the new buildings on the Lille campus in April 2024.
December 2023 – IÉSEG is ranked 2nd in France in the 2023 “Case Centre Impact Index”
The Case Centre Impact Index is a new annual ranking launched as part of The Case Centre’s 50th anniversary celebration. Founded in 1973 by 22 higher education institutions, who wanted a reliable facility for sharing case materials among business professors, The Case Centre is now firmly rooted in the heart of the case community as the independent home of the case method.
Since 2022, The Case Centre has received 69 new cases for distribution from IÉSEG authors. Over the period, 66 cases from IÉSEG were sold to 56 organizations in 23 countries and were taught to 3,186 non-IÉSEG students. These figures thus ranks IÉSEG as the 2nd French organization and 23rd worldwide in this Impact Index.
November 2023 – The Master in International Business – IÉSEG’s first Specialized Master – celebrates its 20th anniversary
In the early 2000s, IÉSEG had just one campus, in Lille, and offered only one program, the Grande École Program. The School entered a phase of fast-paced development during this period. In 2003, the first Specialized Master, the Master in International Business, was created. Antonio GIANGRECO, former Academic Director of this program and now Director of International Programs, looks back at the launch, the evolution over the past 20 years and the challenges ahead.
November 2023 – Discover the winners of the 5th edition of the IÉSEG Teaching Awards
In 2019, IÉSEG launched the Teaching Awards to recognize and reward teachers who have contributed significantly to improving the quality of teaching and learning at the School. The Teaching Excellence Awards recognize professors who embody IÉSEG’s ambitious standards of teaching and learning, as well as their day-to-day commitment to students.
November 2023 – IÉSEG announces appointments within its Management Board
To better reflect the strategic priorities and the key development areas of the School, IÉSEG has decided to restructure its Management Board and announces the appointments of Lies BOUTEN as Head of Research and of Manon DUHEM as Brand & Communications Director.
October 2023 – IÉSEG launches a new apprenticeship program : « Data Analytics and Visualization » in September 2024
As a priority area of development for the School, and as part of its 2022-2027 strategic plan, IÉSEG is expanding its range of apprenticeship programs offered in the Master’s cycle of its Grande École Program and will launch, at the beginning of the next academic year (2024-2025), a new track entitled “Data Analytics and Visualization”, co-developed with Le Wagon, one of the world’s leading coding and data schools, which has trained 22,000 people in Tech professions since 2013.
October 2023 – IÉSEG in the top 3 of the ChangeNOW / Les Echos Start ranking of schools most committed to environmental and social transition
For the 3rd year in a row, Les Echos Start and ChangeNOW have published a ranking of the business schools that are most committed to the ecological and social transition. Out of the 26 schools that took part this year, IÉSEG moved up one place to 3rd position on the podium.
October 2023 – IÉSEG expands its portfolio of Specialized Masters and launches the Master in Cybersecurity Management in September 2024
As cyber threats increase, organizations need business-oriented specialists with cybersecurity knowledge. To adress companies’ need for these hybrid (both Tech and Management) profiles, IÉSEG will therefore launch the Master in Cybersecurity Management in September 2024. This Master delivers up-to-date knowledge for organizational leaders to excel in the governance and management of their IT risk, security, and compliance responsibilities.
October 2023 – Discover Élodie GENTINA’s new book: “Managing Generation Z”, published by Dunod
“Generation Z” are those young people born between 1995 and 2016. They now represent almost a third of the world’s population, and the oldest have recently begun to enter the job market. This generation expresses strong expectations and concerns (environmental, ecological, social, etc.), which are very different from the previous generations. Many companies therefore struggle to understand, attract and retain these young talents. Taht’s why Élodie GENTINA, professor at IÉSEG and expert of the GenZ, has written this book: “Managing Generation Z – Better understanding their new behaviors“, published by Dunod (in French only).
August 2023 – IÉSEG appoints Coline BRIQUET as Head of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
Creating a diverse and inclusive environment that promotes the well-being of all is one of the 4 piliars of the School’s CSR strategy, and one of the major orientations of the 2022-2027 strategic plan. In order to actively support the diverse IÉSEG community and create an environment where everyone feels included and valued, IÉSEG decide to create the position of “Head of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion”, which was proposed to Coline BRIQUET.
August 2023 – IÉSEG and RUBIKA strengthen their collaboration by signing a global partnership, integrating teaching, research and entrepreneurship
Following the recent announcement of the launch of a Bachelor’s degree in Management & Tech Design in September 2024, IÉSEG and RUBIKA have stepped up their collaboration by signing a global partnership agreement. This will enable them to carry out joint teaching and research activities, support the entrepreneurial projects of students and graduates from both institutions and share best practices to improve the student experience.
July 2023 – IÉSEG renews its EQUIS accreditation for 5 years, the maximum duration
With the renewal of its EQUIS accreditation for 5 years, the maximum duration, IÉSEG reaffirms its place in the prestigious circle of Grandes Écoles holding the “Triple Crown” (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA). This reaccreditation validates the relevance of the School’s strategic choices and acknowledges the academic quality of the School at the level of the highest international academic standards.
June 2023 – IÉSEG has been granted the Sustainable Development and Societal Responsibility Label for Higher Education for 4 years
The DD&RS Label – Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility – was created in 2015. Being rewarded with this Label for a duration of 4 years is a fair recognition of the relevance and impact of the School’s CSR strategy, which covers the entire spectrum of the School’s activities, and which is one of the cornerstones of IÉSEG’s 2022-2027 strategic plan.
May 2023 – IÉSEG and the Ceetrus Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs reward the 2023 Créenso Prize winners
On May 23, 2023, IÉSEG and the Ceetrus Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs rewarded the winners of the 2023 Créenso Prize. This National Prize dedicated to social entrepreneurs aims to reward and promote the innovative and economically viable projects of men and women who created social businesses or start-ups.
April 2023 – IÉSEG launches a new research chair in partnership with the National Association of Financial and Management Control Directors
The aim of this research chair entitled “CFO and Sustainable Transformation” is to support Financial Directors and Management Controllers in addressing the major socio-economic issues of tomorrow so that they can contribute in depth to the transformation of their institution’s business models towards more sustainable and responsible trajectories.
April 2023 – IÉSEG and RUBIKA combine their expertise to launch a joint Bachelor in Management and Tech Design
RUBIKA and IÉSEG have decided to combine their expertise to create a joint Bachelor program integrating Management, Technology and Design, starting in September 2024. It will be offered on the IÉSEG campus in Lille and on the RUBIKA campus in Valenciennes. Students will also live an international experience on the RUBIKA campus in Montreal (Canada).
March 2023 – IÉSEG sponsors the 2023 “The Economist Sustainability Week”
With this year’s theme “Empowering businesses to accelerate action on sustainability”, The Economist Sustainability Week 2023 attracts nearly 7,000 participants from all over the world. During this event, Maria Castillo, Director of Social and Environmental Impact at IÉSEG, will speak on the theme “Upskilling for a sustainable future”.
March 2023 – Aurélia GORRET wins the 2023 ICOR Award for the best student thesis in organizational ethics, social responsibility and sustainability
The 2023 ICOR Award was awarded to Aurélia GORRET, a student in the Master Grande Ecole, for her thesis about : « Brand Activism in the Beauty and Personal care Industry : Intersectional perspectives on inclusivity and body positivism », supervised by Vassilis DALAKAS.
March 2023 – With the “Sustainability of Business in Society” Chair, IÉSEG supports the transition of companies towards more sustainable trajectories and models
Built around 4 main areas of work, the Chair aims to establish partnerships with companies and organizations at the local, regional, national and international levels in order to develop knowledge and tools to support them in creating sustainable value and in implementing more responsible organizational processes and business models.
January 2023 – AACSB renews IÉSEG’s accreditation for 5 years
After an exhaustive audit, IÉSEG has had its AACSB accreditation renewed for 5 years (the maximum possible duration) and confirms its status among the top schools holding the “Triple Crown” (EQUIS, AACSB, AMBA).
January 2023 – Dataviz Challenge: IÉSEG innovates for the 3rd edition of this international data visualization challenge
Launched in 2021 as part of its Master in Apprenticeship “Financial Institutions: Risk, Compliance and Data Analytics” of the Grande Ecole Program program, IÉSEG launches the third edition of this international data visualization challenge at the start of 2023, in partnership with Cofidis Group.
January 2023 – IÉSEG launches its MBA HUB to better meet the current challenges companies are facing
In order to respond even better to the current transformations and challenges of society and businesses, IÉSEG rethought the organization of its flagship Executive program. The School now operates an MBA HUB, consisting of an AMBA-accredited MBA program, in which each executive, manager or director can choose from three specializations (Executive, International and Leadership & Coding).
