Founded in 1907 by the Compagnie de Jésus (Jesuits) as a selective Grande Ecole with the objective of training commerce, finance and accounting professionals, ESSEC has grown and developed considerably over the last century. Today, while keeping its tradition as a French Grande Ecole, ESSEC has become an internationally recognized European, private, non-profit business school that offers programs from the undergraduate to doctoral and executive education level in three locations : 2 in France (Cergy-Pontoise, Paris La Défense) and 1 in Asia Pacific (Singapore). Its complete range of programs includes 2 specialized MBAs (Luxury Brand Management, Hospitality Management) welcoming each year more than 60 % international students, one Global MBA dedicated to young professionals and an Executive MBA designed for high potentials. Regularly ranked as ont of the top five best providers of business education on the national and international scene, ESSEC Business School was the first business school in Europe to be accredited AACSB in 1996. Enter ESSEC Business School and benefits from its 3,000 partner companies over the world, its 40 000 alumni network spread over 52 countries, its international faculty. Experience its unique way of rising each student to leadership by an innovative pedagogy based on individual coaching, multicural groups projects and a developed ability of learning from each other.