École des Ponts Business School


École des Ponts Business School is the business school of École des Ponts ParisTech, which is one of the oldest and most prestigious French Grandes Écoles, founded by royal decree of King Louis XV in 1747 and formerly known as École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.
École des Ponts Business School is an international business school and research institution based in Paris, France that offers a Global Executive MBA, a Full-Time Masters in Business Administration, an Executive Doctorate in Business Administration and many specialized certificates and programs in Europe, Africa and Asia. École des Ponts Business School is also a leader in research and has centers such as the Circular Economy Research Center, CPC-Paris and CASE:Africa. The research themes include: Circular Economy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Talent Management and Digital Transformation & Change Management.

History

Established as ENPC School of International Management in 1987 by Celia Russo in 1987 to promote the study of international business and value-based global leadership. It later changed its name to École des Ponts Business School.

Founder

Celia Russo, was selected in 1980 by Jacques Tanzi – the then recently appointed Director of Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées – to set up the Department of Languages and International Culture. Her appointment as a foreigner and as a woman, who was not an engineer, in a wholly French, male-dominated establishment caused an uproar among the school's Board of Governors. Seven years later, the Board ultimately decided unanimously to implement the business school Celia Russo designed and to support the degree that went with it and to appoint Celia to run it as the Dean.
Celia Russo was a recipient of the Vermeil Medal Society Encouragement au Progres in 1990 and was also awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite from the President of France in 1997. This award is the second highest given by the French Republic to honor people of distinguished merit.

Deans

Celia Russo became the first Dean of École des Ponts Business School from 1987 until her death in 1999.
Michel Fender, a Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, succeeded Russo as Dean and worked in that position until 2001. Michel Fender and Tawfik Jelassi were assigned as co-Deans in 2001 until 2004 and in 2004, Tawfik Jelassi was named Dean. In 2014, Professor Alon Rozen was named Dean and is the current Dean and Professor of Innovation Management.

Accreditation

École des Ponts Business School has been accredited by AMBA the International Association of MBA, since 1996.

Rankings

École des Ponts Business School was ranked 30th of European Business schools in 2004 by the Financial TimesThe Financial Times. In 2005, due to changes in the Financial Times ranking criteria the school's "Visiting Faculty Model" that is a defining featured of École des Ponts Business School's teaching model, excluded it from the ranking.
In 2010, École des Ponts Business School's joint degree with SIMBA was ranked 39 th in The Financial Times' Top 100 EMBA Rankings.
In the 2010 Full-Time MBA Ranking published by The Economist, the school's program was ranked 20th among Continental European MBAs and was the only Paris-based MBA listed in the ranking.
In 2011, the SMBG Eduniversal ranking listed École des Ponts Business School as an Excellent Business School
Since 2015, CEO Magazine has ranked École des Ponts Business School's Full-Time MBA program as #1 in the world and in the 1st Tier of schools internationally.
In 2017, École des Ponts Business School's Global Executive MBA program was ranked #2 worldwide and ranked #20 by QS.

Programs

MBA full-time programs

École des Ponts Business School offers an internationally accredited MBA Full-Time program in Innovation Management based on a project-based curriculum and a visiting faculty model that brings global experts to teach from around the world. Participants acquire a 'learn-apply-test-iterate' approach to business and leadership. The academic schedule is divided into three terms: First Term -Leading & Managing, Second Term - Business Performance, Third term - Innovative & Agile Mindset.

Global Executive MBA

Based on three executive projects, the program consists of 17 classes and 3 international study trips. Taught in English with a modular format on weekends, the program is offered in central Paris and in Casablanca.

LEADTech Global Executive MBA

is an entrepreneurship and technology-focused GEMBA program offered jointly by École des Ponts and EADA Business School in Barcelona that results in dual MBA degrees conferred by each institution. It extends the standard business curriculum with a set of courses focused on global innovation, leadership, and technology. The program features a blended delivery model with a mix of courses delivered online and those delivered during 8 week-long residencies, 3 each in Paris and Barcelona and one each in Silicon Valley and Singapore. Participants also participate in workshops at the Mobile World Congress and international study trips.

Doctoral programs

École des Ponts Business School's Executive DBA program is a 3-to-5-year program with four residential sessions and integrates three unique elements: a learning lab experience, highly structured research methods courses and an innovative 3-part doctoral project.

Undergraduates programs

École des Ponts Business School runs programs aimed at introducing undergrads in France and especially the ParisTech engineering students, to the fundamentals of business and management. These programs were designed to complement the French engineering curricula and better prepare students for a potentially multi-faceted career in their futures. These certificate programs have been running since 2000 and offer two specializations: