Business schools requiring the General Certificate of Education

In principle, French Grandes Ecoles de Commerce are open to students with a university diploma of at least two years of higher studies. But some of them only need the General Certificate of Education.

The Accès exam is a common entrance examination. The member schools offer a 5-year cursus: ESSCA, IÉSEG and ESDES, the first two being members of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles.

The Sésame exam gathers seven schools with a four-year program: CESEM Reims, CESEM Méditérranée, EBP France, EPSCI, ESCE, IFI and SUP EUROPE CESEC.

Most other business schools are offering a 4-year program and require a separate entrance examination : EDC, ESGCI and ESGF, ISEG, ISG (5-year program), IPAG, Pôle Léonard-de-Vinci, etc.

Note : To obtain a list of business schools requiring the General Certificate of Education, browse the directories of the Inscription online website.