École des Ponts Business School

École des Ponts Business School is the business school of the oldest engineering university in the world, founded by King Louis XV in 1747, École National des Ponts et Chaussées. École des Ponts Business School’s Alma Mater (mother school) is part of France's elite Ivy League universities known as grandes écoles (currently known as École des Ponts ParisTech).

École des Ponts Business School is an international business school and research institution based in Paris, France that offers a Global Executive MBA (EMBA), a Global Full-Time Masters in Business Administration (MBA), a Doctorate in Business Administration and many specialized certificates and programs in Europe (Paris), USA (Philadelphia), Africa (Morocco) and Asia (China). École des Ponts Business School is also a leader in research and has centers such as the Circular Economy Research Center (CERC), CASE:Africa (Center for Advanced Studies and Expertise), DIAL (Digital Innovation Acceleration Lab) and DRACMOS. The research themes include: Circular Economy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Talent Management and Digital Transformation & Change Management.

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History

École des Ponts Business School founded in 1987 by Celia Russo in 1987 to promote the study of international business and value-based global leadership.

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Founder

Celia Russo, was selected in 1980 by Jacques Tanzi â€" the then recently appointed Director of Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées â€" 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 2009, 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

Classes take place in Paris and in Philadelphia in association with Temple University'sFox School of Business and Management. This Executive MBA is a Dual Degree and accredited by the AMBA and AACSB.

École des Ponts Business School, in conjunction with Ecole Hassania des Travaux Publics, has been providing a fully accredited Executive MBA in Morocco since 1998 that provided access to participants in Africa and the MENA region.

Doctoral programs

École des Ponts Business School's DBA program is a 3 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:

• a Certificate in International Management (cIM)
• a Certificate in Technology & Entrepreneurship (CTE)

Deans

• Celia Russo (1987â€"1999)
• Michel Fender (1999â€"2004)
• Tawfik Jelassi (2004â€"2009)
• Alon Rozen (2009-present)

Affiliated Alumni Associations

• PONTS Alliance
• Alumni Association of École des Ponts Business School

See also

• École nationale des ponts et chaussées
• Paris Institute of Technology
• AMBA

References

External links

• École des Ponts Business School Official Website
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• ParisTech
• ENPC École National des Ponts et Chaussées
• Fox School of Business, Temple University
• EHTP Casablanca
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