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About us

OUR HISTORY

EDC Paris Business School is a renowned business and management school created in 1950.

Owned by its alumni for more than 20 years, in 2017 it joined the Planeta group, which provides training to more than 100,000 students of all nationalities on 3 continents.

It is the oldest 100% private institution of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles.

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EDC Paris Business School member of Planeta Training and Universities

Planeta Formación y Universidades embodies the Planeta Group's commitment to university education and professional training.

The Planeta Group is a Spanish multinational family-owned group that offers a wide range of cultural services through book publishing, information, training and audiovisual entertainment.

With the support and collaboration of our international network

EDC Paris Business School is part of Planeta Formación y Universidades, the Planeta Group's international higher education network. It has twenty-two educational institutions in Spain, Andorra, France, Italy, North Africa, the United States and Colombia. Each year, more than 135,000 students of 100 different nationalities study at its business schools, universities, specialised higher education institutions and vocational training centres.

Discover our network of schools and training centres around the world

Universitat Carlemany

ESEIT Escuela Superior de Empresa Ingeniería y Tecnología

ESLSCA Business School Egipt

EDC - Paris Business School

SMS - Sports Management School Paris

ESLSCA - Business School

SUP DE LUXE - Institut Superieur de Marketing du Luxe

Rome Business School

ESLSCA Business School Rabat

VIU - Universidad Internacional de Valencia

UNIE Universidad

Innovación en Formación Profesional

The Core - Entertaiment Science School

BCH - Barcelona Culinary Hub

THREE POINTS - The School for Digital Business

INESDI - Digital Business School

ESDESIGN - Escuela Superior de Diseño de Barcelona

OSTELEA - Tourism Management School

EAE Business School

OBS Business School

biu - Broward International University

EDC PARIS BUSINESS SCHOOL: KEY DATES

1950

Creation of EDC

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1967

Recognition of the School by the State

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1993

10,000th graduate at EDC Paris Business School

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2005

New Grande Ecole Program in 5 years - French bac+5 visa granted by CEFDG

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2013

Renewal of the Bac +5 visa and Master's degree (Grade de Master) both granted by CEFDG, for 4 years

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2016

EDC Paris BS obtains EPAS international certification and becomes a member of UGEI (Union of Independent Grandes Ecoles)

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2018

United Nations awards the school PRME status

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2021

Bachelor program awarded the Bac+3 visa - Stage 3 of the new real estate plan - Inauguration of our Paris La Défense Puteaux campus

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2026

The Bachelor’s degree in Management has been awarded EFMD accreditation, and the EFMD accreditation for the Master In Management has been renewed.

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1952

First graduating class

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1986

Degree approved by the Ministry for Higher Education

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1995

Takeover of the School by 250 former students, and integration of the Institut Supérieur du Luxe , founded in 1990, on the initiative of Alain Dominique Perrin and Michel Guten, respectively Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cartier International.

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2009

Master’s degree (Grade de Master) granted by CEFDG for the Grande Ecole Program and acceptance into the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles

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2015

EDC Paris BS celebrates its 65th anniversary and 20 years since the school was taken over by its alumni

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2017

Acquisition of the EDC group by the Planeta group, a family-owned multinational with a "Higher Education" division operating across three continents and serving over 100,000 students.

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2019

Stage 1 of the new real estate plan - Inauguration of 2 new campuses in Paris (La Villette and Paris XV)

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2024

Bachelor program awarded the Bachelor's degree (Grade de Licence) and MSc programmes granted the Bac+5 visa.

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SEE OUR PROGRAMS

Master In Management - Master’s Degree

Bachelor in Management - Bac + 3

Master of Science (MSc In) - Bac + 5