About us
OUR HISTORY
WHO ARE WE?
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.
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
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
EDC - Paris Business School
SMS - Sports Management School Paris
ESLSCA - Business School
SUP DE LUXE - Institut Superieur de Marketing du Luxe
Rome Business School
Universitat Carlemany
biu - Broward International University
ESLSCA Business School Rabat
ESLSCA Business School Egipt
ESEIT Escuela Superior de Empresa Ingeniería y Tecnología
OUR HISTORY
1950
Creation of EDC
1967
Recognition of the School by the State
1993
10,000th graduate at EDC Paris Business School
2005
New Grande Ecole Program in 5 years - French bac+5 visa granted by CEFDG
2013
Renewal of the Bac +5 visa and Master's degree (Grade de Master) both granted by CEFDG, for 4 years
2016
EDC Paris BS obtains EPAS international certification and becomes a member of UGEI (Union of Independent Grandes Ecoles)
2018
United Nations awards the school PRME status
2021
Bachelor program awarded the Bac+3 visa - Stage 3 of the new real estate plan - Inauguration of our Paris La Défense Puteaux campus
2024
Bachelor program awarded the Bachelor's degree (Grade de Licence) and MSc programmes granted the Bac+5 visa.
1952
First graduating class
1986
Degree approved by the Ministry for Higher Education
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.
2009
Master’s degree (Grade de Master) granted by CEFDG for the Grande Ecole Program and acceptance into the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles
2015
EDC Paris BS celebrates its 65th anniversary and 20 years since the school was taken over by its alumni
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.
2019
Stage 1 of the new real estate plan - Inauguration of 2 new campuses in Paris (La Villette and Paris XV)
