IPAG Business School

IPAG Business School is a French higher education institution located in Paris and Nice on the French Riviera. Our mission is to educate managers about fast-changing worldwide environments and to produce quality research with national and international visibility. The school relies on top-level research that enriches the academic principles of its subjects, a great network with the business sector, an appreciation among students for the diversity of cultures and knowledge, and raising our student’s awareness of major contemporary issues and ethics.

The school offers a range of programs from BTS (2-year degree) to DBA (8-year degree), including Bachelor (3-year degree), MBA (5-year degree), and the Grande École Programme (5-year Master’s Degree and EPAS accredited). We have tailored also, online programs for those who prefer greater flexibility in their studies. Professionals can also follow various short or diploma courses such as the master’s in Management & CSR from IPAG Executive Education. Relying on an international network of more than 130 partner universities in 37 countries, students have a large choice of international destinations to choose from when deciding to study a semester abroad. Each year, the school welcomes more than 1,000 foreign students attracted by French business schools and IPAG programs. Also, with leading research, IPAG appears in the most renowned rankings (Shanghai, RePEc).

Our Mission

To educate managers for fast-changing worldwide environments and to produce quality research with national and international visibility

To this end, IPAG Business School relies on:

• Top-level research that enriches the academic principles of its subjects
• A great network with the business sector
• An appreciation among students for the diversity of cultures and knowledge
• Raising our students’ awareness of major contemporary issues and ethics
• Our objective is to train multi-skilled, adaptable, and responsible managers.

IPAG has been included in the Top 10 French institutions in Research.com's “Universities Ranking” in the “Economics and Finance” category.” This is a great reward for the school's faculty and all its teacher-researchers.

4th French Business School IPAG is now ranked 9th in the Top France for research in Economics and Finance. As the 4th largest French business school, it also joins the world's Top 300 (282nd) dominated by the giants Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of California Berkeley. For Duc Khuong Nguyen, Dean of Faculty and Research at the school, « this ranking reflects the tremendous work done by IPAG's teacher-researchers, the quality of their publications in the most prestigious international journals and the consistency of the efforts made for several years now ».

Once a year, Research.com updates its rankings of the top research-performing universities and schools in scientific fields ranging from Computer Science and Engineering to Mathematics, Neuroscience, Economics Finance, and Medicine. The methodology employed by the platform is based on the use of bibliometric data and the examination of the work of over 160,000 researchers from half a thousand institutions. It is therefore the scientific publications of IPAG researchers and their influence – through the citations they receive – that have enabled the school to obtain this award.

Very proud of its position in this ranking, IPAG is now looking towards the prestigious Shanghai ranking in which it has appeared every year since 2016 - the results are expected in the summer.