History

Created in 1905 by the University of Nancy and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Meurthe-et-Moselle, the Commercial Institute of Nancy becomes in 2002 Groupe ICN École of management (ICN Business School), private higher educational establishment, recognized by the State, attached by decree to the University Nancy 2.

ICN is one of the founder members of the contest ECRICOME, which it created in partnership with the EDHEC,the ESC Reims and the ESC Rouen in 1987. After the EDHEC left the contest, other schools joined there, such asthe ESC Toulouse, Euromed Marseille École of Management, the ESC Bordeaux and the ESCEM by doing one of the most prestigious contests in France.

In 2011, ICN will open the doors of its new campus of 10 hectares in the heart of Nancy containing the schools of the Mines (Nancy) and the Art schools (Nancy). It acts at the present time of the largest university project of France (see section ARTEM).

With the general direction, Stéphane BOITEUX succeeds Thomas FROEHLICHER in 2006.

ICN is also an active network of 8127 graduates throughout the world.

ICN today

Labels and Accreditations

• Diploma aimed by the State (renewal of the visa in March 2005).
• Rank of Master conferred by the State to the graduates.
• Consular higher educational establishment recognized by the State.
• Member of the Chapter of the Schools of Management within the Conference of the Grandes Ecoles.
• Founder member of ECRICOME
• Holder of the Label Supplement to the Diploma.
• Accredited EQUIS, rewarding the best commercial schools throughout the world, since February 27, 2007.
• Member of the EFMD.
• Member of the prestigious AACSB.
• Adherent member and support for the Total Impact (program of UNO for the durable development)

Topicality of the school

In September 2007, the ICN entered the famous classification of the schools of management of Financial Times[1], which carries out a classification on whole of the European territory. ICN Business School takes down the 32nd position of European business schools and the 12th position for the French schools. It is the international mobility of the students (6th European place), the progression of career (8th European place) and the professional insertion (10th European place), which make it possible to propel the Large Commercial school of Nancy on this level.

Moreover, ICN Business School remains very recognized for the quality of its teaching, in particular in the professional environments, since it was classified 10th by a jury of 200 Directors of recruitment for the "Nouvel Economiste (all commercial schools and faculties of éco-management) of 2007.

Thanks to the very new arrival of the TGV Is in 2007, Paris and Nancy are connected in 1h30.

International partnership

ICN Business School has 96 international partners around the world

• Germany :

Fachhochschule Düsseldorf
Fachhochschule Nürnberg – BETRIEBSWIRT
Universität Mannheim
Universität des Saarlandes
Universität Trier
Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung Koblenz
Westfälische Wilhelms - Universität Münster – KAUFMANN Double Diplôme
European Business School
Europa Universität Viadrina Frankfurt
Fachhochschule Nürtingen

• England:

University of the West of England (Bristol) – BACHELOR
University of Westminster – Double Diplôme Supply Chain Management

• Australia:

Southern Cross University

• Austria:

Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz

• Belgium:

Hautes Etudes Commerciales (Liège)
Institut Catholique des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (Bruxelles)

• Brazil:

Universidad de Sao Paulo

• Canada:

Acadia University
Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (Montréal)
Mc Gill University (Montréal)
Université de Sherbrooke
Université de Laval (Québec) – MBA (finance, ressources humaines, marketing…) / MBA « Affaires électroniques » - enseignements en ligne
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières – Master Double Diplôme
Université de Moncton (Nouveau Brunswick)

• China:

City University of Hong Kong
University of Macau
East China University of Science and Technology ECUST, Shangai

• Chile:

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

• Colombia :

Universidad de Los Andes(Bogota)

• South Korea:

Chung-Ang University

• Denmark :

Handelshojskolen i Kobenhavn (Copenhague)
Handelshojskolen i Aarhus

• Scotland:

Heriot-Watt University (Edimbourg) – Master Double Diplôme

• Spain:

Universidad de Valladolid
Universidad de Salamanca
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid (ICADE)
Universidad de Barcelona
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Universidad de Sevilla
Universidad Politéchnica de Valencia

• USA:

Boise State University
Bloomsburg University
Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh)
Duquesne University (Pittsburgh) – MBA Double Diplôme
Eastern Michigan University
Fashion Institute of Technology (New York)
Georgia Tech (Atlanta) – Master Double Diplôme
Illinois State University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania - MBA Double Diplôme
Roger Williams University
University of Central Florida (Orlando)
University of North Dakota
Western Kentucky University
Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri)

• Greece:

Athens University of Economics and Business

• Hungary:

IBS Budapest

• India:

ICFAI University

• Ireland:

University College (Dublin)

• Israel:

Netanya College (Netanya)

• Italy:

Università di Firenze (Florence)
Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS) (Rome)
Università degli Studi di Bologna – Laurea Double Diplôme
Università degli Studi di Torino
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milano)

• Japan:

Université de Meijo (Nagoya)
Ritsumeikkan University (Kyoto)

• Lituania:

Vilnius Gediminas Tachnical University

• Morocco:

Ecole d’Administration et de Direction des Affaires (Rabat)
I.S.C.A.E Casablanca

• Mexico:

Universidad La Salle Mexico - Maestria Double Diplôme
Universidad La Salle Cancun
Universidad La Salle Cuernavaca
Universidad La Salle Pachuca
ITESM Monterrey
Universidad de las Américas (Puebla)

• Norway:

Molde University College

• Netherlands:

Hanse Polytechnic Groningen
Universiteit Maastricht

• Peru:

Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (Lima)

• Poland:

West Pomeranian Business School

• Philippines:

University of Asia and the Pacific (Manille)

• Portugal:

Instituto Superior de Cièncias do Trabalho e da Empresa(Lisbonne)

• Russia:

Economic Academy G. Plekhanov (Moscou)
MGIMO University (Moscou) Master Double Diplôme

• Sweden:

Mälardalens Högskola (Västeras)
Hogskolan i Lulea
Umea Universitet - Master Double Diplôme
Växjö University - Master Double Diplôme

• Switzerland:

Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Winterthur School of Management

• Thailand:

Mahidol University of Bangkok
Dhurakijpundit University
Thammasat University (Bangkok)

• Vietnam:

National University of Economy (Hanoi)

References

External links

• http://www.icn-groupe.fr, the official website of the ICN