A grande école is a specialized top-level educational institution in France and some other previous French colonies such as Morocco, and Tunisia. Grandes écoles are part of an alternative educational system that operates alongside the mainstream French public university system, and take the shape of institutes dedicated to teaching, research and professional training in either pure natural and social sciences, or applied sciences such as engineering, architecture, business administration, or public policy and administration.
The École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées, more commonly known as EPITA, is a private French grande école specialized in the field of computer science and software engineering created in 1984 by Patrice Dumoucel. It is a private engineering school, member of IONIS Education Group since 1994, accredited by the Commission des titres d'ingénieur (CTI) to deliver the French Diplôme d'Ingénieur, and based at Le Kremlin-Bicêtre south of Paris.
Saint Joseph University of Beirut is a private Roman Catholic research university located in Beirut, Lebanon, which was founded in 1875 by French Jesuit missionaries and subsidized by the Government of France during the time when Lebanon was under Ottoman rule. It is widely recognized as one of the leading and most prestigious academic institutions in Lebanon and Middle East. The institution boasts a diverse and accomplished group of alumni, who have gone on to become leading figures in politics, law, academia, literature, sciences, arts, medicine, and religion. USJ's impressive roster of graduates includes seven of independent Lebanon's thirteen Presidents, a Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon, two Presidents of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon, Governors of the Banque du Liban, hundreds of legislators and ministers, numerous judges, and high-ranking civil servants, among them Commanders of the Lebanese Armed Forces and executives of the Internal Security Forces. As the oldest and foremost French university in Lebanon, it not only promotes Lebanese culture but also upholds a policy of equal admission opportunity without consideration of ethno-religious affiliations. Furthermore, it advocates trilingual education, offering instruction in Arabic, French, and English. Additionally, it is known in Lebanon and the Middle East for its prominent university hospital, the Hôtel-Dieu de France, and for its prestigious and historical Faculty of Law, modern Lebanon's oldest law school and the first law school in Lebanon since the ancient Roman law school of Berytus.
French university associations known as "pôles de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur" were a form of higher-level organization for universities and other institutions established by French law in effect from 2007 to 2013. The 2013 Law on Higher Education and Research (France) discontinued the PRES; these have been largely replaced by the new Communities of Universities and Institutions. The list below indicates the status of those institutions designated as PRES or related associations before the 2013 law took effect. See the list of public universities in France for the current status of these institutions.
The ISG business school or Institut Superieur de Gestion, is a major business school, based in Paris, France.
The École Spéciale de Mécanique et d'Electricité, also known as ESME Sudria is a French private grande école founded in 1905. It is a part of the IONIS Education Group.
The Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées (IPSA), is a French private grande école in aerospace engineering located at Ivry-sur-Seine, Lyon and Toulouse, recognized by the French state since 2010, whose diploma has been accredited by the French Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur since 2011. It was founded in 1961 and has been part of IONIS Education Group since 1998.
The Institut supérieur européen de gestion group is a group of two business schools, ISEG Marketing & Communication School and ISG Programme Business & Management, the former created in 1980, and the latter formed in 2014 when ISEG Business School and ISEG Finance School, each also founded in 1980, merged. In September 2017, ISEG Business & Finance School merged with the programme Business & Management of the ISG Business School. It is based in Paris, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Strasbourg and Toulouse, France. The group is mainly focused on teaching entrepreneurship.
The Institut Sup'Biotech de Paris is a French private engineering school created in 2003, located in Villejuif, near Paris, and in Lyon.
The Paris Graduate School of Digital Innovation, formerly European Institute of Information Technology, is a private institution of higher education in computer science and software engineering that was founded in 1999.
The École des technologies numériques avancées (ETNA) is a French private school of computer science localized at Ivry-sur-Seine. Created in 2005 by Patrice Dumoucel, the school has been part of IONIS Education Group since 2006. The certification delivered by the school are recognized by the French state
e-artsup is a French private school created in 2001 and specialized in digital creativity and multimedia. The school is located at Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Montpellier, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Tours and Lille and is part of IONIS Education Group. The school delivers degrees recognized by French state which last five years. There are approximately 400 graduates per year. It is one of the only universities in France to specialize in digital creativity and multimedia.
Marc Drillech is a French sociologist and former President of a French private education group. He was Vice-President of IONIS Education Group, in France a private higher education group. from 2005 till 2023.
Adrienne Jablanczy is a French economist, professor and, since 1997, Executive Director of the Institut supérieur européen de gestion group.
The Union of Independent Grandes Écoles is an association of French private grandes écoles formed in 1993.
Established in 2014 in Paris as a subsidiary of ISG Business School, Moda Domani Institute was one of the few business schools in France specialized in luxury, fashion and design. The business school was a member of the IONIS Education Group, the largest private group in France in terms of student population and endowment.
In France, the concours Advance is a competitive examination to access to four main engineering grandes écoles:
COUPERIN is an academic consortium in France. Formed in 1999, it includes more than 250 universities, research organizations, Grandes écoles (schools), COMUE, and others. The consortium negotiates with publishers the prices and conditions of access to scientific publications and other digital resources for the benefit of its members. It promotes open science, particularly with regard to scientific publications, both nationally and internationally. It is headquartered in Paris.
HESTIM Engineering and Business School is a private higher education institution located in the city of Casablanca, Morocco. It was born in 2006 as a school of engineering offering degrees in industrial management. In 2008 it added civil engineering to its academic offer. In 2015-16 the original school was renamed HESTIM Engineering and a new school was created, HESTIM Management, offering degrees in business-related fields. Both independently accredited schools, HESTIM Engineering and HESTIM Management, constitute the HESTIM group.
