French business schools break ties with elite institutions

A group of four business schools in France has broken away from the grandes écoles, having decided to adopt a different approach to teaching.

The elite business schools in Picardie, Brest, Clermont Ferrand and Paris have got together to create the France Business School group.

In a statement, the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, which represents the country’s elite, selective institutions, said the four schools would no longer be eligible to provide certain accredited courses but that students already studying with them would be allowed to complete their degrees. It added that the business schools would be allowed to rejoin the CGE if they met its membership criteria in the future.