ESSEC reaffirms its global excellence in the 2025 Financial Times ranking On June 2, the Financial Times published its 2025 ranking of the world’s top Executive Education programmes. ESSEC Executive Education once again stands out: Our Custom programmes maintain their 9ᵗʰ place worldwide Our Open-enrolment programmes rise two spots to rank 11ᵗʰ globally This ranking reflects our continued ambition: to design high-impact learning experiences closely aligned with the transformation challenges faced by companies and their leaders.
ESSEC reaffirms its global excellence in the 2025 Financial Times ranking
12.6.2025
Our Custom programmes, ranked 9ᵗʰ globally, were recognised across several key dimensions:
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2ⁿᵈ worldwide for overseas programs, a testament to our ability to support organisations across the globe
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5ᵗʰ worldwide for post-programme follow-up, a decisive factor in embedding learning over time
Top 10 global ranking for programme design and value as perceived by our clients.
Our Open programmes reach the 11ᵗʰ place worldwide, with equally outstanding results:
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3ʳᵈ worldwide for international academic partnerships
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Perfect gender balance (50/50), in line with our core values of inclusion
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Excellent evaluations for post-programme support and relevance of acquired skills
An overall satisfaction score of 9.83/10, placing us among the world’s very best.
Every programme is the result of close co-construction between our world-class faculty, pedagogical teams, and corporate partners.
This collaboration enables us to address each client’s specific challenges with precision and relevance.
Our commitment drives us to innovate continuously, further personalise our offerings, and build a thriving learning community, growing year after year—both in France and internationally—through our campuses in Singapore and Rabat.
These concrete results reflect the momentum generated by Transcend, our new strategy built on four pillars:
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Transformative learning
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Multicultural leadership
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Reinvented management
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Large-scale change
At ESSEC, we will continue with determination to pursue our mission: to train leaders capable of navigating a complex, inclusive, and ever-changing world.
Strengthened by this international recognition, we continue to innovate, co-create, and nurture the talents that shape the future.
