ICN Graduate Business School

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ICN Business School is a member of the Chapter of the ‘Grandes Écoles de Management’ in the Conférence des Grandes Écoles.
Created in 1905 by the University of Nancy and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Meurthe-et-Moselle, the 'Institut Commercial de Nancy' becomes ICN Business School in 2003, a private higher education institution recognized by the State, Associated with the University of Lorraine.
In 1999, ICN Business School founded the Alliance Artem with the École Nationale supérieure dart et de design de Nancy and Mines Nancy. It is a partnership that promotes, in its educational programs, interdisciplinarity, alternative learning methods, creativity, and innovation to train a new generation of creators and decision-makers.
According to the Financial Times, accredited EQUIS, and AMBA, ICN offers one of the world's best Masters in management.
The EQUIS Accreditation confirms the strategy of the School and the relevance of its quality process, both of its pedagogy and research activities. With this Accreditation, ICN is part of the circle of 100 world leaders in higher education management.
The AMBA Accreditation is the oldest and highest distinction of MBA programs globally, attesting to the quality of the MBA (Master of Business Administration) programs. It certifies compliance with international academic standards required for this program. The primary endpoints of the Association of MBAs criteria are based on the strategy and the identity of the School, the quality of faculty, research, recruitment of participants, objectives, and content of the program, the quality of teaching methodology and evaluation as well as on the professional performance of graduates.
Since 1905, ICN has been the "Grande École" Business School in the East of France and Europe's heart. Its identity and its development are rooted in the links between management, technology, and art. These links will be vital determinants for tomorrow's economic environment.
The mission of ICN Business School is to provide innovative and transdisciplinary education that enables students and practicing executives to become responsible professionals capable of acting in the global business environment. ICN Business School faculty engages in knowledge creation at the crossroads of art, management, and technology that contribute to advancing impactful knowledge and sustainable practice in the business and organizational fields.
The accreditation path followed by ICN Business School underlines the importance of continually reinforcing the mission of the School by deploying a coherent strategy that is supported by commonly shared values to attain the pretended vision as the ultimate objective.
The accreditation path taken by ICN Business School in 2004, as the School became an independent institution of higher education in management, has contributed to the streamlining of its activities around clearly defined strategic objectives. The EQUIS accreditation in 2007 accompanied a significant strategic shift from a regional French 'Grande École' to an international Business School. It opened the way for a paradigm shift in faculty recruitment: from French practitioners to international academics with high credentials in both teaching and research, while emphasizing the importance of research as a means to integrate knowledge creation with high-quality teaching.
The AMBA accreditation process in 2011 and 2012 contributed to consolidate an already reliable program by eliciting stronger links between the School and businesses located in the trans-border region of France, Germany, and Luxembourg.
The value of EQUIS and AMBA accreditations has been fully integrated within ICN Business School's strategy and practice. Both pave the way for the next natural evolution, the AACSB accreditation. The AACSB accreditation process has been serving the purpose of reinforcing the strategic options taken at the moment of EQUIS and AMBA accreditations simultaneously as it elicited significant changes by itself. In all, the School has become more robust and more profoundly convinced of and focused on its mission, values, and vision.
The ICN Business School is characterized in all its activities by its openness to other cultures and other disciplines. The network of international partner universities, one of the most dynamic in French Business Schools.
The ICN is receptive to other academic disciplines through its links with the University of Lorraine and other Schools, particularly in the Artem Alliance with the École Nationale supérieure dart et de design de Nancy (School of Art) and the Mines Nancy (School of Engineering).
The ICN reaffirms its commitment to the region in which it finds itself and seeks to play a significant role in contributing to its socio-economic development and its attractiveness.
This team spirit is particularly valued during the student and staff seminars, which are organized each year.
The ICN Business School seeks to create synergy between groups and give a collective dimension to skills development.

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