BEM - Bordeaux Management School was a French grande école founded in 1874, which merged with Euromed to form KEDGE Business School in 2013. It was managed and financed by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce. The Master of Science in Management programme was also known as "École Supérieure de Commerce de Bordeaux" or "ESC Bordeaux".
BEM was a member of the Chapitre de la Conference des Grandes Écoles, which is the association of France's leading schools.
BEM was based in Talence near Bordeaux. BEM is a member of the "campus d'excellence (IDEX)", "Université de Bordeaux", an élite research federation. In 2008, BEM opened new campuses in Dakar and Paris.
BEM Talents is the name of the alumni society.
History 1873 : Foundation of École supérieure de commerce de Bordeaux 2000 : Equis accreditation 2001 : Wine MBA 2004 : The school was chosen by ONU and EFMD for the "Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative" launch 2007 : AMBA accreditation (Wine MBA) 2007 : Bordeaux École de Management becomes BEM - Bordeaux Management School 2008 : BEM Dakar Campus in Sénégal 2008 : BEM Paris Campus 2009 : AACSB Accreditation 2013 : Merger with EUROMED Management School, Marseille to form KEDGE Business School
Accreditations BEM was a member of the Chapitre de la Conférence des Grandes Ecoles a and the United Nations Global Compact. It was scheduled by the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS; now the EFMD Quality Improvement System, the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). At the start of 2012, only 12 schools had this triple accreditation in France, and 57 in the world.Supply Chain Education at BEM
Partnerships and joint degrees Business partnerships BEM had partnerships with JP Morgan, Société Générale, Auchan, Pricewaterhousecoopers, Procter & Gamble, Ernst & Young, L'Oréal and BNP Paribas.
Academic Partnerships BEM was a member of the PRES Université de Bordeaux which included Sciences Po Bordeaux, the National Magistrates School (ENM), Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux and most Bordeaux universities.
The Université de Bordeaux was selected by the French government to become an IDEX campus, a campus lauréat des initiatives d'excellence, intended to be the top-funded campuses in France with the aim of competing with the best American universities.
BEM students could complete a joint degree with either an international partner university (see list before) or with Bordeaux's bar school. They also had the possibility of being awarded the "DSCG", the main French accountancy diploma.
International partner institutions as of 2011–12 were:Partenariats internationaux sur bem.edu
Country Institution in partnership with BEM Bordeaux Accreditation Universidad Belgrano - Buenos Aires University of South Australia - Adelaide EQUIS Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology - Melbourne University of La Trobe - Melbourne EPAS University of Technology - Sydney AACSB Karl-Franzens Universität - Graz Wirtschafts Universität - Vienna EQUIS Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management EQUIS - AMBA Universidad São Paulo HEC - Montréal EQUIS - AACSB - AMBA Queens School of Business - Kingston EQUIS - AACSB - AMBA University of Laval - Québec AACSB - EQUIS University of Manitoba - Winnipeg AACSB University of Ottawa EQUIS - AACSB - AMBA Sauder Business School / U B C - Vancouver EQUIS - AACSB Universidad de Chile - Santiago AMBA Hong Kong Baptist University AACSB Hong Kong University of Science & Technology EQUIS - AACSB Huazhong University of Science & Technology - Wuhan HKU Space Macau University Shanghai University of Finance & Economics Tongji University - Shanghai AMBA University Of International Business and Economics - Pekin Wuhan University of Technology Universidad Los Andes - Bogota EQUIS - AMBA - AACSB INCAE Business School - Alajuela EQUIS - AACSB University of Aalborg - Aalborg Copenhagen Business School EQUIS - AACSB - AMBA Estonian Business School - Tallinn Aalto University School of Economic - Helsinki EQUIS - AMBA - AACSB Tampere University of Applied Sciences Hanken School of Economics - Helsinki EQUIS - AMBA WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management - Coblence/Vallendar EQUIS - AACSB European Business School - Francfort EQUIS PFH - Göttingen University of Hamburg University of Mannheim EQUIS - AMBA - AACSB Technical University of Munich University of Passau Cardiff University Business School Oxford Brookes University AMBA - EPAS University of Aston, Aston Business School EQUIS - AACSB - AMBA University of Essex University of Hull EQUIS - AACSB - AMBA University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield EPAS University of Liverpool AMBA University of Nottingham EQUIS - AMBA University of Newcastle EQUIS - AMBA - EPAS University of Sheffield EQUIS - AMBA University of Staffordshire - Stafford University of Strathclyde - Glasgow EQUIS - AMBA - AACSB University of Wales Newport University of Winchester Athens Laboratory of Business Administration - Athènes AMBA - EPAS Athens University of Economics & Business - Athènes AMBA Corvinus University of Budapest EPAS Birla Institute of Management Technology - New Delhi Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore EQUIS Indian Institute of Management - Calcutta Indian Institute of Management - Indore AMBA Indian Institute of Management - Kozhikode AMBA Loyola Institute of Business Administration - Madras SP Jain Management and Research Institute- Bombay AMBA XLRI, School of Business and Human Resources - Jamshedpur PPM Institute of Management - Jakarta University College Dublin EQUIS - AACSB - AMBA Dublin City University AMBA - EPAS Libero Institute Universita Cattanéo - Castellanza University of Trieste - Trieste Seconda Universita degli studi di Napoli, Naples Seinan Gakuin University - Fukuoka Koweit University, College of Business Administration AACSBLebanon Notre Dame University - Beyrouth Asian Institute of Medecine, Science and Technology, Bedong École Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion (ENCG), Settat Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico ITAM, Mexico EQUIS - AACSB Tecnologico de Monterrey - Cuernavaca campus Tecnologico de Monterrey - Estado de Mexico Tecnologico de Monterrey - Guadalaraja campus Tecnologico de Monterrey - Monterrey campus EQUIS - AACSB - AMBA Tecnologico de Monterrey - Ciudad de Mexico campus Auckland University of Technology - Auckland AACSB BI Norwegian School of Management - Oslo EQUIS Grônigen University AACSB Universidad del Pacifico - Lima AACSB - AMBA Ateneo de Manila University - Manille Warsaw School of Economics EPAS ISCTE Business School - Lisbonne AMBA Singapore Management University EQUIS - AACSB University of Lubjana EQUIS - AACSB University of Stellenbosch School - Cape Town EQUIS - AMBA SungKyunKwan University - Séoul AACSB Yonsei University - Seoul AACSB Universidad Carlos III - Madrid Universidad Pontifica Comillas - Madrid Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - Madrid Universidad Navarra - Pampelune Universidad Salamanca Universidad Deusto Universidad Valladolid Fundesem Business School, Alicante Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) EPAS Stockholm School of Economics EQUIS University of Gothenburg EQUIS University of Gotland University of Lund EQUIS University of Uppsala University of St Gall EQUIS - AACSB Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur College of Management Mahidol University - Bangkok National Chengchi University, Taipei EQUIS - AACSB Fujen Catholic University, College of Law & Management - Taipei AACSB Koç University - Istanbul EQUIS Universidad de Montevideo Sonoma State University AACSB University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL AACSB University of Clarkson - Potsdam, New-York AACSB University of Louisville, KY AACSB University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management - Minneapolis, MN AACSB University of Tennessee, College of Business Administration - Knoxville, TN AACSB University of San Diego - CA AACSB University of Willamette, Atkinson Graduate School of Management - Salem, OR AACSB University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, WI AACSB Wake Forest University, Babcock Graduate School of Management - Winston-Salem, NC AACSB Wake Forest University, Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accounting - Winston-Salem, NC AACSB Western Washington University - Bellingham, WA AACSB Xavier University - Cincinnati, Ohio AACSB IESA - Caracas AACSB - AMBA - EQUIS
* International Relations
BEM Grande Ecole Students have to complete a 6-month international experience through an internship or study abroad. They can study for a semester/year or a double-degree (MA, MSc or MBA) at a partner university, for instance at HEC Montréal, EBS Business School, Mannheim Business School, Stockholm School of Economics, Nottingham Business School, Laval, Hong Kong University and the highly prestigious Swiss university of Saint-Gallen. Most of them are accredited (EQUIS, AACSB et AMBA) and are highly ranked institutions.
Research
Former French prime minister Alain Juppé, who is the current mayor of Bordeaux, has signed Bordeaux's Call for Responsible Management.
Student life More than 30 clubs (sports, culture,...). "AOC" is France's biggest student-run oenological club. It organises visits to the greatest vineyards (Château Rothschild, Château d'Yquem,... ), wine-tasting sessions and the "Wine Rally".
Development of KEDGE Business School In the year 2013, BEM merged with EUROMED Management School to form KEDGE Business School. The merged institution has its central administration on the former BEM campus in Bordeaux.
Notable alumni Bordeaux Management School had an active network of 20,000 alumni.:fr:Bordeaux école de management Measured by the number of notable alumni, it was the eighth most powerful network in France among French business schools.
References
External links Official Website BEM Leaflet Official Video New Website