Fees & Total Cost

ESSEC Business School MiM Fees 2026

Master in Management — Grande École · Cergy, France · FT #10

Verified against official sources · last checked September 2026 · see sources

ESSEC publishes a full itemised fee table for the international (Admission sur Titres) route, and it is worth reading line by line, because the Grande École MiM is really two programmes priced on different bases. For the Intake 2026 table — the most recent ESSEC publishes — the Intensive Track (12 months) costs €38,000 tuition plus a €2,000 registration fee and a service fee of €2,170 for EU citizens or €2,270 for non-EU citizens, which ESSEC totals as €42,170 (EU) and €42,270 (non-EU). The Flexible Track (24–36 months) charges a lower annual tuition — €21,500 for EU citizens, €25,300 for non-EU — plus €2,000 registration a year and a service fee of €2,440 or €2,640, totalling €49,440 (EU) and €57,240 (non-EU). Those two totals are arithmetically a two-year basis; a third year on the Flexible Track adds roughly another €23,500 (EU) or €27,300 (non-EU), which ESSEC does not price separately. On admission you pay a €6,000 deposit within two weeks — €500 if you hold a CROUS or Cap ESSEC scholarship — and it is deducted from tuition. The application fee on the international route is €180, waived for B2M Alliance Passport holders. As at every French institution, the €105 CVEC contribution for 2026-2027 is owed separately and before enrolment; ESSEC's fee table does not mention it. ESSEC has not yet posted an Intake 2027 table, so confirm the cycle that applies to you in the application portal.

Tuition for the ESSEC Business School Master in Management is €38,000/yr (Intensive, 1yr) – €21,500–€25,300/yr (Flexible, 2–3yrs) for the 12–36 months (flexible track) program.

Total tuition€38,000/yr (Intensive, 1yr) – €21,500–€25,300/yr (Flexible, 2–3yrs)
Tuition (numeric)€38,000
Program length12–36 months (flexible track)
Median tuition (80 euro-priced MiMs we track) €23,157

On tuition, the ESSEC Business School MiM ranks #69 of 80 euro-priced MiMs we track — above the €23,157 median. See how it stacks up on our cheapest MiMs in Europe and best-value shortlists.

Tuition figures are the published rate for the 2026–27 cycle and exclude living costs, travel, and optional exchange fees. Scholarships and need-based aid can materially reduce the net cost — see the FAQs below.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between the ESSEC Intensive and Flexible tracks?
The Intensive Track is a 12-month full-time program with no integrated work experience, priced at €38,000 tuition and totalled by ESSEC at €42,170 for EU citizens or €42,270 for non-EU citizens once registration and service fees are added. The Flexible Track runs 24–36 months and embeds mandatory work experience (typically 12+ months of internships and/or apprenticeship contracts) between academic terms; its annual tuition is lower — €21,500 for EU citizens, €25,300 for non-EU — and ESSEC totals it at €49,440 or €57,240 on a two-year basis. Most international candidates choose the Flexible Track because it integrates the gap year and apprenticeship pathways that French students traditionally use to fund the degree.
How does ESSEC compare with HEC Paris?
ESSEC and HEC are both top-tier French grande école programs and compete for the same applicant pool. HEC sits at FT rank 2 and QS rank 1; ESSEC at FT rank 10 and QS rank 3. HEC is larger (~400 per cohort vs ESSEC's 800 across the full program), more international (40% vs 35%), and slightly stronger in finance and consulting placement. ESSEC has the edge in luxury management, multi-campus mobility (Singapore and Rabat), and structural flexibility. Our HEC vs ESSEC piece walks through the trade-offs in detail.
What does ESSEC tuition cover?
ESSEC's published Intake 2026 fee table itemises three charges. The Intensive 1-year track is €38,000 tuition plus a €2,000 registration fee and a service fee of €2,170 (EU citizens) or €2,270 (non-EU), which ESSEC totals as €42,170 and €42,270. The Flexible track charges €21,500 (EU) or €25,300 (non-EU) tuition a year plus €2,000 registration a year and a €2,440 or €2,640 service fee, totalling €49,440 and €57,240 on a two-year basis. On admission you also pay a €6,000 deposit within two weeks — €500 for CROUS or Cap ESSEC scholarship recipients — which is deducted from tuition, and the application fee on the international route is €180. The fee covers academic instruction, course materials, careers services, and ESSEC's alumni network. It does not include living costs, France's €105 CVEC contribution, apprenticeship-related costs, or international travel for the Singapore or Rabat campuses. The French apprenticeship contract (contrat d'apprentissage) can cover a substantial share of tuition for eligible students.
What jobs do ESSEC graduates take?
Approximately 34% of graduates enter consulting, engineering, or ICT; 33% enter finance, trading, or insurance; and 30% enter health, luxury, sports, or sustainability. The employment rate at three months post-graduation is 99%. Top employers include the major strategy consultancies (McKinsey, BCG, Bain), the Big Four (EY, Deloitte), French luxury houses (L'Oréal, LVMH), and the major French and European banks (BNP Paribas, Société Générale).

Sources

  • ESSEC — Master in Management Grande École (NOTE: this URL 404s as of 2026-09-03; ESSEC moved the Grande École MiM under /en/program/master-in-management-international/ and /en/pages/mim-master-in-management/, both of which return 200. Retained only as the provenance of figures read before the move) ↗ — ESSEC Business School
  • ESSEC — MiM Grande École admissions calendar (re-checked: page still shows the 2026-intake rounds, R1 Oct 2 2025 → R4 Apr 9 2026; the 2027-intake calendar is still not posted) ↗ — ESSEC Business School
  • ESSEC — MIM International pathway, Financing tab (re-read 2026-09-03 and the fee table RECOVERED: the amounts are not rendered as page text but ship in the page source as an embedded JSON payload, so the tables 'Tuitions fees - MIM AST INTENSIVE TRACK - 2026' and 'Tuitions fees - MIM AST FLEXIBLE TRACK - 2026' are readable without a browser. Intensive: tuition EUR 38,000/yr, registration EUR 2,000/yr, service fee EUR 2,170 EU / EUR 2,270 non-EU, 'Total cost of the program' EUR 42,170 / EUR 42,270. Flexible: tuition EUR 21,500 EU / EUR 25,300 non-EU per year, registration EUR 2,000/yr, service fee EUR 2,440 / EUR 2,640, total EUR 49,440 / EUR 57,240. Both tables headed 'Applicable for Intake 2026'; no Intake 2027 table published. Also: EUR 180 non-refundable application fee, waived for B2M Alliance Passport holders; EUR 6,000 deposit within two weeks of admission, EUR 500 for CROUS / Cap ESSEC scholarship recipients, deducted from tuition. Confirmed by a second cache-busted fetch the same day) ↗ — ESSEC Business School
  • ESSEC — MIM official overview ↗ — ESSEC Business School
  • ESSEC Alumni ↗ — ESSEC Business School
  • Financial Times — Masters in Management 2025 ↗ — Financial Times
  • QS Business Masters Rankings: Management 2026 ↗ — QS Quacquarelli Symonds
  • ESSEC — Centre de Formation d'Apprentis, Apprentissage et MiM Grande Ecole. ALTERNANCE CHECKED 2026-09-07 (P44): the apprenticeship runs across the 2nd and 3rd years of the Master cycle, starting at the earliest in January of the 1st year; 'Avoir moins de 30 ans à la date de début du contrat'; 'Avoir validé ou être en cours de validation de minimum 3 UV de gestion (hors cours de langue)'; 'Pour les étudiants internationaux (hors UE), il peut être nécessaire d'avoir obtenu au préalable une autorisation de travail'; and 'Les frais de scolarité sont pris en charge par l'entreprise pendant la durée du contrat'. No French-language level is published on this page, unlike ESCP's ↗ — ESSEC Business School

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