The Toulouse Business School, has been able to reposition itself in a significant way, remaining among the 20 best masters in Management in the Financial Times' ranking. It is  important to mention that there are more Universities from outside Europe included in the ranking. On an ever-growing competitive market, the Toulouse Business School asserts its notoriety amongst the leaders.

« Hervé Passeron, Director of the Toulouse Business School indicates: "In fact, having been rated 17th is even more remarkable considering that the ranking process mixes programs of various sizes. In certain confidential programs there are only 50 graduating students per year, whereas in our group there are over 550 graduates. Tolouse Business School remains among the best thanks to to the continuous efforts in increasing the program's quality, of its attractiveness and of its selectivity.» 

A tougher selectivity with regards to the applicant's oral and written aptitudes.

With 6 656 applicants for the 2008 entrance examination (+ 15.22% compared to 2007), the Toulouse Business School is, for the 4th consecutive year, the French Management School most sough-after by students from Post-secondary Preparatory Schools. The continuously growing number of applicants goes along with a tougher selectivity: for example, in four years time, the admissibility level of the entrance examination has been raised by 6 tenth of a point, and the average marks of the students who were accepted have improved by over one point, in both oral and written aptitudes. This is a considerable improvement. 


An innovative teaching method

The Toulouse Business School is the only school capable of offering over 1,500 types of different academic training courses, enabling each student to built his/her personal carrier objectives according to his/her skills and desires. This enriching academic program implies a constant remodeling of its teaching methods based on a thorough analysis of the companies' expectations, incorporating the most recent developments in Management sciences. An essential evolution federated by an important commitment on the part of the professors-researchers, who are at the cutting edge of the international knowledge in their individual disciplines.

Amongst the last innovations :

• The mandatory semester abroad
• The organization of an exchange week with the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Institute of Political Studies) of Toulouse and Highly-Selective Institutions of Toulouse Tech.
• The Highly-qualified (Excellence) « Entrepreneur » training program
• The DSCG (Diplôme Supérieur de Comptables et de Gestion - Postgraduate Degree in Accounting and Management) training program
• The dual diplôma Toulouse Business School / Master Recherche (Research) IAE Toulouse
• The Advanced Finance Program
• A mandatory personal follow-up of each student

An important international stature

As of 2003, the Toulouse Business School is the third school, after HES, ESC-EAP, to acquire the three accreditations: Equis, AMBA, AACSB, and to have integrated international standards. It also benefits from its three establishments, located in the center of three major Southern cities known for their economical growth and their international influence: Toulouse, Barcelona and Casablanca.

Professors who excel in their academic fields.

Through the support of six research centers, the Toulouse Business School staff of professors has improved considerably in terms of quantity and quality in order to satisfy the level of excellence required by the international accreditations.

The Toulouse Business School contributes to the city's dynamism.

The Toulouse Business School is a member of the Pôle de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur (PRES) - Research and Postgraduate Education Center - « University of Toulouse » and of the Excellence Center "ToulouseTech", which is made up of sixteen Postgraduate Schools in Toulouse. It benefits from the euro-regional economical dynamism, in which it plays an important role. In fact, through different programs and research centers, it actively collaborates with three major competitive industries: Aerospace-Valley, Cancer-Bio Santé and Agrimip-Innovation.