Education

“To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.“

Confucius

“Education is not solely about earning a great living. It means living a great life.”

Brad Henry

Contents

  1. Education Summary
    1. Objective
    2. Six top universities
    3. Ten main disciplines
    4. Seven academic degrees
  2. University Rankings
    1. A word of caution regarding world university rankings ⚠️
    2. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne 🇫🇷
    3. Universidad Complutense de Madrid 🇪🇸
    4. LSE (The London School of Economics and Political Science) 🇬🇧
    5. Fudan University 🇨🇳
    6. INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales) 🇫🇷
    7. EFAP (École Française des Attachés de Presse) 🇫🇷
    8. UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) 🇺🇸
    9. Harvard University 🇺🇸
  3. Education History (list of courses and teachers)
  4. Research Papers
  5. Acknowledgments 🙏
    1. Collège Charlemagne ❤️
    2. La Sorbonne ❤️
    3. Seven Professors 🙏
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1. Education Summary

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” 

Often misattributed to the great Mahatma Gandhi.

1.1 Objective

“Rerum cognoscere causas“

“To understand the causes of things“

Motto of the London School of Economics and Political Science (1895).

My objective was to understand our digital and global modern society disrupted by digitalization and globalization. And to acquire “une double compétence” as we say in French, a dual expertise: a functional expertise (in management, marketing and strategy) and an industry expertise (in entertainment, media and technology) to work for a top consulting firm as a young graduate (which I managed to do by later joining Accenture).

While a young teenager studying at the prestigious Collège and Lycée Charlemagne in le Marais in Paris (one of the best public high schools in France, founded by Napoléon Bonaparte in 1804), I designed early on a special curriculum to develop some core competencies through a unique academic education (described below) in management studies, media studies and global studies, and an international professional experience in the cultural and creative industries, in order (1) to fulfill my lifelong passions for culture, media and entertainment every single day, (2) to answer the current and future needs for specific hard skills and soft skills in the creative economy, and (3) to accompany creators and organizations of the cultural and creative industries in their digital transformation and internationalization to meet the challenges and to seize the opportunities of the digital revolution.

1.2 Six top universities

“Hic et ubique terrarum”

“Ici et partout sur la Terre”

“Here and anywhere on Earth”

Motto of the University of Paris (the second-oldest university in the world).

I was trained by six of the best universities in the world for arts, humanities, social sciences and management, for a truly global experience.

These world-leading teaching and research institutions are among the most prestigious global universities:

As a professional, I also studied at one of the top communication schools in France, EFAP, and at one of the top language schools, INALCO.

1.3 Ten main disciplines

Management studies and media studies are inherently interdisciplinary (drawing on other social science disciplines such as economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and political science). Therefore, I benefited from a truly multidisciplinary education across various disciplines of the social sciences and humanities rather than an education focused on a single area of ​​specialization (like marketing management). At every top university where I studied (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Fudan University), pluridisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity were highly valued and central to the curriculum. I believe that such education, going well beyond a basic business degree, is better suited for the world leaders, creative entrepreneurs, top media executives, and global media managers of the 21st century. Moreover, in the age of AI, I do not believe in hyperspecialization but rather in pluridisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity.

I received a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary education in many academic disciplines of the social sciences and humanities:

  1. Management, business administration, international business management, business internationalization, cross-cultural management, operations research, management science, game theory, mathematics, statistics, probability, quantitative analysis, decision analysis, decision making, problem solving, accounting, financial accounting, management accounting or managerial accounting, cost accounting, tax accounting, financial reporting, auditing, production management, logistics, supply chain management, industrial relations, labor relations, human resource management (HRM), talent management, conflict management, conflict resolution, negotiation, change management, digital transformation and media management,
  2. Economics, business economics, managerial economics, organizational economics, international economics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, behavioral economics, financial economics, monetary economics, national accounting, economic history, the history of economic thought, finance, corporate finance, financial markets, mathematical finance, international finance, financing strategy, investment strategy, international trade, foreign trade, taxation, tax policy, fiscal policy, economic sociology, the socioeconomics of the cultural and creative industries and media economics,
  3. Organization studies, organizational theory, organizational behavior, organizational culture, organization development, organizational design, psychosociology, the social psychology of organizations, industrial and organizational psychology, organizational intelligence and mass media,
  4. Strategy, strategic management, international strategy, corporate strategy, business strategy, functional strategy, operational strategy, strategic intelligence, competitive intelligence, marketing intelligence, market intelligence, business intelligence, digital strategy and media strategy,
  5. Marketing, marketing management, international marketing or global marketing, marketing strategy, marketing plan, marketing communications, advertising, promotion, digital marketing or e-marketing or Internet marketing or online marketing or web marketing, rhetoric, linguistics, discourse analysis, literary theory, semiotics, semiology, psychology, media psychology, media influence, media culture and pop culture,
  6. Law, business law or commercial law, corporate law, contract law, financial law, corporate governance, public law, administrative law, tax law, international law, comparative law (common law or case law vs. civil law or European law), philosophy, ethics, business ethics, human rights and media regulation,
  7. Political science, international relations/international studies/international politics/international affairs, global politics/world politics, geopolitics, geostrategy, geoeconomics, political economy, the political economy of communication, media conglomerates, media capture, censorship, freedom of speech, freedom of the media, media pluralism, public policy and media policy,
  8. Sociology, social theory, social research, women’s studies, feminist studies, gender studies, ethnic studies, postcolonial studies, decolonial studies, anthropology, social anthropology, cultural anthropology, sociocultural anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, history, marxism, critical theory, the culture industry, post-structuralism, postmodernism and cultural studies,
  9. Communication studies, journalism, foreign languages, information science, history of the media, history of journalism, history of broadcasting, history of television, broadcast programming, mediatization, media ecology, media sociology, digital sociology, the sociology of the Internet, Internet studies, media and everyday life, the social shaping of technology, the domestication of information and communication technologies (ICTs), new media studies and media studies,
  10. Global studies, globalization, economic globalization, cultural globalization, cultural imperialism, cultural homogenization, Americanization, Westernization, cultural diversity, cultural pluralism, multiculturalism, enculturation, acculturation, hybridization, glocalization, transnationalism, cosmopolitanism, globality, global citizenship, classical and modern languages (Latin, French, English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and Russian), media and globalization, media imperialism, digital imperialism or digital colonialism or electronic colonialism, and global media.

1.4 Seven academic degrees

“You’re looking for three things, generally, in a person: intelligence, energy, and integrity. And if they don’t have the last one, don’t even bother with the first two.”

Warren Buffett

I have seven degrees including 4 master’s degrees (Master of Management, Master of Science, Master of Arts and Master of Business Administration).

Executive Training

  • 2026-now: Online courses on emotional intelligence, leadership, and entrepreneurship from Harvard University, the best university in the world.
  • 2026-now: Online courses on artificial intelligence, business, marketing, and strategy at UCLA, the best or second-best public university in the US.
  • 2026: Online courses on viral marketing from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, which offers the world’s best MBA (QS 2026).

Professional Training

  • 2016-2017: EFAP Specialized MBA in Digital Marketing & Business, valedictorian/major de promotion. Ranked 2nd among the best master’s degrees in digital marketing and e-business in France for many years (including in 2024). Founded in 2015 by Vincent Montet (the founder of the oldest MBA in Internet marketing and e-commerce in France in 1999) and the HUB Institute (a leading digital think tank, consulting firm and training firm in digital transformation and AI), the MBA DMB #InsideDigitalRevolution was the first master’s program and MBA on the digital revolution and digital transformation in France. The digital marketing and e-business courses and masterclasses were led entirely by professionals, all superstars in their fields (e-commerce, SEO, SEA, social media, analytics, UX, UI, mobile marketing, email marketing, CRM, CX, martech, marketing automation, etc.). Intensive Google Ads (formerly known as Google AdWords) and Google Analytics training from two of Google France’s main official trainers. I used to see Jonathan Vidor and Aymerik Bouchacourt from JVWEB in Google France’s official training videos, and I had them right in front of me during my MBA classes. I was also trained in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) by the great Yann Lemort. I was part of the second cohort of this innovative and transformative MBA, preparing me for the future of humanity, society, business, and marketing in the age of AI (artificial intelligence) and robots.
  • 2016: Google Certificate in Digital Marketing, approved by IAB Europe (Interactive Advertising Bureau). This was my first Google training course in digital marketing and e-commerce. I did this online training and obtained this Google certificate for professionals (Google pour les Pros) before my MBA.
  • 2013-2014: INALCO Russian language course. Part-time evening course for professionals. INALCO is the only school in the world to teach more than 100 languages and civilizations. INALCO has the largest Russian language department in France and Europe, with over 700 students in Russian studies.

Postgraduate Education

  • 2008-2009: Fudan MA in Global Media and Communications. Ranked #1 among the top master’s degrees in communication in Asia for many years. Launched in 2007-2009, I was part of the first cohort of this new LSE-Fudan double degree creating a very important path between Europe and China. In 2008, I was chosen to deliver the inaugural speech during the official opening ceremony in Shanghai of this first double degree between LSE and Fudan. This program focused primarily on the history of journalism and media in China, the comparative study of Chinese and Western media, and marketing strategy and marketing communications in China. I studied at the four departments of Journalism, Broadcasting, Communication, and Advertising of the prestigious Fudan School of Journalism, at the Department of World Economy of the Fudan School of Economics, and at the Department of Sociology of the Fudan School of Social Development and Public Policy for a multidisciplinary study and understanding of Chinese culture, media and society. Fudan has been ranked first for communication in mainland China (Shanghai Ranking 2025) and second for marketing after Tsinghua (QS 2025).
  • 2007-2008: LSE MSc in Global Media and Communications. Ranked #1 among the top master’s degrees in communication in Europe for many years. The brainchild of LSE’s former director Anthony Giddens, this is the world’s oldest degree in global media, founded in 2000 by Terhi Rantanen at LSE and by Patricia Riley at USC (University of Southern California). This is also the oldest and the largest double degree at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The LSE was ranked second among the best universities in the world for communication and media studies, tied with USC but ahead of Harvard, UPenn, Stanford, NYU, Cambridge, Berkeley, Columbia, Goldsmiths, Northwestern, MIT, UCLA, King’s College, Yale, Cornell and UCL (QS 2024). The topics of the digital transformation and globalization of the media and entertainment industry were at the heart of this innovative program.
  • 2007: International Business Certificate with honors of the French Foreign Trade Advisors (Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France/CCE).
  • 2006-2007: Sorbonne Master’s degree in International Strategic Management, summa cum laude, valedictorian/major de promotion. Ranked 1st or 2nd among the best master’s degrees in strategy and consulting in France for many years (including in 2026), ahead of the master’s degrees (MSc) of all the top private business schools: HEC Paris, ESCP Business School, EDHEC Business School and emlyon business school. With an acceptance rate of only 5% (over 400 applications each year for 20 admitted students). Until 2000, the Sorbonne School of Management did not offer a master’s degree in corporate strategy and general management, but rather highly specialized master’s degrees in very specific subfields of management (accounting, audit, finance, marketing, sales, logistics, human resource management, etc.). Hubert de La Bruslerie, the Director of the Sorbonne School of Management and Convenor of the Sorbonne Bachelor of Business Administration, decided to create the first master’s degree in management and strategy at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2000, modeled after the best American MBAs. He even called this DESS/Master 2 Management Stratégique International: “the Sorbonne MBA”. This generalist program was structured around two main pillars: strategic management and international management. Its aim was to develop essential cross-functional skills for all the sectors of the 21st-century economy, training the global business leaders of tomorrow.
  • 2005-2009: Chinese language courses for three years. In 2005-2006 in Madrid, in 2007-2008 in London (LSE) and in 2008-2009 in Shanghai (Fudan).

Undergraduate Education

  • 2005-2006: Complutense LADE – Licenciatura en Administración y Dirección de Empresas (a five-year Spanish degree that no longer exists, equivalent to a Master of Business Administration or MBA), especialidad en Dirección Comercial y Marketing (Marketing concentration). The Complutense MBA has been ranked 1st among all public universities in Spain for many years and 4th overall after Spain’s best private business schools: ESADE, IESE and IE. Erasmus year, the European Union‘s international student exchange program (non-degree program, I was still officially a student at the Sorbonne).
  • 2004-2006: Sorbonne Bachelor of Business Administration, Management track, magna cum laude. Ranked 1st or 2nd among the best BBAs (Bachelors of Business Administration and General Management) in France for many years by multiple rankings. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne is the best university for social sciences and management in France and 3rd overall after the two private business schools INSEAD and HEC Paris but ahead of Sciences Po Paris, ESSEC, Université PSL (including ENS – École normale supérieure de la rue d’Ulm and Université Paris Dauphine), ESCP, Sorbonne Université, emlyon, EDHEC, Institut Polytechnique de Paris and Université Paris-Saclay (QS 2022, QS 2023, QS 2024, QS 2025 and QS 2026).
  • 2002-2004: Sorbonne Associate degree in Economics and Management, Management major, magna cum laude. A founding member of the Paris School of Economics (PSE), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne is the best university for economics in France ahead of Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, Université PSL – Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (including ENS – École normale supérieure de la rue d’Ulm and Université Paris Dauphine), Sciences Po, HEC Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, ESSEC, EDHEC, emlyon, EHESS and ESCP (QS 2024, QS 2025 and QS 2026).

Secondary Education

  • 2002: Baccalauréat Général, série Scientifique (première scientifique et terminale scientifique). Similar to the final high school diploma in the US. The “Baccalauréat ès sciences” created by Napoléon Bonaparte in 1808, became “Baccalauréat général : série Scientifique” or “Bac S” between 1995 and 2020. The scientific series or S stream of the French General Baccalaureate was considered the most difficult, the most selective and the most prestigious baccalaureate in France, reserved for the best students of French lycées/high schools. The scientific baccalaureate was abolished by the Macron government in 2020 to promote inclusivity rather than elitism and to end the hierarchy between the Baccalaureate tracks (S, L, ES). The Bac S was considered “la voie royale” (“the royal road”) in France, and selection for higher education in France was based primarily on students’ level in science, and particularly in mathematics. Without this scientific baccalaureate, I would not have succeeded in my ultra-selective management studies at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne where the level in mathematics, probability, statistics, and quantitative analysis was very high, with a highly selective admissions process to keep only the very best students, “la crème de la crème” (“the cream of the crop”), each year, from L1 (Y1) to M2 (Y5).
  • 1995-2002: Collège Charlemagne and then Lycée Charlemagne (in Paris). This is equivalent to school from 6th grade to 12th grade in the US system. The prestigious Collège and Lycée Charlemagne in le Marais is one of the best middle schools and high schools in France. A 100% free public school, Charlemagne is one of the four oldest high schools in Paris. The origins of the school date back to 1264 with a beguinage founded by Saint Louis on the current location of the lycée Charlemagne. The site then became the Hôtel de la Rochepot / Hôtel de Damville, then the very prestigious Maison professe des Jésuites or Maison professe de Paris (1580-1762), then the prestigious école centrale de la rue Saint-Antoine (1797-1803), and finally, it became the Lycée Charlemagne in 1804. In 1802, Napoléon Bonaparte established fourty five lycées throughout France, including four lycées in Paris: the Lycée Impérial (now Lycée Louis-le-Grand), the Lycée Napoléon (now Lycée Henri-IV), the Lycée Bonaparte (now Lycée Condorcet), and the Lycée Charlemagne. Napoléon Bonaparte saw himself as the heir of Charlemagne (King of the Franks who later became Emperor and is considered “the Father of Europe”).

2. University Rankings

In this second part, you will discover the 2025-2026 national and international university rankings of the eight academic institutions where I studied.

2.1 A word of caution regarding world university rankings

National and international rankings are not 100% reliable and should be taken with a grain of salt by both students and employers. It is important to consider the various criteria and methodologies used by these rankings to evaluate universities and the weighting of these criteria in the artificial hierarchy of universities.

World university rankings tend to favor comprehensive universities. They are tailored to measure “bibliometric and Anglophone” disciplines, such as fundamental research, the pure sciences or the “hard sciences,” rather than the “soft sciences” (I despise this term). So I place little importance on overall university rankings because they tend to undervalue universities specializing in the social sciences, such as the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), the Università Bocconi or the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. It is therefore more interesting for me to examine rankings by discipline or subject in the social sciences and humanities.

Furthermore, it is difficult to compare universities with different educational systems. Major US and UK universities are primarily research-oriented, while other universities around the world focus more on professional training, rather than theoretical training, to help students find employment as quickly as possible. This is especially true in my field of business administration, management, marketing, and strategy. During my Sorbonne Master’s degree in France, more than 50% of my professors were recognized professionals who practice management daily, and during my EFAP MBA in France, 100% of my professors were superstar professionals in their respective fields, with a long professional experience, not researchers, nor academics. Conversely, 100% of my professors at LSE in the UK were world-class social scientists (leading scholars from the fields of media studies, communication studies, global studies, gender studies, sociology, social psychology, media economics, political economy, political science, media law and public policy) and prolific authors getting their articles published in the most prestigious academic journals of the social sciences and humanities.

Moreover, world university rankings are primarily based on research output and the number of publications by researchers in the most famous and prestigious Anglo-Saxon scientific journals like Nature and Science (especially true for ARWU), the number of research citations per research paper (especially true for THE), as well as the global reputation of universities (especially true for QS), thus favoring English-language universities (especially based in the US, in the UK, in Canada, in Australia, in Singapore and in Hong Kong). Non-English-speaking public universities and researchers (particularly from France, Italy and Spain) are always significantly disadvantaged by all the world university rankings because of the language barrier. The same is true for European public universities which never advertise and do not participate in global marketing campaigns (unlike many European private business schools that seek to build their global reputation and to attract more clients/students and/or leading scholars around the world through national and global advertising).

“France has the lowest level of English proficiency of any European Union country, while Swedes were ranked the best internationally.” (Euronews)

Source: Euronews, Which EU countries are the best and worst at speaking English? published on 03/11/2018.

If you look at the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026: Arts and Humanities, the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne is #18 and is the first non-English-speaking university in the world. In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026: Law & Legal Studies, the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne is #19 and is again the first non-English-speaking university in the world. All the universities ranked higher than Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne are located in English-speaking countries: in the US (Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Columbia, Berkeley, NYU, UCLA, Princeton, MIT and Chicago), the UK (Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL, Edinburgh and King’s College), Australia (Melbourne, UNSW and Sydney), Canada (Toronto) and Singapore (NUS).

Top French, Italian, and Spanish universities are world leaders in the “real and applied disciplines” of professional schools (such as law, engineering, medicine and psychology) and in the humanities and social sciences (such as history, philosophy, archaeology, anthropology, economics, sociology). But international rankings do not measure the actual performance of universities in law, engineering, and medicine (hospital-based clinical research not captured by rankings), for example. And world university rankings also fail to measure the performance of Southern European universities, since French researchers publish in French, Italian researchers publish in Italian, and Spanish researchers publish in Spanish. This is even more true in the social sciences and humanities. Therefore, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Sorbonne Université, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universitat de Barcelona, Università di Bologna, and Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, for example, are particularly undervalued in world university rankings. However, this could perhaps change in the future with the development of AI use by European researchers and world university rankings.

Finally, money talks. The funding and budgets of universities differ greatly.
The Harvard University endowment, valued at $56.9 billion as of June 30, 2025, is the largest academic endowment in the world. Harvard’s total operating expenses reached $6.8 billion in 2025. By comparison, the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne’s annual budget was only €250 million (4%).

We must pay tribute here to the extraordinary teaching and research staff of the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (and French academics across France in general) who accomplish so much with so little. The budget of Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne is only 4% of Harvard’s budget in 2025. French universities are experiencing an unprecedented financial crisis, with budgets and salaries allocated by the French state that are minuscule and scandalous on the international stage! The relatively high rankings of French universities, and in particular those of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in Arts and Humanities (#15 in 2025 and #18 in 2026), Archaeology (#12), Classics & Ancient History (#11), History (#15), Geography (#23), Philosophy (#25 in 2024 and #35 in 2026), Modern Languages (#42), Social Sciences & Management (#53 in 2025 and #57 in 2026), Law & Legal Studies (#17 in 2024 and #19 in 2026), Anthropology (#40), Development Studies (#25 in 2025 and #40 in 2026), Economics & Econometrics (#49), Sociology (#55), and Politics (#66 in 2025 and #70 in 2026), and of Sorbonne University (formerly Paris 4 and Paris 6) in Arts and Humanities (#31), Classics & Ancient History (#29), Modern Languages (#27), English Language and Literature (#62), Linguistics (#89), Natural Sciences (#22), Mathematics (#11), Geophysics (#18), Geology (#23), Earth & Marine Sciences (#26), Physics & Astronomy (#32), Chemistry (#46), Life Sciences & Medicine (#46), Anatomy & Physiology (#31), Biological Sciences (#40), Medicine (#41), Engineering & Technology (#80), and Computer Science & Information Systems (#52), are therefore truly remarkable and deserve to be mentioned, commended and praised. Congratulations to these wonderful professors and researchers! 👏👏👏

For the first time in global academic history, the price tag for one year of college is now reaching $100,000 at several private colleges and universities in the US. For example: Barnard College, Vassar College, Columbia, NYU and USC attendance costs are around $100,000 for the 2025-2026 school year. Harvard University’s tuition is $64,796 on average (according to U.S. News). Whereas the tuition fees at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (or at any French public university) are €254 per year for master’s students, €178 for bachelor’s students and €0 for scholarship students in 2025-2026. This very important financial criteria for students is never taken into account by these rankings. Higher education is even 100% free in some European countries.

These world university rankings should therefore be interpreted with caution, keeping in mind their numerous biases and important limitations.

2.2 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

The University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (informally la Sorbonne or just Paris 1) is the leading university for arts, humanities, social sciences and management in France and is famous in the entire Francophone world. It resulted from the 1970 partial merger of the Faculty of Law and Economics (Panthéon) and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sorbonne) of the University of Paris dating back from the 11th century, the oldest or second-oldest university in the world. The University of Paris 1 has the most prestigious reputation in the cultural and creative industries in France. Paris 1 has been known for many years for its leading research and degrees of high excellence in the fields of history/law/economics/management of the arts, culture, heritage, cinema, audiovisual, communication, media and digital media. Paris 1 is the best university for the study of arts and humanities in France, ranked as the 15th best university in the world for Arts and Humanities in 2025, only competing with Sorbonne Université (ranked #24 in the world, formerly Université Paris IV Paris-Sorbonne and Université Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie). Paris 1 is the best university for audiovisual, cinema and film studies in France, only competing with the Université Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle. The Sorbonne Law School is the best law school in France, ranked as the 20th best university in the world for Law and Legal Studies in 2025, only competing with the Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas in France (ranked between the 101-150 positions). The Sorbonne Department of Political Science is one of the best in France, only competing with Sciences Po Paris. The Sorbonne School of Economics, a founding member of the Paris School of Economics (PSE), is one of the best in France, only competing with the Toulouse School of Economics (Université Toulouse 1 Capitole). The Paris School of Economics has been ranked 5th in the world (after Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, and Chicago, but ahead of Stanford, Oxford, Toulouse, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Barcelona, NYU, Brown, UPenn, and LSE) and 1st in France and in all Europe among the Top Economics Departments (RePEc / IDEAS ranking 2026, the reference ranking in the world for research in economics). The Sorbonne School of Management is one of the best in France for teaching and research in business administration and management, alongside INSEAD, HEC Paris, ESCP Business School, ESSEC Business School, and Université Paris IX Dauphine. As the successor to the Faculty of Law and Economics of the University of Paris, the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne has played a crucial role in the development of teaching and research in Management Sciences in France, notably through its joint doctoral school with HEC Paris in the 1990s, and now with ESCP. For many years, HEC Paris had a joint doctoral school in management with the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, particularly in the 1990s and 2000s. Today, the doctoral program of ESCP Business School (the oldest business school in the world, ranked #2 in France) awards a PhD delivered by the Sorbonne School of Management. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne has a long history of offering double degrees and dual degrees with HEC Paris and ESCP Business School. The University of Paris 1 and ESCP are close partners within Sorbonne Alliance. The Panthéon-Sorbonne Doctoral School of Management is currently the largest doctoral school in business and management sciences in France by number of members with 250 doctoral candidates (by comparison, there are currently 127 PhD students at the Harvard Business School, 86 PhD students at INSEAD and 56 PhD students at HEC Paris). Paris 1 has around 350 international partners in 73 countries, covering all five continents, and offers double degrees with Columbia University (New York), Cornell University, Fudan University (Shanghai), King’s College (London) and now Queen Mary University of London, Humboldt (Berlin), Complutense (Madrid), Florence, Cologne, HEC Paris, Sciences Po Paris, etc. Columbia University and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne created the Alliance Program in 2002. Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Cornell University‘s Cornell Law School founded the Cornell-Paris 1 Summer Institute. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne was part of the Europaeum for many years (1997-2023), gathering the most prestigious European universities (University of Oxford, Università di Bologna, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, etc.), and is now part of Una Europa and Sorbonne Alliance (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, ESCP Business School and INALCO).

Paris 1 is ranked globally in the QS World University Rankings:

  • #15 for Arts and Humanities (#1 in France) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025. According to QS: “Many of the top universities in this area of teaching are in English-speaking countries with Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne the highest-ranked exception (up four places this year to 15th)”.
  • #15 for Archaeology (#1 in France) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #19 for History (#1 in France) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #20 for Law & Legal Studies (#1 in France) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #21-50 for Art History (#1 in France) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #22 for Classics & Ancient History (#1 in France) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #25 for Development Studies (#1 in France) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #32 for Philosophy (#1 in France) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #34 for Geography (#1 in France) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #44 for Hospitality & Leisure Management (#2 in France after Vatel) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #46 for Anthropology (#1 in France) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #50 for Modern Languages (#2 in France after Sorbonne Université) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #53 for Social Sciences & Management (#3 in France after INSEAD and HEC Paris) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #60 for Economics & Econometrics (#2 in France after the Paris School of Economics – PSE, of which Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne is a founding member) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #66 for Politics (#2 in France after Sciences Po Paris) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #79 for Sociology (#3 in France after Sciences Po Paris and EHESS) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #93 for Accounting & Finance (#5 in France after HEC Paris, INSEAD, PSL and ESSEC) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #101-150 for Communication & Media Studies (#1 in France) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #101-150 for Social Policy & Administration (#2 in France after Sciences Po Paris) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #145 for Performing Arts (#4 in France after Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon and Sorbonne Université) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #151-200 for Architecture & Built Environment (#1 in France) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #151-200 for Art & Design (#4 in France after Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs / ENSAD, École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle / ENSCI – Les Ateliers and École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris / ENSBA / Beaux-Arts de Paris) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025

Paris 1 is ranked globally in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings:

  • #47 for Arts and Humanities (#3 in France after Université PSL and Sorbonne Université) in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #61 for Law (#1 in France) in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025

2.3 Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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The Complutense University of Madrid (UCM, “la Docta”, or informally “la Complu”) is regarded as the most prestigious university in Spain and famous in the entire Hispanophone world (LATAM). La Complutense is the best university in Spain according to the QS World University Rankings 2025. It is, with the Universities of Paris (1045), Bologna (1088), Oxford (1096), Salamanca (1130) and Cambridge (1209), one of the oldest universities in the world (1293) and the largest university in Spain. Of the eight Spanish Nobel Prize winners, seven studied or were professors at the Complutense University. It has the most prestigious reputation in the cultural and creative industries in Spain. The Complutense Faculty of Media and Communication Science is considered the most famous, the oldest and the best in Spain, especially for careers in audiovisual, film, journalism, press, media, communication, advertising and PR. The Complutense Faculty of Economics and Business Administration is constantly ranked in the Top 6 for business and management teaching and research in Spain, competing with the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), ESADE/Universitat Ramon Llull (private), IESE/Universidad de Navarra (private) and IE University (private). La Complutense has international partnerships with more than 900 institutions located in 77 countries, including its longstanding relationships with the most prestigious universities in the USA (Harvard, Chicago, Berkeley), in England (Oxford), in France (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and in Italy (La Sapienza). Complutense has 2 centers abroad: the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University founded with Harvard University in 1990 and the Collège des Hautes Etudes Européennes Miguel Servet in Paris created with the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in 1993.

The Complutense University of Madrid has been ranked as the best university in Spain in the QS World University Rankings 2025:

La Universidad Complutense de Madrid es la mejor universidad de España, según la última edición del QS World University Rankings (UCM)

La Complutense, primera universidad española en el Ranking QS tras ascender hasta el puesto 164 del mundo (La Vanguardia)

Las mejores universidades del mundo según el ranking QS 2025 (gradoMania)

Las 10 mejores universidades de España en 2025 según QS (Marketing Educativo)

The Complutense University of Madrid has also been constantly ranked as the best university in Spain by the prestigious newspaper El Mundo.

In the 2025 edition, the 10 Spanish universities with the highest presence in El Mundo’s ranking are:

  1. Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  2. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
  3. Universidad de Barcelona
  4. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  5. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
  6. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
  7. Universidad de Navarra
  8. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  9. Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña
  10. Universidad Ramón Llull

Source: Ranking El Mundo 2025 con las mejores universidades de España para estudiar 50 grados universitarios

La Complutense is ranked globally in the QS World University Rankings:

  • #48 for Modern Languages (#1 in Spain) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #51-100 for History (#1 in Spain) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #51-100 for Classics & Ancient History (#1 in Spain) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #51-100 for Communication & Media Studies (#1 in Spain tied with Universidad de Navarra) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #51-100 for Archaeology (#1 in Spain tied with Universitat de Barcelona and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #51-100 for Anthropology (#1 in Spain tied with Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Universitat de Barcelona) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #51-100 for Development Studies (#1 in Spain tied with Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Universitat de Barcelona) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #60 for Arts and Humanities (#1 in Spain) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #76 for Law & Legal Studies (#1 in Spain) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #93 for Education & Training (#2 in Spain after Universitat de Barcelona) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #101-150 for Politics (#1 in Spain tied with Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Universitat Pompeu Fabra) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #101-150 for English Language and Literature (#1 in Spain tied with Universitat de Barcelona) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #101-150 for Sociology (#2 in Spain after Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #101-150 for Geography (#2 in Spain after Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #101-150 for Linguistics (#3 in Spain after Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #151-200 for Art & Design (#3 in Spain after Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya/UPC and Universitat Politecnica de Valencia and on par with Universidad Politécnica de Madrid/UPM) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025

La Complutense is ranked globally in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings:

  • #72 for Arts and Humanities (#2 in Spain after Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #80 for Law (#1 in Spain) in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025

2.4 The London School of Economics and Political Science

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The London School of Economics and Political Science (informally the London School of Economics or LSE) is the best university in the UK ahead of Oxford and Cambridge according to the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025 and 2026. The LSE is usually ranked as the best university in London and in the Top 3 in the United Kingdom with Oxbridge. Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, Imperial College, King’s College and UCL form the “Golden Triangle” of the UK elite universities. The London School of Economics, part of the University of London, has been considered for many years as the leading university for social sciences and management in the world, second only to Harvard University (QS). As of 2017, 26% (or 13 out of 49) of all the Nobel Prizes in Economics have been awarded to LSE alumni and current and former staff. As of 2025, 21 Nobel Prize laureates in economics, peace and literature are recognised by the school as being LSE alumni and staff. Two for Literature, three for Peace and 16 for Economic Sciences. LSE alumni and former staff include 55 past or present heads of state or government. Since 1990, the London School of Economics has educated 24 heads of state or government, the second highest of any university in the United Kingdom after the University of Oxford. The London School of Economics is in the World Top 5 of the favorite universities of employers with Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and MIT. In terms of incomes, LSE graduates are earning more than those from any other UK university, including more prestigious ones like Oxford and Cambridge. Out of all universities in Europe, LSE has educated the most billionaires according to a 2014 global census of dollar billionaires. LSE has the most prestigious reputation in the creative industries in the United Kingdom. The LSE Department of Media and Communications was ranked for many years as the best in the UK and in Europe and 3rd in the entire world, just after USC and Berkeley, and even 2nd best in the world in 2024 (QS). LSE offers joint degrees with Columbia University (New York), NYU (New York University), USC (University of Southern California), Peking University, Fudan University (Shanghai), HEC Paris, Sciences Po Paris, etc.

LSE has been ranked as the best university in the world for Social Sciences & Management after Harvard University for many years by QS.

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021: Social Sciences & Management

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020: Social Sciences & Management

LSE has been ranked as the best university in the world for Communication & Media Studies after the University of Amsterdam by QS.

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024: Communication & Media Studies

The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide has ranked LSE as the best university in the UK ahead of Oxford and Cambridge two years in a row, in 2025 and in 2026, and also named the London School of Economics and Political Science as its ‘University of the Year 2025’.

Good University Guide 2025

Good University Guide 2026

UK University Rankings 2026: League table

Press review about the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025 (national ranking):

Why LSE is the Sunday Times University of the Year 2025 (The Times)

This is the first time the Good University Guide has awarded LSE the prestigious ‘University of the Year’ title, and the first time it has been ranked number one in the country (LSE)

LSE beats Oxford and Cambridge to top spot in UK university rankings (The Independent)

LSE Named UK’s Best University for the First Time in History (South West Londoner)

LSE has been named the best university in the UK by The Times and Sunday Times (The Tab)

LSE beats Oxford and Cambridge to top spot in UK university rankings (London Evening Standard)

Press review about the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 (national ranking):

LSE named as top university in the UK (LSE)

London School of Economics named UK’s top university as Oxbridge pushed out of top three for first time (London Evening Standard)

Oxford and Cambridge pushed out of top three UK university rankings for first time (The Independent)

The Times Good University Guide 2026 is out, and Oxbridge aren’t the best UK unis anymore (The Tab)

The London university that is officially better than Oxford and Cambridge for 2026 (Time Out)

LSE is ranked globally in the QS World University Rankings:

  • #2 for Philosophy (#1 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #2 for Geography (#2 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #3 for Development Studies (#3 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #5 for Politics (#2 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #5 for Sociology (#2 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #6 for Communication & Media Studies (#1 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #6 for Social Sciences & Management (#3 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #6 for Law & Legal Studies (#3 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #6 for History (#3 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #7 for Social Policy & Administration (#3 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #8 for Economics & Econometrics (#1 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #8 for Accounting & Finance (#3 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #11 for Anthropology (#4 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #12 for Business & Management Studies (#4 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #18 for Marketing (#3 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #54 for Arts and Humanities (#8 in the UK) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #56 in the QS World University Rankings 2026: Top global universities (#9 in the UK)

LSE is ranked globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as “the Shanghai Ranking“:

  • #5 for Political Sciences (#1 in the UK) in the 2024 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #9 for Economics (#1 in the UK) in the 2024 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #9 for Finance (#2 in the UK) in the 2024 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #26 for Sociology (#5 in the UK) in the 2024 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #34 for Public Administration (#6 in the UK) in the 2024 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #36 for Statistics (#5 in the UK) in the 2024 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #37 for Communication (#3 in the UK) in the 2024 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #51-75 for Law (#6 in the UK) in the 2024 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”

LSE is ranked globally in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings:

  • #9 for Social Sciences (#3 in the UK) in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #10 for Business and Economics (#3 in the UK) in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #31 for Arts and Humanities (#6 in the UK) in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #50 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 (#7 in the UK)

2.5 Fudan University

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复旦大学  (Fudan University or informally Fudan) is the best university in Shanghai and is ranked in the Top 3 in China, just after Beida (Peking University) and Tsinghua. Fudan is a world leading university in social sciences and management. It has the most prestigious reputation in the cultural and creative industries in China. The Fudan Journalism School, with its four departments of Journalism, Broadcasting, Communication and Advertising, is regarded as the oldest (1929), the most famous and the best School of Communication and Journalism in China, alongside the prestigious Renmin University of China School of Journalism and Communication (1955) and the Communication University of China (1954). Fudan University offers prestigious double degrees with Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in international economics and globalization, with the London Business School and Università Bocconi in international management and globalization, with Sciences Po Paris in international relations and globalization and with the London School of Economics and Political Science in international communication and globalization (I was part of the first cohort of this innovative LSE-Fudan double degree launched in 2007). 

Fudan is ranked globally in the QS World University Rankings:

  • #12 for Linguistics (#2 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #20 for Politics (#2 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #22 for Modern Languages (#2 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #22 for Classics & Ancient History (#3 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #23 for Library & Information Management (#3 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #26 for History (#2 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #29 for Development Studies (#1 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #30 in the QS World University Rankings 2026: Top global universities (#3 in China)
  • #31 for Economics & Econometrics (#3 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #37 for Accounting & Finance (#3 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #37 for Geography (#5 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #38 for Marketing (#2 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #39 for Computer Science and Information Systems (#5 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #40 for Social Policy & Administration (#4 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #41 for Philosophy (#5 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #44 for Business & Management Studies (#4 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #44 for Archaeology (#2 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #45 for Sociology (#4 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #49 for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (#3 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #58 for Social Sciences and Management (#3 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #79 for Arts and Humanities (#3 in China) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025

Fudan is ranked globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as “the Shanghai Ranking“:

  • #41 in the 2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #51-75 for Economics (#2 in mainland China) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #101-150 for Communication (#1 in mainland China) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”

Fudan is ranked globally in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings:

  • #27 for Business and Economics (#4 in China) in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025
  • #36 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 (#3 in China)
  • #98 for Social Sciences (#4 in China) in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025

2.6 INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales)

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The National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (informally “Langues O'”, Inalco or INALCO) resulted from the merger of the Ecole des Jeunes de Langues founded in 1669 by Colbert and the Ecole Spéciale des Langues Orientales founded by Lakanal in 1795, to train French expatriates of diplomacy and international trade. It is the oldest European and World academic institution totally devoted to teaching and researching non-Western European cultures, that started in France under King Francis I of France in 1530 thanks to Guillaume Budé with the creation of the Collège des Trois Langues (now Collège de France). INALCO is the best institution for the study of more than 100 languages (this is unique in the world) and the most difficult place where to learn oriental languages in France with prestigious departments such as Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Russian. Teaching Russian since 1817, it has the largest Russian department in France and in all Europe, with over 700 students every year pursuing Russian studies. Inspired by INALCO, the University of London finally created the equivalent in 1916 to serve the British empire: SOAS, the School of Oriental and African Studies. INALCO is the world’s largest provider of language training courses (104 languages taught as of 2024). INALCO is usually considered the best school in France for the study of modern languages, competing with Université Paris III Sorbonne-Nouvelle and Université Paris IV Paris-Sorbonne (now called Sorbonne Université). More specifically, for learning Russian, the two best schools in France are probably INALCO and Sorbonne Université. INALCO has been ranked in 2026 for the very first time in Linguistics by QS : #95 in the world and #3 in France, behind Université Paris Cité and Sorbonne Université. With over 120 nationalities represented among its students and teachers, INALCO is one of the most international and diverse institutions of higher education in France and around the world. INALCO has always had a special relationship with the Sorbonne: from 1971 until 1984, INALCO was part of Université Paris 3 Sorbonne-Nouvelle, from 2010 to 2024 INALCO was part of Sorbonne Paris Cité, and in 2024 INALCO joined Sorbonne Alliance founded by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle and ESCP Business School.

2.7 EFAP

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EFAP (formely known as the Ecole Française des Attachés de Presse), created in Paris in 1961 by the Sorbonne alumnus, philosopher and entrepreneur Denis Huisman, is one of the leading and most famous French communication schools. It has the most prestigious reputation in the cultural and creative industries in France (especially in the advertising and PR industry, in the media and entertainment industry and in the fashion and luxury industry). The school has campuses in Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Lyon, New York and Shanghai. According to the rankings published by the reference magazines Stratégies, L’Etudiant or Le Figaro Etudiant, EFAP is ranked in the Top 5 communication schools by French communication professionals, competing with public schools such as CELSA (Sorbonne Université) and Sciences Po Paris and other private schools such as ISCOM and Sup de Pub. 

2.8 University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is the best or second-best public university in the US (according to the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges and Best National Universities Rankings). UCLA was ranked number one public university in the US for eight consecutive years, from the 2018 edition through the 2025 edition of the U.S. News ranking. In the 2026 ranking, UC Berkeley moved to #1 and UCLA to #2. UC Berkeley and UCLA are the two flagship campuses of the University of California. UCLA is one of the leading universities in AI (artificial intelligence) in the world and was ranked #7 in the world and second in the US for AI in the Shanghai Ranking 2025, behind Tsinghua and Carnegie Mellon but ahead of Stanford, Harvard, Peking, Oxford, Shanghai Jiao Tong, NYU, MIT, and Berkeley. UCLA is one of the leading universities in the world for media management and the entertainment business (especially for the movie industry, the television industry, the streaming industry, and the music industry), alongside USC (University of Southern California) and NYU (New York University). The American cultural and creative industries are massively fueled by USC, NYU and UCLA alumni, due to their location in the two US cultural and media capitals and entertainment hubs: New York City and Los Angeles.

UCLA is ranked by U.S. News:

UCLA is ranked globally in the QS World University Rankings:

UCLA is ranked globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as “the Shanghai Ranking“:

  • #6 for Psychology (#5 in the US) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #7 for Artificial Intelligence (#2 in the US) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #7 for Clinical Medicine (#6 in the US) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #12 for Economics (#11 in the US) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #13 for Human Biological Sciences (#10 in the US) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #16 in the 2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities – “the Shanghai Ranking” (#12 in the US)
  • #18 for Statistics (#15 in the US) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #19 for Public Health (#11 in the US) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #20 for Sociology (#18 in the US) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #26 for Political Sciences (#16 in the US) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #29 for Biological Sciences (#20 in the US) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #38 for Finance (#19 in the US) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”

UCLA is ranked globally in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings:

2.9 Harvard University

Founded in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Harvard has been ranked as the most prestigious university in the world for fourteen consecutive years (according to the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2025: top universities by prestige), the best university in the world for many years (according to the U.S. News & World Report 2025-2026 Best Global Universities Rankings and also according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities – ARWU or Shanghai Ranking, since its creation in 2003), and the world’s best university for social sciences and management and the world’s best university for business and management studies for many years (according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026).

Harvard is ranked by U.S. News:

Harvard is ranked in the QS World University Rankings 2026: Top global universities:

  • #5 university in the world (#3 in the US after MIT and Stanford)

Harvard is ranked in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026:

  • #1 for Social Sciences & Management. LSE is ranked #5, UCLA #23, Fudan #53, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne #57 and Complutense #141.
  • #1 for Sociology. LSE #6, UCLA #14, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne #55, Fudan University #73 and Complutense University of Madrid #81.
  • #1 for Economics & Econometrics. LSE #6, UCLA #14, Fudan #34, Paris School of Economics #40 and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne #49.
  • #1 for Accounting & Finance. LSE #8, UCLA #15 and Fudan University #46.
  • #1 for Business & Management Studies. LSE #11, UCLA #44 and Fudan University #57.
  • #1 for Marketing. LSE #10, UCLA #46 and Fudan University #51-100.
  • #1 for Psychology. UCLA #11, LSE #19, Complutense University of Madrid #101-150 and Fudan University #101-150.
  • #1 for Politics. LSE #5, UCLA #28, Fudan University #58, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne #70 and Complutense University #101-150.
  • #1 for Social Policy & Administration. LSE #4, UCLA #25, Fudan #51-100, Université Paris 1 Sorbonne #51-100 and Complutense #101-150.
  • #1 for Law & Legal Studies. LSE #9, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne #19, UCLA #31, Complutense University #67 and Fudan University #74.
  • #1 for Natural Sciences. Sorbonne University #22, UCLA # 22, Fudan University #36 and Complutense University of Madrid #210.
  • #1 for Life Sciences & Medicine. UCLA #13, Sorbonne University #46, Fudan University #70 and Complutense University of Madrid #139.
  • #1 for Medicine. UCLA #13, Sorbonne University #41, Fudan University #78 and Complutense University of Madrid #110.
  • #1 for Biological Sciences. UCLA #15, Sorbonne University #40, Fudan University #61 and Complutense University of Madrid #172.
  • #1 for Pharmacy & Pharmacology. Fudan University #65, Sorbonne University #100 and Complutense University of Madrid #101-150.
  • #1 for History. LSE #10, UCLA #14, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne #15, Fudan University #37 and Complutense University #51-100.
  • #2 for Arts & Humanities (#1 in the US). UCLA #11, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne #18, LSE #45, Fudan #50 and Complutense #70.
  • #2 for Anthropology (#1 in the US). UCLA #7, LSE #8, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne #40, Complutense #51-100 and Fudan #101-200.
  • #2 for Physics & Astronomy (#2 in the US). UCLA #16, Sorbonne University #32, Fudan University #47 and Complutense University #151-200.
  • #2 for Chemistry (#2 in the US). UCLA #16, Fudan University #30, Sorbonne University #46 and Complutense University of Madrid #154.
  • #3 for Communication & Media Studies (#1 in the US). LSE #6, UCLA #25, Complutense University of Madrid #45 and Fudan University #51-100.
  • #3 for Modern Languages (#1 in the US). UCLA #9, Sorbonne University #27, Fudan University #48, Complutense #54 and LSE #101-150.
  • #3 for English Language and Literature (#1 in the US). UCLA #9, Sorbonne University #63, Fudan University #87 and Complutense #101-150.
  • #3 for Statistics and Operational Research (#3 in the US). UCLA #19, Fudan University #40, LSE #45 and Sorbonne University 51-100.
  • #4 for Archaeology (#1 in the US). Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne #12, UCLA #13, Fudan University #45, Complutense University #51-100.
  • #4 for Mathematics (#2 in the US). Sorbonne University #11, UCLA #12, Fudan University #32 and Complutense University of Madrid #151-200.
  • #4 for Geophysics (#2 in the US). Sorbonne University #18, UCLA #27 and Complutense University of Madrid #151-200.
  • #4 for Geology (#2 in the US). Sorbonne University #23, UCLA #27 and Fudan University #101-150.
  • #4 for Earth & Marine Sciences (#2 in the US). UCLA #24, Sorbonne University #26 and Fudan University #151-200.
  • #6 for Materials Sciences (#3 in the US). UCLA #19, Fudan University #45 and Sorbonne University #107.
  • #7 for Development Studies (#1 in the US). LSE #4, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne #40, UCLA #43, Complutense #51-100, Fudan #101-150.
  • #7 for Linguistics (#3 in the US). UCLA #10, Fudan University #58, Sorbonne University #89 and Complutense University of Madrid #101-150.
  • #7 for Computer Science and Information Systems (#5 in the US). UCLA #19, Fudan #49, Sorbonne University #52 and Complutense #168.
  • #8 for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (#5 in the US). UCLA #14, Fudan #37, LSE #51-100, Complutense #101-200, Paris 1 #101-200.
  • #9 for Engineering & Technology (#4 in the US). UCLA #27, Sorbonne University #80 and Fudan University #82.
  • #9 for Philosophy (#4 in the US). LSE #8, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne #35, Complutense #51-100, Fudan #51-100 and UCLA #151-200.
  • #9 for Classics & Ancient History (#1 in the US). Fudan #2, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne #11, Complutense #51-150 and UCLA #51-150.
  • #13 for Dentistry (#3 in the US). Complutense University of Madrid #11 and UCLA #26.
  • NB: Harvard is not ranked in Geography. LSE #2, UCLA #10, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne #23, Complutense #51-100 and Fudan #51-100.
  • Interesting fact #1: In 1948, Harvard University President James Conant declared “Geography is not a university subject.” and Harvard shut down its geography department. In the ensuing decades, US universities began dropping geography as an academic discipline (Harvard being considered “the mother” of all American universities, like the Sorbonne in France). Harvard was ranked only once in geography by QS, in 2024: Harvard was #4 (#1 in the US), right behind Oxford, LSE and Cambridge. As of 2026, Dartmouth is the only Ivy League university with a geography department.
  • Interesting fact #2: Surprisingly, the highest ranking of the London School of Economics and Political Science is not in economics or political science. Nor in anthropology, development studies, history, law, sociology or social policy and administration. But in geography! For many years, LSE has been ranked #2 in the world for geography by QS. It is also worth noting that LSE was ranked #2 in the world for three other subjects: social sciences & management for many years (#2 behind Harvard, including in 2020 and in 2021), communication & media studies (#2 in 2024, usually ranked #3 in the past years) and philosophy (#2 in 2024 and in 2025). This demonstrates the excellence of LSE in the social sciences and humanities and why LSE is sometimes nicknamed “the European Harvard”.

Harvard is ranked globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as “the Shanghai Ranking“:

  • #1 in the 2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities – “the Shanghai Ranking” (ranked #1 ever since the first issue of this ranking in 2003)
  • #1 for Sociology in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #1 for Psychology in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #1 for Political Sciences in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #1 for Law in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #1 for Clinical Medicine in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #1 for Public Health in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #1 for Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #1 for Biological Sciences in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #1 for Human Biological Sciences in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #1 for Statistics in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #2 for Economics (after the University of Chicago) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #2 for Finance (after the University of Chicago) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #4 for Business Administration (#1 in the US) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #4 for Management (#3 in the US after MIT and Texas A&M) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”
  • #12 for Artificial Intelligence (#4 in the US after Carnegie Mellon, UCLA and Stanford) in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects – “the Shanghai Ranking”

Harvard is ranked globally in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings:

3. Education History

In this third part, you will discover the (non-exhaustive) list of courses I have taken and the names of some of my exceptional teachers over the years.

2026-now: Harvard University online courses on emotional intelligence, leadership and entrepreneurship

My objective was to study emotional intelligence as a leader and the important influence of EI or EQ on leadership and entrepreneurship.

I studied business and management for five years at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and at the Complutense University of Madrid but I never had one course, or even one lecture or one class, on emotional intelligence, leadership and entrepreneurship. These fundamental skills were not taught during my management studies in 2002-2007 to my great regret. I have been an entrepreneur and business leader since the age 20 but it was important for me to receive formal training on these crucial topics from the best university in the world. I truly believe that these essential soft skills in the age of AI are making me not only a better professional, a better manager, a better executive, a better entrepreneur, and a better leader, but also a better man, a better person, a better human being on a personal level.

Online courses in leadership and management, entrepreneurship and business, and emotional intelligence and mental health, from:

List of completed courses (non-degree):

  • Leadership and management:
    • Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles (by Ronald Heifetz, Founding Director of the Center for Public Leadership and King Hussein Bin Talal Senior Lecturer in Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School)
  • Coming soon (ongoing)

2026-now: UCLA online courses on artificial intelligence, global business, marketing and strategy

Live online courses at UCLA Extension. University of California, Los Angeles.

My objective was to study artificial intelligence as a business leader and how AI is transforming and will transform business, marketing and strategy.

List of completed courses (non-degree):

  • AI in Global Business: Strategy, Transformation, and Responsible Innovation. How AI Transforms Strategy, Markets, and Organizations (by Roberto Alvarez Landeros)
  • AI for Marketers: Building Your Own Custom GPT & Simple Automations. How to Build Simple and Effective AI Tools (by Antonio Pagano)
  • To be updated (ongoing)
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2016-2017: Specialized MBA (Master of Business Administration) in Digital Marketing & Business (DMB), valedictorian/major de promotion

EFAP and HUB Institute with IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau), MMA (Mobile Marketing Association), Fevad, ACSEL, UDA, AACC…

  • EFAP (a top communication school in France), the HUB Institute (the first digital think tank in France, helping companies to successfully achieve their digital transformation) and Sorbonne alumnus Vincent Montet (the founder and former director of the oldest French MBA in Internet marketing and e-commerce, MBA MCI, dating back from 1999) combined their 16 years of experience in the digital education of students and in the digital training of professionals to create the first MBA in France specialized in the digital transformation of our contemporary economy and society in 2015 with prestigious partners representing the entire French digital ecosystem: IAB France (Interactive Advertising Bureau), MMA France (Mobile Marketing Association), Acsel (l’Association de l’économie numérique et hub de la transformation digitale), Fevad (la Fédération du e-commerce et de la vente à distance), Sncd (le Syndicat national de la communication directe), CPA (le Collectif de la performance et de l’acquisition), UDA (l’Union des annonceurs), AACC (Association des Agences-Conseil en Communication), EuraTechnologies (the leading startup accelerator and incubator in France and in the European Top 10 located in Lille), Darwin (tech startup hub of Bordeaux) and La Cuisine du Web (tech startup hub of Lyon).
  • The MBA DMB is the official partner of the biggest digital events in France and in Europe: Microsoft Experiences (former TechDays), HUB Forum, etc. It is the only French master’s degree with such exclusive partnerships #InsideDigitalRevolution (motto, slogan and tagline of the MBA DMB).
  • Exclusive Master Classes by prestigious guest speakers (CEOs, CMOs, CDOs, CDMOs and CTOs) from the GAFAM (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft) and from Twitter, InMobi… For example: the General Director of Facebook France and Regional Director of Facebook Southern Europe, the Chief Digital Marketing Officer (CDMO) of Microsoft France, the Brand Strategy Lead of Twitter France, the General Director of RTL Net, the Content Strategy Director of Orange, etc.
  • As the first MBA specialized in digital transformation in France, this very intensive program covers all the areas of digital marketing (including Internet marketing, mobile marketing, search marketing, social media marketing, email marketing, programmatic marketing, RTB, CRM, analytics,…), e-business (including e-commerce, m-commerce, digital project management, user experience design, customer experience, social selling, web-to-store,…) and cutting-edge technologies (NFC, 3D printing, IoT, big data, cloud, robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, chatbots, voice search, e-health, augmented reality, virtual reality, blockchain…)
  • All the classes are exclusively taught by very experienced professionals, all rock stars in their fields (SEO, SEA, SMM, emailing, mobile apps, UX, CX…). Only recognized professionals and no academics.
  • You can find the complete list of all my MBA DMB courses and professors in my 2017 LinkedIn article (in French): What is digital marketing?

The MBA DMB has been ranked #2 in the ranking of the best MBAs and Master’s degrees in Digital Marketing and e-Business in France for many years by Eduniversal: https://www.meilleurs-masters.com/master-digital-marketing-et-e-business.html

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2016: Google Certified Digital Marketing Professional

Google France and approved by IAB Europe.

Online fundamental training program and certificate in digital marketing.

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2013-2014: Russian Language Course

Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO).

Part-time evening course for working professionals and PhD students with a beginner level (non-degree).

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2012: Accenture Core Analyst School

Professional training (non-degree) for Accenture Analysts (Junior Consultants) at the Q Center (Arthur Andersen’s former training facility), St. Charles, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

All the training program was in English.

  • Project Management courses for international complex projects of business transformation, digital transformation, technology transformation and onshore, nearshore and offshore outsourcing.
  • Management and Technology Consulting courses: Client-facing role, Customer Relationship Management, Listening Skills, Effective Communication, ​Meeting and Workshop Facilitation, Business Requirements, Gap Analysis, Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills, Performance Improvement, Business Process Management, Information Systems, Technology Roadmap, Change Management, Team Management, Giving and Receiving Feedbacks…
  • Accenture Delivery Suite (Methods, Tools, Metrics, Architectures) and Accenture Values and Ethics.
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2008-2009: LSE-Fudan Double Degree – MA (Master of Arts) in Global Media and Communications

One year at the Department of Journalism, the Department of Broadcasting, the Department of Communication and the Department of Advertising at the Fudan School of Journalism (+ one course at the Department of Sociology at the Fudan School of Social Development and Public Policy and one course at the Department of World Economy at the Fudan School of Economics), Fudan University, Shanghai.

All classes in English or in Chinese with an English interpreter.

  • Journalism, History, Political Science and Media Regulation courses:
    • Chinese Journalism: Ideas, Traditions and Practice (by Huang Dan)
    • Covering China: Newspapers History and Regulation (by Hong Bing)
    • China’s Media and Politics in the Context of Globalization (by Shen Guolin)
  • Marketing and Communication courses:
    • Chinese Broadcasting: an Overview of the Industry and Programming (by Lu Ye)
    • Marketing Communication in China’s Market and Marketing Strategy (by Ernest Martin)
    • Media and Communication in China (chaired by Peter Zhang, Editor-in-Chief of the Shanghai Daily, lectures given by top media executives, senior journalists and CEOs)
  • Humanities course:
    • Chinese Language and Culture (by Guo Hong)
  • Sociology and History course:
    • Religion in Chinese Society (by Chen Na)
  • International Economics course:
    • Chinese Foreign Trade (by Cheng Dazhong)

This master’s has been ranked multiple times as the best Master’s in Corporate Communication in Far East Asia for many years by Eduniversal.

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2007-2008: LSE-Fudan Double Degree – MSc (Master of Science) in Global Media and Communications

One year at the Department of Media and Communications at LSE – The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London.

All classes in English.

  • Media Sociology, Audience Reception, Media History, Media Regulation, Social Theory and Social Research courses (by Sonia Livingstone, Robin Mansell, Terhi Rantanen, Shani Orgad, Lilie Chouliaraki, Myria Georgiou, Damian Tambini, Bart Cammaerts, Maria Kyriakidou…): 
    • Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (Key concepts and interdisciplinary approaches)
    • Methods of Research in Media and Communications (including Statistics, Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis)
    • Media, Technology and Everyday Life (by Leslie Haddon)
  • Communication Studies, Global Studies, Cultural Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Ethnography, Anthropology and Ethnology course:
    • Media and Globalisation (by Terhi Rantanen)
  • Media Studies, Global Studies, Semiotics, Philosophy, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies and Feminism course:
    • Representation in the Age of Globalisation (by Shani Orgad)
  • Political Economy, Media Economics, New Media, Media Convergence and Journalism courses:
    • Media and Power: Political Economy of Communication (by Robin Mansell)
    • Global Media Industries (by Bingchun Meng)
    • The Media Seminar (chaired by Charlie Beckett, journalist, editor, producer who worked for BBC News and Channel 4, lectures given by senior journalists and top media executives)

This MSc has been ranked multiple times as the best Master’s in Corporate Communication in Western Europe for many years by Eduniversal.

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2007: Sorbonne Merit Award*

University of Paris Merit-based Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievements (including a full tuition refund from year 1 to year 5).

*Original title: Bourse au Mérite sur Critères Universitaires de la Chancellerie des Universités de Paris (incluant notamment le remboursement de l’intégralité des droits universitaires payés de la Licence 1 au Master 2).

2006-2007: MM (Master of Management), International Strategic Management specialization, with honors of summa cum laude (top 2% or 3%) and valedictorian/major de promotion*

One year at the Sorbonne School of Management (Ecole de Management de la Sorbonne), Université Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.

4 months of intensive classes by both professors (40%) and professionals (60%) followed by 8 months of internship.

+ International business certificate with honors of the French Foreign Trade Advisors**

  • Strategic Management courses:
    • Fundamental Strategy Course: Strategic Diagnostic and Strategic Decisions in Multinational Corporations – business case studies on international expansion strategies (by Alain Ducray, former Director of Strategy and International Business Development of Lagardère Group (formerly known as Matra-Hachette, global media conglomerate), President of Afplane/the French Corporate Strategy Association, Consultant and Professor at HEC Paris)
    • Economic Intelligence and Strategic Information: Strategic Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence, Knowledge Management, Risk Management and Cybersecurity (by Gérard Coulon, pioneer of Economic Intelligence in France, General of the French Army, former special advisor of the French Prime Minister, strategy consultant and lecturer at HEC Paris)
    • Analysis of the World Economic and Financial Situation: Trends and Forecasts (by a chief economist advising the Cabinet of France and other international organizations, disciple and friend of Maurice Allais, Nobel Prize in Economics)
    • Modeling and Decision-Making Support Tools: Computer Modeling and Simulation (by Hubert de La Bruslerie, leading scholar in Finance, former dean of the Sorbonne Management School, creator and former director of the prestigious Sorbonne Master in Consulting, International Management and Strategy and Finance professor at Paris Dauphine University)
    • Investment Strategy (by Roland Gillet, leading scholar in Finance, director of the prestigious Sorbonne Master in Financial Management and Taxation, visiting fellow at Havard Business School and MIT Sloan School of Management, former lecturer at EDHEC and Solvay Business School),
    • Financing Strategy (by a senior banker advising multinational corporations)
  • International Management courses:
    • Fundamental Internationalization Course: International Business Development, International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment (Joint Ventures, Mergers and Acquisitions, Post-Merger Integration…) and Cross-Cultural Management – business case studies on international expansion strategies (lectures given by the CCE, Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France, international top executives, corporate lawyers, IP lawyers, business consultants, marketers, logisticians, entrepreneurs, CEOs and expats)
    • Management and International Economic Relations (English course by Leslie Thompson)
    • Negotiation and Conflict Management (by Alice Le Flanchec, leading academic in Human Resource Management, Organizational Theory, Labor Relations, Negotiation and Mediation, director of the prestigious Sorbonne Master in Consulting, International Management and Strategy, former lecturer at Reims Management School/NEOMA Business School, and disciple of the leading French scholar of HR, Organization and Negotiation, Professor Emeritus Jacques Rojot)
    • Crisis Communication and Crisis Management (by Jean-marc Lehu, leading academic in Marketing, Brand Strategy, Communication, Customer Loyalty, Product Placement, Celebrity Marketing and Branded Entertainment, director of the prestigious Sorbonne Master in Logistics, Marketing and Distribution, lecturer at ESCP Europe and disciple of the leading French scholar of Management and Marketing, Professor Emeritus Pierre Grégory)
    • Logistics, Supply Chain Management and e-business (by Patrice Vol, business consultant in Strategic Management and Organization)
  • Law courses:
    • Public Law – Administrative Law in France: Relations between Public Bodies and Corporations (by Marcel Pochard, member of the Conseil d’Etat, the French surpreme court for administrative justice, former general director of the French Administration and Civil Service, former advisor of French Government Ministers, former president of the French Alliance of National Museums/RMN, president of the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris/CIUP)
    • Legal History and Comparative Law – History and Principles of the Common Law: Case Law in England and in the United States (by a French attorney, member of the New York and Paris bars)
    • Comparative Law and Private Law – European Legal Environment and Common Law: a comparative perspective of Securities and Financial Regulation (by Alain Pietrancosta, leading academic in Business Law, director of the prestigious Sorbonne Master in Financial Law, founding member of the ENA-ESCP Europe-CNAM-Sorbonne School of Economics-Sorbonne Law School research lab on Financial Regulation, founding editor of the Corporate Finance and Capital Markets Law Review, permanent member of the AMF, the Financial Markets Authority, equivalent of the SEC in the US, former consultant at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, one of the world’s biggest law firms, and currently consultant at Orrick Rambaud Martel)

*Original degree title: Master Gestion, à finalité Professionnelle, mention Sciences du Management, spécialité Management Stratégique International (M2 MSI), mention bien (top 2%, 3% ou 5% à Paris 1 selon Cornell University, Campus France et Wikipedia), major de promotion – UFR06 Gestion et économie d’entreprise / Ecole de Management de la Sorbonne, Centre Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

**Original degree title: Certificat des Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France, mention honorable – Comité National des CCE.

This master’s has been ranked #1 or #2 multiple times in the ranking of the best Master’s degrees in Strategy and Consulting in France for many years by Eduniversal, ahead of the masters (MSc) of the best private business schools in France like HEC Paris, ESCP, EDHEC and emlyon: www.meilleurs-masters.com/master-strategie-et-consulting.html

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2005-2006: LADE (Licenciatura en Administración y Dirección de Empresas), especialidad en Dirección Comercial y Marketing (Marketing and Sales Management concentration), with honors*

One year at the Complutense Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (+ one course at the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising at the Complutense Faculty of Media and Communication Science), Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Erasmus, the European Union student exchange program (non-degree program). I have not received any degree from the Complutense University of Madrid as I was officially still a student at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

All classes in Spanish. Except the two Sorbonne courses.

  • Marketing and Communication courses:
    • Marketing Plan (by Ricardo de Cala Castillo)
    • Advertising and Marketing Communications (by Ricardo de Cala Castillo)
    • History of Broadcasting, History of Television and Broadcast Programming (by Alfonso Puyal Sanz, Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising at the Complutense Faculty of Media and Communication Science)
  • Management courses: 
    • Internationalization and International Business Management – business case studies on international expansion strategies (intensive European Higher Education Area pilot course by Tomas Arrieta Carrillo)
    • Organizational Design (by Isabel Sánchez Quirós)
    • Human Resource Management (by Isabel Sánchez Quirós)
    • Financial Control/Internal Control and Management Control System (by María del Carmen Díaz Martín)
    • Advanced Business English
    • Business Ethics and International Corporate Governance (Sorbonne)
  • Law courses:
    • Public Law – Administrative Law in Spain (Complutense)
    • Public Law – Fiscal Policy and Tax Law in France (Sorbonne)

*Original degree title: LADE (Licenciatura en Administración y Dirección de Empresas), especialidad en Dirección Comercial y Marketing, segundo ciclo (cuarto curso y quinto curso), now called MBA (Máster Universitario en Administración y Dirección de Empresas). Licenciatura = grado + máster – Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales en el campus de Somosaguas (y Departamento de Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad/CAVP de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Información en la Ciudad Universitaria), Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

The Complutense MBA has been ranked multiple times as the best MBA among public universities in Spain after the best private business schools ESADE, IESE and IE by Eduniversal: https://www.best-masters.com/master-mba-full-time-ranking/spain.html

The Complutense Faculty of Economics and Business Administration is ranked among the best public universities for management in Spain with Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona competing with private universities like Universitat Ramon Llull (ESADE), Universidad de Navarra (IESE) and Instituto de Empresa (IE Business School).

The Complutense Master in Communication has also been ranked multiple times as the best in Spain for many years by Eduniversal.

The Complutense Faculty of Media and Communication Science is the most famous in Spain, the oldest in Spain (with Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, both founded in 1971) and the best in Spain (with Universidad de Navarra according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025).

2002-2006: BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration), Management track (two years), Marketing option, with honors of magna cum laude (top 10%)*

The BBA of the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne offered only three tracks: Accounting, Finance or Management. I chose Management.

This bachelor’s degree at the Sorbonne has been ranked multiple times as the best or second-best Bachelor of Business Administration and General Management in France for many years by Eduniversal and by other magazines and newspapers of the French press.

and AD (Associate Degree) in Economics and Management, Management major (two years), with honors of magna cum laude (top 10%)**

This associate degree of the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne offered only two majors: Economics or Management. I chose Management.

Four years at the Sorbonne School of Management (and the Sorbonne School of Economics and the Sorbonne Law School), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

  • Economics courses (by Annie Cot and Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline from the Sorbonne School of Economics and the Paris School of Economics):
    • History of Economic Thought (by Annie Cot)
    • Economic History (by Annie Cot)
    • Monetary and Financial Economics (Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline)
    • Macroeconomics (Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline)
    • National Accounting (Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline)
    • Microeconomics (by Pierre Médan)
    • European Markets and European Integration: History, Economy and Regulation of the European Union (by Max Peyrard, Professor Emeritus at the Sorbonne School of Management, Ad Personam Jean Monnet Chair of the European Union and leading French scholar of international management, international strategy, international trade, international finance, international economics, EU geoeconomics, international affairs and European integration)
  • Management courses:
    • Management and Organization (by Farouk Hemici)
    • Organizational Theory (by Annie Cot)
    • Social Psychology of Organizations and Game Theory (by Annie Cot)
    • Theory of the Firm and Business Strategy (by Corentin Curchod and Régine Vanheems)
    • Production Management (by Pierre Médan)
    • Marketing and Sales Management (by Alexandre Baetche)
    • Business English
  • Law courses (by attorneys Claude Baranes, Nicolas Flachet Von Campe, Marcel Azencot, and many others, and by Gabrielle Dequesne Cudenet, Marie-Hélène de Laender and Alain Pietrancosta from the Sorbonne Law School):
    • Civil Law
    • Private Law
    • Business Law/Commercial Law
    • Contract Law
    • Banking Law
  • Accounting courses (by Alexandre Baetche, the disciple of Pierre Lassègue, the founder of management studies in France who taught the first accounting, business management and marketing courses at the University of Paris, Patrick Piget, Gérard Mélyon and Farouk Hemici):
    • Financial Accounting
    • Cost Accounting
    • Management Accounting
    • Management Control/Financial Control/Budget and Cost Control
  • Finance courses (by Hubert de La Bruslerie, Farouk Hemici, Erwan Le Saout, etc.):
    • Financial Instruments
    • Mathematical Finance
    • Market Finance
    • Corporate Finance
    • Financial Analysis
    • Financial Management
  • Quantitative courses (by Thierry Lafay from the Ecole Polytechnique, Alexandre Steyer, former professor and director of the Marketing major at HEC Paris, Héla Cherif-Ben Miled, Eric Campoy, Sophie Gaultier-Gaillard and Stéphanie Hérault):
    • Mathematics
    • Probabilities
    • Statistics
    • Quantitative Techniques of Management and GMAT preparation
  • Technology courses:
    • Computer Science (Word, Power Point, Excel, VBA, SQL by Colette Rolland, professeure, and Serena De Maio, chargée de TD)
    • Business Informatics (by Colette Rolland, leading scholar in Computer Science, Information and Knowledge Systems, Database Management and Metamodeling)

*Original degree title: Maîtrise de Sciences de Gestion (MSG), parcours Gestion, option Marketing, mention assez bien (top 10% à Paris 1 selon Cornell University, Campus France et Wikipedia) – UFR06 Gestion et économie d’entreprise / Ecole de Management de la Sorbonne, Centre Panthéon et Centre Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

**Original degree title: Diplôme d’Etudes Universitaires Générales (DEUG) Economie et Gestion, option Gestion, mention assez bien – UFR06 Gestion et économie d’entreprise / Ecole de Management de la Sorbonne, Centre Pierre-Mendès-France et Centre Tolbiac, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Source: Wikipedia – Mention honorifique, https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mention_honorifique

Source: Wikipedia – Latin honors, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_honors

4. Research Papers

In this fourth part, you will discover the three Master’s level research projects that I conducted during my studies at the Sorbonne, LSE and Fudan.

Fudan University

The topic of my 2009 Fudan master’s thesis was “A uses and dependency research on state policies (‘society’), global media consumption (‘media’) and journalistic ideals of media students (‘audience’) in China.” researching through questionnaires the geographical and cultural origins and types of creative content, cultural products and symbolic goods (news, editorials, movies, TV series, videos, music,…) consumed via digital media and the Internet on different devices by the hyperconnected new generation of the country’s best Chinese students

  • coming from all the regions of China and from very different economic, social, cultural and educational backgrounds, recently living in an urban and cosmopolitan city like Shanghai,
  • on the one hand, influenced and constrained by the policies of the Chinese Government (or the Communist Party of China) like the “Great Firewall”, media censorship and political propaganda but also the emphasis on learning the English language or patriotism in this era of fierce competition between China and the USA for the title of world’s number one superpower (I realized that America is often the only country that China is comparing itself with in any subjects, making me believe in the reality of the US tropism of Chinese elites),
  • and on the other hand, inspired by and balanced with Western ideals of freedom of speech and media freedom from Western Europe and North America, also taught in the prestigious Fudan departments of Journalism, Communications, Broadcasting and Advertising for a global approach of the study of traditional and new media, which I consider essential in our increasingly multipolar world.

London School of Economics and Political Science

My 2008 LSE master’s thesis focused on the digitalization and globalization of the cultural and creative industries by interviewing personally some of the most prominent scholars of digital media economics and the socio-economic study of the culture and communication industries, as well as very experienced senior media executives such as the Vice-President and Communications Director of Vivendi or the Director of the European “Telecom, Media & Entertainment” practice of the French consulting firm, Capgemini, a world leader in digital transformation.

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

I wrote my 2007 Sorbonne master’s thesis on the strategies of media convergence and internationalization of multinational media conglomerates through mergers and acquisitions, taking the example of one of the most powerful French groups, Vivendi, as a monograph.

5. Acknowledgments 🙏

In this fifth and final part, I thank the Sorbonne and the most incredible professors who had the greatest impact on my life as a middle-class kid.

5.1 Collège Charlemagne ❤️

I owe a lot to the formidable teachers of the collège Charlemagne, where I was taught French, Latin, history, geography, civics, philosophy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and two foreign languages, English and Spanish (my two favorite subjects in collège and lycée).

I would not have been able to study at the Sorbonne, the London School of Economics, Fudan University, and the Complutense University of Madrid, without the wonderful teachers of French, English, and Spanish (like Ms. Anne-Gaëlle Costa) at the collège Charlemagne (middle school).

Surprisingly, I had my first business and marketing classes at the age of 10 (which is very unusual) at the collège Charlemagne with my technology teacher, Mr. Hervé, who was more passionate about business, strategy, and marketing than about the national technology curriculum for teenagers, and who came to teach every day wearing an elegant business suit and a tie, looking like a CEO. Mr. Hervé taught me the value of learning by doing.

And his best friend at the collège Charlemagne, Mr. Olivier, my French teacher and homeroom teacher, taught me the importance of discipline and rigor to succeed in life and in your career. He always said: “Be demanding of yourself before being demanding of others”. One of the best teachers I have ever had, Mr. Olivier taught me to lead by example.

I will never forget their lessons.

5.2 La Sorbonne ❤️

“Omnibus sapientia, unicuique excellentia”

“Le savoir pour tous, l’excellence pour chacun”

“Knowledge for all, excellence for each”

Motto of the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (1971).

I was the first person in my entire family to study business, management, economics, law, sociology, communication, marketing, and media, and more generally, to study HASS (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) or SHAPE (social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy).

The cosmopolitan and personalized curriculum in management studies, media studies and global studies in four different global cities (Paris, Madrid, London and Shanghai) that I designed for myself as a student was inspired by three existing programs at expensive private business schools in Paris:

1) ESCP (the oldest business school in the world, established in 1819) with its international curriculum since 1973, “3 years – 3 countries,” and its global campuses at the time in Paris, Berlin (transferred from Düsseldorf in 1985), Madrid (opened in 1988), and Oxford (later transferred to London in 2005).

2) The CEMS Master in International Management at HEC Paris, in partnership with ESADE (Barcelona), Bocconi (Milan), and LSE (London), among others, established in 1988.

3) The TRIUM Global Executive MBA ($208,080 cost in 2025), a joint program of HEC Paris, LSE, and NYU (New York University), established in 2001.

It is thanks to HEC that I first discovered the LSE (as a teenager, I only knew three universities abroad, Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge, like most people around the world). HEC also offered a leading MS in Entrepreneurship and ESCP (formerly ESCP-EAP and ESCP Europe) offered a leading MS in Media.

Coming from a modest, middle-class family, I couldn’t afford to study at ESCP or HEC Paris (tuition fees of approximately €65,000 or €70,000 in 2025), so I started to look into the 13 public universities in Paris (only €178 per year for a bachelor’s degree and €254 per year for a master’s degree in 2025), inheritors of the historic University of Paris split into 13 autonomous universities in 1970 after the student protests, strikes and civil disorder of May 68.

Source: Major Prépa, https://major-prepa.com/grandes-ecoles/ecoles-commerce/frais-de-scolarite-2025-hec-explose-la-barre-des-70k/

Source: Mister Prépa, https://misterprepa.net/levolution-des-frais-de-scolarite-combien-coute-une-grande-ecole-francaise

My choice was quick, easy, and obvious when I discovered in high school that the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne:

  1. was famous worldwide thanks to the Sorbonne brand name (the only French university known throughout the world),
  2. offered the best or second-best bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees in business and management studies (ranked 1st or 2nd after Dauphine among all public universities in France in the national rankings published by L’Étudiant, Le Nouvel Économiste, L’Expansion, Capital and Challenges),
  3. was the leading French university for research in the cultural and creatives industries (see my literature review and my tribute to Henri Mercillon) and for teaching in the cultural and creative industries and especially in media economics and media management (see my tribute to Daniel Sabatier),
  4. had prestigious international partners (Columbia University, Cornell University and NYU in the US, Oxford University and King’s College in the UK),
  5. cost only €137 per year for a bachelor’s degree back in 2002, around €200 per year for a master’s degree and €0 for scholarship students. Since its foundation in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon, the mission of the renowned Collège de Sorbonne (Faculty of Theology of the University of Paris) has been to provide free education to disadvantaged, underprivileged and poor students from all around the world.

Choosing Paris 1 was my first major decision as a manager and strategist. This crucial decision proved incredibly profitable, both economically and intellectually. I hated high school and wanted to drop out at 15. But studying a subject I am truly passionate about at the Sorbonne from the age of 17 opened up new horizons I could never have imagined as a young teenager. Some exceptional professors, whom I pay tribute to at the end of this page, have had a very important influence on my life.

I was then able to study at Complutense thanks to the Erasmus grant of the European Union. After completing five years of university studies (Bac+5), after earning all my Sorbonne degrees with honors and after graduating from one of the best master’s programs in strategy and consulting in France as valedictorian, I managed to get a student loan at a very attractive interest rate granted by a major French bank to study at LSE (one of the most expensive schools in Europe, around €35,000 for overseas students in 2025) and Fudan University (around €15,000 for international students in 2025).

Source: average annual tuition fees charged by public institutions at bachelor level, source of the 2022/2023 data: OECD, 2025 infographic by Statista

I also received the merit award for outstanding academic achievements from the Chancellery of the Universities of Paris, a merit-based scholarship for the best students in the Paris region, including notably the full reimbursement of all the fees that I had paid from the first to the last year of my studies at the Sorbonne. Which means that I studied for free for five years at the prestigious University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and Complutense University of Madrid!

Merci la Sorbonne ❤️

5.3 Seven Professors 🙏

“A good education can change anyone. A good teacher can change everything!”

“The influence of a good teacher can never be erased.”

Alfonso Puyal Sanz (Complutense), Ricardo de Cala Castillo (Complutense), Leslie Haddon (LSE), Jean-Marc Lehu (Sorbonne) and Terhi Rantanen (LSE) played an important part in my choice to dedicate my life to audiovisual, communication, marketing and the media. The very interesting classes (even better than Netflix! 🙂 ) of these passionate professors were a great source of inspiration for me as a young man and still are to this day…

Alfonso Puyal Sanz (Complutense)

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Source: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, https://www.ucm.es/cap/prof-dr-alfonso-puyal-sanz (page viewed in September 2025)

Ricardo de Cala Castillo (Complutense)

ricardo de cala castillo

Source: Diserta Conferenciantes, https://www.disertaconferenciantes.com/bios/ricardo_de_cala_bio.pdf (page viewed in September 2025)

Leslie Haddon (LSE)

leslie haddon

Source: LSE, https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/people/visiting-and-associate-staff/leslie-haddon (page viewed in September 2025)

Terhi Rantanen (LSE)

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Source: LSE, https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/people/academic-staff/terhi-rantanen (page viewed in September 2025)

Jean-Marc Lehu (Paris 1)

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parcours jean marc lehu
principales fonctions jean marc lehu

Source: Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, https://www.pantheonsorbonne.fr/page-perso/jean-marc.lehu%40 (page viewed in September 2025)

“A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.”

Brad Henry

“Teachers can make such a profound impact on our lives and should be honored as heroes.”

Rainn Wilson

Hubert de La Bruslerie (Paris 1)

Hubert Pierre Jean Marie Étienne Piochard de La Bruslerie was my Albus Dumbledore 🙂

Hubert de La Bruslerie was the Director of the Sorbonne School of Management (UFR06/Gestion Sorbonne/Ecole de Management de la Sorbonne) between 1998 and 2009, including when I was a student there between 2002 and 2007. He welcomed me at the Sorbonne (amphithéâtre Richelieu) when I entered the beautiful Sorbonne building for the first time in my life at the age of 17. He was also the Director of the Sorbonne BBA (Maîtrise de Sciences de Gestion) and the President of MSG France (the association of the Bachelors of Business Administration at public universities in France).

One of France’s leading professors and researchers in finance who taught at the best universities for business, management and finance in France (Université Paris Dauphine from 1978 to 1981, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord from 1981 to 1988, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne from 1988 to 2009, Université Paris Dauphine from 2009 to 2020, Director of the Dauphine Master 270 – Corporate Finance & Management from 2010 to 2020, Professor Emeritus at Université Paris Dauphine since 2020, Dean of the FACO between 2021 and 2024 and, finally, Researcher at IAE Paris Sorbonne Business School – Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne since 2021) and alumnus of both Sciences Po (1972-1975 Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance) and Université Paris Dauphine (1975-1976 Research Master’s degree in Finance and 1976-1979 PhD in Management, Finance specialization), Hubert de La Bruslerie supervised my business administration and management studies at the Sorbonne for five years. He decided to send me to the Complutense University of Madrid in my fourth year so that I could improve my Spanish and become a trilingual international manager (that was his idea). He was the founder and director of the Sorbonne Master’s degree in International Strategic Management (Master MSI) from 2000 to 2009, and during my final year at the Sorbonne, he wrote me a letter of recommendation that he sent to the London School of Economics and Political Science so that I could continue my studies at LSE after obtaining all my management degrees (DEUG/associate degree, MSG/bachelor’s degree and M2/master’s degree) with honors from the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and graduating at the top of my class (valedictorian in the US or “major de promotion'” in French) from his highly regarded master’s degree program that he called “the Sorbonne MBA”, ranked #1 or #2 among the best master’s degrees in strategy and consulting in France for many years (including in 2025 and in 2026) by SMBG/Eduniversal.

bio hubert de la bruslerie

Source: IAE Paris, https://www.iae-paris.com/fr/enseignants/annuaires/hubert-de-la-bruslerie (page viewed in September 2025)

Hubert de La Bruslerie has written numerous articles and books on corporate finance and financial governance, but his work that had the greatest impact on me as a management student was his book on business ethics: “Éthique, Déontologie et Gestion de l’Entreprise” (collection Gestion, Série : Politique générale, Finance et Marketing, Economica, 1992), written with François Bourricaud (famous sociologist in France), Jean-Pierre Jobard and Patrice Poncet (two of the greatest finance academics in the history of business and management studies in France), Pierre Grégory (one of the greatest marketing academics in the history of business and management studies in France), Jean Parent (one of the greatest academics of industrial economics and production management in the long history of the University of Paris), Frédéric Perier (strategy consultant), Jean-Emmanuel Ray (one of the greatest social law and labor law academics in the history of law and legal studies in France) and Jacques Rojot (one of the greatest academics of human resource management, organization, negotiation and conflict management in the history of business and management studies in France). Hubert de La Bruslerie, Pierre Grégory, Jean-Pierre Jobard, Jean Parent, Patrice Poncet, Jean-Emmanuel Ray and Jacques Rojot were all stellar scholars and legendary professors at the Sorbonne School of Management (Ecole de Management de la Sorbonne – Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne).

Here is a very interesting interview of Hubert de La Bruslerie on the history and the future of business and management studies (“Sciences de Gestion”) in 2019 by Xerfi Canal (in French):

Max Peyrard (Paris 1)

Max Peyrard (1932-2023) was my Gandalf 🙂

Max Peyrard changed my life completely by introducing me to the Erasmus program of the European Union and by often talking during his classes about all the international opportunities we had as students at the Sorbonne School of Management and as future managers. Professor Emeritus at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UFR06), ad personam Jean Monnet Chair of the European Union awarded by the European Commission, Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972-1973, founder of the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Master’s degree in International Business Management in 1989, ranked first or second among the best master’s degrees in international management in France for many years by Eduniversal (Master GEAI – formerly DESS Gestion Européenne et Internationale, then Master 2 Gestion d’Entreprise et Affaires Internationales, and now called Master Gestion des Entreprises à l’International), and eminent French scholar of management, international management, international marketing, international strategy, international trade, finance, international finance, tax, international taxation, economics, international economics, geoeconomics, EU geoeconomics, international affairs and European integration, Max Peyrard was an exceptional professor who trained many generations of economics, business and management students first at the Université de Paris (founded before 1045 and dissolved in 1970) in the 1960s, and then at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne from its founding in 1971 until his official retirement (and even afterward, as a beloved Professor Emeritus). He was a very kind, generous, humble and sensitive human being, who perfectly embodied the values ​​of the French University, the University of Paris and the Sorbonne, and I was so heartbroken when he passed away in 2023…

Max Peyrard in 2019 during the 30th anniversary of the Sorbonne Master’s degree in International Business Management (GEAI) that he created in 1989.

Source: “La corporation des économistes. Une histoire de l’ANDESE 1953-2023” de Luc MARCO (2ème édition, EDI-GESTION, 2024).

Source: Fulbright Scholar Program (fulbrightscholars.org), https://fulbrightscholars.org/grantee/max-peyrard

Source: Carnet du jour, Le Figaro, https://carnetdujour.lefigaro.fr/deces/annonces/474394105/

max peyrard post facebook

Source: Max Peyrard and I were friends on Facebook and this is my post on his Facebook wall when he passed away in 2023 💔

I am eternally grateful to all my professors 🙏

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