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ICN Business School

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French business school in Nancy, France

ICN Business School is a Grande Ecole of management (selective higher education institutions, which provide high-level training) triple accredited AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA. Associated with the University of Lorraine, the school is authorized to issue a diploma targeted by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research for its programs (Bac+3 for Bachelor in Management degree and Bac+5 for the Master in Management program-Grande Ecole).2 It was founded by Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Meurthe-et-Moselle.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1905Founded1
  • Industryhigher education1
  • HeadquartersNancy1
  • Websitewww.icn-artem.com
  • Legal formassociation under the French law of 19011
  • Kind of organizationAssociation1
  • LEI969500O0KB31WTJ8C2053
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered address86 RUE SERGENT BLANDAN, 54000 Nancy, France3
  • Registered withNational Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, 3813956803
Campus ICN Business School - Artem à Nancy
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ICN Business School is a Grande Ecole of management (selective higher education institutions, which provide high-level training) triple accredited AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA. Associated with the University of Lorraine, the school is authorized to issue a diploma targeted by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research for its programs (Bac+3 for Bachelor in Management degree and Bac+5 for the Master in Management program-Grande Ecole). Founded in 1905 in Nancy, the school now has four campuses: two in France (Nancy and Paris La Défense) and two in Germany (Nuremberg and Berlin). Association law of 1901 non-profit, ICN Business School is labeled EESPIG by the French state.2

The story

Founded by Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Meurthe-et-Moselle in 1905.1

The school has been created in 1905 as Institut commercial de Nancy (ICN) by the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Meurthe-et-Moselle.

In 1999, The National Graduate School of Art in Nancy, ICN Business School and Nancy Mines founded the Artem Alliance (Art, Technology, Management)

In 2003, the “Institut Commercial de Nancy” becomes ICN Business School, a state-recognized private higher education institution associated with the University of Lorraine.

In 2017, the three ARTEM Alliance schools are all located on the same campus, the Artem campus.

In 2018, ICN makes its first intake to the Paris campus

In 2019, ICN makes its first intake to the Berlin campus

In 2019, ICN Business School creates Station A, a physical place but also a place of intelligence open to the world

From Wikipedia’s article on ICN Business School, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

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Products and brands

ICN research focuses on important and challenging issues facing business and society, advances management practice, and forms the basis for effective engagement with professionals.

Research laboratories - The laboratories of the University of Lorraine are a cornerstone of the ICN research. Faculty and students connect to extensive resources in order to engage in innovative joint research, and in the dissemination and transfer of results.

UNESCO Chair - develops research oriented towards the transformation of mentalities from a perspective of responsibility and sustainability.

Alliance Artem

Created in 1999, Alliance Artem integrates three Grande ecoles on one campus: ICN Business School, École nationale supérieure d'art et de design de Nancy (ENSAD Nancy) (National Graduate School of Art in Nancy), and École nationale supérieure des mines de Nancy (Mines Nancy) (Nancy School of Mines). The Alliance promotes transdisciplinary learning, creativity and innovation, to train a new generation of decision-makers and creators.

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ARTEM combines 3,500 students, 300 Faculty teachers and researchers, and 150 technical and administrative support staff on one campus.

Its goal is to bring together different disciplines (business, art, engineering) and cultures in order to provide students a fully immersive experience that leads to different ways of thinking and challenges which would normally be outside their area of expertise.

Station A

Continuing its mission and strategy, ICN Business School creates Station A[rt, Technology and Management], an ambitious project that combines an experimental laboratory for pedagogy and transdisciplinary academic research and an innovative and technological space, the Moving Lab, promoting experiential learning.

From Wikipedia’s article on ICN Business School, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • société anonyme à directoire

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Timeline

  1. 1905Founded Founded1