A short history of the partnership between ESCEM and London Metropolitan University Business School

ESCEM School of Business and Management is now one of Europe's leading higher education institutions for business and management training. Each year, our campuses welcome almost 2,600 students and award around 15 different qualifications from BAC+3 to BAC+5 level.

The high academic quality of our programs and their professional relevance are at the heart our teaching mission. In line with ESCEM’s values, we voluntarily offer our students great freedom and responsibility in the choice of their training. We help them think about their professional future through vocational counseling and numerous opportunities on offer at the School. .

In order to accomplish this mission, we implement formative and stimulating projects which encourage integration of research and pedagogical dynamism on issues which are crucial for companies, such as sustainable development, entrepreneurship and economic intelligence. The growth achieved by ESCEM School of Business and Management is a consequence of this openness and sharing of experience.

The London City campus has 150 years of unbroken, though changing, service to the educational needs of London. The roots of the education institutions in this area go back to 1848 when the then Bishop of London called upon the clergy to set up evening classes to improve the moral, intellectual and spiritual condition of young men in the metropolis.

The Metropolitan Evening Classes for Young Men became the City of London College, which in 1970 merged with the Sir John Cass's College of Arts and Science to become City of London Polytechnic. The London College of Furniture was incorporated into the Polytechnic in 1990.

The Polytechnic was later awarded university status, in 1992, and adopted the name London Guildhall University, continuing its commitment to providing education and training for its diverse student body.