Press Releases 2026

Already established in Luxembourg since 2023, ESSCA School of Management is taking a further step in its international expansion with the official opening of its Luxembourg campus in the city’s business district, Kirchberg. This establishment represents a structuring milestone in the School’s European trajectory and strengthens its proximity to one of the continent’s leading financial and institutional centres.

Over the past two years, ESSCA has consolidated its local presence by welcoming international mobility students and by strengthening its ties with the Luxembourg economic ecosystem. Since September 2025, the campus has also been hosting students enrolled in the Master in Management, Finance specialisation.

ESSCA School of Management announces the appointment of Xavier Martin, a graduate of the Grande École programme, class of 1998, to its Board of Directors.
As an international executive within the Henkel group, he will bring to the School recognised expertise in strategy, innovation, global marketing, and international development.

This appointment forms part of a dynamic approach to strengthening ESSCA’s governance at a time when the School is pursuing its European and international growth through the rollout of its strategic plan, KAIROS 2030.

Present in Malaga (Spain) since 2023, ESSCA School of Management is inaugurating its new campus in the city, marking a new stage in the School’s international development.

This location, in the heart of the historic centre, inside a former music conservatory later converted into a convent, embodies ESSCA’s multicampus strategy and its ambition to combine heritage, pedagogical innovation, and social responsibility.

ESSCA is updating the structure of its programmes in order to support the transformation of student pathways and strengthen its position as a multi-campus European school.

From the start of the 2026 academic year, the School will open international access from the first year of its Bachelor in International Management, adjust admission procedures and the rollout of its Grande École programme, welcome the first cohort of its Master in Management and Business Engineering, and announce the awarding of the Master’s Degree accreditation (Grade de Master) for its MSc Business Analytics.

Samuel Vinet will be responsible for supporting the implementation of the KAIROS 2030 strategic plan and for strengthening the visibility and reach of the School’s programmes across all its campuses in France (Aix‑en‑Provence, Angers, Bordeaux, Lyon, Paris and Strasbourg) and internationally (Budapest, Luxembourg, Malaga and Shanghai).