Albert School is a school of excellence. The admissions process is selective. Fewer than 10% of applicants were admitted last year, and the majority of those admitted choose to join Albert School, even though most of them have also been admitted to other prestigious French or international establishments.

If Albert School were on Parcoursup (whose data is public), our courses would rank in the top 5% of the most selective schools.

Successful companies today have in common that they have a data-centric approach. They are said to be "data-driven". This is the case for companies like Microsoft, LVMH, Alphabet or Netflix, which are among the most innovative and fastest growing. This is only possible with teams trained in the language of data, at all levels and across all functions of a company. Teaching data - that is, mathematics applied to business - enables students to understand how to create value in this world transformed by technology.

Today, data is everywhere. And in a digitally disrupted world, it has become indispensable for business. There is tremendous value to be gained from leveraging data, especially with AI. Improving operational efficiency, transforming the customer experience, controlling risks, or innovating are all possible families of uses. From these four families derive thousands of applications and opportunities in all organizations and all sectors of activity.

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Two phenomena have made data essential to executive decision making. First, the rise of capitalism and globalization has made all industries hyper-competitive: the accuracy of executives' decisions is more essential than ever to generate growth, and even to monitor their company. But also, the explosion of computing power, of the capacity to store and circulate information provides managers with a wealth of data.

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Some data numbers:

• amount of data stored in the world in 2010 is 2 zb vs in 2020 64 zb and in 2025 +180 zb
• Moore's law: doubling of the computing power of computers every two years
• 5G will be 100x faster than 4G (autonomous cars, factories 4.0, personalization of the display in bus shelters...)

Albert School is the first school of excellence combining business and data. The school offers training courses with a 3-year bachelor's degree or a 5-year master's degree. The bachelor's degree is accessible after the Baccalauréat. Supported and financed by many renowned entrepreneurs, its ambition is to train the talents that the new economy needs, hybrid business AND data profiles.

Albert does more than prepare for a job. Our raison d'être is to train the talents that will make the difference. This requires a global understanding of how a sector or company operates, and the ability to understand, exploit and enhance the value of data thanks to unique educational partnerships with leading companies in their sector.

The total number of students enrolled from first to fifth year will be 600 on the Paris campus.

Albert School has developed an innovative, data-driven approach to teaching, to turn students into accomplished professionals in the new economy. We guarantee an effective education centered on case studies and the acquisition of operational knowledge. This approach enables students to acquire new skills and gradually specialize: the curriculum structured around business and data enables students to understand the concepts and tools - such as frameworks, structuring analysis - to make relevant data-driven decisions.

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Albert School's innovative pedagogy from the first year onwards offers a hybrid training program that combines the best of engineering and business schools to train tomorrow's leaders, thanks to its academic excellence and professional orientation:

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1. the removal from curricula of anything that strays too far from knowledge and skills useful in professional life (goodbye theoretical physics and 12th-degree equations)

2. the development of soft skills from the very first days: understanding and learning the codes of the company, knowing how to be, knowing how to do. Teams from the Boston Consulting Group, one of the world's most prestigious consulting firms, spend 15 days with students to teach them the codes: how to dress, how to write an e-mail, draft a document, give an oral presentation, methods for breaking down a problem...

3. learning with the best teachers from the top business schools (Polytechnique, HEC, Centrale, ENS, Sciences Po...) in groups of up to 40 students. These teachers are mostly professionals who hold positions of responsibility in major companies, investment funds, institutions or startups. These teachers practice what they teach in their companies on a daily basis. They are at the cutting edge of the latest developments in their field.

4. apply what you learn: business deep dives: in continuous cycles throughout their studies, students take part in 3-week case studies, in addition to their coursework. At the beginning of the cycle, students work as a group to prepare an interview with a member of the partner company's executive committee, who at the end of the session unveils a practical case with a data and business counterpart to be solved together. This is an opportunity to combine mathematics, data and business to solve increasingly complex open questions, accompanied by professionals from our 50 partner companies.

5. Group work and peer reviewing are cornerstones of Albert School pedagogy. Groups are often imposed, just as in the real world of business, and you don't always get to choose who you work with. Learning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of your teammates and yourself is an essential part of preparing for the world of work. Companies prefer cooperation to competition, which is why students work in groups, particularly on Business Deep Dives, and change groups every 3 weeks. Students also take part in the assessment of their fellow students and are themselves assessed by their peers, in addition to being assessed by the teaching team on certain assignments.

Yes, Albert School has its own BDE, sports club, cultural club and junior enterprise, which together organize a wide range of events for students and sometimes external guests.

What Albert school students have in common

- ambition and an entrepreneurial spirit- excellent teaching by exceptional teachers- a strong taste for mathematics

- the desire to learn by being closely connected to the business world from the very first year

- have understood that in the future, whatever the business, data will play a major role

- openness, curiosity

Our Albert School shareholder partners: the founders of SmartBox, LVMH, Free, and 8 unicorns (companies worth over 1 billion euros): Payfit, Veepee, Contentsquare, VestiaireCollective, Voodoo, Jellysmack, ManoMano.

Our partner companies: major international CAC 40 groups, national family businesses, startups, in all sectors such as: BCG Gamma, Carrefour, WeMaitain... list on website

Albert School is a state-approved higher education institution. Albert School is a school of professional excellence whose mission is to train the hybrid business & data profiles most in demand by companies, and to train the future senior executives of our partner companies such as BCG, Carrefour, LVMH, CapGemini, Orange...As a school of professional excellence, Albert School reports to the French Ministry of Labor and delivers RNCP level 6 and 7 qualifications and 60 ECTS credits per year of study (300 for a bac +5), recognized in France, Europe and the rest of the world.Most of Albert School's teaching staff is made up of professionals from top business schools who hold positions of responsibility in companies. To qualify for the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles label, one of the prerequisites is to have a certain number of research professors on the teaching staff, which is not compatible with Albert School's mission of professionalizing excellence.

Yes, students are prepared for RNCP level 6 (Bachelor's degree) and 7 (Grande Ecole program and Msc).

These RNCP titles are regulated by France Compétences, an organization that depends on the Ministry of Labor.

The St. Albert School diploma is awarded in the form of ECTS credits, which are recognized by the European Union.

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The hybrid Business and Data skills of ALBERT SCHOOL graduates meet a strong demand from companies. The program promotes rapid career development by preparing our graduates for positions of responsibility in a wide range of fields, thanks to their skills in data and business. The Bachelor's degree offers a broad base of skills enabling them to work in technical positions such as data analyst, data scientist or data strategist, as well as in operational management positions in marketing, finance and supply chain.

Yes, our diplomas are recognized by the French state, both in France and internationally. Albert School is Qualiopi-certified and delivers qualifications registered in the Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles, managed by France Compétences. Each year spent at Albert School earns 60 ECTS credits, the European standard for higher education.

Internships are a mandatory and essential component of ALBERT SCHOOL's pedagogy. They are part of the progressive achievement of the pedagogical objectives of understanding the business world, its application as well as the acquisition of professional know-how and skills.

These are all opportunities for our students to immerse themselves in the demands of a company, adapt their behavior, carry out assignments and projects in a specific context, and build their network of contacts and their career step by step. Private English classes are also an opportunity to learn how to write a CV in English and benefit from personalized interview training.

The first three years of study correspond to the Bachelor's degree. They are composed of a core curriculum in Business & Data. The choice of numerous projects allows students to go deeper into the subjects that interest them most (blockchain, marketing, finance, etc.)    

Students in years 4 and 5 choose their master's degree and therefore the courses taught.

More information about our program here.

ALBERT SCHOOL's teachers combine a high level of academic excellence from the best French schools and a high level of professional experience.

The majority of our teachers have positions of responsibility in the business world. This allows them to deliver courses that are as close as possible to the reality of the working world. Coming from emblematic companies exposed to the challenges of data, they can deliver ALBERT SCHOOL's pedagogy in a business reality that they live every day.

The number of hours of lessons per week is around 30, excluding Business Deep Dive, Khôlles, private English lessons and personal and group work.

Yes, all Albert School Masters courses are taught in English.

The MSc Data for Finance prepares students for finance professions in which mastery of data can be a differentiating factor. The work-study program plays an important role in shaping the student's profile between market finance and corporate finance. Albert School's finance offerings include Project finance portfolio analyst at Banque Postale, Equity listing analyst at Euronext and Portfolio analysis at Edmond de Rothschild.

To find out more about our offers, visit: https: //www.albertschool.com/entreprise/carriere/portail-carrieres

On the market finance side: asset management, risk management or trading.

Corporate finance: management control, auditing, investment banking.

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This depends on the week, your work rhythm, your organization, and your teammates in the various work groups to which you will contribute. On average, plan to devote around 10/15 hours to personal and group work.

Around 55% of the Master's program consists of a core curriculum. If the specialization taught in M1 doesn't suit you, you can change to another in M2. To do so, you'll need to explain your choice to the teaching staff, and be in a position to catch up on the fundamentals of the courses you didn't take in M1 during the summer vacations.

Work is either personal or group-based. Group work is an essential element at Albert School. The emphasis is on collaborative work, particularly during BDDs, which generally involve groups of 3 to 5 people.

Albert School's teaching, pedagogy and ecosystem offer a privileged setting for student entrepreneurs. Half a day a week is dedicated to the realization of free individual or collective projects, such as the creation of a startup. Many members of the administrative and teaching staff have already worked on or founded one or more startups, or work or have worked in investment funds. So many opportunities to get advice on your projects and a privileged network to help tomorrow's unicorn startups blossom.

Albert School is a permanent coaching workshop.

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- During their 2-week induction period, students spend 20 hours with Boston Consulting Group consultants, who provide them with a wealth of tips, codes and best business practices.

- Course content focuses on knowledge that is invaluable in professional life (goodbye theoretical physics and 12th-degree equations).

- 90% of the teaching staff are members of company management boards, consultants or entrepreneurs, who instill business methods and codes at the same time as teaching theoretical knowledge.

- The Business Deep Dive every 3 weeks is a coaching simulation: 3 weeks to answer a complex business question based on millions of lines of data in a group for presentation to a panel of professionals.

- Khôlles (mentoring), in groups of 4 or 5 students with a mentor, are an opportunity to review and apply what you've learned.

During the first 2 years, a summer internship is encouraged. A 6-month internship in France or abroad is compulsory in 3rd and 5th years (excluding sandwich programs).

6 months for compulsory 3rd and 5th year internships (excluding sandwich programs)

Apprenticeship and professionalization contracts are accepted for sandwich courses.

After an initial 8-week period of intensive courses at the school, the work-study schedule consists of 4 days at the company and 1 day at the school.

Yes, Albert School has around 100 work-study places available with partner companies. All students are offered support to give them the best possible chance of obtaining a contract for their work-study placement and professional integration.

The jobs on offer can be very different, depending on the program and the year of study. Examples of the most common jobs for each course are available on the website, on each of the course pages.

The jobs on offer can be very different, depending on the program and the year of study. Examples of the most common jobs for each course are available on the website, on each of the course pages.

As places are limited, we advise you to start the admission process as soon as possible. You will be able to submit your report cards for the last few semesters, as well as your baccalaureate / diploma transcript at a later date.

In fact, the online application platform has been designed so that you can only validate your application once all the required elements have been uploaded. If one of the requested documents does not apply to you (for example, your report cards are semestrial and not quarterly), upload the same document twice. The jury will be able to make sense of it, or will ask you for additional information when examining your file.

Give it a try. Your determination can only be an asset to your application. It may not be enough, but it's an excellent start. We've already admitted a few candidates with average records who excelled in the online logic and mathematics test and the admission interview.

Yes, the site has been designed so that you can only validate your application once all the required elements have been uploaded. If one of the requested documents does not apply to you (for example, your report cards are half-yearly and not quarterly), upload the same document twice. The jury will be able to make sense of it, or will ask you for additional information when examining your file.

The test is designed to assess your ability to develop logical and mathematical reasoning, and lasts 40 minutes. The more correct your answers, the more difficult the test becomes. So hang in there!

Many events are organized on campus.

To consult the list of provhain events, go to this page: https: //www.albertschool.com/evenementsUneOnce eligible, you can also take advantage of a personal appointment on campus.

Numerous events are organized on campus, open to candidates and their parents. To consult the list of upcoming events, go to this page: https: //www.albertschool.com/evenementsUneOnce you are eligible, you can also take advantage of a personal appointment on campus.

If you have failed the online logic and mathematics test, you can reapply for one of our initial training programs next year.

If you have encountered a problem during the test, please write to us at admission@albertschool.com and we will investigate your request as soon as possible.

The interview consists of 3 parts: getting to know you, a brainteaser which is a logic exercise, and finally an oral presentation of your reasons for joining us in English.

It's a good idea to add any elements to your file that you think may be relevant to your application: transcripts, language certificates, diplomas or letters of recommendation from teachers, internship supervisors, etc.

At St. Albert School, mathematics and data science are at the heart of the curriculum, alongside other subjects taught in business schools. Mathematics accounts for over 100 hours per semester, or 9 hours per week. A love of maths is therefore highly recommended to thrive at Albert School. The entrance exam for the Grande Ecole Program includes a logic and mathematics test. The test is free and 100% online. You can take the test to see if you have the level: https: //www.albertschool.com/formulaire.

ALBERT SCHOOL is not included in Parcoursup. Like other schools of excellence, Albert School has chosen not to go through Parcoursup and offers you to apply directly to the school.

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We want to give priority to the human relationship: this means being able to talk together to answer all your questions during the first telephone conversations and to meet you during an interview in order to get to know you and to accompany you in your higher education project.

Registration will be open, you can register directly online on our website.

The Albert School curriculum is demanding. The selection process is designed to ensure that admitted students have the necessary abilities to graduate. We seek to understand your potential.

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The choice goes both ways. We encourage you to ask us questions to ensure that Albert School fits your career plan.

We address students who have a real appetite for mathematics and who have the ambition to learn to solve complex problems and to develop mathematical thinking applicable to data, economics, and business. They do not wish to choose between business school and engineering school because they dream of a curriculum combining French mathematical rigor and Anglo-Saxon business sense.

They have a strong quantitative mindset, are curious about the business world, but are also motivated by a deep desire to work in a team.

Many courses are taught in English. It is not necessary to be fluent in English, but some command of the language is essential.

To eliminate as much bias as possible, the Albert School entrance exam is a three-step process and is completely free and open to all.    

1. The first step is a 40-minute math test. It is designed to test your logic and math skills.
2. The second step is the analysis of your file (report cards, cover letter, letters of recommendation...).
3. The last step is a 30-minute interview with the jury to get to know each other, to evaluate the candidate's ability to develop a logical reasoning to solve a complex open-ended question, and to allow the candidate to explain in English his or her motivation for joining the Albert School.

Admission to Msc begins directly at the second stage.

After each step of the selection process, the answer will be given within 10 days.

IMPORTANT: With the results of Parcoursup, the process has been revised to allow candidates to follow it and obtain an answer within 72 hours.

Congratulations, you have joined the club of candidates selected to join the Grande Ecole Program or the Bachelor's program! Choosing your school is one of the most important decisions you will ever make. If necessary, talk to your parents, teachers and friends to help you make your choice. There is no time limit. Your place is guaranteed for a period of 10 days following the notification of your admission. After that, your enrollment will be accepted on a space-available basis.

To finance your schooling: - you can take out a student loan with one of our partner banks- apply for a Talent Albert School Scholarship, which can finance up to 50% of your tuition fees- from the Master's level onwards, choose a work-study program in which 100% of your tuition is financed by the company- contact us for any other questions.

Albert School promotes social inclusion and enables talented students who pass the admissions process to apply for the Albert School Talent Scholarship program, which enables one of our corporate partners to cover up to 50% of tuition fees.

The price of an academic year at Albert School:

Year 1 to 3 : 12 000€
Year 4 and 5 : free (we find you your work placement !)

Registration for years 1 to 3 is confirmed after payment of a deposit of €3,000. The full tuition fee is due before the beginning of the school year. Deposits are required in years 2 and 3 to validate re-enrolment by July 1st at the latest.

St. Albert School has developed partnerships with banking institutions to facilitate the financing of tuition fees through loans. The conditions of attribution and reimbursement of a student loan are the sole responsibility of the banking institution. For more information, contact Albert School at admission@albertschool.com.

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Albert School, with the support of partner companies, also offers scholarships that allow us to finance up to 50% of the tuition fees of students, i.e. €6,000 (six thousand euros) over the expected duration of the training. These scholarships are awarded on the basis of social criteria as defined between Albert School and each of the partner companies that pay for one or more scholarships.

For more information, contact Albert School at: admission@albertschool.com

It is not possible to find accommodation directly on campus. However, since the school is located in the center of Paris and is well served by transportation, it is possible to find accommodation outside the school.

We do not have any particular partnership yet, however, here is a selection of websites that can help you in your research:
- Adele: https://www.adele.org/residence/agglomeration/paris-75/logement-etudiant

- Nexity Studea : https://www.nexity-studea.com/locations-etudiantes/paris
- Réside Etudes : https://www.groupe-reside-etudes.com/
- ResidenceEtudiante : https://www.residenceetudiante.fr/

- Studapart : https://www.studapart.com/fr/logement-etudiant-paris

Students are required to have a functioning computer to practice their lessons, especially in data courses where they will be required to run and code computer programs. Partnerships with companies that can provide preferential conditions for the acquisition or provision of computer equipment are underway.

Group and individual work is expected throughout the year. Students will also be asked to review certain content before attending certain classes

The school is located at 18 rue de Paradis in the 10th arrondissement of Paris.

Yes, it is essential to attend the classes that take place on campus every day.

The area is full of dining options for all budgets.    

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A CROUS restaurant is located less than 10 minutes' walk from Albert School: Caféteria Villemin, located at 10 avenue de Verdun 75010 Paris.    

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Vending machines, coffee machines and microwaves are available to students on campus.

For candidates admitted to the competition and their parents: admission@albertschool.com

For candidates and their parents: contact@albertschool.com

For teachers: teaching@albertschool.com companies: partners@albertschool.com

Come and discover them at our many events on campus, or at our JPO videoconferences if you're far from Paris!

The maximum number of students per class is 40. Depending on the year, classes range from 1 to 5.