ESC Rennes is a Grande École,[3] a term to refer to business schools with government recognition in France.

Based on its student body and faculty composition, Rennes School of Business is classified as an international business school in France.

[4] 50% of students on campus and 85% of the faculty members come from outside France, representing over 100 nationalities.

Rennes offers the following research programmes: The Global DBA programme is organised in cooperation with the School of Economics and Management at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications in China and (as a pre-DBA) with Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Rennes School of Business Alumni Association works in close partnership with Rennes School of Business and international companies to provide services to the global Rennes School of Business alumni community.