Créée en 1973, la CGE (association loi 1901) comprend 265 membres dont 223* Grandes écoles (ingénieur, management, architecture, design, institut d'études politiques) toutes reconnues par l'État, délivrant un diplôme de grade master. Certaines d'entre elles délivrent en propre le doctorat et des diplômes nationaux de master.
La CGE compte également une vingtaine d'entreprises membres ou partenaires ainsi que 35 associations et organismes (Unions des Professeurs, instituts de formation, Compagnons du devoir, association d'anciens élèves).
* juin 2017
Created in 1973, the CGE (association law 1901) includes 265 members including 223 * Grandes écoles (engineer, management, architecture, design, institute of political studies) all recognized by the State, delivering a Masters Degree . Some of them deliver the doctorate and national master's degrees on their own. The CGE also has about twenty member companies or partners as well as 35 associations and organizations (Unions of Professors, training institutes, Companions of duty, association of former students). * June 2017