Audencia Business School

Audencia was founded in 1900 as the École Supérieure de Commerce de Nantes.[5] Until 1970, the school occupied the building which is today home to the city’s natural history museum. It then moved into a purpose-built campus of 23,000 m² to the north of the city centre opposite Nantes University.

In 2000, the school changed its name to Audencia Nantes School of Management.[5] The name "Audencia" is a blend of two words: audientia, which means "listening," and audacia or "boldness."

Since 2004, the school has been associated with the Global Compact, a United Nations initiative that brings together firms, the business world and the civil society united on ten universal principles relative to human rights, working conditions and the environment.

In 2015, the school was reaccredited by the three global accreditations (AMBA, EQUIS, AACSB) for the maximum period of five years.

In 2016, the school changed its name to Audencia Business School which includes the bachelor and masters programmes of former schools SciencesCom and the Ecole Atlantique de Commerce.

Audencia is a non-profit making association supervised by the city of Nantes, the local council and the chamber of commerce and industry. Audencia has the status of a Grandes école and as such is a member of the Conférence des grandes écoles.[6] The Grandes Écoles (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃d.z‿ekɔl], literally in French "Grand Schools") of France are higher education establishments that are outside the main framework of the French public university system. The Grandes Écoles can be considered as archaic but are highly selective and prestigious institutions and their graduates often dominate the private and public sectors of French society.[1]

• Audencia Master in Management (Grande école programme) – Four years including one in-company.
• Audencia Full-Time MBA – Taught in English over a 12-month period.
• Executive MBA – 18 months part-time, taught in French, with international seminars in English.
• Euro*MBA – Executive programme run by a consortium of six European business schools including Audencia Nantes. Taught over 24 months through distance learning and six European residential weeks.
• MSc in Management-Engineering – An English-language programme followed by students from around 20 French and foreign engineering schools. An 18-month course with a study period abroad. Ranked 24th in the world in the Financial Times’ masters in management ranking (September 2016).
• European and International Business Management Programme (EIBM) – Trilingual (English, French, Spanish) programme in 12 and 14-month formats taught in three countries. Run by Audencia Nantes and two academic partners in the UK and Spain.
• International Master in Management (IMM) – Year-long programme taught in English with the possibility of studying on the campus of one of eight exclusive partners.
• Master Supply Chain and Purchasing Management – English-taught double degree split between Audencia Nantes and MIP Politecnico di Milano (Italy). Available in 12 or 18-month formats.
• MSc in Food and Agribusiness Management – a 15-month programme in partnership with ESPM (Escola Superior de Propaganda e marketing), Brazil and with the support of the Crédit Agricole. Taught 100% in English.
• MSc in Management and Entrepreneurship in the Creative Economy – a 12-month programme taught in English in partnership with The Glasgow school of Art.
• Bachelor in Management – Three-year programme. Admission possible in year three after prior studies.
• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) – Four year programme with the fourth year split between studies and in-company period. Specialisations in agribusiness or purchasing.
• Masters programme Communications and Media – Three-year programme including 15 months of internships.`
• Masters programme Public policy Management – in partnership with Sciences Po Lille[7]
• Specialised masters accredited by the French Conférence des Grandes Ecoles and taught in French

- Management of Sports Organisations - Management and International Competences - Marketing Design & Création - Global Purchasing and Supply Chain Management - Finance, Risk, Control - Marketing Strategies for the Digital Age - Business Development

• DBA Audencia Business School – Toulouse Business School
• DBA in Responsible Management, Audencia Business School – Tsinghua University, Beijing
• DBA Audencia Business School – Western Business School of China, Chengdu
• Executive Education

Audencia Business School is accredited by EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System), AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and Association of MBAs (AMBA).[8] It is among the top 1% business school in the world to have the triple crown (Triple accreditation). Of the 13,670 schools offering business degree programs worldwide, only 89 have triple accreditation as of May 2018.

The school signed its first agreement with a non-French academic institution in 1972.[9] Today, Audencia has more than 230 international partners. While the earliest accords concerned North American business schools (especially those in the USA), the school now has partnerships throughout the world.

• Audencia Business School