The only public university business school to hold EQUIS and AMBA accreditation, the IAE Aix is now also in the run for the prestigious AACSB accreditation in 2018. In France only 12 schools hold this dual accreditation. The IAE Aix is now aiming for the Triple Crown, which certifies the quality and excellence of a business school with the most rigorous international selection criteria. Only 9 Schools in France and 39 in Europe have earned the prestigious Triple Crown!
In pursuit of the Triple Crown, the IAE Aix will reinforce the feature that has always been its force: the alliance between the academic excellence of a university, the ardent dedication to public service values, and a dynamic Business School, with the benefit of being a part of the biggest French University (Aix-Marseille University-72,000 students).
To obtain the Triple Crown, the IAE Aix will rely on the dedication and professionalism of its faculty and staff who are devoted to training new managers to become responsible, and efficient world citizens.
Having set the context and goals, more concretely speaking in the upcoming 3 to 4 years, the IAE Aix will recruit its personnel in the perspective of increasing diversity, develop a differentiated pedagogy in the manner of coaching and adopt a more intense network approach, with one common denominator: provide value to each student in order to guarantee employability for the duration of his or her career.
One of the Top 16 of French Business Schools in the Financial Times Rankings, the IAE Aix is a true socio-economic ladder with a valuable return on investment:
- Over 42% of all students are public grant holders or apprentices
- Our tuition, on average, is two times less than that of other business schools in the category
- In 2013 a survey of our 2012 graduates revealed that 91% are recruited within 6 months of completing their internship or apprenticeship