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The MBA that Follows your Career

Audencia is one of France's most prestigious business schools. It is one of less than 1% schools worldwide with Equis, Amba and AACSB accreditations. Founded over a century ago, it has expertise in business education and a network of around 5 000 alumni in activity, some of whom hold top positions in multinational firms. The city of Nantes is a privileged setting for studying and enjoying the French way of life. Nantes was recently elected 9th greenest city in the world by the Reader's Digest. Time magazine Ranked it N°1 in Europe for its quality of life, Aug 2004.

Audencia MBA: developing business and personal competencies

Audencia International MBA has been ranked in the top 100 best MBAs worldwide in the last 2 editions of The Economist which MBA guide. The quality of the faculty was highly regarded (11th in the world) and the programme was 37th in the world for student diversity.
At Audencia MBA we believe that a top manager is someone with values and a broad vision, someone who is able to take risks and elaborate strategic changes in a highly demanding economic world.
Our MBA programme is aimed at high potential managers who expect to gain state of the art knowledge in management as well as acquire better business practices.
In order to reach this ambitious objective, Audencia MBA provides top quality academic input and a strong individual coaching so as to develop our MBA participants’ managerial soft skills. Our academic network of top institutions throughout the world also gives our participants a unique opportunity to study an exchange period at one of our partners’ institutions in the United States, China, Brazil, etc.
With an original orientation towards business development and a year long programme to enhance personal development, Audencia guarantees a well rounded MBA to professionals coming from diverse horizons and looking forward to learning in a truly international environment.

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Program Info

Type of program:
International Audencia MBA (Full-Time in English)
Executive Audencia MBA (Part-Time in French & English)
Euro*MBA (distance learning in English)
Starting Dates: IMBA: September / EMBA: March / Euro*MBA: January & September
Length of program: IMBA: 12 Months /  EMBA: 18 months / Euro*MBA: 2 years
Application deadlines: Rolling admissions

 

Student Body

Ratio of applicants to places: 1/3
Number of nationalities: 7
Women: 37%
Men: 63%
Age Range: from 25 to 45
Average Age: 31
Degree background:

  • Business/Commerce Eco: 24%
  • Engineering: 46%
  • Sciences/tech: 15%
  • Other: 15%

Length of Work Experience:

  • >5 years: 46%
  • 3-5 years: 31%
  • 1-3 years 15%
  • < 1 year 8%

Admission

University degree (Bachelor, Master...)
Engineer degree
Work experience: 3, 5 or 7 years according to the programme
GMAT: minimum 550
TOEFL: 240
References: 2
Language fluency: IMBA & Euro*MBA: 100% in English  (Test of English), EMBA: 80% in French (test of English)

Costs

Application fees: IMBA: 125€ / EMBA: NA / Euro*MBA: 125€
Tuition fees : IMBA: 21000€ / EMBA: 22000€/ Euro*MBA: 25500€
Scholarships available for international students with a strong academic background, high GMAT required.
Estimate for living: 500€/month plus extra 300€ for settlement on arrival for international students

Contacts

Address : 8 route de la Joneličre
BP31222 44 312
Nantes Cedex 3 France
Tel: +33 2 40 37 45 66
Fax: +33 2 40 37 34 07
Website: www.audencia.com
(available in French and English)
MBA Programme Director: Prof. Valérie Claude-Gaudillat
mba@audencia.com
MBA Admissions Manager: Office of International Admissions

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