A world-class MBA, located in the beautiful south of France

IAE Aix-en-Provence Graduate School of Management - part of the Aix-Marseille University - is located in the South of France, within France's second largest metropolitan area after Paris. Founded in 1955, the IAE Aix-en-Provence was the first Graduate School of Management in the French public university system.

IAE Aix is the only French public university entity to receive dual international accreditation: the European standard of excellence EQUIS in 1999, and the AMBA accreditation in 2004 for its MBA Change & Innovation, in 2005 for its Master's programmes and in 2007 for its Executive Part-time MBA and its Euro*MBA.

The IAE Aix MBA Change Management & Innovation is both AMBA and EQUIS accredited, and is a truly unique one-year full-time (100% English) general management MBA programme. The innovative core programme is devoted to specific management skills and knowledge. With a focus on Change Management, it aims to develop the participant's capacity of understanding and dealing with the organisational and individual processes of our fast changing world. This professional track provides the foundations, tools and advanced practices to enhance managerial effectiveness, whether to find an international management position, start your own business or enter the field of consulting.

The IAE Aix Part-time Executive MBA programme is unique in that it draws upon the reputation and expertise of four leading French technical and managerial institutions: IAE Aix-en-Provence, Arts &Metiers Paris Tech, Telecom Ecole de Management and the Groupe IGS. Each partner focuses intensively upon its area of specialisation during the EMBA to give participants the deepest and most-relevant business knowledge available. Drawing also upon an experienced international faculty invested in both cutting-edge research as well as being actively engaged with the broader international corporate community, EMBA participants gain access to new professional networks and a diversity of global business perspectives. Organized in a weekly module format in Aix-en-Provence and Paris, participants find it more convenient to manage professional and family responsibilities while studying.