Audencia Nantes School of Management is a centre for research and teaching in management with an ever-growing global profile. Founded in 1900, its international rankings include a place in the top 30 MBAs in Europe according to The Economist, a position as one of the top 12 Masters in Management in the world according to the Financial Times and a top 40 placing in America Economica's global ranking of business schools.

Audencia is also one less than 1% of international business schools to be accredited by the three key international bodies: Equis from the EFMD - European Foundation for Management Development, the AACSB - Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and the Association of MBAs (AMBA).

Welcoming around 2200 students of more than 40 different nationalities on its wide palette of programmes, the management school enjoys partnerships with close to 100 schools worldwide. Its portfolio ranges from post-graduate studies to specially developed executive education, with standout programmes being Audencia Master in Management (Grande Ecole programme) and Audencia International MBA. Two international Masters - European Management Programme and International Masters in Management - are proposed thanks to alliances with prestigious European schools.

Audencia is situated in Nantes, recognised as the French city with the best quality of life. It is just two-hours by regular high-speed train from Paris, less than an hour from the sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast and close to the castles of the Loire Valley.