Founded in 1900, Audencia is amongst the 1% of business schools holding all top international academic accreditations – EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA. We are known globally for education and research in the fields of business and management. Audencia is one of France’s elite Grande École higher education institutions, with campuses in Nantes, Paris, Beijing & Shenzhen. At Audencia, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is at the heart of research, programmes and operations. Audencia is the first French business school to adhere to the UN’s Global Compact and sign the UN’s Principles for Responsible Management Education, which it assisted in defining. Audencia has more than 200 quality academic partnerships,more than 175 accords with national and international companies and has been ranked first among French business schools in terms of Students’ happiness by the HappyAtSchool 2020 Ranking. The school welcomes around 5,600 students of over 100 nationalities on its programmes and has an alumni network of more than 27 000 graduates.