Audencia

Audencia Nantes is a French business school created in 1900. In the past called National college of business of Atlantic Nantes, it changed name into 2000. It accommodates approximately 2000 students and proposes several training programs in trade and management. The Audencia group also includes/understands Sciencescom, school specialized in the trades of the communication, and the Atlantic school of trade of St Nazaire.

The school

Its current director, Jean-Pierre Helfer succeeded Aïssa Dermouche on September 1st 2004. Audencia is accredited EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System), AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools off Business) and AMBA.

The culture is an essential element in the training of the managers with Audencia:

of the courses known as " transversaux" are proposed with all the pupils of the course University according to their interests,
of the cycles of conferences are regularly organized, example: " the Direction of the management" in 2006 with meetings between leaders and philosophers.

The currency

Culture, Humanism, Modernity

Origin of the name

The name Audencia was created starting from two Latin words:

audientia , the listening, that which is in the middle of any pedagogy, and
audacia , audacity, that of the managers who it forms.

Chronology

1900 creation, by the Town of Nantes, of the National college of business, street Voltaire
1968 creation of the mixed trade-union (City, General advice, CCI) of management of the School
1970 ESC leaves the center town for its current site, Jonelière
the first 1972 exchanges international
the first 1979 double diplomas MBA in partnership with the North-American universities
1980 opening of the international program “ Summer School ”
1982 creation of the research center in management (CREATED)
1984 opening of the Institute of higher learning of Management (ISMA) become AUDENCIA MBA in 2002
1985 the ESC Nantes becomes member cofounder of the Chapter of the Schools of Management of the Conference of the Universities
1987 opening of the Mastère specialized Management Seeks Innovation (MRI)
1988 opening of the Mastère specialized Management Hotel trade International Tourism (MAHTI)
1989 creation of the Institute of the International relations (IRI)
1989 opening of international program “NMH” with Norway
1990 creation of European Management Programs (EMP), and the Mastère specialized Management Organizations of Sport (MOS)
1992 opening of the Mastère specialized Management the Council Engineering (MCI)
1993 creation of the Euro-Asia Center of Management (CEAM)
1995 the ESCNA becomes one of the members of the Consortium Euro*MBA, programme European of remote teaching for frameworks tested in activity.
1996 opening of the DEA of Sciences of Management, creation of the Atlantic Pole of Management
1997 new organization of the School based on the transversality of pedagogy
1998 Accreditation EQUIS - European Quality Improvement System- delivered by European Foundation for Management Development
1999 launching of three Mastères Specialized:

ms Innovation and Contractors
Marketing, Design and Creation
ms the Council and strategic Development

2000 launching of two Mastères Specialized:

Entrepreneuriat and New technologies of Information
Management and international Compétences

2001 launching of Master off Sciences in International Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
2002 creation of the Affiliated International Faculty of AUDENCIA Nantes
2003 Opening of the Common Space of Contractors (ECE), and enlarging of the buildings
2004 Accreditation by the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools off Business)
2005 Accreditation AMBA (Association off MBA) for the two MBA of Audencia (Full-time and Executive Share-time)

Admission

The admission in first year is done for the students resulting from preparatory classes at the universities by the means of the common Banque of tests (ECB). The school also accepts in second year the holders of a diploma of second cycle of French higher education or of a diploma of a foreign university.

Formation

In addition to its program University , Audencia also prepares to 4 MBA, 4 mastères specialized and two mastères international.

Program University

Traditional course:

3 six-month periods of " trunk commun" : formation general practitioner
Training course 1e year: Training course TO INCLUDE/UNDERSTAND
1 six-month period of specialization: major
1 year in company (training course obligatory caesura one year)
1 six-month period of studies in a university partner
1 six-month period of training course of end of studies: Training course TO ACT

The major ones proposed:

8 sets of themes of specialization are proposed

Finance
Control of management-to that the
Piloting of the strategies of the offer marketing
Management of the cultural institutions and industries multi-media
Management of human Resources
Management of the markets and the client relationship
International Strategic Leader management and consulting
and contractors
Tax and Financial Strategies: Fusion and Acquisition (the first promotion in 2009)

MBA

Three formulas suggested for frameworks with High Potentials:

Audencia MBA Full Time is a program taught in English during 12 months with international participants. He is centered on the Development Business to accompany international expansion by the French and European companies.

Audencia MBA Executive Leaves Time is a part-time program for frameworks and leaders in activity. Realized in French and English, it reconciles professional life and development of competences in management. Centered on the control of a real project, it brings real more applied to the companies partners.

Audencia MBA Corporate is an Executive program diplômant specifically conceived for a company, according to its strategic requirements in management.

Strong of its expertise " Executive Education" and " MBA" , Audencia conceived and animated in 2005 Stryker MBA for 14 of the top executives of Stryker France.

Mastères Specialized

Five Mastères specialized recognized with the international level (cf different rankings from FT for example)

ms Management of the Organizations of Sport
ms Marketing, Design and Creation (in partnership with Nantes Power station and the School of Design of the Countries of the Loire
ms International Competences (in partnership with the École des Mines of Nantes)
ms Entrepreneuriat and New technologies of I' Information (in partnership with the École des Mines of Nantes)
ms Total Management of the Purchases and Supply Chain (MASC)

Universities Partners

Mastères International

Audencia created two Mastères international of which the EMP (European Management Program) This Triple Diploma is one of the élitistes formations of Audencia. Of share not only because of the level requested during recruitment but also in the level standard of the formation. The EMP, they are three poles of competences, three cultures for an exceptional formation whose objective is to train graduates and/or professionals in activity, eager to acquire and to develop competences in management at the European level.

The graduates of the EMP, according to their formation of origin, are capable to occupy all the functions of the company (marketing, control of management, human resources…).

Seek

Research, lever of the academic and international development

The fundamental lesson of management is exempted in their near total by the teacher-researchers of the School. Their implication in the research laboratories of Audencia, their participation in scientific congresses in the whole world and the their many publications in best re-examined of the research international ones, guarantee a teaching based on the most current knowledge.

Lever of the academic and international development, research with Audencia:

Guarantees the excellence of the teaching staff as well as the quality and the renewal of the lesson to create teaching added-value.
Supports the creation and the transfer of knowledge, within the school and near the partners.
Promotes surfaces of academic and scientific competences specific, recognized to the national plan and international, which are incarnated in particular in the research laboratories.

Research professors of quality

The teaching staff of Audencia counts today nearly 70 teacher-researchers, of which:

75% are titular of a Doctorate (or of PhD), 40% are of foreign nationality or pluri-cultural (more than 10 nationalities), 15% are members of Affiliated International Faculty. Since 1995, the School sticks to:

To recruit only full professors of a doctorate or PhD, in order to exert a real scientific influence thanks to their expertise, their publications in academic reviews of foreground, their presence in the framework of international symposiums, their research activities.

To associate professionals of the world of the company: approximately 300 speakers intervene each year in the various programs of the School.

Community life

Pole Sport

the Office of the Sports
Audencia Voile

Site of association veils

Audencia Compétitions. This association organizes every year the triathlon of Baule.

Site of association competitions

Pole Animation

the International Office of Raised the
Connection
the Tv news
Mine of Nothing
the Hearth

Humane pole

Reaches
UAM
* Cheer Up
Onhandiplus

Pole Undertaken

Audencia Junior the Council, Junior Undertaken has proposed for more than twenty five years of the high quality services to very competitive tariffs with the companies of all sizes. Its services are the realization of market research, studies marketing and studies of satisfaction. Audencia Junior the Council is certified AFAQ Service Confidence and fact part of best Junior Undertaken French. More information: Atlantic http://www.junioraudencia.com
More
Undertaking
Réseaudencia Junior
Finantes

Pole Culture

the Office of Arts
Iségoria
In' Edict of Nantes
Shamrock
Equinox
Artefact
Asimu' T
the Banquet
Eidos Festival of film of the environment and sustainable development
the Chorus and Orchestrates Universities of Nantes, which regoupe of the pupils of Audencia, Nantes Power station and Mines of Nantes

External bonds

Official site
Seen Satellite Google Maps
Information on the National colleges of business

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