Worldwide academic recognition for the Montpellier Business School which joins the prestigious club of the 14 French Grandes Écoles of Business Management accredited AACSB.

The Group Sup de Co Montpellier is delighted to announce its AACSB accreditation which rewards the academic quality of all its programmes (Master Grande Ecole - ESC Montpellier, Bachelor EIM, MBA) and activities. The AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation represents the symbol of excellence of the best management education. Less than 5% of business schools worldwide have obtained this recognition. The very severe accreditation attribution criteria are concentrated on a solid demonstration of a long-term coherence between the vision and the mission of the group, its values and the complete set of institutional activities linked to the academic world, notably by a high quality pedagogical environment, an effort to continually improve and a capacity to dynamically adapt the programme content to the requirements of the markets.
A demanding process that the Montpellier Business School has been able to satisfy, as confirms Terry Trapnell, AASCB Executive Vice President and chief accreditation officer of AACSB International:  "It takes a great deal of self evaluation and determination to earn AACSB accreditation, and I recommend Sup de Co Montpellier for its dedication to management education, as well as its leadership in the community. Through accreditation, the Montpellier Business School has not only met specific standards of excellence, but has also made a commitment to ongoing improvement to ensurethat the institution will continue to deliver high quality education to its students."

For Didier Jourdan, Dean of Montpellier Business School, obtaining this accreditation validates the coherence of a strategy driven over almost 10 years : « In a globalised economy, made of rapid changes, for which we prepare our students, it has become essential to guarantee the sustainable quality of our teaching and research activities as well as their international visibility. Obtaining the label AACSB is proof of our group's satisfaction of these requirements. »
Over the last years, the commitment to quality of the Montpellier Business School has widely contributed to the strengthening of its teaching methods and its values (ethics, open-mindedness and diversity, entrepreneurship, global responsibility and performance) and to our obtaining this prestigious international standard. For Didier Jourdan: « We are proud that the development choices that we have worked upon over the long term have been recognised by the AACSB, whose experience and planetary aura constitute the worldwide reference. »

Being “AACSB accredited” means a lot to the education and business communities.  
For the students, the AACSB accreditation guarantees constantly evolving programmes that ensure their perfect correspondance to the market requirements, proves that the programmes are taught by a highly qualified teaching staff, ensures international recognition of the diplomas obtained, in phase with international standards.
For the enterprises, the AACSB accreditation confirms the quality of the diplomas issued by the Group, and guarantees that the courses followed by the graduate correspond perfectly to the requirements of an economic environment constantly more complex.
For the graduates, the AACSB accreditation confirms the value of the diploma.
Media  Contacts
Group Sup de Co Montpellier                                                   AACSB
Catherine Pech, Director of Communication                        Amy Ponzillo, Manager Public Relations
c.pech@supco-montpellier.fr                                                   amyp@aacsb.edu

Group Sup de Co Montpellier
The Montpellier Business School is the only Group Grande Ecole of Management of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, Member of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles. The mission of the Group Sup de Co Montpellier is to train students who desire to become socially responsible managers, endowed with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and able to adapt quickly to their professional context, whether it be local, national or international.
Through its various programmes, the Group Sup de Co Montpellier educates each year more than 2400 students, sends annually 600 students abroad on academic exchange programmes, and welcomes 250 students coming from 137 partner universities representing 34 states. It graduates 560 students per year, of which 80% are recruited before obtaining the diploma.

About AACSB International
AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), founded in 1916, is an association of more than 1,200 educational institutions, businesses and other organizations in 78 countries. AACSB's mission is to advance quality management education worldwide through accreditation, thought leadership, and value-added services.  AACSB accreditation is the mark of quality distinction most widely sought after by business schools—less than 5 percent worldwide have earned the achievement. As the premier accreditation body for institutions offering undergraduate, master's and doctorate degrees in business and accounting, the association also conducts a wide array of conferences and seminar programs at locations throughout the world. AACSB's global headquarters is located in Tampa, Florida, USA and its Asia headquarters is located in Singapore.

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