IAE Aix-en-Provence

The Aix Marseille Graduate School of Management, also known as IAE Aix en Provence or IAE Aix is a business school in the South of France, part of Aix Marseille University, the largest University in the French speaking world, founded in 1409. In 2022, the Financial Times ranked its Masters in Management program 67th in the world. In 2013, it is awarded by Eduniversal business schools ranking by Palmes as a "3 palmes EXCELLENT Business School". It is also continuously ranked by Financial Times, with an average rank of 3 years at No. 45.

The school is composed of 40 permanent faculty members, and invites more than 30 international professors and 150 business speakers each year to conduct lectures and courses within the various programmes.

IAE Aix is well known for its Ph. D in Marketing, Strategy, HR and Finance, one of the most prestigious in France with Paris Dauphine University and IAE Grenoble (Institut d'administration des entreprises de Grenoble). The École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales (ESSEC) and IAE Aix en Provence have a combined doctoral program. IAE AIx has also partnerships with INSEAD, EDHEC Business School (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord), KEDGE Business School, and Skema Business School.

The IAE Aix hosts the Aix Marseille University Center for Research in Management (CERGAM), and has been ranked "A" by the AERES (Evaluation Agency for Research and Higher Education). The CERGAM is composed of IAE Aix, College of Economics and Management, and IMPGT (Institut de Management Public et de Gouvernance Territoriale). The CERGAM, with Paris Dauphine University and IAE Grenoble (Institut d'administration des entreprises de Grenoble), is one of the main producers of PhD thesis and one of the oldest center for research in management in France. The La Londe Conference is an international research seminar in marketing organized by IAE AIx since 1974. It is held every year late May or early June.