Audencia Business School is a business school in France which is accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA), European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

Eligibility Requirements

• Bachelor degree in any field
• Minimum of 3 years relevant postgraduate full-time work experience
• Proficiency in English, verified by test score (TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS), not required for native speakers or applicants who completed the undergraduate studies in English
• GMAT or GRE: applications can be accepted without one of these tests, but must take it before December of the year join, and degree is only be conferred once the results are received.

Selection criteria
Admissions are based on a ranking system tied to a set of objective criteria, listed below:

Basic criteria
• GPA (30%)
Your GPA will be converted to the US system of 0-4.0
• English proficiency (15%)

Test (up to 15% possible, depending on score)
TOEFL: 60-120
TOEIC: 600-990
IELTS: 5.0-8.0

English-taught programme for bachelor’s degree (10%)

Native speaker (15% automatically awarded)

• Management test (10%)
GMAT: 400–800
GRE: 300 – 340
• Professional experience in months (35%)
36 – 72 months (15% awarded)
72 – 108 months (25% awarded)
108+ months (35% awarded)
• Essay and/or interview (10%)
0 – Not adequate (0%)
1 – Room for improvement (3%)
2 – Adequate (6%)
3 – Excellent (10%)

Bonus criteria
• Recognized school (5%)
Ranked (ARWU/QS/THE)
Accredited (AACSB/EQUIS/AMBA/ABET)
• French (5%)
For B2 language levels in the CEFR
• Diversity (5%)
For students from countries not represented in the class for the past two years

If the percentage totals less than 55, or if 0% is awarded for the essay, the application goes back to the Programme director for review and final decision.

Contact Detail:
Audencia Business School
8 Route de la Jonelière, 44312 Nantes Cedex 3, France
+33 2 40 37 34 34