The IAE Aix 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 school was founded in 1955 and was the first graduate business school in the French public university system. The school offers graduate level programs in general management, International management, internal audit of organisations, service management, internal and external communications management, management and information technologies, international financial management and applied marketing. Prior to the merger of the three Aix-Marseille Universities in January 2012 it was part of the Paul Cezanne University, Aix-Marseille III.
IAE Aix-en-Provence has been awarded the EQUIS and AMBA accreditations, and ranked by Financial Times. IAE Business School also maintains exchange agreements with several universities across Europe, Asia and America. The École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales (ESSEC) and IAE Aix-en-Provence have a combined doctoral program.
IAE Aix-en-Provence is situated in a small village near Aix-en-Provence known as Puyricard. Majority of the students studying in IAE Aix-en-Provence live in Aix-en-Provence and use the local transport to get to the institute.