International strategy

Rooted in our territories, open to the world.

For over 150 years, KEDGE Business School has built its identity at the crossroads of territorial roots and international reach. Born from the merger of Euromed Management (Marseille, 1872) and BEM (Bordeaux, 1874), the school carries in its DNA both movement and the transmission of knowledge.

With the KEDGE 2030 strategic plan, the school enters a new chapter in its international development. Guided by its vision — “Learning, to build together a world where everyone acts for a more sustainable, more ethical and more resilient society” —, KEDGE deploys an ambitious, targeted and selective international strategy, in service of academic excellence and societal impact.

Our international ambition

KEDGE fully embraces its dual ambition: to remain deeply rooted in its territories while strengthening its international reach. With strong footholds abroad, the school positions itself as a more visible, more influential and more connected institution.

This internationalisation is at the heart of the third pillar of the strategic plan — International & Community — and is structured around three key priorities:

• Building a strong, supportive and lasting community that engages all our stakeholders — students, alumni, faculty, businesses and territories.
• Developing a targeted and selective internationalisation, built on partnership quality and cultural and geographical diversity.
• Committing to a more inclusive society, in line with our mission of training enlightened, responsible, resilient and agile leaders.

A unique internationalisation model

KEDGE’s international model stands out for its resilience, its diversity and its ability to combine global reach and local impact. It rests on four complementary pillars.

A multi-continental international presence

A pioneer in establishing operations abroad, KEDGE made the bold move over twenty years ago to set up in Asia and Africa. Today, the school relies on a network of associated campuses in China (Shanghai, Suzhou), Africa (Dakar, Abidjan) and India (Mumbai), in partnership with the leading institutions in these regions.

This international footprint enables KEDGE to serve academic excellence, pedagogical innovation and local impact, while offering its students unique learning experiences at the heart of the markets that will drive tomorrow’s global growth.

KEDGE continues to expand its international programme portfolio, deploying new programmes in India, China and Africa, as close as possible to local business needs and ecosystems.

A network of partners of excellence

KEDGE nurtures a network of nearly 400 international partners, 80% of which are internationally accredited. The school pursues a strategy of continuous quality enhancement, with the goal of reaching 90% accredited partners by 2030.

The school also develops an ambitious range of high-level double degrees with leading institutions worldwide, offering students distinctive, high-value pathways (over 78 double degrees and 130 possible specialisations).

Triple-accredited (EQUIS, AACSB, AMBA), KEDGE guarantees its partners and students the highest international standards of academic quality.

Differentiated and impactful student mobility

KEDGE is rethinking international mobility to make it a genuine lever for personal and societal transformation. Beyond traditional academic mobility, the school develops impact-driven pathways that enable students to engage concretely in projects linked to social and environmental transitions.

The school enriches this mobility through international tracks of excellence and by strengthening entrepreneurial and civic initiatives abroad, in line with the KEDGE Impakt strategy.

The KEDGE International Passport (KIP) supports students in developing their intercultural competencies, thereby reinforcing the Global Mindset that lies at the heart of the school’s identity.

Across its programmes, KEDGE offers students a wide range of international mobility opportunities: semester-long academic exchanges at partner universities worldwide, international double degrees, tracks of excellence at prestigious universities, action-based projects abroad designed to develop high-value initiatives, and international internships.

Diversified international recruitment

With 29% international students and 39% international faculty, KEDGE offers a truly multicultural environment across all its campuses.

The school pursues a strategy of geographical and cultural diversification in its recruitment, expanding its areas of attraction across all continents and at all programme levels — from Bachelor to Doctorate, including specialised programmes and Executive Education.

This diversity is a fundamental asset for the school: it fuels academic exchanges, enriches campus life and prepares students to thrive in a complex and interconnected world.

The KEDGE international experience

KEDGE places the student experience at the heart of its international strategy. The school is committed to offering every learner — whether incoming or outgoing — quality support:

• Enhanced welcome and integration for international students, in coordination with student associations and wellbeing services.
• Internationalisation at home: a rich and distinctive intercultural experience on each of our French campuses, alongside students and professors from around the world.
• Erasmus+ international mobility to promote inclusiveness and diversity of profiles on our campuses.
• A strengthened link between the Faculty and the international dimension, through academic networks of excellence and collaborative research and teaching initiatives with our partners.

KEDGE in figures

Triple accreditation

EQUIS • AACSB • AMBA

Our locations

National campuses

Bordeaux • Marseille • Paris • Toulon

International associated campuses

Abidjan • Dakar • Mumbai • Shanghai • Suzhou

Associated campuses in France

Avignon • Bayonne • Corsica • Mont-de-Marsan

LET’S BE THE CHANGE

Learning, to build together a world where everyone acts
for a more sustainable, more ethical and more resilient society.