IAE Clermont Auvergne - School of Management

What IAE Clermont Auvergne - School of Management does

IAE Clermont Auvergne - School of Management is a public French higher education institution operating as a constituent school of Université Clermont Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Created in September 2012 from the merger of the former IUP management school and the IAE of the former Faculty of Economics and Management, the school delivers a comprehensive management education portfolio comprising 1 general Bachelor's degree in Management (Licence Gestion), 5 Professional Bachelor's degrees, 17 specialised Master's programmes, 7 University Diplomas (Diplômes Universitaires), and a complementary research qualification feeding the CleRMa (Clermont Recherche Management) doctoral centre — the only management research centre in the Clermont-Ferrand area. Three programmes (Bachelor 3 Business Administration, MSc International Audit and Corporate Finance, MSc DCIB) are taught entirely in English. The school serves higher education students (initial training), working professionals and companies (continuing education via CPF, Pro-A, and Plan de développement des compétences), and partner enterprises (SMEs, large firms, and public institutions) that host apprentices, interns, and graduates.

The institution operates a multi-channel go-to-market: domestic French recruitment through the mandatory national platforms Parcoursup, Mon Master, and E-Candidat; international recruitment via Campus France and Erasmus+ partner universities; and corporate engagement through an annual Forum Entreprises co-organised with Clermont Auvergne INP, apprenticeship tax (taxe d'apprentissage) inflows, and a Relations Entreprises service. Technology is built on standard higher-education infrastructure — ENT digital workspace, MyUCA mobile application, Moodle-based online courses, videoconferencing, interactive whiteboards, and webTV — with no proprietary AI/ML product surface. Revenue mechanics combine Ministry of Higher Education subsidies, government-regulated annual tuition of approximately 170 EUR for EU students, apprenticeship tax contributions from partner companies, and continuing education contracts (e.g., 3,155 EUR for external candidates to the complementary research qualification).

Strategically, IAE Clermont Auvergne is in the fourth and final phase of AACSB International accreditation (Peer Review Team visit scheduled November 16-19, 2026) and holds QUALICERT certification valid 2026-2029, positioning itself as a publicly affordable alternative to French private management schools. It is governed by Director Corinne Rochette, operates from two sites in Clermont-Ferrand (Jaude and La Rotonde), and is embedded in the IAE France national network of public management schools. Recent strategic moves include the June 23, 2026 partnership with SDIS 63 and the 92nd Infantry Regiment, English-language programme expansion, and continued employer engagement via Forum Entreplaces.

Name

IAE Clermont Auvergne - School of Management

Legal name

Institut d'administration des entreprises | School of Management

Website

https://iae.uca.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

IAE Clermont Auvergne is a public French School of Management within Université Clermont Auvergne delivering 17 Master's, 5 Professional Bachelor's, and 1 general Bachelor's degree in management to French and international students, working professionals, and partner employers, supported by AACSB accreditation pursuit and the CleRMa research centre.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business School / Management Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional & Executive Short Courses (Non-Degree, International) (EDAIAIAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Financial Services & Insurance (FINRA, CFP, IAR, Insurance CE) (EDAAALAJ), Project, Quality & Operations (PMP PDUs, Six Sigma, Quality CE) (EDAAALAM)

Keywords

• Management education programs
• Business school degrees
• Work-study training
• Continuing professional education
• University research centre

Headquarters

HQ city

Clermont-Ferrand

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public Higher Education Funding: As a constituent school of Université Clermont Auvergne (a French public university), IAE Clermont Auvergne is primarily funded through French government higher education subsidies and student tuition fees regulated by the Ministry of Higher Education.
2. Apprenticeship Tax (Taxe d'apprentissage): Partner companies contribute apprenticeship tax (taxe d'apprentissage) which funds the school's training equipment, pedagogical innovation, and work-study programme development. This is a mandatory contribution from French companies used to support vocational and higher education.
3. Continuing Education Fees: Continuing education programmes for professionals and companies generate fee revenue. Individuals over 28 or out of school for 2+ years pay for professional development programmes. Companies can also sponsor bespoke training modules. External candidates to the 'Initiation à la Recherche' qualification pay a fee of 3,155 euros.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

IAE Clermont Auvergne is a public university school of management that delivers accredited higher-education programmes in management sciences, from Bachelor's (Licence) through Master's degrees and Doctoral research. The portfolio includes 1 general Bachelor's (Licence Gestion), 5 vocational Bachelor's degrees (Licences Professionnelles), 17 specialised Master's programmes, 7 University Diplomas, and a complementary research qualification, with three degrees taught entirely in English. All programmes are open to both initial and continuing education students, with apprenticeship and professionalisation contracts available across most programmes.

Product overview

IAE Clermont Auvergne - School of Management is a public university school of management belonging to the University of Clermont Auvergne. Its portfolio consists of a comprehensive suite of educational programs spanning undergraduate to doctoral levels, organized into five main product lines: a general Licence Gestion bachelor's degree (3 years, two tracks), five Licences Professionnelles vocational bachelor's degrees, seventeen specialized Masters programs, seven Diplômes Universitaires continuing education certificates, and a complementary research qualification. All programs emphasize work-study (alternance), international mobility, and professional integration. The school also operates CleRMa, its affiliated management research center, which underpins academic offerings. Programs are available in French and in English (three fully English-language degrees), and are open to both initial and continuing education students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CleRMa (Clermont Recherche Management): The institution's dedicated management research center, the only management research center in the Clermont-Ferrand area.
• BICA (Bureau des Etudiants IAE Clermont Auvergne)
• JICA (Junior IAE Clermont Auvergne)
• Alumni IAE Clermont Auvergne

Products and services

• Licence Gestion (General Bachelor's Degree in Management) Three-year undergraduate degree covering all fields of management and business administration, organised with a major/minor system and offered in two main tracks: Comptabilité Finance (Accounting/Finance) and Management. Designed for high school graduates seeking a broad management foundation.
• Licences Professionnelles (Professional Bachelor's Degrees) Five vocational one-year bachelor's degree programmes (Bac+3 level) focused on immediate professional integration, covering insurance/banking, logistics, commercial management, SME management, and human resources. Designed for students seeking rapid entry into specific management professions.
• Masters (Master's Degree Programmes) Seventeen specialised two-year master's programmes covering accounting/audit, finance, wealth management, production/logistics/purchasing, human resources, business administration, strategic management, marketing/sales, and banking/insurance. Targeted at Licence graduates and working professionals seeking advanced management specialisation.
• English-Taught Degree Programmes Three fully English-language degree programmes: Bachelor 3rd year in Business Administration, MSc International Audit and Corporate Finance, and MSc DCIB. Designed for international students and French students seeking globally-oriented credentials.
• Diplômes Universitaires (University Diplomas) Seven specialised short university diplomas covering health organisation management, medical team management, entrepreneurship/intrapreneurship, internal trainer, compliance and risk management, group legal/accounting/tax management, and auditor roles. Targeted at working professionals seeking targeted certifications.
• Qualification Complémentaire Initiation à la Recherche A 120-hour complementary qualification preparing students for doctoral studies in Management Sciences, covering research currents, methodologies, and a research thesis project. Free for IAE M1/M2 students; 3,155 EUR for external public candidates.
• Formation Continue (Continuing Education) Continuing education offering in which all IAE programmes are habilitated by the Ministry of Higher Education and open to continuing-education participants. Financing options include CPF, Pro-A contracts, and employer-sponsored training plans (Plan de développement des compétences). Targeted at employed individuals aged 28+ or returning learners, and corporate-sponsored trainees.
• Alternance / Apprenticeship Programmes Work-study programmes combining academic learning with professional immersion through apprenticeship or professionalisation contracts. Available across the majority of IAE programmes, enabling theory-practice integration and employer co-design of training.
• Clermont Recherche Management (CleRMa) Research Centre The only management research centre in the Clermont-Ferrand area, hosting doctoral students and conducting management sciences research that underpins the school's academic programmes. Functions as the school's affiliated doctoral research centre.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 90% of graduates are employed within 6 months of obtaining their degree
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• SDIS 63 (Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours du Puy-de-Dôme)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2026Partnership signed 23 June 2026 between IAE Clermont Auvergne, SDIS 63 (fire and rescue service), and the 92nd Infantry Regiment. The cooperation aims to promote voluntary engagement in fire and rescue services, develop transversal skills among students for professional integration, and strengthen links between higher education and civil security actors in Auvergne.
• 92nd Infantry Regiment (92e Régiment d'Infanterie, Clermont-Ferrand)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2026Partnership signed 23 June 2026 with the 92nd Infantry Regiment and SDIS 63. Seeks to raise student awareness of military careers and civic engagement, develop transversal professional skills, and connect higher education with defence sector realities in the Auvergne region.
• IAE France NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIAE Clermont Auvergne is a member of the IAE France network, a national consortium of public management schools within French universities. The network provides shared standards, collective branding, exchange of best practices, and mutual recognition of diplomas. The network's ambition is to offer high-quality, accessible, demanding, and socially engaged public management education across France.
• Partner Companies and SMEs (Réseau d'entreprises partenaires)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA broad network of local, regional, and national companies hosts IAE students for internships and work-study placements. These partnerships are co-designed into curricula, with professionals participating directly in teaching. Companies contribute to the Forum Entreprises careers fair and pay the apprenticeship tax (taxe d'apprentissage) to support the school's pedagogical development.
• International Partner Universities (Foreign Exchange Network)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIAE Clermont Auvergne maintains a large number of foreign partner universities enabling student and staff exchanges. Three programmes are fully taught in English (Bachelor 3 Business Administration, MSc International Audit and Corporate Finance, MSc DCIB) attracting international degree-seeking students. Exchange student nominations come through partner university coordinators and are managed via the International Office at IAE.
• Clermont Auvergne INP (Engineering Schools)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIAE Clermont Auvergne co-organises the annual Forum Entreprises with Clermont Auvergne INP, which includes ISIMA, Polytech Clermont, and SIGMA Clermont engineering schools. This partnership enables cross-disciplinary employer events and shared access to a combined CV database of 1,600+ students from both management and engineering programmes.
• IFCS (Institut de Formation des Professions de Santé)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Master Management des Organisations Médico-sociales et de Santé (MAE specialisation), jointly delivered with IFCS. Laurent Meriade is the joint programme coordinator from IAE side.
• AACSB InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), founded 1916, is the premier international business education accreditation body. IAE Clermont Auvergne is undergoing the four-phase AACSB accreditation process since 2019. The process requires demonstrating strategic resource management, student achievement, responsible leadership, and societal impact. Successful accreditation would make IAE among a limited number of French institutions with this global recognition.
• SGS (Société Générale de Surveillance)minorOthersSGS is the independent certification body that conducts annual surveillance audits for QUALICERT certification of IAE Clermont Auvergne's service commitments to students, valid 2026-2029.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• IAE Toulouse (Université Toulouse 1 Capitole): IAE France network member hosted in a management-and-law-oriented public university, offering Licence, Master, and executive programmes. Comparable in academic positioning, alternance intensity, and AACSB-aligned quality trajectory.
• IAE de Lyon (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3): Major IAE France network member hosted in a large French metropolitan university, offering Licence, Master, and executive programmes across management specialisations. Closely comparable in programme mix, alternance intensity, and continuing-education orientation.
• IAE Montpellier (Université de Montpellier): IAE France network member offering Licence, Master, and executive programmes with significant corporate engagement in the Mediterranean region. Comparable in programme mix, continuing-education offer, and employer-led apprenticeship model.
• IAE Grenoble (Université Grenoble Alpes): IAE France network member with a strong technology-management orientation due to co-location with engineering schools. Comparable as a regional public university school of management combining research, English-taught programmes, and corporate partnerships.
• IAE Nantes (Nantes Université): IAE France network member offering a full Bachelor-to-Master management portfolio with apprenticeship and continuing-education pathways. Directly comparable in programme structure, partnership model, and network membership.
• IAE Lille (Université de Lille): IAE France network member in northern France, providing Licence, Master, and executive programmes with a strong alternance tradition. Comparable as a regional public university school of management with similar employer-partnership dynamics.
• IAE Aix-Marseille (Aix-Marseille Université): Large IAE France network member in southern France with an extensive portfolio of Master specialisations and apprenticeship programmes. Comparable in scale, programme breadth, and dual public-university / grande école positioning.
• IAE Tours (Université de Tours): IAE France network member delivering management programmes from Licence to Master plus continuing education. Comparable in scale and orientation, and useful as a benchmark for similar-sized regional IAEs pursuing AACSB-style international accreditation.
• IAE Bordeaux (Université de Bordeaux): IAE France network member in southwestern France offering management programmes including English-taught tracks and apprenticeship pathways. Comparable in international strategy, alternance emphasis, and partnership-driven recruitment.
• IAE Paris-Sorbonne (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne): The largest and most internationally recognised IAE in the IAE France network, also AACSB-accredited and offering Licence, Master, DBA, and executive programmes in management. Directly comparable as a public-university school of management competing for the same national and international student segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

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