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2020.01.27 (PR02)

Ritsumeikan APU and French university NEOMA
announce undergraduate dual degree program in businessIn a first for APU’s College of International Management, APU and the NEOMA Business
School join to offer undergraduate degrees in business from two globally accredited institutions.
BEPPU CITY, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) and the NEOMA Business School (NBS) of France concluded
an agreement December 25, 2019 to offer an undergraduate dual degree program in business. This willoffer students the opportunity to obtain degrees from both institutions in one single four-year program.
This is the fourth undergraduate dual degree program at APU, and the first offered to undergraduate
students studying in APU’s College of International Management.
A triple-crown accredited business school—with accreditation from EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA*—NBS stands as a top-ranked business school with students from more than 100 countries studying on theircampuses. As Japan’s third university to obtain accreditation from AACSB International, this partnershipbrings additional value to APU’s College of International Management.
Students completing this program will study a totalof two years in Japan and two years in France,
graduating with a Bachelor of Business
Administration from APU and a Bachelor ofInternational Business Management from NBS’
School of European Higher Studies ofManagement. This agreement opens up new worlds
for students, enabling program participants toaccess opportunities and education in both
European and Asian contexts, and all of thenetworks and connections that come from twohighly multicultural campuses.
Note:
EQUIS is the EFMD Quality Improvement System.
https://efmdglobal.org/accreditations/businessschools/equis/
AACSB is the Association to Advance Collegiate Schoolsof Business. https://www.aacsb.edu/
AMBA is the Association of MBAs.
https://www.associationofmbas.com/

APU Vice President Kenji Yokoyama (L) with NEOMA
Business School CESEM Programme Director and Associate
Dean for Programmes Frédéric Beaumont (R) at a signingceremony at APU.

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU; Japanese: 立命館アジア太平洋大学) opened in April 2000 as Japan's
first genuine international university. Nearly 20 years later, this multicultural and multilingual campus is home tonearly 6,000 students, half of whom come from more than 90 countries and regions outside Japan, and a faculty thatis equally diverse. Over 18,000 alumni from more than 150 countries have experienced APU's unique bilingual
approach to education. A top-ranked university with accreditation from AACSB, UNWTO.TedQual certification,and a network of over 450 partner institutions around the world, APU and its community is leading theinternationalization of higher education in Japan. Learn more at http://en.apu.ac.jp/.

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NEOMA Business School has the ambition to be an innovative challenger to the world's leading business schools.
Driven by its strategic plan, NEOMA Business School is building the school of tomorrow and rethinking itsapproach to international development, teaching, the use of digital technology and campus design. The school offers
an extensive portfolio of programmes across its campuses in Reims, Rouen and Paris, from Bachelor’s and Master’sin Management to Executive Education, for over 9,500 students. The faculty includes more than 160 permanent
professors and research-professors, 60% of whom have an international profile. NEOMA Business School has morethan 59,500 graduates based in 120 countries. Presided over by Michel-Edouard Leclerc, the School has been granted
the status of Consular Higher Education Institution (EESC). The Dean is Delphine Manceau.

###CONTACT INFORMATION
Jerry Pietrzak
Media Relations, Office of the President+81 (0)977-78-1114
pietrzak@apu.ac.jp r-apu@apu.ac.jp

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