Being one of the top French universities in management, school is highly internationalized and has an alumni network of 18,000 former students throughout the world.

IAE Lille participates in Erasmus Programme and also maintains exchange agreements with several universities across Europe, Asia and America.

Students are recruited after a bachelor's or master's degree from public universities and Grandes Écoles or equivalents.

The Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Lille was established in 1956 by Gaston Berger.

The vocation of the school is to provide skills in Management and Business Administration to executives and students from various backgrounds (in engineering, law, humanities...) and to offer advanced expertise to high potential professionals.