[citation needed] The IAE manages three sites over the Poitou-Charentes (Poitiers, Niort and Angoulême), and also operates in Paris and overseas.

The Centre Européen des Produits de l'Enfant (CEPE), in Angoulême, is another research team affiliated to the IAE, specialized in Marketing.

Since 2005: Thesis vivas over the last 15 years: The IAE of Poitiers obtained the “Training/Research” QUALICERT Certification of Services in June 2006, confirmed in 2007 and 2008.

Achieving this certification of services has enhanced the efforts constantly made by the IAE of Poitiers to meet the expectations of its students and its partner-companies.

The high rate of students entering the job market (76% following the latest Vivas in the second year master's degree) is a further proof of it.