In the presence of Consul General Thierry Berthelot, Consulate of France, and Prof. B Thimmegowda, Vice-Chairman, Karnataka State Higher Education Council, Dr. Anubha Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Alliance University and Mr. Emeric Abrignani, Head of International Development at KEDGE Business School signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) to foster academic cooperation in Data Analytics and International Business. The new partnerships will promote academic cooperation in the areas of Data Analytics and International Business, and will foster student exchange, faculty exchange and joint research opportunities.

KEDGE Business School in France is an esteemed, top-tier educational institutions and is among the French leaders in higher education in Management, and is triple accredited by AMBA, EQUIS, AACSB, making it one of the most distinguished schools in the world. KEDGE has partnered with premium educational institutions all over the world. Alliance University now joins the ranks of IIM Indore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Lucknow, XLRI School of Business and Management, in India, who are all partner universities to KEDGE Business School, France.

The Executive MBA programme at KEDGE was ranked 15th in Europe and 39th internationally by the Financial Times in 2019. The Masters in Management programme at KEDGE was ranked 49th worldwide. KEDGE Business School was ranked #151 in the world by QS World University Rankings for Business and Management in the year 2020. The Bachelor of Science degree at KEDGE was ranked 41st in the world according to the QS World University Rankings for Masters in Management in 2021. KEDGE Business School came in at number 30 on the QS World University Rankings list for universities offering a Masters in Marketing in 2021.

The partnership between Alliance University and KEDGE Business School partnership will foster student exchange, faculty exchange and joint research opportunities for both the institutions in the respective regions.