Through EPAS (“European Programme Accreditation System”), the EFMD focuses on the institution’s achievements in four areas : the internationalisation, the corporate links, the academic rigour and the quality assurance of the programme. Since 2006, ESSCA has been the only French business school to obtain this international label for its five-year integrated Grande Ecole programme. In April 2009, the accreditation was renewed for the maximum period of 5 years.