EDHEC or École De Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord is one of the most prestigious French business schools and grande écoles founded in 1906. It has three campuses, one in Lille, one in Nice, where it absorbed the bachelor program Espeme and Theseus International Management Institute, and the latest was founded in 2006 in Paris' business district, La Défense. EDHEC is EQUIS accredited by the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Education), and AMBA accredited for the Theseus and Part-Time Executive MBAs programmes and by the AACSB, and the Conference Of The Grandes Ecoles.