In the morning of 20^th Sep, 2017, Yvon Desportes, Dean of Montpellier Business School (MBS) in France visited BNUBS. Associate Dean Mr. Cui Xuegang, Assistant to the Dean Mr. Cai Hongbo, and Ms. Tian Hongjun from BNUBS Office of International Exchange and Cooperation greeted with the guest.

Mr. Cui expressed his welcome to Yvon, and introduced the achievements and future plans of BNUBS. Yvon was once the vice-president of Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University. He introduced the student, faculty, program, campus, city transport in details of MBS and expressed his enthusiastic expectation for more mutual visits in the future.

Both parties conducted in-depth discussions in faculty exchange, students exchange, short-term study tour, degree cooperation, MBA international education, etc. A cooperative agreement is going to be signed by both sides in the near future.

Note: Established in 1897, Montpellier Business School is one of the most time-honoured business schools in France, which affiliates to Montpellier Chamber of Commerce and Industry. MBS is under the approval and supervision of French Ministry of education and is listed in Grande école, one of the highest level of elite schools in France. MBS is accredited with AACSB, EFMD-EPAS and AMBA. It ranked 9^th among 150 universities in France (from French newspaper “Opinion”), top50 among all European business schools and top50 in terms of the Master of Management (from “Global Times”). MBS offers full-time courses in Management, Business and Enterprise Operation, and related professional courses, all of which are highly international.