Excelia Group

Excelia Group is a French university-level institution of higher education. Created in 1988 as Groupe Sup de Co La Rochelle, it is a non-profit organisation linked to the La Rochelle Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) and a member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles.[2]

Excelia Group
ex. Groupe Sup de Co La Rochelle
TypePrivate
Established1988 (1988)
Budget30 million Euros
PresidentBruno Neil
Academic staff
275
Students3400 [1]
Location
La Rochelle, Tours, and Niort
,
France
AffiliationsAACSB ; AMBA ; EQUIS ; Conférence des Grandes Écoles
Websitewww.excelia-group.fr

The Group's La Rochelle Business School holds the triple crown accreditation since 2020.[3][4]

The main campus of Excelia Group is in La Rochelle. Further campuses are located in Tours and Niort, to which add associate campuses in New York and Beijing as well as overseas offices in locations such as Casablanca, Dakar, or Moscow.[5][6] Excelia has partnerships or arrangements with more than 170 universities.

History

Founded in 1988, the then Groupe Sup de Co La Rochelle has been a permanent member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles since 2005.

On 1 September 2016, and still under its former name, Excelia Group acquired a majority share of ESCEM, a business school located in Tours, Poitiers, and Orléans.[7]

Schools

Excelia Group is organised into five schools:[8]

  • Excelia La Rochelle Business School
  • Excelia La Rochelle Tourism and Hospitality School
  • Excelia La Rochelle Digital School
  • Excelia La Rochelle Academy
  • Excelia La Rochelle Executive Education

Accreditation

Excelia Group is accredited by The French Ministry of Education (French: Le Ministère de L'éducation Nationale).

La Rochelle Business School is EFMD-EPAS accredited since 2011[9] and AACSB accredited since 2013.[10]

La Rochelle Tourism and Hospitality School holds the TedQual accreditation, delivered by the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), for all its programs in Tourism Management. The school is the first and only French institution of higher education to obtain TedQual accreditation for both Bachelor and MBA programs.

Rankings

Excelia Group La Rochelle Business School entered the Financial Times ranking of European Business Schools at rank 76 in 2014 and climbed to rank 71 in 2015.[11] In the FT 2019 rankings, LRBS ranks 66th for its Master in Management and 79th overall.[12][13]

In the Le Point ranking 2020, La Rochelle Business School's ranked 17th out of 37 business schools eligible for ranking. In the Challenges ranking 2020, the school ranked 15th within a similar population.

Programs

La Rochelle Business School

Master Program (Programme Grande Ecole)
  • ESC Master in Management, the Programme Grande Ecole, is leading to a Master in Management. Each student spends 6 to 12 intensive months in another university of the world.

Bachelor Programs
  • Bachelor in International Business: 4-year program after French Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate, including 2 years of studies abroad with possibility of double degrees (English and French tracks are available).
  • Bachelor Business : 3-year general business program after French Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate, giving access to a various list of positions in French or foreign companies (taught in French, no English track).
  • Bachelor in Management of Tourism : 3-year specialised program in tourism after French Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate, very popular for lots of major tourism companies (English and French tracks are available).
  • The School also offers since 1999 two ranges of MBA Programs :

Specialized MBAs
  • Environment and Sustainable Development Strategy
  • Internationalisation and Audit/Consulting
  • Bank and Customer Relationship Management
  • Premium and Luxury Products Marketing
  • International Corporate Strategy
  • Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
  • Event Management Organisation
  • Applied Industrial Management

La Rochelle Tourism and Hospitality School

MBA Tourism and Services
  • Touristic Destination Management
  • Hospitality Management
  • Sport Management

La Rochelle Digital School
  • BA in Web Design and Graphic Communication====
  • MSc in Digital Communications and Influence Strategy====

Partner Universities (Selection)

Alumni Network

The student alumni network consists of more than 12,000 professionals currently working in more than 70 countries.

References
  1. "ESC La Rochelle Passerelle". passerelle-esc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-07-24. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  2. LA ROCHELLE BUSINESS SCHOOL - EXCELIA GROUP
  3. "Informations sur ESC La Rochelle". classementgrandesecoles.com.
  4. La Rochelle Business School obtient la "triple couronne"
  5. Article on Excelia Group's new corporate identity and locations (in French language)
  6. Map of Excelia Group's campuses and offices (in French language)
  7. "FNEGE website". fnege.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  8. Overview of Excelia Group's schools
  9. "La Rochelle Business School Accreditations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  10. "La Rochelle Business School Accreditations". Archived from the original on 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  11. European Business School Rankings 2015
  12. FT Ranking Masters in Management 2019
  13. FT Ranking European Business Schools 2019

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