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| Type | Private university |
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| Established | 1988 (1988) |
| Budget | 30 million Euros |
| Chairman | Stephane Cohat |
| Dean | Bruno Neil |
Academic staff | 500 |
| Students | 5000 |
| Location | , |
| Affiliations | AACSB (accredited);AMBA (accredited) ;EQUIS (accredited) ;Conférence des Grandes Écoles |
| Website | www |
Excelia is a FrenchGrande Ecole, a specialized top-level institution of higher education. Created in 1988 asGroupe Sup de Co La Rochelle, it is a private non-profit organisation linked to the La RochelleChamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) and a member of theConférence des Grandes Écoles.[1] Excelia Group's Business School belongs to the approximately 100 business schools worldwide (corresponding to roughly 1% of all business school) holding atriple accreditation.[2]
Founded in 1988, the then Groupe Sup de Co La Rochelle has been a permanent member of theConférence des Grandes Écoles since 2005.
In September 2016, Excelia acquired a majority share of theESCEM Business School in Tours and Orléans[3] which was then fully integrated into Excelia.[4]
Excelia has now 5,000 students and nearly 40,000 Alumni.[5]
Excelia is organised into five schools:[6]
The historical campus of Excelia Group is located inLa Rochelle and 3 additional campuses are inTours,Orléans, andParis.
Excelia programs are also offered inNiort,Rochefort,Angoulême andCognac.
2 overseas associate campuses are located inNew Rochelle, NY andBeijing.[7][8]
Excelia is accredited byThe French Ministry of Education (French:Le Ministère de L'éducation Nationale).
Excelia Business School isEFMD-EPAS accredited since 2011[9] andAACSB accredited since 2013.[10] As of summer 2020, Excelia Business School is bearer of thetriple crown,[11] thus joining the league of roughly 100 triple-accredited business schools worldwide.
Excelia Tourism School holds the TedQual accreditation, delivered by theWorld 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 bothBachelor andMBA programs.
In 2024, theFinancial Times ranked its Masters in Management program 30th in the world.[12]Excelia Business School(former La Rochelle Business School) entered theFinancial Times ranking of European Business Schools at ranks between 76 (2014) and 52 (2024).[13][14]
