Excelia Group
Excelia is a French private 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". Excelia Group's Business School belongs to the approximately 100 business schools worldwide (corresponding to roughly 1% of all business school) holding a triple accreditation. 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. In  September 2016, Excelia acquired a majority share of the ESCEM Business School in Tours and Orléans which was then fully integrated into Excelia. Excelia has now 5,000 students and nearly 40,000 Alumni. Schools. Excelia is organised into five schools: The historical campus of Excelia Group is located in La Rochelle and 2 additional campuses are in Tours and Orléans. Excelia programs are also offered in Niort, Rochefort, Angoulême and Cognac. 2 overseas associate campuses are located in New Rochelle, NY and Beijing. Accreditation. Excelia is accredited by The French Ministry of Education (). Excelia Business School is EFMD-EPAS accredited since  2011 and AACSB accredited since 2013. As of summer 2020, Excelia Business School is bearer of the triple crown, thus joining the league of roughly 100 triple-accredited business schools worldwide. Excelia Tourism 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 Business School (former La Rochelle Business School) entered the Financial Times ranking of European Business Schools at ranks between 76 (2014) and 63 (2020 ). LRBS ranks 48th or 42nd worldwide for its Master in Management according to the Financial Times Rankings 2020 and 2021, respectively. Partner universities (selection). Excelia has partnerships or dual-degree programs with more than 200 universities. Alumni network. The student alumni network consists of more than 40,000 professionals currently working in more than 150 countries.