La Rochelle Business School - Excelia Group

Created in 1988, Excelia Group, located in La Rochelle, France, has a solid presence in the local region but also on an international level, supported by a major network of partner universities and companies both within France and worldwide.

The Group is independent and autonomous in its decision-making as well as being multidisciplinary and multi-campus, and today boasts 5 different schools, sharing a strong identity, focussing on employability and responsibility. 

It includes La Rochelle Business School, La Rochelle Tourism & Hospitality School,La Rochelle Digital School, La Rochelle Academy and La Rochelle Executive Education.

Since 2007, Excelia Group has been a member of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, an association grouping some forty State-recognised Management Schools. Membership is based on stringent criteria relating to the school’s structure, recruitment methods, pedagogical approach, international dimension, relationship with the corporate world, student support and guidance, and the type of qualifications on offer.

Since 2013, La Rochelle Business School has been AACSB accredited, an international label of excellence held by only 5% of business schools worldwide.
Founded in 1916, AACSB is the oldest of accreditations, whose aim is to evaluate the School’s mission, the qualifications of the faculty, intellectual contributions and the education programmes, with a view to ensuring overall quality and continuous improvement.
For students and parents, AACSB accreditation is a guarantee that the School is delivering high quality education. For businesses, it is proof that the School’s graduates are competent. It also benefits all stakeholders (graduates, local authorities, partners etc.) by confirming the School’s strength and commitment as well as promoting the local region.

EPAS, a quality label for La Rochelle’s BBA and Master in Management programmes:

In February 2014, the School was awarded a renewal of its  EPAS accreditation for the maximum period of 5 years. This accreditation guarantees that the students on these two programmes are receiving a quality, coherent and internationally-focussed education that complies with demanding specifications. EPAS is an international programme accreditation system operated by the international organisation, European Foundation for Management Development.

In 2009, La Rochelle Tourism & Hospitality School obtained UNWTO.TedQual certification for all of its programmes, the first French school of tourism to have done so. This ensures that the School is recognised in the tourism industry on an international level. The accreditation was renewed in 2014 for the maximum period of 4 years. 

The UNWTO.TedQual Certification System, created in 1999 by the World Tourism Organization with the support of the United Nations, is a quality assurance system for high-level education and training in the tourism, hospitality and the food and beverage industries. It is based on the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism and establishes standards of quality and excellence in education, training, savoir-faire and social skills at an international level. Its criteria also include research and teaching in tourism management and hotel management.