IONIS Education Group is a private,
for-profit,
higher education
Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after compl ...
group in
France
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. It was created in 1980 and by 2021 had more than 30,000 students and 80,000 alumni. There are 26 further education colleges in the group.
History
Marc Sellam created the
Institut supérieur européen de gestion group
The Institut supérieur européen de gestion group (ISEG group, French for Advanced European Institute of Management) is a group of two business schools, ''ISEG Marketing & Communication School'' and ''ISG Programme Business & Management'', the ...
in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...
in 1980 as a business school with an organization and curriculum that differed from other
grandes écoles Grandes may refer to:
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* Grandes y San Martín, a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spa ...
. During the 1980s regional colleges were created in
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture ...
,
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania. The city is on t ...
,
Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord ...
,
Strasbourg,
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabit ...
and
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...
. In 1993 the ''Institut supérieur européen de formation par l'action'' business school (providing further education for three years after the
Baccalauréat
The ''baccalauréat'' (; ), often known in France colloquially as the ''bac'', is a French national academic qualification that students can obtain at the completion of their secondary education (at the end of the ''lycée'') by meeting certain ...
) was founded.
In 1997, the group, originally named Intelsup, bought a computer science college (the
École pour l'informatique et les techniques avancées
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savoi ...
). In 1997 and 1998, the group bought the business school
Institut supérieur de gestion
The ISG business school or Institut Superieur de Gestion, is a major business school, based in Paris, France.
It was founded in 1967 by a group of French CEOs led by Pierre-Alexandre Dumas.
In 1983, ISG opened its own campuses in New York and To ...
and the aeronautical and space engineering college
Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées
The Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées (IPSA), ( en, Institute of Polytechnic Science and Aeronautics) is a French private '' grande école'' in aerospace engineering located at Ivry-sur-Seine, Lyon and Toulouse, recognized by the Fre ...
.
In 1999, the group created the
École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies
The Paris Graduate School of Digital Innovation (french: École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies, or EPITECH), formerly European Institute of Information Technology, is a private institution of higher education in computer scien ...
of practical computer science and in 2001
E-Artsup
E-Artsup is a French private school created in 2001 and specialized in digital creativity and multimedia. The school is located at Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Nantes, Montpellier, Toulouse, Strasbourg and Lille and is part of IONIS Education Group. ...
, a college for digital design and multimedia. The name IONIS Education Group was adopted in 2002, at which point all of its colleges offered five-year courses. In 2003 it entered the
biotechnology
Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used b ...
sector with the
Institut Sup'Biotech de Paris
The Institut Sup'Biotech de Paris (Sup'Biotech or ISBP; en, Paris Higher Biotechnology Institute) is a French private engineering school created in 2003, located in Villejuif, near Paris, and in Lyon.
Sup'Biotech is specialized in the field o ...
.
ICS Begue, a 1957 accountancy college, was acquired in 2004 and the 1905 engineering college
École spéciale de mécanique et électricité in 2006. During 2007 and 2008 regional colleges were opened in
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture ...
,
Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord ...
,
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...
,
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fran ...
,
Nancy
Nancy may refer to:
Places France
* Nancy, France, a city in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and formerly the capital of the duchy of Lorraine
** Arrondissement of Nancy, surrounding and including the city of Nancy ...
,
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabit ...
,
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...
,
Montpellier,
Strasbourg and
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania. The city is on t ...
. In 2009, the group launched IONIS Executive Learning and the
IONIS School of Technology and Management
IONIS School of Technology and Management (IONIS STM) is a French private graduate school, part of the IONIS Education Group, that offers instruction in information technology, computer science, energy, biotechnology and management.
It was estab ...
In 2010, ISEG became three independent schools in
finance, marketing - communication and business. In 2011 the Sup'Internet, an Internet college opened.
In February 2013, the management of the group announced the projects for the next ten years. They are focused on four main areas: international development, social services, transversality and diversification.
In September 2013
EPITECH
The Paris Graduate School of Digital Innovation (french: École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies, or EPITECH), formerly European Institute of Information Technology, is a private institution of higher education in computer scien ...
will open a new campus in
Beijing
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. In September 2014, the same university will open new campuses in
California
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,
United Kingdom
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and
Spain
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, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
. Also in 2014,
ESME Sudria
The École Spéciale de Mécanique et d'Electricité (English: Special School of Mechanics and Electricity), also known as ESME Sudria is a French private grande école founded in 1905. It is a part of the IONIS Education Group.
Founded in ''19 ...
will also open a campus in
Beijing
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and a new
Mastère en sciences
The Maîtrise en sciences (MSc) is a French degree in higher education accredited by the '' Conférence des Grandes Écoles'' and for owners of a Bachelor's degree or a first year of a Master's degree. Created in 2002, this degree certifies that th ...
course in partnership with the
Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology
Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology (BIPT; ), founded in 1978, had been a specialist school connected to the petrochemical system. After a development initiative over decades, it became a multi-disciplinary university with eleven coll ...
.
EPITA and Sup'Internet will also open news campuses abroad in 2014.
Since September 2013, the
École des technologies numériques appliquées
The École des technologies numériques appliquées (ETNA) is a French private school of computer science localized at Ivry-sur-Seine. Created in 2005 by Patrice Dumoucel, the school has been part of IONIS Education Group since 2006. The certific ...
will start a new program in 2 years after French
Baccalauréat
The ''baccalauréat'' (; ), often known in France colloquially as the ''bac'', is a French national academic qualification that students can obtain at the completion of their secondary education (at the end of the ''lycée'') by meeting certain ...
which will be entirely free. 250 tickets are available. The innovation is that there are graduate students who will pay for the students in training (250 euros per month during three years).
For people without the ''Baccalauréat'', a new campus of the
Web@cademie
Web@cademie is a private, nonprofit and tuition-free computer programming school created and funded by French IONIS Education Group with several partners including Epitech and Zup de Co association. The school was first opened in Paris in 2010.
H ...
will open in
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...
in September 2013.
The year 2013 will see the new financial endowment of the group. It plans to launch new school in the areas of luxury, design and fashion. It also wants to develop day release or night school education for employees provided by companies by developing programs based on the 14
Master of Business Administration
A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accou ...
degrees of
IONIS School of Technology and Management
IONIS School of Technology and Management (IONIS STM) is a French private graduate school, part of the IONIS Education Group, that offers instruction in information technology, computer science, energy, biotechnology and management.
It was estab ...
and the 11th of the
ISG Business School
The ISG business school or Institut Superieur de Gestion, is a major business school, based in Paris, France.
It was founded in 1967 by a group of French CEOs led by Pierre-Alexandre Dumas.
In 1983, ISG opened its own campuses in New York and To ...
.
In February 2014, a new business school specialized in luxury, fashion and design called
Moda Domani Institute
Established in 2014 in Paris as a subsidiary of ISG Business School, Moda Domani Institute was one of the few business schools in France specialized in luxury, fashion and design.
The business school was a member of the IONIS Education Group, the ...
is opened.
In September 2014, a new digital and innovative campus will open in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...
(
Le Marais
The Marais (Le Marais ; "the marsh") is a historic district in Paris, France. Having once been an aristocratic district, it is home to many buildings of historic and architectural importance. It spreads across parts of the 3rd and 4th arr ...
-
Bastille
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) bringing together the
Institut supérieur européen de gestion group
The Institut supérieur européen de gestion group (ISEG group, French for Advanced European Institute of Management) is a group of two business schools, ''ISEG Marketing & Communication School'' and ''ISG Programme Business & Management'', the ...
, Sup'Internet and
E-Artsup
E-Artsup is a French private school created in 2001 and specialized in digital creativity and multimedia. The school is located at Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Nantes, Montpellier, Toulouse, Strasbourg and Lille and is part of IONIS Education Group. ...
.
In 2020, the group bought the computer science
Supinfo
SUPINFO International University, formerly called "École Supérieure d'Informatique", is a private institution of higher education in Computer Science that was created in 1965 and has been recognized by the French state since 10 January 1972.
Ov ...
.
In 2021, the group has opened the
artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech r ...
College IA Institut and the ISG Sport Business Management School dedicated to
sport business.
Member schools
Business
*
Institut supérieur de gestion
The ISG business school or Institut Superieur de Gestion, is a major business school, based in Paris, France.
It was founded in 1967 by a group of French CEOs led by Pierre-Alexandre Dumas.
In 1983, ISG opened its own campuses in New York and To ...
*
Institut supérieur européen de gestion group
The Institut supérieur européen de gestion group (ISEG group, French for Advanced European Institute of Management) is a group of two business schools, ''ISEG Marketing & Communication School'' and ''ISG Programme Business & Management'', the ...
* ISG Luxury Management
* ISG Sport Business Management, in partnership with the
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball sports league, league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues i ...
(NBA)
* ISTH
* ICS Bégué
* ISEFAC
*
Institut supérieur européen de formation par l'action
The Institut supérieur européen de formation par l'action (ISEFAC) is a French private business school created in 2000. Located at Paris, Lille, Nice, Bordeaux, Lyon, Nantes, and Brussels, the school provides two courses: ISEFAC Bachelor and I ...
* MOD'SPE Paris
* XP School
Technology
*
École pour l'informatique et les techniques avancées EPITA (IT engineering College)
*
École spéciale de mécanique et électricité (energy engineering College)
* IA Institut (Artificial intelligence College)
*
Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées
The Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées (IPSA), ( en, Institute of Polytechnic Science and Aeronautics) is a French private '' grande école'' in aerospace engineering located at Ivry-sur-Seine, Lyon and Toulouse, recognized by the Fre ...
(aeronautical and aerospace engineering College)
*
Institut Sup'Biotech de Paris
The Institut Sup'Biotech de Paris (Sup'Biotech or ISBP; en, Paris Higher Biotechnology Institute) is a French private engineering school created in 2003, located in Villejuif, near Paris, and in Lyon.
Sup'Biotech is specialized in the field o ...
(biotechnology engineering College)
*
E-Artsup
E-Artsup is a French private school created in 2001 and specialized in digital creativity and multimedia. The school is located at Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Nantes, Montpellier, Toulouse, Strasbourg and Lille and is part of IONIS Education Group. ...
* Epitech Digital
*
École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies EPITECH
*
IONIS School of Technology and Management
IONIS School of Technology and Management (IONIS STM) is a French private graduate school, part of the IONIS Education Group, that offers instruction in information technology, computer science, energy, biotechnology and management.
It was estab ...
* SecureSphere by EPITA
*
Supinfo
SUPINFO International University, formerly called "École Supérieure d'Informatique", is a private institution of higher education in Computer Science that was created in 1965 and has been recognized by the French state since 10 January 1972.
Ov ...
* Supinfo Digital
*
Web@cademie
Web@cademie is a private, nonprofit and tuition-free computer programming school created and funded by French IONIS Education Group with several partners including Epitech and Zup de Co association. The school was first opened in Paris in 2010.
H ...
Education
*
École des technologies numériques appliquées
The École des technologies numériques appliquées (ETNA) is a French private school of computer science localized at Ivry-sur-Seine. Created in 2005 by Patrice Dumoucel, the school has been part of IONIS Education Group since 2006. The certific ...
* Fondation IONIS
*
IONISx
IONISx is a for-profit, educational technology company that offers massive open online courses (MOOCs) as well as online degrees and certifications. IONISx works with universities and other organizations to make some of their courses available on ...
* PHG Academy
Foundation
The Fondation IONIS ("IONIS Foundation") is an independent administrative agency which was established by IONIS Education Group,
Groupe Ionis - 1er opérateur privé de l'enseignement supérieur
/ref> to stimulate and foster the growth of research and social diversity in France and abroad.
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