IONIS Education Group is a private,

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group in

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. It was created in 1980 and by 2023 had more than 35,000 students and 100,000 alumni. There are 29 further education colleges in the group.

History

Marc Sellam created the Institut supérieur européen de gestion group in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

in 1980 as a business school with an organization and curriculum that differed from other

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. During the 1980s regional colleges were created in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

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Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

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and

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

. In 1993 the ''Institut supérieur européen de formation par l'action'' business school (providing further education for three years after the

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) was founded. In 1997, the group, originally named Intelsup, bought a computer science college (the

École pour l'informatique et les techniques avancées The École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées (), more commonly known as EPITA, is a private French ''grande école'' specialized in the field of computer science and software engineering created in 1984 by Patrice Dumoucel. It is ...

). In 1997 and 1998, the group bought the business school Institut supérieur de gestion and the aeronautical and space engineering college Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées. In 1999, the group created the École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies of practical computer science and in 2001 E-Artsup, 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

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sector with the

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. 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

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

, Nancy,

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...

and

. In 2009, the group launched IONIS Executive Learning and the IONIS School of Technology and Management In 2010, ISEG became three independent schools in

finance Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...

, 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 will open a new campus in

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. In September 2014, the same university will open new campuses in

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and

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. Also in 2014, ESME Sudria will also open a campus in

and a new Mastère en sciences course in partnership with the Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology. EPITA and Sup'Internet will also open news campuses abroad in 2014. Since September 2013, the École des technologies numériques appliquées will start a new program in 2 years after French

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

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will open in

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

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degrees of IONIS School of Technology and Management and the 11th of the ISG Business School. In February 2014, a new business school specialized in luxury, fashion and design called Moda Domani Institute is opened. In September 2014, a new digital and innovative campus will open in

(

Le Marais The Marais (Le Marais ; "the marsh") is a historic district in Paris, France. It spreads across parts of the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, 3rd and 4th arrondissement of Paris, 4th Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements on the Rive Droit ...

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) bringing together the Institut supérieur européen de gestion group, Sup'Internet and E-Artsup. In 2020, the group bought the computer science institution Supinfo. In 2021, the group opened the

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College IA Institut and the ISG Sport Business Management School dedicated to sport business. In 2023, IONIS group created ISG RH, a school dedicated to

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and

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. In 2023, EPITA and Chang’An University announced the launch of a new joint Bachelor’s program in Artificial Intelligence. The four-year, full-time program, accredited by the Chinese Ministry of Education, will confer graduates a Bachelor’s degree in Artificial Intelligence. The inaugural cohort started attended classes since September 2023. Students would attend courses at the Chang’An University campus in Xi’an, with some courses taught by professors-in-residence from EPITA.

Member schools

Business

* Institut supérieur de gestion (ISG) * Institut supérieur européen de gestion group * ISG Luxury Management * ISG Sport Business Management, in partnership with the

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(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. History The school was created in 2000. The certification delivered by the school was recognized by the French State on ...

* MOD'SPE Paris * XP School

Technology

* Concours Advance * 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 (IPSA) (aeronautical and aerospace engineering College) *

(biotechnology engineering College) * E-Artsup * Epitech Digital * Epitech Executive * École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies (EPITECH) * IONIS School of Technology and Management * SecureSphere by EPITA * Supinfo *

Education

* École des technologies numériques appliquées * Fondation IONIS * IONIS 361 * IONISx * 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
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References

External links

* {{Authority control Education in France Organizations established in 1980 1980 establishments in France