This move will enable all students to benefit from a wider range of accredited programmes (AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accreditations) on all Excelia's campuses (Tours, Orleans and La Rochelle).

They will also benefit from an outstanding Faculty as well as the contribution of leading research in the fields of CSR, Sustainable Development and Tourism.

Such benefits are greatly appreciated by Laurence Rochery, who has been at ESCEM for 13 years,

Following a University Degree in Economics and Finance, a first post as a teacher in a Business School, then working in industry and for an HR and Organisation consulting firm.

Equipped with a solid knowledge of the business world, the Director of the Tours campus sees in this takeover “a continuity that reinforces existing links, with the implementation of the strategic plan, and the contribution to the influence of the brand and its values within the local regions”. In 2019, Excelia had already started implementing its Master in Management programme in Tours, to which will be added the Bachelor in Business, Bachelor in Tourism & Hospitality Management and MSc in International Tourism & Destination Management programmes, with more than 400 students in 2021. 

The Orleans campus is also on a human scale, and has some impressive figures for the year with nearly 250 students enrolled.

Alice Violette, Campus Director and Head of Pedagogy, has very happy memories of her years studying in Business School, followed by a Master at the University of Bordeaux.

As former Director of Business Development in an adult education organisation, today on the Orleans campus, Alice has a twofold managerial responsibility for students, personnel and temporary lecturers, and for representing the establishment in dealings with local players.

To our campus directors and their teams, Faculty and students... a very warm welcome to our community! With these Escemians becoming Excelians, our big happy family continues to grow!