Groupe Sup de Co La Rochelle | |
Type | Private |
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Established | 1988 |
Budget | 30 million Euros |
President | Robert Butel |
Dean | Olivier Guyottot |
Academic staff
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275 |
Students | 3400 |
Location | La Rochelle, Tours, Poitiers, Orléans, France |
Website | www |
La Rochelle Business School, created in 1988, is a French university-level institution of higher education and member of the network of French Grandes Ecoles. It is a non-profit organisation linked to the La Rochelle Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI). Olivier Guyottot is the Dean for the Group as of 2016. The school has an enrollment of approximately 3,400 students.
The school is a permanent member of the Business Schools’ Conference (Conférence des Grandes Ecole) since 2005, it possesses ISO 9001 certification. In June 2013, the Business School was officially granted for the prestigious AACSB Accreditation, reaching the top level of the 5% leading business schools of the world. By September 1, 2016, La Rochelle Business School has incorporated ESCEM, the former, AACSB accredited School of Business and Management of Tours, Poitiers, and Orléans.
LRBS has also been awarded with TedQual accreditation, delivered by the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), for all its programs in Tourism Management. It is the first and only school in France to obtain TedQual accreditation for both Bachelor and MBA programs.
The school has partnerships or arrangements with more than 170 Universities around the world. The school obligates all students to be volunteers and participate in humanitarian or citizen action along with their studies.
The school is accredited by The French Ministry of Education (French: Le Ministère de L'éducation Nationale), The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD-EPAS) since 2011 and The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) since 2013.