Excelia is a French Grande Ecole, a specialized top-level institution of higher education.

Created in 1988 as Groupe Sup de Co La Rochelle, it is a private non-profit organisation linked to the La Rochelle Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) and a member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles.

[2] Founded in 1988, the then Groupe Sup de Co La Rochelle has been a permanent member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles since 2005.

Excelia programs are also offered in Niort, Rochefort, Angoulême and Cognac.

The school is the first and only French institution of higher education to obtain TedQual accreditation for both Bachelor and MBA programs.