IONIS Education Group is a private, for-profit, higher education group in France. It was created in 1980 Ionis Education Group lance une école sur les métiers de l'Internet and by 2023 had more than 35,000 students and 100,000 alumni. A Bordeaux, les nouveaux locaux de Ionis Education Group préfigurent le campus de demain There are 29 further education colleges in the group.

History

Marc Sellam created the Institut supérieur européen de gestion group in Paris in 1980 as a business school with an organization and curriculum that differed from other grandes écoles. Groupe Ionis – 1er opérateur privé de l’enseignement supérieur During the 1980s regional colleges were created in Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lille, Strasbourg, Nantes and Lyon. In 1993 the Institut supérieur européen de formation par l'action business school (providing further education for three years after the Baccalauréat) was founded. Interview de Marc SELLAM, Président et Fondateur du Groupe IONIS

In 1997, the group, originally named Intelsup, Marc SELLAM bought a computer science college (the École pour l'informatique et les techniques avancées). 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 biotechnology sector with the Institut Sup'Biotech de Paris. 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, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nancy, Nantes, Nice, Montpellier, Strasbourg and Toulouse. 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, marketing - communication and business. In 2011 the Sup'Internet, an Internet college opened. Histoire

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. Le groupe d'enseignement privé Ionis s'ancre à l'international In September 2013 EPITECH will open a new campus in Beijing. In September 2014, the same university will open new campuses in California, United Kingdom and Spain. Also in 2014, ESME Sudria will also open a campus in Beijing 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. IONIS Education Group se fixe de nouveaux défis très ambitieux

Since September 2013, the École des technologies numériques appliquées will start a new program in 2 years after French Baccalauréat 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). Ionis Education Group évoque son avenir

For people without the Baccalauréat, a new campus of the Web@cademie will open in Lyon in September 2013. Ecoles d'informatique : l'Etna ouvre une prépa intégrée postbac gratuite 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. International, luxe, mode et design...les nouveaux champs d'action de Ionis group 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 degrees of IONIS School of Technology and Management and the 11th of the ISG Business School. IONIS Education Group annonce ses nouvelles ambitions à l'occasion de ses 10 ans

In February 2014, a new business school specialized in luxury, fashion and design called Moda Domani Institute is opened.Moda Domani Institute, une nouvelle école dédiée au management du luxe, de la mode et du design

In September 2014, a new digital and innovative campus will open in Paris (Le Marais-Bastille) bringing together the Institut supérieur européen de gestion group, Sup'Internet and E-Artsup. Les axes de développement de Ionis Education Group

In 2020, the group bought the computer science institution Supinfo. Enseignement supérieur : Reprise de Supinfo par IONISL’été difficile des étudiants de Supinfo

In 2021, the group opened the artificial intelligence College IA InstitutL'EPITA IA Institut, une nouvelle formation en six ans aux enjeux de l'intelligence artificielle and the ISG Sport Business Management School dedicated to sport business.M. Sellam (Ionis Education Group) : "Une logique de transparence et d'exigence nous a toujours guidés"

In 2023, IONIS group created ISG RH, a school dedicated to human resources and legal professions.« ISG RH, une école pour répondre aux nouvelles attentes du secteur RH »

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 attending classes in 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 National Basketball Association (NBA)« ISG Sport Business Management » devient école de commerce officielle de la NBA en France ISTH ICS Bégué ISEFAC Institut supérieur européen de formation par l'action 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) Institut Sup'Biotech de Paris (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 Web@cademie

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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