20 Milestones for Groupe IGENSIA Education (formerly Groupe IGS)

A look back at our history through 20 milestones, from our inception to today.

Groupe IGENSIA Education (formerly Groupe IGS)

2023	Creation of 5 areas of activity: Post-secondary Schools, Work-study and Apprenticeship, Continuing Education, Career Placement and Inclusion, and Career Counseling. Creation of the IGS Career Placement and Inclusion department made up of the ADIP association (Association for the Development of Professional Integration) created in 1979, and Hand'IGS, the group's disability awareness program, founded in 2012.
2022	Creation of the My Orientation Track career guidance center
2021	Creation of Take Me Up, an innovative gap-year program
2018	Introduction of staggered admissions to academic programs
2008	Creation of the Hand'IGS, Groupe IGS's disability awareness program
1999	Creation of the IMSI post-secondary school specialized in real estate
1995	The American Business School, an English language business school founded in 1985, joins Groupe IGS
1993	ISCPA post-secondary school of journalism, communication, and artistic and cultural production joins Groupe IGS
1992	Opening of the Toulouse-Blagnac campus
1991	Creation of the CFA CODIS apprenticeship training center for sales, distribution, and service professions
1990	Opening of the René Cassin Campus in Lyon
1988	Creation of IMIS, the Management Institute for Healthcare Industries
1987	Creation of ESAM post-secondary school of management, finance, and law
1985	Creation of the first inter-company training center for work-study programs preparing government certified degrees
1982	Opening of the IPI postsecondary school specialized in computer science and technology
1981	Opening of the first apprenticeship training center (CFA) in France for service industry professions
1980	Creation of the ICD Business School offering degree programs in sales, marketing, business development and services
1976	Creation of the IGS-RH post-secondary school offering specialized degree programs in the field of human resources and the first master level HR degree program offered in continuing education
1976	Active contribution to the creation of the HR audit report, a tool that measures the effectiveness of a company's HR policies, and which has since been incorporated into French labor laws
1975	Inception of the Institut de Gestion Sociale (IGS) to offer educational degree programs to managers, executives, and employees in the fields of management and human resources