Catholic Institute of Higher Studies

The Institut catholique d'études supérieures (English: Catholic Institute of Higher Studies), also called Catholic University of Vendée, is a Grande école in Vendée, France, founded in 1989. In 1990, under the authority of the Catholic University of the West, the Catholic University of the Vendée (ICES) was opened in La Roche-sur-Yon. After three years of collaboration, the Superior Council of the Catholic University of the West awarded the Catholic University of the Vendée (ICES) its academic independence in 1993. François Garnier, Bishop of Luçon, became the institutional head of the establishment with the responsibility of maintaining its ecclesiastical membership. It was accepted as a French Grande Ecole by Conférence des Grandes Ecoles in 2023.

Type

Pontifical university

Founded

1990

Also known as

Catholic University of the Vendée, Catholic University of the Vendée - ICES