De Vinci Higher Education is a state-recognized private institution of higher education founded in 1995 by the local government. It is made up of three schools that award accredited degrees: EMLV (Business School), ESILV(Engineering School) and IIM (School of Digital Communication) and ILV (institute for executive education). De Vinci Higher Education is located in the largest business district in Europe -

La Défense. La Défense is home to many French and international headquarters as well as a shopping mall (Westfield Les 4 Temps and CNIT), cinemas, a variety of restaurants, post office, coworking space, food trucks and much more.

The names De Vinci Higher Education and Léonard de Vinci group both refer to the institution composed of its schools: EMLV, ESILV, IIM and ILV.