University in France
Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Arts et Métiers (École nationale supérieure d'Arts et Métiers, ENSAM) is a French grande école of engineering and technology founded in 1780. It is a public establishment of a scientific, cultural and professional nature (EPCSCP) under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and a founding member of the HESAM Université community. Its first mission is to train engineers specialised in sustainable technologies, able to design environmentally respectful products and systems and to run industrial organisations while managing risk and cost.
The school works across 14 sites in France and abroad: Aix-en-Provence, Angers, Bordeaux-Talence, Brest, Chalon-sur-Saône, Châlons-en-Champagne, Chambéry, Cluny, Laval, Lille, Metz, Paris, Rabat and Saint-Étienne. Its head office is at 151 boulevard de l'Hôpital in Paris. Each campus has its own scientific specialities, from aeronautics and renewable energy at Aix-en-Provence to naval engineering and marine energy at Brest, virtual reality at Chalon-sur-Saône and Laval, and circular economy and sustainable design at Chambéry.
Programmes cover levels from bac+3 to bac+8: the Programme Grande École (PGE, general engineering diploma), the Programme Ingénieur de Spécialité (PIS, apprenticeship-based), the Bachelor en Sciences et Ingénierie and other technology bachelors, 27 research-oriented master's programmes (Diplôme National de Master), 16 Mastères Spécialisés® and one MBA, and doctoral studies through the école doctorale. Around 6,000 students are enrolled each year, including about 5,000 engineering students, and some 1,100 teaching, technical and administrative staff work at the school. More than 100,000 engineers have graduated since 1780.
Research is carried out in 15 laboratories organised around five strategic areas that match economic sectors: transport, energy, health, housing and production. The school belongs to the Institut Carnot ARTS and has a subsidiary, AMValor, for technology transfer, together with incubation and entrepreneurship programmes. Libraries on the campuses, renamed AtriuM as part of the Evolutive Learning Factories project, offer 460 study places and over 10,000 online scientific journals.
Student life is built around a very active associative scene. The Union des Élèves has about 3,500 members and the Union Nationale des Apprentis d'Arts et Métiers (UNA'AM) has 1,000 active members, with further associations for doctoral students, master's students and bachelor students. Students also have access to workshops to make parts for their projects. Every campus has a student residence, and the Forum Arts et Métiers, organised each autumn by students, brings hundreds of recruiters to campus.
The school is open to international students through partnership programmes and direct recruitment: 145 partnerships in 38 countries, 88 double-degree opportunities for over 400 students a year, and more than 1,000 international students across the campuses. The engineering programme is taught entirely in French; master's courses are taught in French or English.
Arts et Métiers is a public establishment and its tuition fees are equivalent to university fees: 618 euros for the student track (cursus étudiant) in 2024-2025. Apprentices pay no tuition under the apprenticeship contract, which is financed by the OPCO and the employer; one programme sheet lists a training cost of 7,800 euros a year. The school does not apply differentiated registration fees (droits d'inscription différenciés) to international students enrolled in a master's programme for the 2026-2027 academic year.
The CVEC (contribution vie étudiante et de campus) is paid separately by students; an earlier school FAQ gave the amount as 92 euros. Students enrolled at the school have been exempt from the student social-security contribution since 2018.
Students can apply for state scholarships through the CROUS and for an interest-free honour loan (prêt d'honneur) granted by the Société des Ingénieurs Arts et Métiers, the alumni association. Housing aid (APL) from the Caisse d'allocations familiales is available according to resources, scholarship status and type of housing. The Erasmus+ grant supports study periods at partner institutions, with extra funding of up to 100 percent of real additional costs for students with disabilities, managed by the international European development service (Erasmus+ page). Doctoral candidates are funded through doctoral contracts, industrial agreements or foundation and foreign-government grants.
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View scholarships for Arts et Métiers →The three-year diploma (equivalent to Master 2, 60 ECTS per year) is entered at bac+2 to bac+4 through several routes. After classes préparatoires (CPGE): national competitive entrance through the Banque PT, the Centrale-Supélec competition (registration for the 2026 session ran from 8 December 2025 to 12 January 2026) and the ATS Génie Industriel competition (15 places). After a BUT (2nd or 3rd year), BTS or bachelor: the AMBition Ingénieur procedure, with online registration opening on 15 January 2026; for BUT 3rd year, session 1 closed on 3 March 2026 and session 3 on 20 April 2026; for BUT 2nd year, BTS and Bachelor en Sciences et Ingénierie there is a single session, with registration closing on 3 March 2026, a written multiple-choice test (Sciences de l'Ingénieur plus a speciality test) on 2 April 2026 and interviews from 11 to 20 May 2026. After a Licence 3 or Master 1 (French or foreign university diploma in mathematics, physics, electronics-electrical engineering-automation, computer science, engineering sciences, mechanics or civil engineering): admission on file through the GEI-Univ competition, with L3 entering the first year and M1 the second. Double-degree students must hold at least L3 level and be nominated by a partner university; the programme is taught entirely in French. Validation of experience (VAE, VAP) is available.
International students enter through partner-university double degrees or exchanges (pre-selected and nominated by the home university; at least two years at the school for an engineering double degree) or through the recruitment routes above. Double-degree engineering students must present a DELF B2, a TCF (5 skills) or a TEF (4 skills) certificate at B2 at enrolment; this does not apply to students from francophone countries such as Morocco and Tunisia. Exchange (Erasmus, double-degree) students are nominated by their home institution and apply through the LISE platform.
Open to holders of a BUT (or in 2nd-year BUT) or a scientific or technical BTS, CPGE students, or Licence students, under 30 years of age except where the law provides otherwise. Applications are made on the LISE platform (opening 15 January 2026; sessions closing 3 March, 24 March and 20 April 2026), followed by an interview. Final admission is confirmed when the apprenticeship contract is signed.
A three-year course accredited by the Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur (CTI) that confers the grade of licence. It is open to STI2D baccalauréat holders and to general baccalauréat holders with a strong scientific profile (Mathematics, Physics and/or Engineering Sciences). Applications are made on Parcoursup (one wish covering both Bordeaux-Talence and Châlons-en-Champagne), with remote interviews on 22 April, 29 April, 6 May and 13 May 2026. The technology bachelors in the Industry and Sustainable Design tracks are also entered after a general or STI2D baccalauréat.
For M1, applicants resident in France or the European Economic Area apply through Mon Master (platform opened 2 February 2026; applications 17 February to 16 March 2026). Applicants resident outside the European Union who need a visa apply directly through the school's online portal from 2 February to 30 May 2026, with CV, transcripts of all higher-education results, proof of highest diploma, motivation letter and a letter of recommendation (and a study contract for partnership students). Master 2 (mentions Énergie, Génie Industriel, Génie Mécanique, Ingénierie de la santé) is open to those who have validated M1, with applications from 2 February to 30 May 2026 for non-EU applicants needing a visa and until 26 June 2026 for French and other EU students. Courses are taught in French or English and a B2 certificate in the language of instruction is required: DELF, DALF, TCF (5 skills) or TEF (4 skills) for French; IELTS, TOEFL or TOEIC for English. There is no minimum grade or ranking requirement; CVs and motivation letters must be in French or English.
Doctoral studies follow a national research master or an equivalent diploma, after which other diplomas are assessed by the doctoral studies committee. The candidate contacts the supervisor who proposes a thesis subject and is selected after a hearing before an admission committee. The thesis takes three years. Each proposed subject must come with funding: a doctoral contract, an industrial contract or CIFRE agreement, a doctoral scholarship from a foundation or foreign government, or, exceptionally, compatible employment.
Students holding a European Health Insurance Card are covered in France; others register with the CPAM. The school cannot guarantee a residence room or issue a housing certificate for visa applications; each campus international relations office (BREI) helps students find housing.
Every campus has a library (460 study places in total across the libraries) and a student residence. Residences include Résidence James Chasseriaud (Aix-en-Provence), Résidence Louis Magne (Angers), Maison des Arts et Métiers (Bordeaux-Talence and Paris), Résidence Jacques Pagliero (Lille), and the abbey residence at Cluny. Rooms cost between 200 and 400 euros a month depending on the area, with a deposit. Canteens or cafeterias are on or next to the campuses.
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