University in France
Talence, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
University profile
The ENSEIRB-MATMECA (École Nationale Supérieure d'Électronique, Informatique, Télécommunications, Mathématique et Mécanique de Bordeaux) is a public engineering school of Bordeaux INP, based on the university campus at Talence, near Bordeaux in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Founded in 1920 as the first engineering school of the region, it trains engineers for the digital world in three years and has more than 1,200 engineering students.
The school awards six engineering diplomas: Electronics, Computer Science, Telecommunications, Mathematics and Mechanics, plus two work-study (alternance) programmes, Networks and Computer Science and Embedded Electronic Systems. All engineering programmes are accredited by the Commission des titres d'ingénieur (CTI). Training combines fundamentals with specialist options, projects, more than 500 hours of practical work, 9 to 12 months of internships and a compulsory international mobility of at least 17 weeks (12 weeks for apprentices). Transverse tracks include an Engineer-Doctor pathway, a Space Certificate and an Energy Certificate.
Beyond the engineering diploma the school offers a Master of Science taught in English (Radio and Telecommunication Systems certified diploma), a Mastère Spécialisé in Aeronautical and Space Engineering delivered with Arts et Métiers ParisTech and INSEEC Business School, and two Master-level establishment diplomas, Expert in Cybersecurity of Digital Infrastructures and Expert in Artificial Intelligence. All programmes can also be followed through continuing education.
Teaching is backed by 98 teachers and teacher-researchers, 330 visiting lecturers (140 from industry) and four partner research laboratories (IMS, LaBRI, IMB, I2M) plus the Inria centre at the University of Bordeaux. The school leads five formation-research excellence chairs: Intelligent Mobility and Transport, Cyber Resilience of Digital Infrastructures, Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, Space, and Energy (Senscan).
Student life revolves around 8 associations, including a junior enterprise, and more than 50 clubs covering sport, arts, music, film, computing and more, with over 30 sports available. About 25% of students are international, from more than 30 nationalities, and an association called CluBee supports foreign students with enrolment, housing and transport. The school is a member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles and CDEFI, belongs to the Polyméca network, and is ISO 21001 certified for its training activities.
Engineering diploma registration fees are 630 euros for students from the European Union and 3,950 euros for non-EU students, in addition to the CVEC (Contribution de Vie Étudiante et de Campus) of 105 euros, paid to CROUS by non-scholarship students in initial training. Non-EU students enrolling for the first time in a Bordeaux INP engineering diploma pay the differentiated fee in full, in one bank transfer, no later than 1 September and before administrative enrolment; first-time foreign entrants cannot be exempted on social criteria. The Radio and Telecommunication Systems certified diploma costs 7,300 euros, waived for partner institutions.
Higher-education grants on social criteria are based on household income, number of dependent children and distance between the family home and the place of study. There are 8 levels (0bis to 7), paid in 10 monthly instalments, and grant holders are exempt from registration fees and the CVEC. Applications are made through the Dossier Social Étudiant on the CROUS Bordeaux-Aquitaine site between 15 January and 31 May.
Bordeaux INP's emergency social aid commission can grant students in critical situations financial support of up to 300 euros, the loan of a laptop for the whole programme, or partial or total exemption from registration fees within the limits set by decree no. 2026-385. Students contact their school's teaching secretariat to apply.
Students can request mobility aid for study abroad through the AQUIMOB scheme, housing aid from the CAF, and a State-guaranteed student loan. The Fondation de France also runs an online search tool for grants and prizes.
Bordeaux INP Emergency Social Aid (CASU): Financial Support, Laptop Loan and Tuition Exemption →
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View scholarships for Bordeaux INP – ENSEIRB-MATMECA →Admission to the first year is by competitive examination or by file. Routes include the Concours Commun INP for students of scientific classes préparatoires, integrated preparatory classes (assessed on continuous assessment), the Prépa des INP, the CPBx preparatory cycle giving access to eight Nouvelle-Aquitaine engineering schools, and the reinforced Licence programmes of Poitiers and Toulon.
Admission on qualifications (admission sur titre). First year is open to holders of a Licence, a BUT or an ATS class (depending on the programme); second year, subject to places, to students who have validated a first year of a scientific Master. Initial-training applications ran from 12 March to 21 May 2026. Work-study programmes admit only into the first year, for holders of BUT2, BUT3, Licence 2, Licence 3, a BTS or an equivalent level, with online applications from 29 January to 9 March 2026.
Foreign students resident in a country covered by the Campus France procedure (35 countries listed by Bordeaux INP, including Algeria, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, China, India, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia and the United States) must apply through the Études en France platform; the local Campus France office checks the documents and arranges a motivation interview. Applicants resident in France or in other countries apply online on the Bordeaux INP site, with applications open from March to June.
Exchange students need a partnership between their home institution and Bordeaux INP and their home institution's authorisation. The application form is due before 15 May for a full year or the first semester, and before 30 October for the second semester, with a CV, motivation letter, proposed study programme, transcripts and proof of language level. Students outside exchange programmes may also enrol individually to earn a Bordeaux INP diploma.
Taught in English from October to January, followed by a 5-month internship in a laboratory or company, in France or abroad. Prerequisites are a sound basis in analogue and digital electronics and English at least at B2 level. It admits up to 24 students, with an application deadline of 15 September and online enrolment through the Bordeaux INP MoveON portal.
First-time entrants in the first and second year under student status take online English and second-language placement tests before the start of term. Enrolment opens on 1 July 2026 for students admitted on qualifications and from the CPBx, Poitiers and Toulon routes and La Prépa des INP, and on 19 August 2026 for those entering through the CCINP competition.
Talence campus (1 avenue du Dr Albert Schweitzer, 33402 Talence): the school's building on the Talence-Pessac-Gradignan university estate, occupied since 1997 and extended in 2014, with 25,000 m2 of premises.
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