University in France
Paris, Île-de-France, France
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ECE Paris (ECE, formerly École Centrale d'Électronique) is a private engineering and digital-technology school founded in Paris in 1919 as the École Centrale de TSF. It belongs to the OMNES Education group and trains engineers, bachelors and masters of science in artificial intelligence, data, cybersecurity, embedded systems, energy transition, finance and related fields. The engineering programme is accredited by the Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur (CTI) and awards a diploma at Grade de Master level; the school also holds the state Qualiopi quality certification.
The flagship Paris campus, Campus Paris Eiffel, is at 10 rue Sextius Michel in the 15th arrondissement, close to the Eiffel Tower, in a multidisciplinary building shared with other OMNES Education schools. ECE also teaches in Lyon, Bordeaux and Rennes, and opened a campus in Marseille near Saint-Charles station in September 2026.
Studies are organised in three programmes. The Programme Ingénieur (five years after the baccalauréat) offers majors such as Data & IA, Cybersécurité, Systèmes Embarqués, Santé et Technologie, Transition Énergétique, Finance Quantitative, Finance Corporate, Fintech & Macroéconomie, Défense & Technologie, Digital Transformation & Innovation, Système Aéronautique & Spatial and Systèmes d'Énergie Nucléaire. The Bachelor track (Bac +3) includes the Bachelor Intelligence Artificielle (Grade de Licence), Concepteur Développeur d'Applications, Développeur Data et IA and Administrateur d'infrastructures sécurisées. The MSc-Master of Science CGE programmes, labelled by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles, cover Artificial Intelligence, AI for Digital Transformation, Data Management, Cloud Computing, Management de la Cybersécurité, Sustainable Energy Future and Tech Management & Innovation. Teaching combines project-based learning, internships and work-study (alternance), and several programmes are taught in English.
Campus facilities include a FabLab, the Intelligence Lab (a student laboratory for generative AI, inaugurated in March 2025, with a dedicated GPU rack), a start-up incubator (La Fabrik) and Milo, the school's student AI. More than twenty student associations cover robotics, defence and security, entrepreneurship, sport, arts and humanitarian work; they include ECEBORG, ECE Defense, JEECE (the junior-enterprise), Genius and ARECE, the Formula Student team.
The school hosts international students and holds level 2 of Campus France's Bienvenue en France label (level 1 in 2023). It reports a network of more than 150 academic partners across five continents, Erasmus+ mobility and double degrees with institutions such as Boston University, Coventry University, Concordia University, Cranfield University, Dublin City University, ÉTS Montréal, Heriot-Watt University, Université Laval and Université du Québec à Rimouski.
ECE is a private school and sets its own fees. Bachelor, students resident in France (all nationalities), September intake: EUR 8,150 incl. VAT for year 1, EUR 9,190 for year 2 and EUR 9,390 for year 3; a work-study route in year 1 and 3 is also offered (apprentices pay no tuition). Bachelor, international students resident outside France: EUR 8,850 (year 1), EUR 9,890 (year 2), EUR 10,090 (year 3). MSc: EUR 12,290 per year for both French-resident and international students. Programme Ingénieur: EUR 11,990 per year for students enrolled in the French education system and EUR 12,990 per year for international students outside it. Delayed March intake: Prép'Ac EUR 7,990 (French-resident) or EUR 8,490 (international); Bachelor year 1 EUR 5,990 for six months and year 3 EUR 9,390 for eight months. Additional charges: EUR 70 admission fee; for international students outside Europe, EUR 700 for administrative support (visa, housing, arrival); international MSc and engineering students pay a EUR 3,500 deposit at registration to reserve a place. Apprentices' tuition is paid by the host company, who employs them with a salary.
From the 2026 intake ECE is authorised to host CROUS scholarship holders on the Paris, Lyon and Bordeaux campuses for the five-year engineering curriculum; scholarships on social criteria are requested through the Dossier Social Étudiant on the CROUS portal. Students of the Bachelor, MSc and Mastère programmes are not eligible for CROUS scholarships but, if they meet the CROUS criteria, may receive the OMNES Education social scholarship of EUR 500 on presentation of their eligibility certificate. Housing aid includes the APL from the CAF and the Visale guarantee; the CAF Tremplin Jeunes Insertion scheme can fund part of tuition fees up to EUR 1,600. Mobility grants include Erasmus+ (EUR 500, 400 or lower monthly rates depending on destination country for 2026-2027, for study and for 2 to 12 month traineeships) and the Bourse Mobilité.
10% discount each year for students from the French overseas departments and territories; 10% for siblings all enrolled in OMNES Education schools; for French students resident in France admitted to the Bachelor or engineering cycle in the year of the baccalauréat, 20% off the first year with the mention Très Bien (2026) and 10% with the mention Bien. Scholarships and discounts cannot be combined and the most favourable applies. Fees may be paid in instalments, and the school works with partner banks for student loans; work-study and paid internships are also possible.
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View scholarships for ECE Paris →Entry is by the Avenir concours: Avenir Bac for first-year entry after the baccalauréat (September), Avenir Plus for the delayed entry in March and for admission with Bac +1, Bac +2, Bac +3, Bac +4 or CPGE second year (third-year entry) in the initial-student route. Work-study (apprenticeship) candidates apply through the school's application form. The March intake (Prép'Ac, 18 intensive weeks, about forty places) is open until the end of January 2027: applications go through Avenir Plus for French-system candidates and through the Omnes Education international platform for international candidates, followed by a file review (results in mathematics and science from the Première year are weighted) and a motivation interview in person or by video. Applicants must be enrolled in a first year of higher education (PASS, L.AS, scientific CPGE, scientific or technological Licence) and hold a general baccalauréat with Mathematics and a scientific speciality (Physics-Chemistry, SVT, NSI or SI) or a foreign equivalent. Admission to the Data & IA major is open to graduates of the first three years of the programme and, in parallel admission, to holders of a validated Bac +4 (240 ECTS) in computer science, applied mathematics or digital sciences.
Bachelor 1: a secondary-school leaving diploma equivalent to the baccalauréat. Bachelor 2: a validated first year of higher education (60 ECTS). Bachelor 3: two validated years (120 ECTS). Candidates from French lycées may apply through Parcoursup (wishes January to March, file completion March to April, answers from June). The delayed intake (B3 in January, B1 in March, Paris only, 40 places) is open until the end of February and is outside Parcoursup: online application (application fee EUR 70, free for CROUS scholarship holders), academic file review, then a motivation interview.
Admission is on file and interview. M1 entry requires a Bac +3 (Licence, Bachelor or equivalent) obtained or in progress; M2 entry requires a Bac +4 (Master 1, engineering school or equivalent). Admission is conditional on validating the current degree: 180 credits for M1 and 240 credits for M2. French applicants apply on the ECE platform (fee EUR 70, free for CROUS scholarship holders); international applicants apply on the Omnes Education platform (fee EUR 50). The jury also considers the professional project and language level. Programmes last two years (five semesters, 150 ECTS) after a Bac +3 or one year (three semesters, 90 ECTS) after a Bac +4.
The procedure has six steps: online application on the Omnes Education admissions platform, motivation interview online, admission decision, administrative registration with a certificate of enrolment, visa application through Campus France or the French consulate for applicants outside the European Union, and arrival preparation (housing and settling in). EU nationals need no visa. The file contains a copy of passport or identity card, CV, motivation letter, transcripts and diplomas (translated if necessary), a certificate of current enrolment, and proof of French or English level depending on the programme. Engineering admission depends on the level of study already validated.
Programmes taught in French: TCF or TEF at B2 minimum, DELF B2 minimum or DALF C1. Programmes taught in English: TOEFL iBT 79, TOEFL paper-based 550 or TOEFL computer-based 213 minimum. The test is not required if the language of instruction is the applicant's mother tongue or the applicant holds a diploma taught in that language. A B2 level is generally expected.
Doctoral candidates are enrolled in partner doctoral schools through LyRIDS framework agreements with research bodies, with co-supervision and CIFRE theses with industrial partners.
The FabLab provides laser cutting, water-jet cutting, 3D printing and electronics prototyping equipment, and has hosted student projects such as the autonomous Formula Student car, the ECECopter drone and the ECE Pilot LiDAR rover. The campus is accessible to people with reduced mobility. Sportifs et Artistes de Haut Niveau (SAHN) students can obtain timetable and assessment arrangements through the COMASCO procedure.
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