Type Public (EPIC) Budget 7,432,000€ (2011) Location Paris, France Total enrollment 323 (2011) | Established November 8th, 1982 Students 323 Phone +33 1 49 23 12 12 Founded 8 November 1982 | |
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Director Bernard Kahane, since 2013 Address 48 Rue Saint-Sabin, 75011 Paris, France Affiliations Hesam Université, Conférence des Grandes écoles Similar École nationale supérieur, École Boulle, École nationale supérieur, ENSIL, National Graduate School of Profiles | ||
ENSCI–Les Ateliers, the École nationale supérieure de création industrielle, is a French design school located in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. As a public commercial and industrial establishment under authority of both the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Industry, it is the first and only French national institute exclusively devoted to the advanced studies in design. It is a member of the Hautes Études-Sorbonne-Arts et Métiers cluster and of the Conférence des grandes écoles.
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The school was founded in 1982 under the sponsorship of Jean Prouvé and Charlotte Perriand, and have been established in the same building that once housed the Ateliers Saint-Sabin of the Maison Jansen, hence its name; its premises are open 24 hours a day and seven days a week, enabling students to work according to their own production schedules and patterns. It has been classed number one design school in the Americas & Europe region by the 2011 Red Dot Award: Design Concept ranking, and the best design school in France by the 2012 L'Étudiant ranking. It is also one of the 60 best design schools in the world according to the 2007 Businessweek D-Schools list.
Degrees and programmes
The school offers five different programmes:
ENSCI–Les Ateliers is also one of the seven partner schools that deliver the Master of European Design degree.