ENSEA - Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Electronique et de ses Applications

Introduction

ENSEA is a leading French Graduate Engineering School founded in 1952, located 30 km west from Paris. Studying at ENSEA is choosing a high-quality institution that trains students in cutting-edge technologies recognized by international companies specialized in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Telecommunications.

Our institution awards about 250 Master and 20 PhD degrees per year.

Every year, as part of their training, all ENSEA students must go for an internship in a company or a research laboratory, in France or in any country of their choice.

Key figures

More than 6,800 alumni
30 km from Paris, gateway to Europe
1000 students
40% of graduate students have an international experience
74 international agreements with 28 double degrees
38 student associations
90 tenured professors
180 visiting professors from industry and partner institutions
86% of the professors have a PhD
200 corporate partners
2 research laboratories
70 PhD and post-doctoral students
Low-energy buildings built since 2010

Campus

ENSEA is located in Cergy, a new town built in the 1970s, 35 km NW from Paris center. Commuting with Paris is quite easy by public transportation or by car. Cergy is only 40 min by train or motorway from Paris inner city and 40 min by bus from Paris CDG Airport.

The ENSEA Campus hosts some 1000 students most of them at the Master or Doctorate level, among which 20% of international students.

ENSEA is part of the IP Grand Paris, a group a three Graduate Institutions covering the fields of Mechanical, Electrical, Computer and Applied Math Engineering and hosting more than 2500 graduate students in the Paris-Cergy area.

ENSEA is also part of the COMUE Paris Seine, a Higher Education consortium gathering 13 institutions and some 20,000 students in the North-Western outskirts of Paris. Due to its high concentration of student population, Cergy one of the youngest city in France.

Highlights

During the final academic semester, students receive a specialized training in one of those domains:

Embedded Systems: Designing a whole system with analog & digital electronics and adequate software
Computer Engineering: Managing advanced projects in parallel architecture or mobile systems
Power Electronics and Control Systems: Training in process control and automation related to industrial systems
Telecommunications Networks: Spreading reliable, efficient and secured networks using advanced techniques.
RF Communications: Specializing in microwaves, antennas and optical communication
Biomedical Engineering: Applying industrial measurements in biotechnologies and medical institutions
Mechatronics: Specifying, modeling and analyzing a complex system using mechanics, electronics and computer science.
Multimedia Systems: Processing signal, images and videos using real-time techniques.

ENSEA has a strong international involvment. It has more than 74 partner universities in some 40 countries. 40% of the students have an international experience abroad. ENSEA offers more than 28 double degree programs with top ranked institutions such as: Imperial College (UK), TU Munich (D), UP Madrid (E), Univ. La Sapienza (I), Georgia Tech (USA), IIT Chicago (USA), SUNY Bufallo (USA), U Michigan (USA), UNB (Brasil), Osaka Univ. (Japan), Huazhong Univ. of Sc. & Tech (China), UESTC Chengdu (China).

ENSEA has also built an entire semester of english-learning technical courses with the collaboration of nine US partners. They therefore agree to transfer the credits obtained by their students here, showing the confidence they have in the FAME program.

Professional Network

ENSEA join forces with the companies for the training and offers to its students to work with engineers inside those. The funds given by the companies are dedicated to renew our equipment in the teaching and project labs.

Several members of the board of directors come from companies specialized in the Electrical and Computer Engineering field. They also participate in the committee advising about the prospects and the evolution of our training.

Our partners include:

Altran, Thales, Safran, Valeo, Alten, Bull, Airbus Group, Elsys Design, Akka, CGI, Assystem, Atos, Ausy, General Electric, MCA, Renault, RTE, SII, Sogeti, BK Consulting, Bouygues Télécom, Veritas, Cap Gemini, CEA, DT2E, E2-CAD, EDF, Microsoft France, Oberthur Technologies, Parrot, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Robert Bosch, Samsung Electronics France, Sopra...

Registration

The whole registration process, except room reservation, goes through the “n+i” website. For any query regarding ENSEA, including room reservation, please contact us at:ri@ensea.fr

Important Dates

The registration deadlines for the different sessions are those defined on the “n+i” website.

The payment of the ENSEA invoice (first year academic cost) is due by June 30^th at the latest.

No change in the room reservation will be accepted after June 15^th. After this date, two months of rent are due.

Scholarships

ENSEA can help students to obtain scholarships but does not provide direct financial aid or any kind of assistanceship on campus.

Students with outstanding academic records can be proposed by ENSEA to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs for an Eiffel scholarship (1180 € per month). Students belonging to a restricted list of countries, regions and cities can benefit from scholarships funded by the Ile-de-France (Greater Paris) region (1000 € per month). For details please see http://www.iledefrance.fr/english/ or contact the French Embassy in your country, which deals with the applications. Some French Embassies may also provide partial funding (for 6 months / 1 year, or cover partial cost such as health insurance).

Provided they are not recipients of a French State scholarship, international student are authorized by law to work part time (equivalent to 17 hours a week or 800 hours a year). This cannot be done during study periods, but is possible during weekends and/or vacation time. Companies are now obliged by law to pay a minimum salary to trainees (between 500 to 1000 euros per month typically). So, if they choose to carry out their Final Year Project in a company, students are in most cases financially independent during the final semester.

Tuition

The cost for the 2-year International Master’s program is 4,400 euros (2200 euros per year). This includes ENSEA ration fees as well as general and “n+i” specific services provided by ENSEA. –This figure represents less than a sixth of the actual consolidated cost supported by the French Ministry for Education and Research through the School budget–.

The cost of living in the Paris/Cergy area for a comfortable student life is considered to be around 600 euros per month (40 to 50% of it go to accommodation). This leads to an overall budget to be funded, excluding travel cost to/from Paris, of 28,000 euros.

Available master

Master n+: Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from ENSEA

Student Life

ENSEA, together with 30 other higher education institutions, share the same diverse and multidisciplinary campus with 21,000 students. It offers a whole range of indoor and outdoor activities and facilities such as water sports on Cergy's lake, music festivals, concerts, cinema, theatres, swimming pools, tennis courts. A new skating rink is currently being built in Cergy for the French National Skating Team training.

There is no difference in terms or rights and obligations between French and International Students at ENSEA. So international student can benefit from all the facilities and services offered to local students, especially in terms of extra curriculum activities.

ENSEA hosts some 30 student clubs covering all types of activities ranging from sports (all continental sports, including yachting are represented) to wine tasting: music, dancing, theatre, movie/video making, role-playing games, adventure travels, development NGOs, technical activities like robotics competitions and Ham radio...).

For details see student's website: http://webteam.ensea.fr. International student are invited to join these clubs. We consider that taking part in those activities is the best way to get into the ENSEA student community, make new friends (French and International alike), quickly improve your French ability and have a real insight into the French culture and way of living.

Accommodation

ENSEA can provide assistance for housing to all international exchange students thanks to an agreement signed with the Regional Student Facilities Center (CROUS) which manages most student halls.

Accommodation fees

All student halls are located close to ENSEA and provide 36m2 studio flats to be shared with another student (private bedroom with shower and shared kitchenette and toilettes). The prices for rooms are between 350 € and 400 €/month.

Some figures

More than 20% of our students are international students coming from Asia, Africa, South & North America as well as Europe. Each year, we recruit about 10 students via N+i network (14 in 2014). We also welcome American students. 10 come for the FAME Program, built in partnership with 9 American Universities including Georgia Tech, IIT Chicago, SUNY Buffalo, University of Michigan, University of Pittsburgh. In 2015, the university of Michigan also sent us 17 students along with a professor for a Summer Program.

We also have students coming from Erasmus+ (University of Porto, Valencia) and from South America Programs (Brafitec, Arfitec). On top of that, we have agreements with many universities of the world for welcoming their students (for example in Colombia) and sending ours.

In order to facilitate the insertion of international students, we have a buddy system which consists in pairing an international student with a local one who helps for integration.

Partnership with n+i

ENSEA is a founding member of the “n+i” Network. It was approved as a PIM center by the Network in 2005. From the beginning, it has hosted more than 100 “n+i” students from 10 different countries.ENSEA is very active in promoting the “n+I” network abroad. Each year, our professors take part in the program promotion in China, Colombia...

Affiliations

ENSEA has developed a wide network of partner institutions across the world over the past 10 years and has committed itself to sending at least 25 % of its students abroad.

Students are given various opportunities: summer internships, final year projects, double-degrees and research in partner institutions in more than 30 countries on 5 continents.

ENSEA's partner universities:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherland, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, Finland, Taiwan, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Viet Nam, USA.