Architecture Schools in France

Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine --- School of Chaillot

• Dating back to 1887 in one form or another, the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine's School of Chaillot offers a specialist degree in architecture, postgraduate programs, public courses and training for teachers and other activity leaders on topics, including conservation, restoration and reuse of architectural, urban and landscape property. The School of Chaillot trains about 200 architects a year in France and abroad, through partnerships in countries, such as Syria, Bulgaria, China and India. The school's website stresses that foreign students are welcome among the diverse student body. The specialist degree takes two years and can help prepare students for the competitive exams set by the Architectes et urbanistes de l'État / Architectes des bâtiments de France (AUE / ABF) and of the Architectes en chef des monuments historiques (ACMH). Graduate students can specialize in such subjects as monuments and historical centers, preservation of architecture, and government architecture and urban planning.

  1 Place du Trocadero
  75116 Paris, France
  + 011-33-1-58-51-52-00
  citechaillot.fr/?langue=us

Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Montpellier

• The Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Montpellier (ENSAM) was founded in 1976 and offers Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. degrees in architectural studies. The goals of these academic programs are to highlight French architecture along with other European architecture; present a diverse view regarding the practice of architecture; and develop prominent architectural research. The school also offers a continuing education program: The Continuing Education Centre in Languedoc-Roussillon was founded in 2001 under the umbrella of the Architecture and Heritage Department of France's Ministry of Culture and Education. It seeks to provide interdisciplinary architecture education for working professionals.

  179 Rue de l'Esperou
  4093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
  + 011-33-4-67-91-89-89
  montpellier.archi.fr/index-en.html

Insa Strasbourg --- School for Engineers and Architects

• The INSA Strasbourg's School for Engineers and Architects undergraduate architecture program takes four years. The INSA Strasbourg also offers a Master's degree programin spaces, societies and land areas that specializes in urban architecture, structures and projects; an "advanced Master's" in innovative design; and lifelong learning courses, diplomas and certificates in architecture. About 55 percent of the teaching staff are involved in research, according to the school. The INSA Strasbourg has five research laboratories and teams focused on engineering and architectural sciences.

  24 Bid de la Victoire
  67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France
  + 011-33-3-88-14-47-00
  insa-strasbourg.fr/en/