Competitive exam results for specialist higher education establishments

The École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts trains high-level artists. It is under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture and occupies an essential place on the contemporary art scene.

The École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, commonly known as "Les Arts décoratifs", has been training sought-after actors from the international art and design community for 250 years.

The École professionnelle supérieure d'arts graphiques de la ville de Paris provides training courses in visual communication in the broad sense of the term for professional purposes.

Camondo School is a component of the cultural institution Les Arts Décoratifs. In 5 years, it trains designers in interior architecture and design.

The Institut Français de la Mode is private higher education establishment dedicated to education and research in the fields of fashion, luxury, design and textile, and to a reater extent, creation industries.

The École supérieure d'art de la Villa Arson offers a 5-year art course leading to two state diplomas: the DNAP (National Diploma of Fine Arts) at the end of the 3rd year and the DNSEP (National Postgraduate degree in Plastic Arts) at the end of the 5th year.

Conceived as a research and experimentation laboratory, deliberately open to contemporary artistic realities, the Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-arts de Lyon aims to train artists, designers and creators.

The École supérieure des beaux-arts de Montpellier is a publi higher education and research establishment dedicated to the fine arts. It depends on the Ministry of Culture and Communication.

The École supérieure d'art et design de Saint-Etienne offers two specializations, art and design. It created the Biennale Internationale Design in 1998.

The Amiens College of Art and Design teaches graphic design, digital design, typography and 3D animated image and awards diplomas from the Ministry of Culture.

ENSCI trains industrial creators or designers able to position themselves independently in the multiplicity of design practices.

Gobelins is a school of animation cinema, photography, graphic design and motion design, interactive design, video games, print and multimedia communication, video and sound.

The École Supérieure d'Art de Lorraine in Épinal offers a course combining graphic design, narrative image, photography and multimedia approach.

The Higher School of Art of the Basque Country in Biarritz awards Certificates of Fine Arts Studies (BAC+2) and the National Diploma of Art (DNA), art option.                                                                           

The École européenne supérieure d’art of Brittany joins together the higher schools of art of Brest, Lorient, Quimper and Rennes. It offers courses in art, communication and design, and awards national diplomas at Bac +3 and Bac +5 levels (DNSEP being equivalent to a Master's degree).

The École Supérieure d’Art et de Design of Reims trains creators in the field of art and design: art, object-space design, graphic and digital design. It is specialized in the fields of plant design and culinary design.

The National Schools of Architecture (Ensa) train more than 90% of future architects. Students from Atelier de Sèvres are admitted to the schools of Paris-La Villette, Paris-Val de Seine, Paris-Malaquais and Versailles.

Annecy Alpes College of Art

EBABX Ecole supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux belongs to the national network of public institutions of higher artistic education under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture. It is a national art school.

Under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture, the École nationale supérieure d'art (Ensa) de Bourges offers a generalist education in art and delivers two State diplomas: the Diplôme National d'Art (DNA) option art which confers the grade of licence and the Diplôme National Supérieur d'Expression Plastique (DNSEP) option art, the grade of master.

The School of Arts and Media of Caen/Cherbourg is both a higher education institution and a cultural facility under the joint supervision of the urban community of Caen la Mer, the city of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, the State and the Normandy region.

The Haute école des arts du Rhin (HEAR) was created in January2011 through the merger of the École supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg (ESADS) and the École supérieure d'art de Mulhouse (Le Quai) and the Conservatoire de Strasbourg's music higher education programmes into a single artistic higher education institution. The Mulhouse fine arts site offers training courses in art, design and textile design.

The École Nationale Supérieure d'Art de Limoges offers 2 diplomas: 1 bachelor or 1 master option Art or Design.  The ENSA Limoges offers a speciality in "Ceramics" and a course in contemporary jewellery design.

The Ecole supérieure des beaux-arts de Nantes Métropole welcomes each year more than 300 students (30% of whom are international students) who are interested in the arts and visual creation careers. Students can obtain two state diplomas: the D.N.A. option Art (National Art Diploma) in three years and the D.N.S.E.P. option Art (Higher National Diploma of Plastic art Expression) in five years, accredited as a master's degree and registered in the national repertoire of professional certifications at level 7 (EU).

The Ecole Supérieure d'Art et de Design Tours-Angers-Le Mans (TALM) is a public establishment of cultural cooperation created in 2010. The diplomas awarded by TALM are the DNA (National Diploma of Plastic Arts in three years) and the DNSEP (National Higher Diploma of Plastic Expression in five years) in the Art option (with mentions of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, Sculpture and Textile Techniques) and in the Design option (with mentions of BAD design, Computational and Mechatronic Design, Sound Design and Design and Territory).

The École Supérieure d'Arts Plastiques de la Ville de Monaco (Esap) offers its students a multifaceted training in art and scenography: scenography of shows & live art and exhibition scenography.

The École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts de Paris-Cergy is conceived as a laboratory for artistic practices. Its teaching covers a very wide spectrum of disciplines in the fields of visual arts, writing, performing arts and cinema.

Diplôme National des Métiers d'Art et du Design (Ecole Boulle, Ecole Estienne, Ecole Duperré, Olivier de Serres, ...)

University of the Arts London : Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Camberwell, Chelsea, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion.

The Gerrit Rietveld Academie is a fine arts school offering courses in visual arts, design, fashion and cinema.

The École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre is one of the main art and design schools in Belgium / Located in Brussels, the École Saint-Luc is a higher school of the arts which offers courses focusing on design, housing and interior design as well as eco-design / The Ecole de Recherche Graphique is a higher school of applied arts located in Brussels / The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels offers courses in design, art and media.

The Design Academy Eindhoven is a higher education institution offering bachelor's and master's degree courses in art, architecture, fashion, graphic and industrial design.

The Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (Kabk) is the Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, the Netherlands.

The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp is an art academy based in Belgium. Existing since 1663, the academy is the fourth oldest art academy in Europe, after Rome, Paris and Florence.

The Geneva University of Art and Design, also known as HEAD, is a school of art and design. It offers internationally recognised, professionally oriented Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in Visual Arts, Film, Space Design, Visual Communication and Fashion, Jewellery and Accessories Design.

Regularly ranked among the top 10 art and design schools in the world, the ECAL (Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne) offers six Bachelor's degree courses (Visual Arts, Cinema, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Media & Interaction Design, Photography) and five Master's degree courses (Visual Arts, Cinema, Product Design, Photography, Type Design).

Concordia University Montréal