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  • Elections for the School's Committees on Academic Programs and Student Life (CFVE) and Research (CR)

    As the terms of office for members of the Commission on Academic Programs and Student Life (CFVE) and the Research Commission (CR) are coming to an end, elections are being held to renew their membership. These two committees, which together make up the institution’s Academic and Scientific Council (CPS), are elected according to common procedures and on the same dates.

    For these elections, which will be held from Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. through Friday, November 13, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., the school will use online electronic voting.

  • All Aboard: Apply for the Travel Program for Young Architects

    Applications are open until November 5, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.

    “Immediate Boarding” is a travel program that enables young architects to gain valuable experience through travel by setting out to discover different ways of thinking about cities and regions and to examine, on the ground, the state of the European landscape in light of contemporary challenges and the environmental, economic, political, cultural, and social transitions underway in Europe.

    The call for applications is organized by the Quartus Endowment Fund for Architecture, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture, the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, the Atelier Parisien d’Urbanisme, the AREP Group, and MAF, and is co-organized with ENSA Paris-Est on behalf of the network of French National Schools of Architecture.

  • Erasmus Days 2026: Grab your cameras for the ENSAPLV student photo contest!

    How about showing Europe in a different light? To mark Erasmus Days 2026, which will take place from October 12 to 17, ENSAPLV invites all students at the school to participate in a photo contest with a European theme.

    Human dignity, freedom, peace, democracy, equality, human rights, pluralism, tolerance and solidarity, justice! Choose one of the core values that underpin Europe and interpret it in your own way through a photograph.

  • Applications are now open for the D-PRAUG 2027 course (Programming approaches in architecture, urban planning and urban engineering).

    The second application period runs from September 1 to November 18, 2026.

    D-PRAUG is a continuing education program dedicated to urban and architectural programming approaches in support of the ecological transition. It is offered by three leading higher education establishments: École des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris, École d’Urbanisme de Paris and École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Paris-la Villette.

    This post-master’s level certification course is aimed at professionals in the field of planning and the built environment, either working or looking for a job, and at holders of at least 4 years’ higher education with professional experience in architecture, urban planning and/or construction. Validation of prior professional experience is possible.

    The next D-PRAUG training course, for up to 20 people, will take place in 2027.

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Initial training

ENSAPLV offers a full range of courses to meet the needs of architecture schools.

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License

ENSAPLV offers a generalist program structured around the fundamentals of spatial culture and the built, urban and anthropological dimensions of architecture, considering architecture as both a "world" and a relationship to the world. The school thus affirms its ambition to train reflective practitioners, committed citizens and critical intellectuals.

Master

The second cycle prepares students for the various professional fields and modes of practice in architecture, as well as for architectural research.

Bi-cursus

ENSAPLV offers four Architect-Engineer and Engineer-Architect bi-courses in partnership with the École Spéciale des Travaux Publics (ESTP-Paris) and the École des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris (EIVP).

PhD

The doctorate (bac +8) is part of a "research training through research" program. From the Master 2 level onwards, students can follow the optional research course and enroll in the post-master's program Recherches en architecture. The thesis is then prepared in one of the school's six laboratories.

OTHER TRAINING

ENSAPLV offers a full range of courses to meet the needs of architecture schools.

Apprenticeship training

ENSAPLV offers a number of apprenticeship diplomas, equivalent to a bachelor's degree. Built in cooperation with partner establishments, these professional training courses are designed to train new building professionals capable of assisting architects in their missions.

Post-master

ENSAPLV offers two post-master's degree courses, one of which is a gateway to a doctorate in architecture, and the other combines architecture and marine engineering, leading to a double diploma in naval architecture.

Continuing education

ENSAPLV sees lifelong learning as a key component of its strategy for economic and social success. It is an essential driver for the emergence of potential professions and individual and collective capacity for innovation.

Scientific life at ENSAPLV: research and expertise

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      Research units

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      Thematic scientific network

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      Partnered teaching and research chairs

Since its creation, ENSAPLV has developed a wide-ranging research activity, the aim of which is to produce knowledge that will contribute to the evolution of architecture, urban planning and landscape design, and to their adaptation to changes in the planet and society.

Research is an integral part of the school’s identity, and is widely disseminated by its teacher-researchers, who carry out almost all their work within the school. The school also strives to maintain a balance between professional and research training, to guarantee a diversity of choices.

Research teams work in the fields of architecture, urban planning, territories and landscape, drawing on philosophy, sociology, anthropology, history, ergonomics, geography, computer science, cognitive science and design science.

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