COAL Student Award 2026: The Night
Photographic series produced as part of the Finis Terrae residency on the island of Ouessant ©ADAGP-VEVER 2026. – © Capucine Vever, Un jour, en ma présence, un mage retira l'horizon tout autour de moi (nividic), 2019
Application deadline: April 28, 2026
Created in 2019, the Student COAL Prize aims to support students from Schools in the artistic and cultural field who are experimenting with and proposing concrete, creative solutions to the ecological transition.
The theme of the 2026 edition is “Night”.
Two prizes are on offer this year: the winning student receives a two-month residency worth 5,000 euros in one of France’s 350 nature reserves. The three nominated students also receive an invitation to take part in the Regenerative Academy. This unique masterclass, created and piloted for the new MAIF Métamorphoses Prize, is dedicated to transformative artistic practices in and with nature, biodiversity and public engagement.
The call for applications is open to all students who have completed 2 years of higher education, whatever their practice and field of study (design and applied arts, architecture and landscape, visual arts, music, dance, theater, circus, puppetry, cinema, audiovisual, multimedia) and up to one year after graduation.
News
ATTENTION: HMONP 2026–2027 – Online pre-registration for external ADEs has been postponed
Due to a technical issue, pre-registration for external state-certified architects (ADE) (excluding ENSAPLV) has been postponed.
Originally scheduled for June 24 and 25, 2026, pre-registration will now take place from 9:00 a.m. on July 1, 2026, to 5:00 p.m. on July 2, 2026.Please accept our apologies for this inconvenience.
Architectes diplômés d’État (ADE) external to the school :
- Pre-registration period: July 1 at 9:00 a.m. through July 2 at 5:00 p.m.
- Pre-registration constitutes a waiting list for final registration.
- Application deadline: October 15, 2026
Launch of a new bachelor's-level apprenticeship program in building rehabilitation for the 2026 academic year
ENSA Paris-la Villette and the CFA at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM) are offering a new program starting in the 2026 academic year: the CARE Bachelor’s Degree—Coordinating and Supporting Energy-Efficiency Renovations.
Créart'UP 2026-2027
Application deadline: 01/07/2026
Run by the Maison étudiante de la Ville de Paris, Créart’UP provides annual support for students and recent graduates (less than two years old) from Paris and the Île-de-France region wishing to develop an artistic or cultural project and gain professional experience in the arts and culture sector.
Eligible fields are: music, theater, dance, visual arts, audiovisual, design, fashion, performance, digital cultural projects, and more broadly all innovative artistic and cultural projects.
Trophée Qualitel Jeunes Talents Architecture 2026
Application deadline: 04/09/2026
Organized every year since 2010 by the QUALITEL Association, this competition rewards a housing construction or renovation project devised by architecture students during their studies, focusing in particular on quality of use, environmental performance and innovation.
Jacques Rougerie Foundation International Architecture and Innovation Competition 2026 - Académie des beaux-arts
Application deadline: 24/09/2026
Each year, this competition rewards architects, designers, engineers, artists and urban planners from all over the world who imagine bold and disruptive current or future architectural projects focusing on submersible land, sea and space, in order to build tomorrow’s new sustainable living environments at national and international level.
The competition is free and open to students and professionals from all over the world.
Join the Research in Architecture post-master's program at the start of the new academic year
Are you thinking of doing a thesis?
Give yourself the opportunity to spend an extra year in a post-master’s program to confirm your choice and get acculturated to the world of architectural research with a first experience in a research team!
This course is aimed at architects who have graduated in France or abroad, and hold a university master’s degree or equivalent in spatial issues, as well as master’s students (architecture or other) subject to obtaining their current degree.
