Grandes Écoles and Higher Education Schools - ENGINEERING SCHOOL
Roubaix
École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et
Industries Textiles
PROFILE
Main programmes of study
ENSAIT students benefit from a three-part educational program that
includes: a solid, diversified scientific background, exposure to human
relations, focusing on languages and a concentration on the textile sector
(design, production and distribution) combining new technologies in these
branches. Two specializations are offered: CMD (Distribution Design and
Management) and TTMA (Technical Texile and Advanced Materials)
Research
ENSAIT is firmly committed to innovation and welcomes its work with
GEMTEX, the top university research laboratory on textiles in France that
specializes in materials, chemistry, and logistics and industrial information
technology. GEMTEX carries out research in tree main areas:
• Human Centred Design (denoted HCD),
• Multifunctional Textiles and Processes (denoted MTP),
• Mechanics Textile Composites (denoted MTC),
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Founded in 1889, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries
Textiles trains 70 percent of France’s textile engineers’, who are top-level
general engineers and knowledgeable about the realities of the global
economy and capable of performing innovatively. At the ENSAIT, the
majority of teachers are also researchers whose investigative work carries
over to improve their teaching. ENSAIT students benefit from a three-part
educational program that includes: a solid, diversified scientific background,
exposure to human relations, focusing on languages and a concentration
on the textile sector (design, production and distribution) combining new
technologies in these branches. Two specializations are offered: sciences
and information and communication technologies, materials and textile
processes.
Strengths
Numerous university residences are available for engineering students at
ENSAIT. A second year engineering student is in charge of housing and the
office of international services to help those needing housing and obtaining
the necessary official documents for residency in France.
Location
The ENSAIT is located in the heart of the fourth-largest metropolitan area
in France: Roubaix. ENSAIT engineering students can enjoy the nearby facilities of a Geant, a large supermarket chain, and a shopping mall complex,
movies, sports facilities, university restaurant The school is accessible by
metro and train transportation five minutes away.
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IDENTITY FORM
École Nationale Supérieure des Arts & Industries Textiles
Public
Roubaix
450
22%
Engineering degree - Master degree Management and innovation in Fashion
Yes - Several levels of French as a foreign language
Yes - Ensait engineering master or double diploma (contucted in French)
Yes - One semester entirely conducted in English
About 600
2 allée Louise et Victor Champier - 59056 Roubaix
Updated at November 2014
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Roubaix
NORD PAS-DE-CALAIS
Number of international students
enrolled each year: 22%
Network member: COMUE Lille
http://www.univ-lille-nord-de-france.fr
Social networks
https://www.facebook.com/ensait
Web site in English
http://www.ensait.fr
BEFORE LEAVING
F RENCH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
COURSES
 C
ourses in French as a foreign language
available throughout the year
 Name of the training center: Ensait
http://www.ensait.fr
HOUSING
 S
ervices offered
• Option to reserve and secure space in
another student residence
• List of available rentals or of Web sites that
can be used to find rental housing
 T hese services apply to
All international students
 These services are free
 Welcome upon arrival at study site
 Welcome upon arrival in student housing
/
 T hese services are available to
All international students
 These services are free
ONGOING SUPPORT
 A
ssignment to peer mentor
B and/or M
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE
 ebsite dedicated to student clubs and
W
special interest groups
http://bde.ensait.fr/
UPON ARRIVAL AT THE INSTITUTION
 A
ssistance with administrative and
academic registration
 A
ssistance with housing (explanation of
steps to be taken with respect to housing
assistance, utilities, insurance, security
deposit, housing tax, etc.)
 A
lumni network
Association des Ingénieurs ENSAIT
http://www.aiensait.com/
 Help opening a bank account
 A
ssistance with administrative and
regulatory compliance (such as obtaining
residency permit)
NE-STOP SHOP WITHIN THE
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INSTITUTION
 R
elations Internationales
http://www.ensait.fr
2 allée Louise et Victor Champier - 59056
Roubaix
from September to July
9:00 - 17:00
ROUBAIX
USEFUL INFORMATION
 CROUS:
https://plus.google.
com/118146758270851774833/
about?gl=fr&hl=fr
 City:
http://www.ville-roubaix.fr
 Network transit:
Transpole
http://www.transpole.fr
Campus France - November 2014
 Institution’s online application form
http://www.campusfrance.org/fr/page/a-partir-dun-pays-a-procedure-cef
UPON ARRIVAL IN FRANCE
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INSCRIPTION
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