An ecosystem unique in France
New
Design
Saint-Étienne Higher School of Art and Design
Ranked in the Top 10 of the best design schools in France (2024-Le Figaro Étudiant), ESAD Saint-Étienne trains students with hybrid profiles, ensuring that they are able to meet the challenges of business thanks to its project-based teaching, sandwich courses and international partnerships.
- More than 15 training courses
- 14,000 m² of learning and creative spaces
- 400 students, including 14% foreign students
- 20 research and experimentation programmes
- Double degrees in design with Korea (Kookmin) and China (Tongji)
- 450 alumni involved in the network
Research laboratories of excellence :
- Laboratory for the Experimentation of Modernities (LEM)
- Images-Tales-Documents Laboratory (IRD)
- Random(lab)
- Spacetelling
- Object Lab
Unique training courses
in France
Master in Prospective Design – PRODE
(UJM, ESAD Saint-Étienne and Mines Saint-Étienne)
Master in Design sandwich course
(ESAD Saint-Étienne)
Post-master’s research “local tools”, design and industry
(ESAD Saint-Étienne)
Designers+
The only professional design cluster in France, Designers+ supports innovation through design by providing structured support with shared services, visibility, networking, partnerships and events.
- Over 120 member organisations.
Design and Sustainable Development Innovation Community
The CI3D promotes design, eco-design, the circular economy and sustainable development among companies and project developers.
eco-design center
An association of manufacturers that helps organisations to increase their productivity and boost their performance by integrating the life cycle into product and service development.
CIRIDD
Specialising in cooperation engineering and territorial innovation, the International Resource and Innovation Centre for Sustainable Development supports companies in implementing circular economy, industrial ecology and sustainable innovation initiatives.
With its expertise, collaborative platforms and multi-sector network, it provides practical solutions for managing projects with a high environmental, economic and social impact.
FabLab OpenFactory
A design and manufacturing facility open to all, with a full range of prototyping machines :
- • 3D printers
- • Laser cutting
- • Numerically controlled milling machine
- • Electronics laboratory
- • Etc.
It supports project leaders by providing tools and expertise to accelerate development and secure design.
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