Address: 19 avenue de la Division Leclerc, 92000 Nanterre, Île-de-France, France
Software Development & Programming, System & Network Administration, Cybersecurity & Cloud
CESI École Supérieure de l’Alternance (CESI EXIA prior to some branding changes) is the branch of the CESI group focused on delivering IT and digital skills programs, primarily through apprenticeship and work-study formats, from technician to master level.
Domains taught:
AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Ergonomics and UX, Mathematics, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Telecommunications
Diplomas*:
Bachelor, Master
Status:
Private
Partnerships:
Part of CESI group. Extensive network of partner companies for apprenticeship programs across France.
Research:
Web and mobile application development, Network infrastructure and cybersecurity, Cloud computing and DevOps, Data analysis and AI.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
N/A (Staff shared with CESI École d’Ingénieurs for some aspects)
Current students***:
N/A (Part of larger CESI student body for IT)
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
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Pros
Strong focus on apprenticeship and work-integrated learning in IT, high employability, multiple campuses nationwide.
Cons
Private institution with tuition fees, focus on apprenticeship model.
Best For
Apprenticeship-focused school for IT, software development, and cybersecurity.
ESGI is the closest domestic counterpart for ergonomics and UX, quality and signal processing; it enrols about 2,000 students, and is also a private institution.
Supinfo takes a similar route through ergonomics and UX, quality and signal processing, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's and master's, and is also a private institution.
3iL Ingénieurs overlaps with this school on ergonomics and UX, quality and signal processing, so the two are easy to compare, and it is also a private institution and does not run the bachelor's programmes found here.
Think of ESIEE-IT when ergonomics and UX, quality and signal processing is the priority: it does not run the bachelor's programmes found here and covers logistics and process control as well.
EPITECH offers a comparable education in ergonomics and UX, quality and signal processing: it enrols about 6,000 students, and is also a private institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
Warsaw School of Computer Science offers an international parallel to this school, with quality, signal processing and project management as common ground; it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's and master's.
A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on ergonomics and UX, signal processing and project management is Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki Stosowanej i Zarządzania in Poland, and it is also a private institution and runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes.
Nagasaki Prefectural University in Japan shares the ergonomics and UX, project management and computer vision orientation of this school, and it runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes, and enrols about 2,000 students.
Tokyo University of Information Sciences in Japan shares the ergonomics and UX, signal processing and project management orientation of this school, and it enrols about 3,000 students, and is also a private institution.
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications offers an international parallel to this institution, with ergonomics and UX, signal processing and project management as common ground; it is public, whereas this institution is private, and also offers doctoral programmes.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Digital Marketing, Digital Twin, Information Technology (IT), Machine Learning, Software, User experience (UX)
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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