École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Marne-la-Vallée (ENSAVT)

France

Address: 12 avenue Blaise Pascal, Cité Descartes, Champs-sur-Marne, 77447 Marne-la-Vallée, Île-de-France, France

Architecture of the City & Territories, Urbanism & Infrastructure, Sustainable Design & Construction

ENSAVT (École d’Architecture de la Ville & des Territoires Paris-Est) is a public school of architecture, part of Université Gustave Eiffel. It is known for its focus on urbanism, territorial planning, and the relationship between architecture and large-scale infrastructures.

Domains taught:

Civil Engineering, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Geotechnics, Industrial Design, Logistics, Materials, Project Management, Software Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportations

Diplomas*:

Bachelor, Doctor, Master

Status:

Public

Partnerships:

Part of Université Gustave Eiffel. Collaborations with research labs (e.g., LATTS, OCS).

Research:

Large-scale urban projects and metropolitan territories, Sustainable urbanism and mobility, Housing and urban forms, Theory and history of urban planning.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

100

Current students***:

600

Foreign students***:

N/A%

Cumulative former students***:

N/A

Pros

Strong focus on urbanism and territorial planning, located in the Cité Descartes technology park, links with research on cities.

Cons

Specialized in urban-scale architecture and planning.

Best For

Architecture school focused on urbanism, territorial planning, and sustainable cities.

Most Similar Schools Locally

A good alternative in the same country is École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture et de Paysage de Lille, which likewise covers geotechnics, industrial design and civil engineering; it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
Among national alternatives, École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Val de Seine stands out for its focus on industrial design, civil engineering and structural engineering, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers mathematics as well.
For students who like the industrial design, civil engineering and structural engineering focus of this institution but want another option nearby, École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Normandie fits well: it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville takes a similar route through industrial design, civil engineering and structural engineering, and it is larger, enrolling about 1,000 students against roughly 600 here, and is also a public institution.
For students who like the industrial design, civil engineering and structural engineering focus of this school but want another option nearby, École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Lyon fits well: it is slightly larger, at about 700 students against roughly 600 here, and is also a public institution.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

Seen from abroad, School of Planning and Architecture Delhi (India) is a close relative on subject matter, since logistics, transportations and geotechnics are central to both, and it is larger, enrolling about 1,500 students against roughly 600 here, and is also a public institution.
If this school is on your list for transportations, geotechnics and industrial design, School of Planning and Architecture Vijayawada in India deserves a comparison, because it is slightly larger, at about 700 students against roughly 600 here, and is also a public institution.
HafenCity Universität Hamburg in Germany is the nearest foreign match on logistics, transportations and geotechnics; it is far larger, with about 2,500 students against roughly 600 here, and is also a public institution.
Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering offers an international parallel to this institution, with transportations, industrial design and civil engineering as common ground; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and is far larger, with about 8,000 students against roughly 600 here.
Penza State University of Architecture and Construction (Russia) works on the same fields as this school, chiefly transportations, industrial design and civil engineering; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and is far larger, with about 6,000 students against roughly 600 here.

*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.

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Design for Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Sustainable Development, Value Engineering (VE)

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*: 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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