Founded in 1934, ESB is a private (EESPIG label) engineering school specializing in wood science, timber engineering, and bio-based materials.
Address: Atlanpole, Rue Christian Pauc, CS 50606, 44306 Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France
Wood Science & Engineering, Timber Construction & Architecture, Bio-based Materials & Composites
Domains taught:
- Agriculture, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Doctor, Master
Status:
- Private
Partnerships:
Partnerships with forestry organizations, wood processing industries, construction companies, and research centers.
Research:
Wood materials science and characterization, Timber engineering and eco-construction, Bio-based composites and valorization of wood resources, Forest products industry and circular economy.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
80
Current students***:
400
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
4000
Pros
Unique specialization in wood science and timber engineering, strong focus on sustainability and bio-based materials, good industry connections.
Cons
Private institution with tuition fees, very niche field.
Best For
Engineering school specializing in wood science, timber engineering, and bio-based materials.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of agriculture, quality and fluid dynamics can consider ENSTIB, and it has almost the same size, at about 400 students, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
- Among national alternatives, ENSAIT stands out for its focus on quality, fluid dynamics and industrial design, and it covers nanotechnologies and optics as well, and has almost the same size, at about 400 students.
- ITECH Lyon overlaps with this institution on quality, fluid dynamics and industrial design, so the two are easy to compare, and it covers nanotechnologies and optics as well, and is larger, enrolling about 600 students against roughly 400 here.
- In terms of fields, École des Métiers de l'Environnement is the nearest neighbour, with quality, fluid dynamics and civil engineering again at the core; it does not run the doctoral programmes found here and covers food science and transportations as well.
- Also strong in quality, fluid dynamics and civil engineering, ENGEES makes a sensible second look at home; it is public, whereas this institution is private, and runs the same master's and doctoral programmes.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- For agriculture, fluid dynamics and industrial design outside the home country, Hochschule für Forstwirtschaft Rottenburg in Germany is a natural reference; it is larger, enrolling about 1,000 students against roughly 400 here, and is public, whereas this school is private.
- Paul Scherrer Institut (Switzerland) works on the same fields as this institution, chiefly quality, fluid dynamics and structural engineering; it teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral, and covers metrology and astroscience as well.
- Empa - Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt brings a Switzerland setting to the same core fields, quality, fluid dynamics and civil engineering, and it covers metrology and nanotechnologies as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 200 students against roughly 400 here.
- In Spain, Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación teaches much the same core subjects, agriculture, fluid dynamics and chemistry, and it teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral, and covers astroscience and bioinformatics as well.
- In Germany, Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde teaches much the same core subjects, agriculture, fluid dynamics and industrial design, and it is far larger, with about 2,200 students against roughly 400 here, and is public, whereas this school is private.
*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.
- Biomaterials, Circular Economy, Environmental Impact, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Materials
*: 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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