ENSG-Géomatique is the engineering school of IGN (French National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information). It specializes in geomatics, GIS, remote sensing, and cartography.
Address: 6-8 avenue Blaise Pascal, Cité Descartes, Champs-sur-Marne, 77455 Marne-la-Vallée, Île-de-France, France
Geomatics & GIS, Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Data Science for Geo-information
Domains taught:
- AI and Machine Learning, Astroscience, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Logistics, Mathematics, Optics, Physics, Project Management, Quality, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Telecommunications, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Doctor, Graduate Certificate, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
School of IGN. Partnerships with Esri, Airbus Defence & Space, public mapping agencies.
Research:
Geographic information systems and spatial analysis, Earth observation and image processing, 3D mapping and modeling, Data science for geographic data.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
150
Current students***:
500
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
6000
Pros
Leading institution for geomatics and geographic information, strong links with IGN, practical and research-oriented.
Cons
Highly specialized in geomatics.
Best For
Leading engineering school for geomatics, GIS, remote sensing, and cartography.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Where this institution leans on transportations, quality and optics, ESGT does the same, and it does not run the doctoral and graduate certificate programmes found here and covers structural engineering and process control as well.
- The comparison with Télécom Paris is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on quality, optics and signal processing, and it is far larger, with about 1,500 students against roughly 500 here, and is also a public institution.
- École Nationale Supérieure des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie Lannion follows much the same lines as this school, with optics, signal processing and project management as common ground, and it covers ergonomics and UX and process control as well, and has almost the same size, at about 500 students.
- The comparison with Télécom Saint-Étienne is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on optics, signal processing and project management, and it does not run the graduate certificate programmes found here and covers ergonomics and UX and robotics as well.
- Both schools build their programmes around quality, project management and statistics, and ENSAE Paris is the one to compare first within the country, since it does not run the graduate certificate programmes found here, and is slightly larger, at about 700 students against roughly 500 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (Russia) works on the same fields as this school, chiefly astroscience, optics and signal processing; it is also a public institution and also offers bachelor's programmes.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on logistics, transportations and quality is Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Japan, and it is also a public institution and does not run the graduate certificate programmes found here.
- Wuhan University brings a China setting to the same core fields, astroscience, transportations and optics, and it also offers bachelor's programmes and covers marine science and bioinformatics as well.
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación, based in Spain, is built around astroscience, statistics and ecology and sustainability much like this school, and it covers agriculture and bioinformatics as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 300 students against roughly 500 here.
- Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia in Italy pursues a similar profile in civil engineering, computer vision and statistics, and it has almost the same size, at about 500 students, and is also a public institution.
*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.
- 3D, Geographic Information System (GIS), LIDAR, Photogrammetry
*: 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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