Post-master Recherches en architecture

The course is open to :

• qualified architects in France and abroad;
• Holders of a Master’s degree (with honors) or an equivalent diploma in space-related subjects;
• Master’s students (architecture or other) subject to current degree.

Foreign students must take a knowledge test to prove they have a certain level of French (see “Level of French” tab below).

The post-master’s program is organized over a 34-week academic year, with one day a week (Friday) from 9:30 am to 7 pm.

A workroom on the site of the six ENSAPLV research teams (AHTTEP, AMP, GERPHAU, LAA-LAVUE, LET-LAVUE and MAP-MAACC) is reserved exclusively for post-master’s students, so that they can take full advantage of their immersion in the world of research and rub shoulders with researchers. This room enables them to complete the “Laboratories” part of their training.

The 220h annual course (60 ECTS) is divided into two parts:

• The first, collective part, entitled “Common Core”, comprises 60 hours of teaching (15 ECTS);
• A second part is handled by each research unit. This part, entitled “Immersion in the laboratory“, includes 160 hours of supervision and the production of an end-of-year dissertation (45 ECTS).

Online applications only. The application form is only accessible during the submission periods.

1st session: June 2 at 10 a.m. to June 30, 2025 at 10 a.m.

2nd session: September 1 at 10 a.m. to September 19, 2025 at 10 a.m.

ATTENTION: For foreigners outside the European Union who do not have a residence permit, the deadline for submitting applications is June 30, 2025.

 

Admission is subject to a limit of 60 places, based on a review of the application by the post-master’s board.

Registration fee: 1,200 euros

Foreign students who are nationals of a Campus France member country are required to take a Test de connaissance du français (TCF) of independent European level B2, corresponding to 400-499 points, equivalent to the Diplôme d’étude en langue française (DELF) B2 or the Diplôme d’études françaises (DEF) issued by the Centres de français langue étrangère (CFLE).

To be admitted to the ENSAPLV post-master’s program, students must score over 400 points on the test and achieve a mark of 10/20 in written expression.

Candidates from other countries without a Campus France can take the test at schools accredited by the Centre international d’études pédagogiques (CIEP).
List of centers: www2.ciep.fr/tcf/Centres/liste.aspx

The following are exempt from TCF:

• nationals of countries where French is the exclusive official or administrative language: Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Guinea Conakry, Mali, Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Togo;
• nationals of countries where French is not the only official language, if students have graduated from a French-speaking secondary school: Belgium, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Haiti, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mauritania, Rwanda, Seychelles, Switzerland, Vanuatu;
• foreign students who have obtained their baccalauréat in a French lycée.
• holders of DELF B2, DALF levels C1 and C2, Diplôme d’Études Françaises (DEF), Diplôme Avancé d’Études Françaises (DAEF) or Diplôme Supérieur d’Études Françaises (DSEF).