Engineering degree
Wood and biosourced materials science & technology
Admissions
Tuition
Engineering course with student status
Tuition fees for the engineering course come to €5,750 per year (2021 academic year). They are fully used for training and investments, since ESB is a non-profit association.
Engineering course with apprenticeships
Thirty spaces are reserved for students wishing to complete the engineering training in the form of a work-study scheme with a company.
For international students, they should comply with French work regulations.
Entry exam
The school welcomes 1st- and 2nd-year engineering students. Applicants cannot take the entry exam more than twice.
French admissions (3-year course of study)
ESB’s 3-year engineering course is accessible for applicants having completed a scientific or technological preparatory course.
Registration
Concours A – Applicants having completed one of the following preparatory courses: MP, PC, PSI, PT, ATS, TSI, BCPST, prépa intégrée
Concours B – Applicants with a two- or three-year scientific or technical post-secondary degree: BTS vocational training certificate, DUT undergraduate diploma, Licence 2/3* Bachelor’s degree
List of specialities accepted for ESB applicants (non-exhaustive list): civil engineering, electrical engineering, wood industries, mechanics, material sciences, physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, thermics, energetics, automation, ‘Quality, Industrial Logistics and Organisation’.
Entry exam
Eligible applicants are summoned to the exam by email. The tests are administered on ESB’s premises in Nantes.
TIMETABLE
- Concours A : from 21 June to 2 July.
- Concours B : from 17 to 21 May 2021
TESTS
- English oral test (20’) – coeff.: 5
- Interview (20’) – coeff.: 15
- Collective creativity experiment (2h) – coeff.: 5
- Science test: mathematics (1h) and physical sciences (1h) – coeff.: 7.5 each
Admission
The admissions jury meets at the end of the tests to observe the results and the student ranking and decide on the admission threshold.
The results are made available on the My.ESB extranet and are mailed by email.
French admissions (2-year course of study)
Applicants with a scientific and/or technical Master’s 1 or 2 degree or an engineering or architectural degree can directly start the engineering programme in the 2nd year.
2nd-year admissions are not proposed for the course with apprentice status.
- Online registration before 15 May 2022
- If your application is selected, you will be invited for an interview.
International admissions
This exam concerns international applicants who currently study abroad.
Registration
There are 2 possible ways of entering the cursus depending diplomas previously acquired
- 1st year engineering programme (Duration : 3 years) : for applicants who studied 2 years of preparatory course for Engineering graduate schools entry exam or with a minimum 2 to 3 years of Higher Education studies in sciences and/or technology
- 2nd year of engineering programme (Duration :2 years) : for applicants graduated from an Engineering school or a Master degree in science and/or Technology (engineering science, civil engineering, public works, maths, computer science, physics).
Application must be submitted online to My.ESB application platform by May 30th 2022.
Applicants must choose “Programme en français pour étudiants internationaux“.
- CONCIPINTERN / 2223-CONCIPI Candidatures pour internationaux – diplôme ingénieur ESB en 3 ans“
- ou “CONCIPIN2ANS / 2223-CONCI2A Candidatures pour internationaux – diplôme ingénieur ESB en 2 ans”
At the same time, you must register with “Campus France” from your residence country.
The selection is based on two steps: file selection and an entrance exam in your own country (Campus France).
Exam fees: €75 for submitting the application and €30 for the ESB exam.
When you are accepted, you have to finalize your registration and pay 50% of the tuition fees for the first year ie €2875.
Entry exam
Test description :
- English test – coef 5
- Written communication test (office computer skills and French) – coef 5
- Interview in French – coef 15
- Science test : maths and physics – coef 7,5 each
Test will take place at Campus France of related countries between June 1st and July 15th 2021
Exam fees
- Scholarship applicants: €30 for submitting the application / €15 during the ESB tests
- Non-scholarship applicants: €75 for submitting the application / €30 during the ESB tests
Applicants for the 2nd year of the engineering course only have to pay application fees.