Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship is coming to architecture schools!
In 2019, the School of Architecture of the City and Territories of Paris-Est opened the very first apprenticeship training programme in architecture to 3rd year undergraduate students. In 2020, following the success of the first class, it continued the experiment with 1st year Masters students and in 2021 with 2nd year Masters students.

Presentation and specificities

At the School, apprenticeship programmes are excellent courses with very sustained work schedules, which enable apprentices to gain maturity, learn to organise their daily tasks and work more effectively on each subject. These courses are in line with the school's pedagogical dynamic, building partnerships and bridges with the professional world. Becoming an apprentice allows architecture students to improve their understanding of the professional world, to finance their studies and to optimise their chances of finding a job that suits their professional aspirations once they graduate.
For companies, recruiting an apprentice is a way of contributing to the training of tomorrow's professionals.

Video presentation of the Bachelor and Master in Apprenticeship

General organisation

Bachelor 3 & Master 1 & 2 apprenticeship

• two days per week at the School of Architecture ;
• three days a week in the company;
• Duplicated tutorials and lectures dedicated to the apprentices and courses shared with the rest of the class;
• individual pedagogical and professional follow-up.

Organisation of teaching
• L3 : teaching of the dedicated architectural project ;
• Master : access to the four streams and courses is the same for students and apprentices.

Monitoring of apprentices
• educational and schooling aspects : provided by the École d'architecture de la ville & des territoires via an academic tutor, a teacher from the establishment ;
• professional component : provided by an apprenticeship master, appointed in the company ;
• contractual part : supported by le centre de formation d'apprentis Descartes (CFA Descartes) via a digital platform.

Admission
Apprenticeships are open to anyone between the ages of 16 and 29 and/or older, provided that they are already studying for an apprenticeship, are setting up a business or are disabled.
Find out more about apprenticeships

For companies
The only cost is the apprentice's salary. When you recruit an apprentice, you can take advantage of grants (€6,000) and a general reduction in contributions on low salaries.

Genesis and partners of the training

The École d'architecture de la ville & des territoires was asked by the Ministry of Culture to study the feasibility and relevance of setting up an apprenticeship training programme. Within the framework of dense and demanding architectural studies, it was necessary to offer a supervised professional experience, without altering the quality of the teaching or increasing the duration of the training. The School of Architecture chose to launch this excellent teaching in the 3rd year of the bachelor's degree, accompanying 20 students selected on the basis of their applications, and then opening up the master's degree courses to apprenticeship to enable students to continue their studies in the same way until they obtain their State Architectural Diploma.

Thanks to the support of the Commission paritaire pour l'emploi et la formation professionnelle de la Branche Architecture, the Syndicat de l'Architecture, the Union nationale des syndicats français des architectes, the Conseil national de l'ordre des Architectes and several architectural agencies, the School has obtained the authorisation of the Île-de-France region to open an apprenticeship course.

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