ore than a hundred-year-old State School, “Ecole BOULLE”, located in the 12th district of Paris, emphasizes creativity as well as expertise.
Past students hold key positions at home and abroad in various facets of home furnishing, interior design, product identity…
Today highly talented students and teachers are involved in real life projects with dynamic international partners such as L.V.M.H, Hennessy, Epeda, Jean-Claude Boisset, Perrier Jouët, Veuve Clicquot, Sheraton hotel, Schlumberger.
A policy of exhibiting students work at major trade fairs has enabled the School to build an enviable reputation The students who attend and participate in these events, gain valuable professional and cultural experience.

DEGREES

• BA a three-year course including one-year foundation course. At the end of the second year, the students have to complete a professional internship of 6 weeks in France or abroad
• DSAA : a two-year post graduate degree after the BA.
At the end of the first year, the students have to complete a professional internship of 6 weeks in France or abroad
The graduation work consists in a final design project

CHART (being rebuilt)

AREAS of STUDIES

Design

• Space Design ( three-year BA course including one year foundation course)
• Event & Communication Design : Scenography, temporary Architecture, Packaging and Visual Communication, (three-year BA course including one year foundation course)
• Engineering Design / Shop Fitting (three-year BA course including one year foundation course)
• Interior Design (two-year post graduate course )
• Product Design (two-year post graduate course)

Art and Craft Design

Twelve departments (three-year BA course including one year foundation course)
Six of them are directly related to furniture : furniture making, chair making, marquetery, wood carving, traditional and modern surface decoration and finishing as well as upholstery/interior decoration.
The other six are related to silversmithing and jewellery: bronze setting, metal turning, chiselling/chasing embossing and ornemental engraving, jewellery.

Wood and Furniture Mass-Production (two- year BA course)

• option A : advanced manufacturing techniques and computer application
• option B : management of operations and business studies

APPLICATIONS

French applicants are selected after

1- considering their school reports
2 - passing a “Baccalauréat” (A.Level)
3 - being submitted to a selective artistic test

Foreign applicants (see International Class chapter)
See and download application form (PDF format)

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

The academic year begins around the 1st week of September and finishes towards the end of June.
Fall semester : from the beginning of September to the end of January.
Spring semester : from beginning of February to the end of June.

The School is closed from the beginning of July and to the end of August. No Summer courses.

OPEN DAYS/ OPEN STUDIOS

Usually the last Friday and Saturday of January ( see Portes Ouvertes).
This academic year they will be on the 28th and 29th of January 2005.
The degree show is at the end of June ( please inquire)

SCHOOL MANAGEMENT

Mr Bruno SCHACHTEL Director
Mrs Laurence JULLIEN Assistant Director
Mrs Murielle BOCK Technical Director
Mr Philippe TAILLARD Technical Director
Mr Patrick DEGUINES Financial Administrator

KEY FIGURES for 2003/2004

Students : 700
Teachers ( full time and part time) : 109
Degree students : 450
Graduates B.A : 164
Two-year post graduate : 30

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES

École BOULLE is involved in the Erasmus Programme :
- students’ mobility from 3 months to one year.
- teachers’ mobility ( one week)
Boulle is part of the Cumulus network (more than 70 European institutions of Art and design)
We have also signed bilateral agreements with different institutions all over the world.

Partners :

Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Liège, Belgium
HIC Mechelen in Belgium
Fachhochschule Mainz, Mainz - Germany
L’ Institut Minerva,Gröningen – the Netherlands
Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Anvers
Alchimia (School of Jewel design) in Firenze, Italy
Politechnika Krakowska, Cracovie, Poland
Akademii Sztuk Pieknych in Warszawie, Poland
Foundation Spirito Santo in Lisboa, Portugal
E.P.S.A.R in Barcelona, Spain
Escola Massana in Barcelona, Spain
Universitat de València, Spain
Buckhinghamshire Chilterns College, High Wycombe - UK
Northumbria University in Newcastle, UK
School of Design of Wuxi, Chine
Nanjing Arts Institute, Chine
Suzhou Art and Design Technology Institute, Chine
Suzhou University Art College, Chine
Shenzen international Institute of Arts development, Chine
C.C.A.C in California, USA
CREPUQ,Canada

We exhort our graduates to spend a year abroad part in a university and part as
trainees in foreign companies ( Leonardo Programme : from 4 weeks to one year )

INTERNATIONAL CLASS

To apply for the International class, foreign students must send a letter and C.V, together with a portfolio containing a selection of their works and a statement about their projects, before mid May for the Fall semester and end of October for the Spring semester.
After acceptance to the School, the student will meet the International co-ordinator upon arrival in Paris.
Then 2 week’s observation period will be spent in the chosen department to determine the suitable courses according to the students’ wishes, abilities and learning agreement.

Coordinator of the international relations
Mrs Chantal STANISLAS
Tel : + 33 1 44 67 69 46
Fax : +33 1 43 46 92 83
e.mail : chantal.stanislas@ecole-boulle.org

PARTNERSHIP

Most departments have close links with enterprises / companies /institutions which they share challenging projects with.

L.V.M.H
Hennessy
Epeda
Le Lit National
Champagne Perrier Jouët
Champagne Veuve Clicquot
Jean-Claude Boisset
Schlumberger
Lanvin
Novotel
Sheraton Hotel
Moët et Chandon
Tréca-Lelièvres-Houlès
Comité Colbert
D.R.A.C
OFAJ
Chancellerie des Universités de Paris

The School is also exhibiting at major international fairs.

International Fairs in HANNOVRE and in Lisboa
Salon LUX - PACK in Monaco
Salon du patrimoine in Paris
Biennale des Editeurs de Tissus in Paris
Le Carroussel des Métiers d’Art et de Création à Paris
Salon maison, meubles et décoration à Nice
Salon des artisans d’Art in Chartres
Festival des Métiers d’art d’Alençon et de Reviers