For more than 25 years, the Higher School of Artistic Trades (ESMA) has established itself as an essential reference worldwide in the 3D animation sector and special effects. Thanks to a demanding pedagogy, the school trains professionals whose skills are very popular with the largest international studios. In Rennes, the campus, which celebrates its fifth anniversary in 2025, welcomes nearly 300 students in a modern 2,500 m² building entirely designed to stimulate creative emulation and collaborative work.
This unique setting includes animation studios, a projection room, computer rooms equipped with the latest professional software, model workshops, rooms dedicated to drawing, as well as exhibition spaces. Everything is designed to allow students to develop their projects without any technical or material constraints.
Regularly awarded training and quality education
The training in 3D animation cinema and special effects of ESMA are recognized in francs, but also abroad, the school regularly appearing among the most prestigious international rankings in its field like, for example, The Rookies.
In addition to the quality of teachers and stakeholders, this recognition is explained by the modern and innovative infrastructures available to ESMA Rennes: creation studios, last professional software, assembly bench thus allow students to develop their skills without ever being limited in their ambitions.
A dynamic ecosystem in Rennes
In Rennes, ESMA is anchored in a dynamic ecosystem, an economic booming city located only 1.5 hours from Paris and populated by more than 70,000 students, or a quarter of the population! This advantageous situation of the Breton capital allowed the school to consolidate a solid professional network. Students are thus better likely to be able to show their end -of -studies projects and, incidentally, to be in professional life.
With Montpellier, the historic headquarters of ESMA, Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes and Montreal, Karim Khenissi, the founder of the school, had anticipated the importance of Rennes in territorial deployment. Indeed, a long -standing partnership is established with Ubisoft, one of the largest video game studios in the world, which has emerged in Brittany. Many former ESMA students are regularly hired.
Successful decentralization
The arrival of ESMA in Rennes also responds to a desire to decentralize artistic training, often concentrated in Paris or in large metropolises. Thanks to this strategic establishment, the school allows many young Bretons and residents of the Grand Ouest to benefit from high -level artistic training without having to leave their region of origin. This bet is successful since the campus attracts talents from all over France.
