ENSAI is the top French Graduate School specialising in Statistics. It is funded by the Ministry of Finance and belongs to the elite “Grande Ecole” system. Students do a full three-year postgraduate programme and can major in the fields of Bio-Statistics, Health Econometrics, Quantitative Marketing, Risk and Management, Financial Engineering, Industrial Applications or Computer Science. The school delivers the “Diplôme d’Ingenieur” a prestigious degree equivalent to a Masters in Statistical Engineering. Student recruitment is organised around a highly competitive national examination process which is usually preceded by two years of intensive undergraduate studies in Science. Students can also apply after having completed a BSc Honours Degree.

Furthermore, ENSAI trains the executive body of civil servants who provide statistics for government services including “INSEE” – l’Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques.