Master’s degree
Cycle Master – Diplôme d’État d’architecte (DEA) ESA Grade 2
Second cycle, DEA (master grade)
École Spéciale d’Architecture · École spéciale d’architecture (ESA Paris) · 14th arrondissement, Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Official award
- Diplôme d’État d’Architecte (DEA) conférant grade de Master
- Pathway
- Not classified
- Format
- On campus2 years / 4 semesters
- Tuition
- €5,000per semester, current academic year (page: “année universitaire en cours”), as read 2026-10-19
About this program
Two-year, four-semester second-cycle programme at the private ESA leading to the DEA (master grade). The school states it does not by itself give the right to registration on the Ordre roll; the HMONP is needed for that.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- École spéciale d’architecture (ESA Paris)
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. A degree title such as B.Arch, BA, BSc, M.Arch or MSc does not decide it, and no degree by itself grants permission to practise as an architect.
- Degree level
- Master’s degreeA postgraduate degree. Entry requirements differ widely: some accept graduates of any subject, others require a prior architecture degree.
- Pathway
- Pathway not classifiedNo source we could read states the professional status of this program. It is left unclassified rather than guessed from the degree name.
- Previous architecture degree required
- Not published
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
- Further professional requirements
- The school states the DEA does not give the right to registration on the Ordre des architectes roll; a complementary HMONP training is required for that.Source
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional recognition, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and eligibility toward registration are different things; none of them is full professional registration.
Verified in official recordMinistère de la CultureDegree-awarding authorityOther statusFR
Scope: École spéciale d’architecture (ESA Paris): the Ministry page lists it as one of two schools outside the ENSA network whose diplomas it recognises as equivalent to the ENSA architect diplomas (diplôme d’État and HMONP)
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- 2 years / 4 semesters
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- ESA Paris (boulevard Raspail)254 boulevard Raspail, 75014 Paris
Teaching language
- Taught in
- French
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Differences by campus or pathway
- Foreign applicants must meet the same requirements as French applicants, including French-language certification (TCF level C1 per the page); no English-taught degree is identified from the pages read.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition (frais de scolarité) shown on the equivalence-admission page, per semesterTuition · mandatory | €5,000per semester, current academic year (page: “année universitaire en cours”), as read 2026-10-19 | All students | 19 October 2026Source |
No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.
Studio fees, materials, model-making, printing, software, equipment, field trips and residencies are not listed by the institution on the pages we checked; architecture students often meet such costs.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, whether a previous architecture degree is required.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)