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Pastry Arts Courses in France

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Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Pâtisserie:
Founded in 1984, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Pâtisserie (ENSP) provides quality pastry and baking arts education to both prestigious chefs and students from all over the world. Situated in Yssingeaux in south-central France, ENSP has been recognized by top pastry professionals worldwide as France’s leading school in pastry and baking arts. The school is owned by Yves Thuries and Alain Ducasse who are highly-influential chefs in the culinary world today.

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French Pastry Arts Diploma Program:
- 5.5 months of practical training in the laboratory + 2 months of internship

Photo of Pastry Arts Courses in FranceThe FPA program provides strong fundamentals in French Pastry Arts and will allow you to begin working in a professional environment. It is a highly intensive pastry course for people with little or no prior experience.

Course features include:
- 661-hour intensive practical training in the laboratory
- French classes to prepare you for the internship experience
- 2 months of internship

Course modules / topics:
• Basic tarts (Short bread, short crust, apple tart, fruit tart, sable nantais, pastry flan…)
• Choux pastry (Eclairs, religieuses, Salammbô, Paris-brest, Chouquettes, Cygnes…)
• Puff pastry (Millefeuilles, galette des rois, Pithiviers, apple turnover, Saint Honoré…)
• Entremets (Moka, Forêt noire, pear Charlotte, modern entremets…)
• Bread and Viennoiseries (Parisian baguette, rye bread, country bread…)
• Ice cream and sorbets (Orange frosted, vanilla and strawberries, baked Alaska)
• Modern tarts (Tatin tart, lemon tart, chocolate-caramel tart…)
• Petits fours (Financiers, macaroons, madeleines, Cannelés girondins…)
• Chocolate and confectionery sweets (Chocolate pralines, nougat, truffles, orangettes…)
• Modern entremets revisited
• Plated dessert
• Restaurant Bread (Rolled cassis, chocolate-banana bread, breads flavored with herbs…)
• Wedding Cakes
• Individual dessert
• Theoretical courses
• Chocolate: Piece of art and modern sweets
• Sugar Art and croquembouche (Pelletizing, nougat, pulled sugar, blown sugar, caramel…)


Superior French Pastry Arts Diploma:
- 2 months of practical training in the laboratory + 2 months of internship 

Image of Pastry Arts Courses in FranceUpgrade your professional skills and acquire complex and modern pastry techniques through an intensive 2-month advanced training. 

Benefit from world-recognized teaching methods of small group settings and high rate of practice to optimize teaching, achieve efficient learning and deliver a personalized follow-up. 

Course features include: 
- 2-month intensive training consisting of 254 hours
- Hands-on training in pastry laboratories
- Applied theory and food hygiene
- French language courses
- 1-month optional internship in a French establishment

Course modules / topics:
• Signature Chef’s pastries and desserts
• French pastries: Between tradition and evolution
• Modern tarts
• Ice-creams and sorbets
• Special event cakes
• Chocolate and artistic piece
• Sugar and artistic piece
• Buffet preparation and final exam 


Bachelor in French Pastry Arts:
- Duration: 3 years

Photos of Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la PâtisserieChoose an educational path of excellence and acquire in 3 years the complete needed pastry know-how and management competencies to succeed as the international pastry industry. 

The Bachelor in French Pastry Arts of Ducasse Education allows you to acquire in 3 years the complete needed knowhow and management competencies to meet up the high expectations of the pastry field. 

• Year 1 Courses: Pastry lab (pastry, viennoiserie), Economics, Cost Management, Sciences, Hygiene, Communication, French pastry language

• Year 2 Courses: Pastry lab (pastry, bakery, chocolate, ice cream, confectionery), Sciences, Nutrition, Commercialization, Operational Management, Labor law, Computer science, Art, Drawing & design, French pastry language.

• Year 3 Courses: Pastry lab, R&D methodology, Strategy, Marketing & Business management techniques, Entrepreneurship, sustainable development, Anthropology & Sociology, HR management, Commercial law, Communication, Media-training, Creation, Drawing & Pastry design, Photographs & Pastry pictures.


French Chocolate & Confectionery Arts: 
- 2 months of practical experience in the laboratory + 1 months of internship

Picture of Pastry Arts Courses in FranceThe FCCA program is an intensive, practical and professional training program which gives you quick access to a level of qualification and skills. It will allow you to begin working in a professional environment.

The intensity of the program requires that each candidate has a genuine interest and motivation for the chocolate and confectionery environment.

Course features include:
- Intensive practical training in the laboratory
- French language classes
- Food Science, Applied Technology
- 1 month optional internship in France 

Course modules / topics:
• Chocolate
• Confectionery
• Chocolate-based pastries
• Artistic chocolate and sugar pieces
• Buffet preparation and final exam 


French Bakery Arts: 
- 2 months of practical training in the laboratory + 1 month of internship (optional)

Images of Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la PâtisserieThe FBA program is a highly intensive baking course for beginners. You will study the fundamentals of Baking including traditional and different varieties of special breads, a wide range of small breads for gourmet restaurants, brioche and layered viennoiseries, cakes and petits fours, snacking and catering. 

Course features include:
- 2-month intensive training consisting of 258 hours
- Hands-on training in bakery laboratories
- Applied theory and food hygiene
- French language courses
- 1-month optional internship in a French establishment (additional administrative processing fee) 

Course modules / topics:
• Breads and viennoiseries (traditional, regional, special and garnished breads and viennoiseries)
• Regional cakes and desserts
• Snacking and catering produce
• Meilleur Ouvrier de France style breads
• Buffet preparation and final exam 


French Pastry Campus Program:
- 2 months of practical training in the laboratory + 1 month of internship (optional)

This course is designed for beginners and pastry lovers seeking to acquire an understanding of the basic concepts, techniques and skills in French Pastry Arts.

Course features include:
- 2-month intensive training consisting of 258 hours
- Hands-on training in pastry laboratories
- Applied theory and food hygiene
- French language courses
- 1-month optional internship in a French establishment (additional administrative processing fee) 

Course modules / topics:
• Basic pastry doughs, tarts and tartlets
• Choux pastry
• Puff pastry
• Leavened pastry doughs
• Breads and viennoiseries
• Chocolate
• Modern entremets
• Buffet preparation and final exam


French Pastry Arts Master Class:
Duration: 1 or 2 days. Course options:

• A classic Master Class with demonstration
• A Master Class including a practical hands-on session

Get to know the various theories and techniques of our internationally recognized instructor chefs. By learning from them, you will acquire new skills and expand your expertise on the topics you choose.

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Ducasse Education, Paris
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• Situated in Argenteuil, near Paris, Ducasse Education, with 30 years of international experience, is a leading culinary pastry and wine school run by the world-renowned chef Alain Ducasse.

• In addition to our Argenteuil school, we also have a training center in Yssingeaux, in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

• Taught entirely in English or in French, our intensive programs are for French students, beginners, adults, international culinary arts students, professional chefs, French culinary and pastry enthusiasts, and career changers who seek excellence in culinary arts and other food-related services. 

• Created in 1999, Ducasse Education sets the highest culinary and pastry industry standards with its comprehensive hands-on training programs that emphasize practical learning of techniques with precision, innovation and rigorous skills-based methodology.

• Alain Ducasse aims to pass on his knowledge, skills and expertise, along with the cultivation of excellence in the culinary, pastry, and wine & service fields through Ducasse Education.

• Our students benefit from practical training in our four state-of-the-art kitchens. Class size is kept to a maximum of 10 students to ensure the best individual learning outcomes.

Testimonial:
"It gives you the most complete knowledge all around the world, not only for French cuisine, it gives you an overview of all the cuisine around the world."
- Paolo, Italia, Career Changer
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• Expert Diploma in Culinary Arts: 3-month skills-building + 3-month internship (taught in English)

• Bachelor Degree in Culinary Arts: 3-year program in English & French, with internships

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Bordeaux International Wine Institute
Courses / Programs
Bordeaux International Wine Institute (BIWI), located in Bordeaux, France, is a school dedicated to the sale and marketing of wines and spirits offering the Master in Wine Marketing and Management Degree Program. The objective of this masters degree program is to equip the students with the business and technical skills in order to work as highly qualified executives in the wine sector. BIWI is a member of the INSEEC Group. All the courses are taught in English.

The INSEEC Group, a member of CampusFrance, constantly seeks partnerships with schools and universities outside France (having established more than one hundred so far) and thus can offer students a truly multicultural and multilingual education. The community of foreign students, very active on all 3 campuses, includes almost three hundred students and 20 nationalities. The group's striving for internationalism carries over to the Bordeaux Wine Institute, a third of whose students are foreign.

Bordeaux is situated 300 miles south west of Paris.
Master in Wine Marketing and Management Degree Program:
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- The international strategy of the brands in the wine and spirits sector
- An in-depth approach to consumers' behaviour
- International Marketing
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INSA Lyon
Courses / Programs
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INSA Lyon Master of Engineering - a comprehensive 5 year curriculum, Masters of Science, Advanced Masters, PhD, French intensive summer school, Erasmus Mundus Master of Mechanical Engineering
American Graduate School in Paris
Courses / Programs
Study International Relations abroad in Paris and experience life in one of the most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities in Europe!

The American Graduate School in Paris (AGS) provides semester abroad and academic year abroad programs for undergraduate and graduate students of international relations. In addition, we offer summer abroad programs for undergraduate students.

These programs are ideal for those who wish to study in Paris to gain international experience while earning credits towards their degree at their home institution. All classes are taught in English.

AGS is a leading provider of graduate programs in the fields of International Relations and International Business.

Our masters degrees include a 1-year International MBA course, and an M.A. in International Relations and Diplomacy.

Our masters programs are accredited by the Middle States Commission of Higher Education through our partnership with Arcadia University, a private university based in Pennsylvania.

Paris is the world's most popular tourist destination, with a wealth of famous sights, museums, galleries, restaurants, and shops for you to visit.

AGS is situated in the city center, between Luxembourg gardens and the traditional artists' district of Montparnasse.

Testimonial:
"The American Graduate School in Paris offered me an opportunity to learn in my native tongue and yet be surrounded by another culture and language."
- Gwenn, USA
Study Abroad Programs:

Undergraduate Students:

- Semester abroad & academic year abroad programs. Courses offered in "International Relations, Politics, & Business" of France & the EU.

- 6-week summer abroad program: "Intensive French & Politics: Economics, Diplomacy & the European Union".

Graduate Students:
- Semester abroad & full year abroad programs: Courses offered in International Relations & Diplomacy.

All programs include French language courses.

AGS also offers graduate degree programs in International Relations & International Business.
Schellhammer Business School
Courses / Programs
• Schellhammer Business School (SBS) is a private, English-speaking university in Estepona, located on a private golf resort 20 minutes south-west of Marbella in the province of Malaga in Southern Spain.

Serving international students from around the globe, we offer a 3-year Bachelor degree program in Business Administration as well as a 1-year MBA degree and Executive / Foundation Diploma programs in Business.

• All of our programs are in line with the Treaty of Bologna’s educational requirements and curriculum standards. The curriculum meets the highest educational standards, and fits the needs and desires of Spain’s up-and-coming professionals.

• At Schellhammer Business School, we take a primary focus on providing students with the foundation to become strong personalities in order to master the many challenges that they will face in their future workplace and in life.

• We provide a strong practical approach through case studies where students can train their practical skills in order to best understand the application of theories.

• To study in Estepona is to absorb a truly international environment, free from pollution where it is safe and secure.

• Equally important - there is easy and cheap access to the culturally rich cities of Granada, Seville and Cadiz.

• Students can enjoy quality 4-star accommodation on-site, in 2 bedroom apartments shared exclusively with other SBS students, available throughout the academic year, from October to June.
Bachelor, Masters & Diploma Programs taught in English:

• 3-Year Bachelor Degree in Business Administration (BBA)

• 1-Year Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program

• 1-Year Foundation Diploma in Business (Alternative route into our Bachelor Program)

• 13-week Executive Diploma in Business (Focusing on Business, Economy, Politics, Education, and Understanding)

All programs include the option to learn one or more foreign languages, including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Russian and English.
Grenoble INP - Ense3
Courses / Programs
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Energie, l'Eau et l'Environnement
(Ense3) is an engineering school that is part of the Grenoble Institute of Technology which is ranked among the very best Grandes Ecoles in France. It is located 300 miles from Paris, in the Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Ense3 offers a range of master degree programs in the fields of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, civil and environmental engineering. Three of our master's programs are taught in English. Ense3 welcomes approximately 100 international students each year.

Grenoble has always been in the forefront of the development of new technologies in the field of energy and water management. Taking full advantage of this background, the Ense3 school trains high-level engineers and doctors able to take up the challenges associated with the new energy order, with the increasing demand of water, both in quantity and quality, and with the sustainable development and country planning.

Students of a school belonging to the French network of Grandes Ecoles d'Ingénieurs are admitted only after a highly competitive exam or through a scrupulous examination of their application by a selection committee.
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