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Welcome to the French National School of Geographic Sciences (ENSG), IGN's School of Geomatics. Our modern world's economic and social issues place information technologies at the heart of the concerns for corporate enterprises, public policy, and citizens. More than the information itself, localized geographic information (the fact that this information refers to an object located at a precise point of the territory) has increased its intrinsic value. Geographic information is at the center of our daily lives and of all modern technological systems: onboard navigation systems in our cars, virtual globes (Google Earth, Géoportail) at our fingertips, geographic information systems for corporate decision-making, quick response mapping systems for human-made production or natural risk prevention management, etc. Acquisition, data modeling, representation, spatial analysis production, and geographical data distribution depend on a whole set of sciences, survey techniques, and data processing technologies, both using measures and computing science. Grouped, these are known as Geomatics, a combination of the terms "géographie" (geography) and "Informatique" (computer science). It includes geolocalisation, survey measurement and 3D representation, spatial imagery, database design, information systems and GIS, decision-making systems, and internet technologies. Geomatics applications are being developed in all economic sectors: transportation networks, town planning, and territorial development, network management (roads, telecommunications, etc.), in the space industry, energy, defense, and civil security, sustainable development, trade, and marketing, in addition to Geomatics significant research carried out in public and private laboratories. The National School of Geographic Sciences (ENSG) on the Cité Descartes campus of Marne-la-Vallée in Greater Paris is decidedly engaged in developing this vibrant new field through its undergraduate, postgraduate and adult education course curriculums, its partnerships with public institutions or private enterprises, its expertise deployed in the national and international plan. The ENSG is known for its excellence and as the school of Geomatics. Located within the University of Paris-East, the ENSG depends on the French National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information (IGN). This public establishment is the reference for geographic infrastructure in charge of the implementation in France of the European Union's INSPIRE directive for the normalization of geographic information in the EU. The ENSG is specialized in the training of professionals in computer science disciplines and the sectors of activity involved in the production and use of localized data acquisition systems, information systems, and GIS. It also owns globally recognized research laboratories whose scientific, technical, and technology activities span the whole of the geomatics field: geographic and forest data collection system development; massive databases remote sensing automatic processing; towns and territory 3D mapping; Earth system geodetic modeling, forest inventory and cartographic representation… Geographic data broadcast via new generation géoportails will facilitate geographic and forest information new use and innovative applications development. Innovation and research are essential in ENSG training to be an integral part of our students' DNA. Our skilled teaching and training staff ensure our students receive a high quality of education, recognized by all the companies, institutions, and administrations. Our former students are pursuing their professional career goals. Over 11 000 students have already been trained at the ENSG as engineers, technicians, and managers from more than 80 countries and now work for French or foreign employers. The ENSG is steadily advancing on the information highway. The National School of Geographic Sciences (ENSG) was initially founded in 1941 to train technical personnel for the National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information (IGN, a public administration is currently under the joint tutelage of the Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea and the Ministry of Agriculture, Agroindustry and Forests) and other national mapping agencies around the world. The school has since been primarily opened to the public to train professionals in all the economic sectors involved in the production and use of geographic information, including the forest sector, from the time the National Forest Inventory (INF) was integrated into IGN in 2012. Since 1997, the ENSG has been located just east of Paris in Marne-la-Vallée on the University of Paris-East's cité Descartes campus. In a specially built postmodern facility, shared with Ponts ParisTech (formerly the National School of Highways and Bridges, ENPC). Over 5 000 students have already been trained at the ENSG as engineers, technicians, and managers from more than 80 countries. The ENSG offers 12 courses of study leading to degrees in Geomatics beginning from the advanced technician's degree (BTS) to undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate diplomas (BSc, MSc, MEng) and the Specialized Masters' (SM) in professional fields such as environment, territorial management, transportation, energy, defense, risk prevention and more generally, all the fields based on information technologies. These studies focus on data acquisition and processing technologies, their integration into information systems, and their decision-making applications, including Computer Science, Geodesy, Topography, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Cartography, Information Systems, and especially, Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Theoretical classes are always illustrated by practical fieldwork assignments, which occur in IGN's permanent training facilities at Forcalquier in Provence, and by internships in public or private enterprises in France or abroad. A robust « engineering » culture: more than a third of the ENSG's personnel are IGN engineers, having experience in industrial problem-solving in pure or applied research and development as well as project management. A well-rounded "university" culture: the ENSG's teaching staff work closely with many universities and graduate schools, supervising doctoral theses, teaching at the undergraduate, graduate, or postgraduate levels in universities, and regularly collaborating with researchers from French and international research laboratories and professional associations. Their teaching combines theoretical knowledge, technical skills, and professional experience. The ENSG collaborates with IGN's four research laboratories (65 researchers who also teach at the school) and has its research laboratory: the Laboratory of Applied Geomatics (LGA) set up in 2009. Its objective is to support research by enterprises in the professional sector. Students can carry out internships and manage research projects in any of these and other research laboratories in partnership with the school. View full university