École Nationale De La Statistique Et De L'analyse De L'information

The École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information (ENSAI) is a French public grande école specializing in statistics, data science, econometrics, and quantitative analysis. Founded in 1994 on the Campus de Ker-Lann near Rennes in Brittany, it trains engineers and researchers for careers in official statistics, finance, insurance, biostatistics, and the broader data economy. ENSAI is part of the Group of National Schools of Economics and Statistics (Genes), alongside ENSAE and ENARME, and maintains close ties with INSEE, France's national statistics institute. ENSAI offers highly selective programs, including the diplôme d'ingénieur (typically entered via competitive concours after classes préparatoires), specialized master's degrees, and doctoral pathways in applied statistics and related fields. Its curriculum emphasizes rigorous mathematics, statistical modeling, machine learning, survey methodology, and applied economics. Graduates are widely recruited by public statistical agencies, banks, insurers, consulting firms, tech companies, and research institutions in France and internationally. As a specialized engineering school rather than a broad multi-faculty university, ENSAI focuses on small cohorts, close faculty-student interaction, and research aligned with quantitative methods and data analysis. It collaborates with academic partners such as the University of Rennes and contributes to applied research in official statistics, health data, finance, and artificial intelligence.