STRATE Ecole de Design

Name

STRATE Ecole de Design

Legal name

STRATE COLLEGE SAS

Website

https://strate.design

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Design Higher Education

NAICS

Industrial Design Services (54142)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Design Colleges (Graphic, Industrial, UX/UI, Interior) (EDAHAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Engineering & Technical Professions (PE, Engineering CPD) (EDAAALAF), Project, Quality & Operations (PMP PDUs, Six Sigma, Quality CE) (EDAAALAM)

Keywords

• Design higher education
• Industrial design programs
• Continuing professional training
• Design research labs
• Specialized master's degrees

Headquarters

HQ city

Sèvres

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Education Fees: Revenue generated from student tuition for degree programs (5-year Design cursus, 3-year Modelage 3D, Specialized Mastères), continuing education programs, and short discovery workshops for pre-baccalaureate students.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

STRATE Ecole de Design is a private higher education institution that delivers state-recognized (RNCP Level 7, Bac+5) design degree programs. Its core offerings are a 5-year Industrial Design curriculum, a 3-year 3D Design Modeling program, and Specialized Master's / Graduate Programs (Transportation Design, Design Transitions, Innovation x Design), taught across campuses in Paris, Lyon, and Bangalore, supported by 200+ designer-instructors and 200+ prototyping machines.

Product overview

STRATE Ecole de Design is a private higher education institution offering a comprehensive portfolio of design education programs across two French campuses (Paris and Lyon) and one international campus (Bangalore). The core offering consists of a 5-year Industrial Design curriculum (Bac+5, RNCP Level 7) featuring a common foundation (Years 1-2) followed by seven specialization tracks in Years 3-5: Product Design, Identity/Brand Design, UX & Interaction Design, Space Design, Transport & Mobility Design, and Sustainable Mobility Design. A parallel 3-year 3D Design Modeling program focuses on prototyping. Graduate-level offerings include a 1-year Mastère Innovation x Design and two 2-year English-language programs in Transportation Design and Design Transitions. The school also provides continuing education programs in Design Thinking, UX/UI, graphic facilitation, employee experience design, and creative team management. Research is supported through four specialized labs (Robotics by Design, Exalt, Reset, Ethos). The institution is recognized by the French State and holds the Carnot Institute label for research quality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Products and services

• Cursus Design (5-year Industrial Design program) Five-year state-recognized (RNCP Level 7, Bac+5) Industrial Design program accessible from Post-Bac to Bac+4. Years 1-2 cover foundations and methodology; Years 3-5 offer specialization in one of seven tracks. Delivered in French at the Paris and Lyon campuses, with a 100% English version launched in 2025.
• Cursus Modelage Design 3D (3-year)
• Mastère Innovation x Design One-year Specialized Master's program accessible after Bac+5, focused on innovation through design methodology and real-world industry projects.
• Graduate Program Design Transport[s] (Transportation Design)
• Graduate Program Design Transition[s]
• Cursus Design Industriel 100% en anglais (100% English Industrial Design curriculum) Five-year Industrial Design curriculum delivered entirely in English, starting from year 1 and recognized by the French State, designed for international students with B2 English. Applications via Parcoursup for French bac holders and direct application for foreign bac holders.
• Continuing Education - Design Thinking & Doing
• Continuing Education - User Experience Design (UX/UI)
• Continuing Education - Facilitation graphique (Graphic Facilitation)
• Continuing Education - Design de l'expérience collaborateur (Employee Experience Design)
• Continuing Education - Manager une équipe de créatifs (Managing Creative Teams)
• Stages découverte (Pre-baccalaureate Discovery Workshops)

Named customers22 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Galileo Global Education FrancecoreOthersParent organization; 41 rue Saint-Sébastien 75011 Paris; provides institutional backing, shared services, and network of 60+ international partner schools for student exchanges. Strate is a member of this larger education group.
• Institut Carnot Télécom & Société numériquecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch quality label awarded in 2016; certifies quality of Strate's research partnerships and collaborations
• 60+ International Partner SchoolsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic exchange partners enabling semester abroad programs for 4th year students; includes partner institutions across Europe, Americas, Asia for international mobility
• Croix-Rouge françaiseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Design Fiction project with 4th year UX & Interactions students exploring AI and future vulnerabilities
• OnepointminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology partner for Design Fiction project with students on AI and future vulnerability scenarios
• RichemontminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss watch group partnered for 6-month research project to develop perception-of-finesse tool for internal designers
• Gilles BabinetminorOthersKeynote speaker at Etincelles 2026 colloquium on AI and design; renowned digital champion and entrepreneur

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ENSCI Les Ateliers: Prestigious Paris-based design school offering industrial, textile, and digital design programs. Directly competes for top French design talent with comparable curriculum breadth, similar ranking tier, and corporate-partnership-driven pedagogy.
• L'École de Design Nantes Atlantique: Private French design school offering multi-year curriculum with specialization tracks and corporate partnerships. Closest direct private-school competitor in France for post-bac design students.
• Rhode Island School of Design (RISD): Top-ranked US private art and design college offering comparable 4-5 year undergraduate programs in industrial design, graphic design, and architecture. Similar tuition-dependent business model and corporate-partnership ecosystem.
• Royal College of Art: London-based postgraduate design school with strong global rankings and corporate partnerships across automotive and luxury. Comparable international standing, specialization structure (transportation, product, UX), and industry-linked pedagogy.
• Central Saint Martins (UAL): London-based art and design school with product, fashion, and UX programs. Comparable global rankings, international student mix, and corporate-engagement model serving similar enterprise customers.
• École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD): Paris public design school covering product, space, graphic, and textile design. Comparable curriculum scope and French-market student recruitment, though as a public institution it offers a lower-cost alternative to Strate.

Broad incumbents

• Parsons School of Design: Larger, more established US design school with broader portfolio across product, fashion, UX, and design management. Comparable specialization mix and corporate-partnership-driven model, with greater scale and global footprint.

Regional players

• Politecnico di Milano - School of Design: Italian public university design school consistently ranked among Europe's top design programs. Comparable industrial design, transportation design, and UX programs; serves a different geographic catchment.
• HEAD Genève: Swiss design school offering product, interior, graphic, and fashion design programs. Comparable curriculum breadth and European design-school positioning, though operating in a different linguistic and regulatory market.
• ECAL (École cantonale d'art de Lausanne): Swiss design school recognized internationally for industrial, graphic, and media design. Comparable program structure and reputation tier, though primarily serving a non-French European catchment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/StrateEcoledeDesign
• Facebookfacebook.com/strateecolededesign
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/strate-ecole-de-design
• Instagraminstagram.com/strateecolededesign
• TikToktiktok.com/@strate_paris
• Xx.com/StrateDesign

Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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