Digital campus

What Digital campus does

Digital Campus is a private French higher education institution specializing in digital professions, operating a network of 11 campuses across metropolitan France (Biarritz, Bordeaux, Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Paris, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Aix-en-Provence, Dijon) plus international locations in Dakar (Senegal) and La Réunion. Founded in 2011 and building on 30 years of heritage from predecessor IESA Multimédia (1994, rebranded as Digital Campus Paris in 2022), the school targets high school graduates, Bac+2/Bac+3 students seeking specialization, career changers, and job seekers. It offers Bachelor's (Bac+3) and Master's (Bac+5) programs across digital marketing, UX/UI design, web development, motion design, data, AI & automation, and digital art direction, plus professional development tracks and short modular courses. Digital Campus is a member of Galileo Global Education France, one of Europe's largest private higher education groups with 45 schools, 120,000 students, and 85 campuses worldwide.

The school's pedagogical model is built on three pillars: project-based learning ("apprendre par le faire"), AI integration across all specializations, and a robust alternance (apprenticeship) track starting from the 2nd year of Bachelor. Programs are RNCP-certified at levels 5, 6, and 7 (state-recognized credentials) and the school holds Qualiopi certification since January 2021, enabling access to public training funds (CPF, OPCO) for eligible individuals. Core AI curriculum components include generative AI, prompt engineering, ethical AI use covering societal and environmental implications, and hands-on application through workshops and hackathons. The alternance model is structurally significant: 1,080 partner companies recruited apprentices in 2025, more than 650 apprenticeship contracts are signed annually across France, and the school reports a 0% apprenticeship interruption rate in 2023-2024.

Digital Campus operates outside France's national Parcoursup admissions platform, enabling year-round independent admissions based on motivation, personality, and professional project rather than solely on academic records. Revenue is generated primarily through tuition fees (with the school positioning itself within the €3,000-€10,000/year French private digital school range) and through Qualiopi-certified professional training programs. The alternance model shifts tuition payment to the hiring company while students earn a salary, removing direct cost as a barrier. The school reports ~1,500 students trained annually, 4,200+ alumni, a 4.1/5 average Google rating, 5th place in Happy At School 2025 student satisfaction ranking, and Top 5 Eduniversal ranking for the Mastère Tech Lead program. Distribution channels include direct website enrollment, physical campus locations, open house events (Portes Ouvertes), and the CFA ECAD / CFA ESGCV apprenticeship training center networks.

Name

Digital campus

Legal name

Digital Campus (établissement d'enseignement supérieur technique privé)

Website

https://digital-campus.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Digital Campus is a French private higher education network of 11 campuses (France, Senegal, La Réunion) offering Bachelor's and Master's programs in digital professions — marketing, UX/UI, development, motion design, data, and AI — to ~1,500 students annually, owned by Galileo Global Education France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Core Digital Curriculum & Courseware (Full Programs & Units) (EDAFACAA)

Keywords

• Digital higher education
• Private professional school
• Web development training
• Digital marketing education
• UX design training

Headquarters

HQ city

Mérignac

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition fees - initial training: Digital Campus generates revenue from tuition fees charged to students in initial training (formation initiale). Fees range from 3,000€ to 10,000€ per year on average for private schools in France. However, students can offset costs through alternance (apprenticeship) contracts where the hiring company covers tuition, and through government financing for job seekers.
2. Tuition fees - professional training: Revenue is also generated from professional training programs (formations professionnelles), including short modular courses, digital project manager pathways, and full-stack developer programs for adults and career changers. These are Qualiopi-certified and eligible for government funding.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Digital Campus is a private higher education network that delivers Bachelor (Bac+3) and Mastère (Bac+5) degree programs in digital professions — including web development, UX/UI design, digital marketing, motion design, data customer experience, brand content, digital art direction, and tech leadership — across 11 campuses in France, Senegal, and La Réunion. Programs are offered in initial training or alternance (apprenticeship) format, with AI integrated into every curriculum, and are complemented by short Qualiopi-certified modular courses for working professionals and career changers.

Product overview

Digital Campus is a network of digital schools offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational products from Bac+1 to Bac+5 levels. The core offering consists of Bachelor programs (Digital, Marketing & Influence, UX Design & Product Owner, UI & Webdesign, Motion Design, Développement Web, IA & Automation) providing three-year foundation degrees, and Mastère programs (Direction Artistique Digitale, Data Customer Experience, Brand Content, Lead Product Design, Tech Lead) offering two-year Master's specializations. Professional development tracks (Parcours développement web, Parcours chef de projet digital) serve adult learners and career changers, while modular short-form trainings and AI-focused masterclasses (Création digitale avec l'IA, Productivité augmentée par l'IA) provide targeted skill development. The 11-campus network delivers these programs across France and internationally (Dakar, La Réunion) using a project-based pedagogy with AI integrated throughout all curricula.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bachelor Marketing & Influence Three-year Bachelor program focused on digital marketing strategies, influence marketing, and brand content creation for social media and digital platforms. Targets prospective students seeking entry-level digital marketing careers.
• Bachelor UX Design & Product Owner Three-year Bachelor program combining user experience design principles with product ownership methodologies for digital product development. Targets students aiming for UX designer or product owner roles.
• Bachelor UI & Webdesign Three-year Bachelor program focused on user interface design, visual design for web, and digital product aesthetics using industry-standard design tools. Targets students pursuing UI/visual designer roles.
• Bachelor Motion Design Three-year Bachelor program covering animation, motion graphics, and video production for digital media and web applications. Targets students pursuing motion designer or video content roles.
• Bachelor Développement Web Three-year Bachelor program teaching web development fundamentals including front-end and back-end programming, mobile development, and web technologies. Targets students pursuing web developer careers.
• Bachelor IA & Automation Three-year Bachelor program focused on artificial intelligence fundamentals, automation techniques, and their application in digital business contexts. Targets students pursuing AI/automation specialist roles.
• Mastère Direction Artistique Digitale Two-year Master's-level program (Bac+5, RNCP Level 7) in digital art direction, covering creative leadership, brand identity, and visual communication for digital environments. Targets students aiming for creative director roles.
• Mastère Data Customer Experience Two-year Master's program combining big data analytics with customer experience design and digital marketing strategies. Targets students pursuing data and customer analytics careers.
• Mastère Brand Content Two-year Master's program focused on brand content strategy, storytelling, and content marketing for digital platforms. Targets students pursuing brand content strategist roles.
• Mastère Lead Product Design Two-year Master's program in lead product design, covering UX research, design systems, and product design leadership. Targets students pursuing senior UX/product design leadership roles.
• Mastère Tech Lead Two-year Master's program in technical leadership, covering web architecture, AI integration, cybersecurity, and team management for senior developer roles. Targets students pursuing tech lead/architect careers. Top 5 Eduniversal ranking.
• Prépa Mastère One-year preparatory program for students with Bac+2 to prepare for entry into Master's level digital programs. Targets students transitioning into Mastère studies.
• Parcours Développement Web (Full-Stack) Professional development track in full-stack web development, providing intensive training for career transitions into coding. Targets career changers and salaried professionals moving into development roles.
• Parcours Chef de Projet Digital Professional development track in digital project management, covering project planning, digital strategy, and team coordination. Targets working professionals seeking digital project management skills.
• MBA Stratégie Digitale Executive-level program (Bac+5) in digital strategy, providing advanced business and technology leadership skills for senior professionals. Targets senior managers and executives.
• Formations Courtes Modulaires Short, modular Qualiopi-certified training programs allowing professionals to acquire specific digital skills without committing to full degree programs. Targets working professionals and career changers.
• Création Digitale avec l'IA Short program focused on using AI tools for digital content creation. Targets professionals seeking AI-augmented creative skills.
• Productivité Augmentée par l'IA Masterclass program teaching AI-enhanced productivity techniques for digital professionals and workflow optimization. Targets professionals seeking to leverage AI in daily work.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,080 companies recruited Digital Campus apprentices in 2025, with more than 650 apprenticeship contracts signed annually across France
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SNCFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSNCF collaborates with Digital Campus students on real projects and recruits students as apprentices and graduates.
• BackmarketcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBackmarket works with Digital Campus students on project work and recruits apprentices and graduates from the school.
• La PostecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLa Poste partners with Digital Campus for student projects and graduate recruitment.
• Make SenseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMake Sense is listed as a partner working on projects with Digital Campus students.
• La French TechminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLa French Tech ecosystem partner collaborating with Digital Campus on student initiatives.
• OrangecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrange partners with Digital Campus for student projects and recruitment of apprentices and graduates.
• OnePointcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOnePoint collaborates with Digital Campus on student projects and graduate hiring.
• UbisoftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUbisoft is a partner company that works on projects with students and recruits from Digital Campus.
• DisneycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDisney is listed among partner companies that collaborate on projects with Digital Campus students and recruit graduates.
• Crédit AgricolecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCrédit Agricole partners with Digital Campus for student projects and graduate recruitment.
• OCSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOCS (chain of TV channels) is listed as a partner collaborating on student projects and recruiting from the school.
• MAIFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMAIF (insurance company) partners with Digital Campus for student projects and hiring.
• Saatchi & Saatchi (Publicis)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDigital Campus student Arnaud Bautista recruited as apprentice Community Manager for PlayStation France account through Saatchi & Saatchi agency.
• CFA ECADcoreOthersCFA (Centre de Formation des Apprentis) ECAD handles apprenticeship contracts for Digital Campus Paris. Programs achieve 0% apprenticeship interruption rate.
• CROUS / CVECminorOthersCROUS and CVEC supported the creation of a new student social space at Digital Campus Montpellier.
• Galileo Global EducationcoreOthersDigital Campus is a member of the Galileo Global Education network — Europe's largest private higher education group with 45 schools, 120,000 students, and 85 campuses worldwide.
• Lattitudes - Tech for GoodminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudent project partner for the Jeghatu Afghanistan project, where Digital Campus students developed a Minecraft-based solution for agricultural education.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ironhack France: Ironhack operates bootcamps in France covering web development, UX/UI design, and data analytics, directly competing for the same professional-learner and digital-career audience as Digital Campus.
• Wild Code School: Wild Code School is a French coding and digital bootcamp offering web development and data programs with campuses across France. Competes directly with Digital Campus for career-changer and Bac+ students entering digital professions.
• Hetic: Hetic is a French private higher education school specializing in web, digital, and tech professions with Bachelor's and Master's programs. Competes with Digital Campus for similar students seeking digital specialization.
• Web School Factory: Web School Factory is a French digital and web school offering professional Bachelor's programs in digital professions. Targets a similar student demographic and curriculum focus as Digital Campus's Bachelor offerings.
• ESGI: ESGI is a French private higher education school focused on IT, web development, and digital professions, and like Digital Campus, is owned by Galileo Global Education. Both schools target the same baccalaureate-to-Master's digital student segment with similar programming offerings.
• Sup de Web: Sup de Web is a French private digital school offering web and digital marketing programs from Bac to Bac+5 levels, operating in a similar segment to Digital Campus's Bachelor and Mastère offerings.
• Le Wagon: Le Wagon is a leading French-founded coding bootcamp offering full-stack web development and data science bootcamps. Targets the same career-changer and upskilling audience as Digital Campus's professional training tracks.
• EEMI: EEMI is a Paris-based French private school focused on digital, web, and multimedia professions, offering Bachelor and Master's programs comparable to Digital Campus's curriculum.
• EPSI: EPSI is a French private IT and digital school also under Galileo Global Education, offering programs in web development, data, and digital professions similar to Digital Campus's portfolio. Direct sibling school competing for the same student and employer segments.

Broad incumbents

• 42 (by Xavier Niel): 42 is a tuition-free French programming school with multiple campuses, providing an alternative path to digital careers. While it competes for the same student pool, its peer-to-peer no-tuition model creates a structural cost-disadvantage for fee-charging schools like Digital Campus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/digital-campus

Compliance2 records

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