ECV Digital

Name

ECV Digital

Legal name

Établissement d'enseignement supérieur privé - ECV

Website

https://ecvdigital.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition Fees: ECV generates revenue primarily through tuition fees from its higher education programmes in Design, Animation, Game, and Digital arts. Students pay fees for enrollment in undergraduate and graduate programmes across its six campuses.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ECV is a private French higher-education institution offering specialised undergraduate and graduate programmes in creative disciplines—Art Direction, Game Art, Animation, Graphic Design, and Interior Architecture/Scenography—delivered through five dedicated schools across six campuses in France. The institution also provides English-taught international programmes and exchange opportunities, targeting domestic and international students pursuing careers in design, animation, game development, and digital media.

Product overview

ECV is a private French higher education institution founded in 1984, offering a unified portfolio of creative programs across five specialized schools: the École de Direction Artistique (Art Direction), École de Game Art (Game Art), École d'Animation (Animation), École de Graphisme (Graphic Design), and École d'Architecture d'Intérieur (Interior Architecture). The institution provides both French-language and English-language programs across six campuses (Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Lille, Nantes, Bordeaux, and Strasbourg), positioning itself as the French school of reference in Design, Animation, Game, and Digital creative disciplines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• École de Direction Artistique (School of Art Direction) Higher-education programme focused on art direction, teaching creative leadership and artistic management skills for visual communication projects.
• École de Game Art (School of Game Art) Specialised programme training students in game art creation, covering character design, environment art, and game design fundamentals.
• École d'Animation (School of Animation) Comprehensive animation programme covering film animation, motion graphics, and visual effects production techniques.
• École de Graphisme (School of Graphic Design) Graphic-design programme teaching visual communication, typography, branding, and digital design skills.
• École d'Architecture d'Intérieur (School of Interior Architecture) Programme focused on interior architecture and scenography, combining spatial design with architectural visualisation.
• Design Programmes (English-language) English-language design programmes covering art direction, graphic design, and interior architecture disciplines for international students.
• Animation Programmes (English-language) English-language animation programmes focusing on film animation, motion design, and visual effects for international students.
• Game Programme (English-language) English-language game art and design programme covering video-game development and interactive media creation for international students.
• Digital/Web Design Programme (English-language) English-language digital design programme teaching web design, UX/UI, and interactive digital media creation for international students.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Direct peers

• ESAG Penninghen: ESAG Penninghen is a Paris-based private art and design school offering programs in graphic design, interior architecture, and art direction. It overlaps directly with ECV's École de Graphisme and École de Direction Artistique offerings.
• LISAA School of Arts: LISAA is a French private higher education institution offering programs in design, animation, video games, and graphic design. It competes head-to-head with ECV across multiple French campuses and a similar creative-arts curriculum footprint.
• Rubika (Supinfogame / Supinfocom): Rubika is a French private school group operating Supinfogame (game design) and Supinfocom (animation) and is one of ECV's primary competitors in the game art and animation programs offered through ECV's École de Game Art and École d'Animation.
• Gobelins, l'école de l'image: Gobelins is a leading French higher education institution specializing in animation, graphic design, photography, and digital media. Like ECV, it competes directly for French and international creative-arts students with degree programs across closely overlapping disciplines.
• Parsons Paris (The New School): Parsons Paris is a US-anchored design school operating in Paris, offering English-language design programs. It directly competes with ECV's English-language Design and Digital programs for international students in France.
• Strate School of Design: Strate is a French private design school with programs in industrial design, transportation design, and graphic design. It directly competes with ECV for design students, particularly in product/interior design and graphic design.
• École Estienne: École Estienne is a historic Parisian arts school focused on graphic design, type design, and printing. It competes with ECV's graphic design program (École de Graphisme) for French and international students in design.
• ENSCI Les Ateliers: ENSCI Les Ateliers is a prestigious French design school offering product and industrial design programs. It competes with ECV for design-oriented students in the broader French creative-arts higher education market.

Broad incumbents

• SAE Institute: SAE Institute is an international creative media education provider offering programs in audio, film, animation, game design, and web. As a broader incumbent with multiple European campuses, it competes with ECV for English-speaking international students in digital creative disciplines.
• AD Education: AD Education is a European private higher education group that consolidates multiple creative and design schools. ECV's press contact routes to ad-education.com, suggesting affiliation; as a broader incumbent, AD Education operates the platform on which ECV may sit.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ecvfrance

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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