EUR ArTeC

What EUR ArTeC does

EUR ArTeC is a French public École Universitaire de Recherche headquartered in Aubervilliers (Paris region), created in 2018 through the transformation of the Labex Arts-H2H under the government's Investissements d'avenir programme and financed by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (grant reference ANR-17-EURE-0008). It operates as a consortium research and training unit bringing together Paris 8 University, Paris Nanterre, the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD), and additional affiliated partners, with a mission to develop research-creation at the intersection of arts, digital technologies, and media studies. The institution runs a portfolio of academic products: the Master ArTeC degree, the DIU ArTeC+ interdisciplinary university diploma, recurring calls for research-creation projects (eight annual cycles since inception), and editorial outputs including the Publishing Collections and the Média Archipélique journal. It also convenes the annual Rencontres ArTeC conference and the bArTeC event series, hosted at partner cultural venues such as the Cité Internationale des Arts and the Gaîté Lyrique.

The business model is non-commercial: EUR ArTeC is a publicly funded academic entity with no disclosed revenue line. Operating budget is set by the ANR grant and allocated to consortium activities, doctoral and postgraduate training, editorial production, and public events. End users are researchers, doctoral students, artists, and partner institutions rather than paying customers, and there are no pricing tiers, licensing arrangements, or commercial channels referenced in the source material. The institution also runs international visiting-chair and student programmes and maintains a digital communications presence across its website, Mastodon, and Bluesky accounts. As of the available data, the team consists of 14 staff and governance includes a Director and a Deputy Director position currently being recruited for 2026.

Name

EUR ArTeC

Legal name

École Universitaire de Recherche ArTeC

Website

https://eur-artec.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EUR ArTeC is a French publicly funded research unit created in 2018 that coordinates arts, technology, and digital-media research-creation across a multi-university consortium, serving doctoral students, artists, and partner institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Research Services

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Research & Lab-Based Short-Term Programs (Undergraduate/Graduate) (EDAIAIAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing (MPAJABAK), Education Research & Pedagogy Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAH), Degree-Level Scholarships (Undergrad/Masters/PhD/Postdoc) (EDAIAOAE)

Keywords

• Research-creation programs
• Interdisciplinary arts research
• Academic graduate school
• Doctoral research funding
• Open-access academic publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

EUR ArTeC is a publicly funded French graduate school that channels public research funding into interdisciplinary graduate education (Master ArTeC and DIU ArTeC+ diploma), doctoral and postdoctoral research contracts, two academic book collections and the Hybrid open-access journal, an online media platform (Média Archipélique) documenting research-creation work, and annual Rencontres ArTeC and bArTeC events. Its outputs are academic programs, funded research projects, scholarly publications, and public cultural events delivered through a consortium of French universities and arts schools.

Product overview

EUR ArTeC is an 'École universitaire de recherche' (Graduate School) focused on developing and promoting research-creation through interdisciplinary programs in arts, technologies, and digital media. The organization operates as a platform offering: graduate-level education through the Master ArTeC degree and DIU ArTeC+ interuniversity diploma; academic publishing via multiple book collections (Grande Collection, Petite Collection, Émergence, Amplitude) and the Hybrid journal; an open-access media platform (Média Archipélique) hosting videos, podcasts, and galleries; annual public events including the Rencontres ArTeC conference series and bArTeC informal exchanges; and competitive funding through 8 annual calls for projects supporting doctoral/postdoctoral research, pedagogical innovation, publication, and international collaboration. The organization functions as a consortium of French universities and research institutions, not a commercial technology product.

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Products and services

• Master ArTeC (Arts, Technologies, Création) Graduate-level master's degree program focused on research-creation at the intersection of arts, technologies, and digital media, offered as part of the EUR ArTeC graduate school.
• DIU ArTeC+ (Diplôme Interuniversitaire) Interuniversity diploma program (post-master predoctoral) offering advanced training in research-creation methodologies across partner universities.
• Publishing Collections Academic publishing program comprising multiple book collections (Grande Collection, Petite Collection, Hors Collection, Émergence, Amplitude) plus the Hybrid journal, published in partnership with academic presses for open-access dissemination of research-creation work.
• Média Archipélique Online media platform hosting videos, podcasts, and galleries documenting research-creation projects, events, lectures, and performances, providing open access to the ArTeC community's work.
• Rencontres ArTeC Annual two-day conference series featuring conferences, exhibitions, and performances that highlight research-creation projects, bringing together students, researchers, artists, and the public.
• bArTeC Informal exchange events organized by and for young researchers, featuring scientific mediation activities, discussions with external artists, authors, and professionals, held at partner cultural venues.
• Calls for Projects Annual funding program launching 8 calls for projects supporting research, pedagogical innovation modules, publication assistance, creation support, international chairs, doctoral projects, postdoctoral projects, and doctoral student events.
• Research Projects (Doctoral & Postdoctoral) Three-year doctoral contracts and one-year postdoctoral fellowships funding research-creation projects within the EUR ArTeC consortium.

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Partnerships

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

• Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-DeniscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary host institution providing the main campus and academic infrastructure for EUR ArTeC's activities. Paris 8 is the founding institution of this Graduate School in Research-Creation.
• Université Paris NanterrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner university contributing to the consortium, providing additional academic infrastructure and research expertise in arts and humanities.
• EnsAD (École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrestigious arts school partner providing expertise in design and decorative arts, collaborating on graduate programs and research projects.
• Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArtist residency venue that has hosted multiple editions of Rencontres ArTeC, providing space for conferences, exhibitions, and performances.
• Gaîté LyriquemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDigital culture center in Paris that has hosted Rencontres ArTeC 2021 and bArTeC events, serving as venue for exhibitions and performances.
• Fondation FimincomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCurrent venue for bArTeC informal gatherings, providing space for young researchers' events and discussions.
• Centre des Arts d'Enghien-les-BainsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultidisciplinary arts center that hosted Rencontres ArTeC 2019, specializing in digital arts and sciences.
• Maison des MétallosmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural venue that hosted Rencontres ArTeC 2023, providing space for conferences and performances.
• Theatrum MundimajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch organization focused on art and urban space, collaborating on workshops such as 'Staging Ground: the city as a stage of transitions'.
• Plateau Urbain - Les Arches CitoyennesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird-space organization that hosted the exhibition 'Aller à la goutte qui s'écoule' by students from the Staging Ground workshop.
• Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (INHA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor French institution for art history that hosted the 2018 Rencontres ArTeC (launch edition), providing prestigious venue for conferences and exhibitions.
• Centre National du Costume de Scène (CNCS) de MoulinsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational costume museum that hosted the MIP (Module Innovant Pédagogique) workshop 'Fabrique du costume: pour une dramaturgie expérimentale'.
• Bibliothèque Kandinsky (Centre Pompidou)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt library at Centre Pompidou that hosts events and houses research activities, including the International Chair program.
• ENSLL (École Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNormal school partner contributing to the consortium's academic expertise in humanities and social sciences.

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Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• IRCAM: French research institute at the intersection of music, sound, and digital technology, operating as a mixed research-creation platform with associated graduate programs and public events, directly comparable to ArTeC's arts/technology/digital media focus.
• ENS Louis-Lumière: French grande école for cinema, sound, and photography, combining professional training with applied research in audiovisual technologies; aligns with ArTeC's emphasis on mediations humaines and technological artistic research.
• EnsAD (École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs): Prestigious Parisian arts school that is both an ArTeC consortium partner and a structural peer, offering degree programs integrating design, digital arts, and research methodologies aligned with ArTeC's curriculum scope.
• Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains: French national studio combining contemporary artistic creation with new technologies, hosting postgraduate programs (Post-master Résonance) and exhibitions. Closely parallels EUR ArTeC's research-creation graduate school model.
• HEAD – Genève: Swiss university of art and design with research master's programs in critical and curatorial studies, and contemporary artistic practice that increasingly engage digital technologies, paralleling ArTeC's interdisciplinary structure.
• KASK School of Arts (HOGENT): Belgian arts school offering research-driven master's and postgraduate programs in fine arts, film, music, and design with a digital/technological orientation, serving as a comparable European research-creation graduate school.

Regional players

• Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial: Spanish art and industrial creation center combining exhibitions, residencies, and educational programs focused on art, science, technology, and industrial heritage — a regional peer in the European research-creation ecosystem.
• Akademie Schloss Solitude: German international artist-in-residence program supporting interdisciplinary work at the intersection of art, science, and technology with fellowship funding, comparable in its artist-research funding model but operating in a different geography.
• Hangar – Centre de Producció i Recerca en Arts Visuals: Barcelona-based visual arts production and research center offering residencies, grants, and programs at the intersection of contemporary art and digital practice, comparable in research-creation orientation though serving a different national ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe: Larger German institution combining a museum, media arts production, and research on technology and society. Overlaps with ArTeC's arts/technologies/digital media mandate at greater scale and with broader scope.

Market position

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Key risks6 records

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