To ensure consistent teaching quality and continue our mission of providing excellent training, admission to our institution is subject to the payment of tuition fees as well as a 500-euro administration fee. These fees can be paid in installments, up to 8 payments.
Please note that at the time of admission, a deposit of 700 euros will be required to confirm the student’s place, and this amount will be deducted from the remaining tuition balance to be paid.
As ESMA is a private higher education establishment, tuition fees are our main source of income, enabling us to pay our qualified teaching staff, finance our top-of-the-range infrastructure and provide all the professional equipment we need to help our students succeed.
However, in the interests of fairness and equality of opportunity, which is so important to ESMA, different types of internal grants have been created to ease the financial burden on our students.
Financing and grants
Fraternity discount
A 10% reduction in tuition fees (for each member of a sibling group) is offered when a 2nd member of the same sibling group enrols.
LESPRY grants
In order to make it easier for as many people as possible to access its courses of excellence, the Ecoles Créatives, through their endowment fund, have set up a system of financial aid based on merit and social criteria.
The Ecoles Créatives LESPRY endowment fund was set up on the initiative of the directors of the Ecoles Créatives and is a private, not-for-profit organisation, independent of the Ecoles Créatives.
Its mission is to support and help students and young creative workers to develop their talents by promoting access to studies leading to careers in the cultural and creative industries (CCI) and by supporting them, once they have graduated, in their professional projects related to the CCI, through the award of :
Study grants
Accident of life’ grants
International mobility grants (internships)…
Exceptional grants
ESMA can support a student in a difficult personal situation during their studies, following a meeting with a pedagogical advisor and/or the Head of School.
External scholarships
CROUS grants
As a private higher education establishment, ESMA does not allow you to receive grants based on social criteria. However, if you are eligible for CROUS university accommodation, you can still submit an application to benefit from affiliated rights (catering, university library, etc.)
Students who are not eligible for grants based on social criteria can still benefit from financial aid offered by various foundations. Visit the Fondation de France website to find out about the possibilities for financial support.
Higher education at a private institution is an investment in the future, and we are aware that financing it can be difficult.
If you are not eligible for a grant, other solutions exist to help you achieve the career of your dreams.
bank loan
One loan, a thousand and one possibilities
If you wish to finance your studies at ESMA, banking institutions may be a solution, once you have estimated your financing needs.
State-guaranteed loans are an interesting alternative, with no means-testing, no third-party guarantee and deferred repayment.
Staggered payments
Pay in instalments!
ESMA offers easy payment solutions such as instalments to make it easier to finance your tuition. You pay your tuition fees in several instalments, free of charge, according to a fixed payment schedule.
As an ESMA student, you are issued with a card certifying your student status.
As part of its international outreach, ESMA offers an ISIC student card, recognised by UNESCO, enabling you to benefit from numerous discounts and student advantages in more than 130 countries (food shopping, leisure, subscriptions, cultural visits, etc.).
To obtain it, all you have to do is :
Download the ISIC FRANCE application
Create an account and enter your ISIC number received by e-mail and access your card
