LISAA School of Art & Design

LISAA School of Art & Design, (L'Institut Supérieur des Arts Appliqués) is a French private institution for applied art education founded in 1986. LISAA has locations in Paris, Rennes, Nantes, Strasbourg, Bordeaux and Toulouse. The school is one of about 100 recognized by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication. Diplomas are offered in graphic design, animation & video games, interior architecture & design, and fashion.

Key dates
1986

Michel Glize, architect and entrepreneur founds LISAA.

2012

The school is sold to Galileo Global Education.

Teaching
The main concentrations in the academic curriculum are graphic design, animation & video games, interior architecture & design, and fashion. Many programs last five years (bac+5), while some are shorter (bachelors, BTS, MANAA).

Foundation year
Two one-year foundation courses are offered at LISAA:
 * Introductory course in applied arts
 * Foundation year in Architecture (preparatory class for schools of architecture)

Fashion courses
Master and bachelor diplomas exist for the fashion industry:
 * Master of Interior Decoration
 * Master of Journalist, blogger, influencer fashion/beauty & luxury
 * Master of Fashion Design & Business
 * Two or three year course of Artistic make-up artist
 * Bachelor (BTS) of Fashion Design / Pattern Making
 * Bachelor (BTS) of Fashion Design / Textiles, materials, surfaces
 * Bachelor (BTS) of Fashion Design / Textile Design
 * Master of Fashion & Luxury Management

Interior architecture and design courses
Master, bachelor diplomas are offered in the interior architecture and design field:
 * Master of Interior Decoration
 * Postgraduate program of Interior Architecture & Design (5 years)
 * Foundation year in Architecture (preparatory class for schools of architecture in one year)
 * Bachelor (BTS) of Interior Architecture
 * Master of Interior Architecture & Connected Design
 * Master of Interior Architecture & Service Design
 * Master of Interior Architecture & Global Design

Animation and video games
Bachelor, master diplomas are offered in the animation and video game field:
 * MBA Video Game Production (1 year)
 * Master Supervisor & Director Animation & Special Effects (2-year programme)
 * Master of Video Game Creative Director
 * Bachelor of 2-D/3-D Animation
 * Bachelor of 2-D Animation
 * Bachelor of 3-D Animation
 * Bachelor of 2-D/3-D Video Games
 * Bachelor of Visual Effects

Graphic and motion design
Bachelor, master diplomas are offered in the graphic and motion design field:
 * Bachelor (BTS) of Graphic Design / Print
 * Bachelor (BTS) of Graphic Design / Digital Media
 * Bachelor (BTS) of Graphic Design
 * Bachelor Motion Design
 * Bachelor Graphic Design
 * Master Digital Art Direction / Animated media
 * Master Digital Art Direction / UX Design
 * Master Digital Art Direction
 * Master Art Direction for Creative & Cultural Industries

Academic partnerships
LISAA has academic partnerships with schools in Europe or on the American continent:
 * Helmo (Liège / Belgium)
 * Vilnius College of Design (Vilnius / Lithuania)
 * Thomas More Mechelen (Malines / Belgium)
 * IED (Milan / Italy)
 * IED (Madrid / Spain)
 * IADE Instituto Superior de Design (Lisbon / Portugal)
 * VIA (The Netherlands)
 * KISD (Cologne / Germany)
 * Hochschule (Trier / Germany)
 * Manchester Metropolitan University (United Kingdom)
 * Abadir Academy (Italy)
 * University of Applied Sciences MACROMEDIA
 * Leeds College of Arts (United Kingdom)
 * ARTCOM (Morocco)
 * Nazareth College, Rochester, New York (USA)
 * Universidad IEU - (Mexico)

Rankings
The French student magazine "l'Étudiant" and "Le Figaro Etudiant" regularly rank LISAA in the top schools in France in various fields of applied arts.

International
LISAA School of Art & Design is a member of the international association CUMULUS. For the design course student exchanges are made with other schools of the international association of art & design universities CUMULUS. Ten percent of the cohort is of foreign origin.

Ownership
The school was bought by the investment fund Galileo Global Education in 2012.