Paris Cergy Campus
France
Located just 35 minutes from Paris and a stone’s throw from the Cergy-Préfecture RER station, the Cergy campus provides an ideal setting for academic life and student experiences. Easily accessible (25 minutes from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport (Paris-CDG), with nearby bus networks and train stations), it blends urban energy, a rich cultural and sports scene, and a preserved natural environment.
As ESSEC’s historic campus, it is now undergoing transformation through the Next Generation Campus project, making it a cutting-edge living and learning space that meets the highest international standards.
Shopping & Amenities
The Les Trois Fontaines shopping center, located just five minutes from the campus, spans over 100,000 m². The site features nearly 200 stores, covering retail, dining, and entertainment.
Natural Setting and Green Spaces
Nestled within the François-Mitterrand Park—a 7-hectare green lung—the Cergy campus provides an ideal environment for relaxation, strolls, and cultural events. The greater Cergy-Pontoise area (13 municipalities, 208,000 inhabitants) also enjoys an exceptional natural setting, with forests, agricultural lands, and a leisure island, offering a wide range of outdoor activities.
Cultural and Sports Activities
In Cergy, you will find:
- Several theaters, a national stage, a conservatory, performance halls, and multiplex cinemas;
- A strong tradition of festivals (Cergy Soit!, Jazz au fil de l’Oise, Baroque Festival, and more);
- Numerous sports facilities: swimming pools, an ice rink, gymnasiums, and a variety of fields for leisure activities.
It is in this cosmopolitan context that, over the years, successive classes of ESSEC students have founded and managed more than 100 student organizations with a wide variety of themes: sports; culture; humanitarian; international; or community-oriented.
These student organizations are the heartbeat of the campus and student life at ESSEC. They organize conferences, festive events, trips, tournaments, concerts, plays, community-driven initiatives, to name just a few of the many events you will get the opportunity to discover throughout the academic year. Getting involved in one or more student organizations will be a great way for you to grow, both personally and professionally.
A living space for the entire ESSEC community
Far more than a real estate project, the Next Generation Campus, inaugurated on September 30, 2025, embodies a vision: to create a vibrant, fulfilling, and dynamic hub for the entire ESSEC community. Students, faculty, and staff benefit from a modern, collaborative, and sustainable environment designed to foster innovation, creativity, and exchange.
This transformation aligns with the business school’s Transcend Strategy, emphasizing pedagogical innovation, research, entrepreneurship, and sustainability.
Grand Hall
The Grand Hall is the very first space visitors discover at ESSEC and far more than a passageway. Since 1973, it has been a vibrant meeting point, filled with memories and connections for generations of students and faculty. Fully renovated and reopened in January 2025, the Hall has been completely transformed to create a brighter, more open, and welcoming space. More than a building, the Grand Hall is the beating heart of ESSEC.
Pierre Nanterme Center for Responsible Leadership
This brand-new 3,000 m² building is fully dedicated to active learning, innovation, and entrepreneurship. It embodies a new way of learning, creating, and leading — in line with the values of Pierre Nanterme, ESSEC alumnus and former CEO of Accenture.
A place to learn, innovate, and grow together.
Sports and Recreation Center
The SRC has quickly become a central hub of student life at ESSEC. This 2,700 m² facility includes: a multi-sports hall, a climbing wall, two rooms for fitness, dance, or martial arts and a rooftop tennis court.
More than just a sports facility, it is a place for balance, cooperation, and personal growth. A space dedicated to students and the wider community.
The Research Green Tower
A landmark of the next generation campus, the Research Green Tower embodies both academic excellence and environmental commitment at ESSEC. Dedicated to research and collaboration, it offers spaces for scientific seminars and thesis defenses, flexible meeting areas, offices for the faculty, the Metalab.
A place where the knowledge of tomorrow is created.
The Grand Amphitheatre
A symbol of ESSEC’s Paris Cergy Campus, the "Grand Amphi" lecture hall welcomes entire cohorts of students at various stages of their academic journey: onboarding at the start of the academic year for the school’s various programs (Global BBA, MiM, Masters, etc.); academic experiences; lectures, etc.
It also hosts numerous ESSEC and student association events. It can accommodate up to 500 people.
The Knowledge Lab
The K-lab is a place for producing educational content and sharing knowledge, open to the entire ESSEC community. The K-lab is a space for creativity, sharing and learning. It is a place where members of the ESSEC community can discover and benefit from ESSEC's expertise and test, develop and model new ideas.
A space for pedagogical innovation.
Getting to the campus
- 3 avenue Bernard Hirsch
- 95021 Cergy-Pontoise
Public transportation
Transilien lines H or J, Cergy-Préfecture station
RER A, destination: Cergy Le Haut - Cergy-Préfecture station
Bus lines: 95-19, 95-20, N150
In 2009, ESSEC entrusted Accesmétrie with an accessibility diagnosis of the Paris Cergy Campus. The historic buildings, which were built in the 1970s, were brought up to the accessibility standards for establishments open to the public (disabled access elevators, etc.). The more recent buildings, built in the 2000s, were already built to current standards and are equipped with all necessary facilities to ensure our campus is accessible to all.
Since then, regular improvements have been made, such as the addition of tactile paving and tactile strips on stairs, and the installation of low mirrors in certain washrooms. The improvement of the accessibility of the campus is an integral part of the requirements for new construction projects, for instance for the Campus 2023 project.
On-campus dining services
- The Coffee Shop, open Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
- The Canteen for staff, open Monday to Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
- The Food Hall for students, open Monday to Friday from 11:30am to 2:00pm
- Le Club, restaurant available by reservation only, open Monday to Friday from 12:00 to 14:30
Access to all the subsidized CROUS restaurants, brasseries and cafeterias throughout Cergy Pontoise
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The price per meal for students is capped at €3.15. All you need to do is show your ESSEC student card.
- There are four subsidized CROUS restaurants near the campus
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- «Le Parc» 5, avenue du Parc - 95000 Cergy-Pontoise Opening hours : 11:30 am- 1:30 pm
- «Saint-Christophe» Site universitaire de Saint-Christophe 49, rue des Genottes - 95024 Cergy-Pontoise 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
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- «Saint-Martin» Site universitaire de Saint Martin 2, rue Adolphe Chauvin - 95000 Cergy-Pontoise Restaurant : 11:30 - 13:30 / Cafeteria : 9:00 - 14:00
- «Les chênes» 33, boulevard du Port - 95000 Cergy-Pontoise Cafeteria : 8 am - 4 pm / Brasserie : 11:30 - 2 pm
In Cergy-Pontoise, ESSEC offers four student residences so you can enjoy all the benefits of campus life in an international, friendly and dynamic environment. ALEGESSEC (Association pour le Logement des Étudiants du Groupe ESSEC) provides housing for one out of every four ESSEC students and more than 84% of them are international students.
Each residence has its own unique atmosphere, from the multicultural atmosphere of the Hauts-de-Cergy residence to the atypical design and comfort of Le Port. A total of 1,093 rooms, studios and apartments are available close to the campus and equipped with quality services and all the amenities you need to make life easier. You choose whether you prefer to live alone in a single studio, with a roommate in a double studio, or apply for an apartment for couples.
How to book a room?
As soon as you receive your B00xxxx identifier, you will be able to access the ALEGESSEC online portal from your “myessec” space to submit your housing application: https://housing.alegessec.fr/authenticate
External students should contact us by email (alegessec-gestion@essec.edu) or by phone (+33 (0) 1 34 20 60 00)
How to apply?
For all students
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Apply for the APL on the CAF website, ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE KEYS TO YOUR ACCOMMODATION, following the procedure sent to you on the day you were given the keys.
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If you previously received APL for another accommodation, you must contact your former CAF to inform them of your new address and they will guide you through the necessary steps.
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A bank account number from a French bank (RIB) is required.
For French nationals
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The APL cannot be combined with the family allowance from the CAF.
For international students
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For students from outside the European Community, a student visa or residence permit is required.
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The validity dates of the residence permit must cover the period of occupancy.
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Eligibility for APLs is based on the type of visa, but not the duration of the visa.
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Required: your birth certificate and its translation into French stamped by the French embassy or consulate in your home country.
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