# Study engineering in Sophia-Antipolis. Canonical HTML: https://dsti.school/french-riviera-sophia-antipolis-campus This Markdown copy is generated from the same DSTI static-site build as the canonical HTML page. It is intended for machine readability and concise retrieval. Flagship campus · French Riviera / Sophia-Antipolis DSTI’s French Riviera campus is inside Europe’s first technology park: a deliberately international ecosystem where mathematics, applied sciences, engineering, companies and students work side by side above the Mediterranean. Europe’s first technology park A science-and-engineering ecosystem, not a generic campus location. DSTI flagship campus Templiers Valley, the school’s headquarters in Sophia-Antipolis. Think and make Mathematics, applied sciences and digital engineering in the same regional ecosystem. Explore programmes Admissions Life on the French Riviera Templiers Valley DSTI headquarters, 950 Route des Colles, Biot Sophia-Antipolis Europe’s first science and technology park 01 — Sophia-Antipolis ecosystem ## A technology park designed for cross-fertilisation. Sophia-Antipolis was imagined as a place where science, engineering, research, entrepreneurship and international talent would meet by design — not by accident. 1969 founded by Pierre Laffitte 2,700 companies, from start-ups to global leaders 46,000 people working across the park 80+ nationalities working side by side The idea ### “A Latin Quarter in the fields.” Pierre Laffitte’s vision was to lift scientific and intellectual energy out of isolated silos and place it in a living environment where ideas, people and disciplines would meet. Nature first ### Technology inside a forest. Sophia-Antipolis was built into a wooded plateau, with low buildings, green spaces and paths that keep technology close to nature and daily human interaction. International by nature ### English is part of the ecosystem. The park has attracted talent from every continent for decades. For international students, that makes Sophia-Antipolis a remarkably accessible technology environment in France. 02 — DSTI at Templiers Valley ## Our campus sits inside one of Sophia’s landmark buildings. Templiers Valley gives DSTI a setting that matches the school’s identity: technical, international, quietly ambitious and deeply anchored in Sophia-Antipolis. DSTI headquarters ### From a computing giant’s R&D centre to DSTI. Built in the 1980s by Digital Equipment Corporation, the building later became associated with Compaq and Hewlett-Packard. Since 2015, it has housed DSTI in a place where serious engineering work has been part of the story for decades. DSTI French Riviera / Sophia-Antipolis Campus Templiers Valley – Bâtiment Village 950 Route des Colles 06410 Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, France Open in Google Maps Templiers Valley Location ### Inside Sophia-Antipolis, minutes from the coastline and Nice Côte d’Azur Airport. The campus sits at 950 Route des Colles in Biot, within the Sophia-Antipolis technology park and close to the main engineering, research and business corridors of the French Riviera. Beyond the campus ### Want to understand the lifestyle around DSTI Sophia-Antipolis? The campus belongs to a wider French Riviera student experience: coastline, mountains, markets, culture, sport and everyday public life from Menton to Saint-Tropez. Explore life on the French Riviera 03 — Engineering environment ## Study where technology is built, standardised and operated. For DSTI students, Sophia-Antipolis is a living reference environment: companies, laboratories, standards bodies and campuses concentrated on the same plateau. Around the campus ### Global technology names, research laboratories and standards bodies. Amadeus was born in Sophia-Antipolis in 1987 and remains one of the park’s emblematic technology companies. Around DSTI, the ecosystem includes international engineering groups, public research institutions and organisations that shape technology standards. 2,700 companies 46,000 people working in the park 80+ nationalities See Sophia-Antipolis presented by DSTI Companies ### From start-ups to global technology groups. The park gives students a concrete sense of what digital engineering looks like outside the classroom. Research ### Public and private laboratories nearby. Inria, CNRS-linked laboratories, engineering schools and universities contribute to a research-rich environment. Standards ### Where global technologies are shaped. ETSI and the European host of W3C connect Sophia-Antipolis to telecommunications and Web standards used worldwide. 04 — Mathematics and applied sciences ## A place where people think deeply and build seriously. Sophia-Antipolis and the French Riviera are not only a technology-company environment. They are also anchored in mathematics, physics, Earth sciences, space science, marine science and observatories of international standing — with some examples highlighted below. Think and make ### For DSTI, this matters: strong digital engineering is built on scientific depth. The region’s strength is not only that technologies are implemented here. Ideas are modelled, measured, tested and formalised here too. These are some examples of the mathematics and applied-sciences institutions that make the Côte d’Azur ecosystem credible for serious digital engineering. Mathematics modelling, analysis, optimisation Physics complex systems, waves, photonics Earth & space observation, geodesy, hazards Le Grand Équatorial, an iconic historical building of the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur in Nice. Mathematics ### Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné Université Côte d’Azur’s mathematics laboratory, with international-level work across fundamental mathematics, applied mathematics and interactions with other disciplines. Many DSTI professors come from, or are connected to, this wider mathematical ecosystem. Digital sciences ### I3S Laboratory A CNRS and Université Côte d’Azur joint research unit in digital sciences at the heart of Sophia-Antipolis, spanning computer science, signals, systems, networks, software, knowledge systems and complex models. Modelling · Simulation · Data ### Center of Modeling, Simulation and Interactions (MSI) Université Côte d’Azur’s centre for modelling, scientific computing and data science support, training and shared computing resources. Its current Director, Prof Didier Auroux, is also a DSTI professor. Earth · Ocean · Space ### Géoazur A multidisciplinary laboratory combining Earth sciences, geophysics, geology, geodesy, astronomy, space-related observation and instrumentation — a reminder that data, modelling and measurement also serve the physical world. Observatory ### Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur An international research centre in astronomy, geosciences and related instrumentation, involved in major scientific collaborations including gravitational-wave science around Virgo. Physics ### Nice Institute of Physics A physics institute with strength in fundamental physics, photonics, waves, complex media and nonlinear dynamics — part of the Riviera’s scientific depth beyond software alone. Digital science ### Inria Centre at Université Côte d’Azur A major computer science and digital-science research centre in the Sophia-Antipolis ecosystem, connecting algorithms, software, data, AI and applied research. Marine science ### Institut de la Mer de Villefranche A marine-science institute on the Côte d’Azur, showing another dimension of the regional scientific environment: ocean observation, living systems, measurement and environmental data. 05 — Study at DSTI Sophia-Antipolis ## A campus for serious study, connected to every DSTI route. The French Riviera campus is part of DSTI’s “one school” model: students can study on campus, with live-streamed classroom integration and a global DSTI cohort. Undergraduate ### BSc Computer Science & Engineering Build the foundations behind AI, cyber security, data and modern digital systems. Explore the BSc Postgraduate ### MSc programmes Specialise in Data Analytics with AI, Data Engineering for AI, Data Science & AI or Cyber Security. Choose your MSc Executive ### Executive MSc For experienced professionals who need to connect AI, data and digital systems to real organisational decisions. View Executive MSc 06 — International students ## A soft landing into a real technology environment. The French Riviera campus lets international students combine English-taught study, a serious engineering-school environment and direct exposure to one of Europe’s most distinctive technology ecosystems. ### Accessible from Nice Côte d’Azur Airport The campus is about 20 minutes from Nice Côte d’Azur Airport, making arrivals and family visits much simpler than many inland campus locations. ### International and English-speaking Sophia-Antipolis has long attracted engineers and researchers from many countries, with English commonly used across international teams. ### Career awareness from day one Studying at DSTI in Sophia-Antipolis keeps students close to the language, tools and professional expectations of digital engineering careers. Next step ## Make the French Riviera your engineering campus. DSTI Sophia-Antipolis is the right choice for students who want a campus experience that feels international, technical and connected to the real digital economy. 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