During the course

Internships

Internships are part of the isdaT curriculum. The institute promotes internships abroad or in professional organisations. They allow students to compare what they’ve learned with the reality of the artistic world at festivals, art centres, galleries, artists’ studios, graphic designer studios, publishers, architectural firms, companies etc. These internships take place on a compulsory basis in the first and second cycle. It is also possible to do additional internships outside the dedicated periods.

Gap year

The isdaT allows its students to benefit from a so-called “gap” period. This period allows the student to temporarily and voluntarily suspend their studies in order to acquire personal or professional experience, either independently or supervised in a host organisation in France or abroad.

The gap can take 4 forms:

• training in a different field from the training originally enrolled in,
• experience in a professional environment,
• a civic service commitment,
• a project to create an activity as a student entrepreneur.

The gap period lasts for one year and always coincides with the start of the school year. It concerns students regularly registered at isdaT, during their studies. It’s available in the second cycle, at the end of year 3 or between years 4 and 5, subject to obtaining 60 annual credits.

Pépite ECRIN

Regional centre for the promotion and support of student entrepreneurship, supported by the Université de Toulouse.
Objective: to support all students with an entrepreneurial project, irrespective of their home institution, their training or the industry of their project. The entrepreneurship coordinators in the institution act as points of contact with industry.

Activities

• Entrepreneurship awareness activities: exhibitions, dedicated events, talks at educational institutions.
• Partnerships with major participants in the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem: Occitanie Region, Toulouse Métropole, Ad’Occ, France Entreprendre network, Créalia, La Mêlée, loT Valley, MOUVES, Incubateur du Barreau de Toulouse, In Extenso, etc.
• Co-construction of a radio show dedicated to startups (ça marchera jamais ! on Radio Campus).
• Regional selection of the PEPITE award: an award that promotes innovative business creation by students and young graduates and rewards the best projects.

2 levels of support

• Discovery level : Student Entrepreneur Status (SNEE).
  Objective: to introduce interested students to the world of entrepreneurship, including those who may not have a project yet.
• Emergence level : University Student Entrepreneur Diploma (D2E).
  Objective: to acquire the knowledge / skills required to form the basis of an entrepreneurial project.

Discovery level is accessible to all students of the isdaT in the art, design or graphic design option from year 3. Selection on the basis of an application + opinion of the Director of Studies of the coordinating school. Emergence level is accessible to graduates of the isdaT.

Format = collective support
1 workshop / month: progress from an idea to the project, establishing the roadmap for your project, get to know the regional ecosystem…
Events, visits…
Free access to a coworking space.
Internship substitution: the possibility of replacing your end-of-study internship with a working period on the project (by agreement from the Director of Studies and subject to 50% minimum attendance at workshops).
Extension of student advantages for graduates.
Privileged access to Student Entrepreneur contests, such as Prix Pépite 2023.
Pépite Hours : These online meetings take place on Wednesdays from 6 pm to 7 pm, between May and September, and they allow beneficiaries of the program to share their experience as student entrepreneurs.

SNEE Calendar

• From April to September: submission of applications on the national platform and meeting with the entrepreneurship coordinator of the home institution.
• Mid-October: the engagement committee is held The SNEE is allocated until the following September.
• From November to June: support programme.
• January: second application period for the SNEE.

isdaT coordinator
David Mozziconacci

Find out more about Pépite ECRIN

Preparation for professional life program

In partnership with the BBB center d’art, the Preparation for Professional Life program offers isdaT art, design and graphic design students (years 3 and 5) the opportunity to understand the socio-professional context of their activity before embarking on it. It aims to give students the keys to projecting themselves more serenely into a professional activity, by tackling the following aspects:

– Acquiring basic administrative and communication skills
– Exchange with practicing professionals for advice and testimonials
– Finding the resources you need to develop your business.

Find out more about the 2023-2024 program (in French)

Involvement in scale 1 projects as part of the institute’s partnership policy

Grâce aux partenariats réguliers développés par l’institut au titre de sa programmation culturelle ou de son implication dans les réseaux de diffusion, différentes expériences hors les murs sont offertes aux étudiant·es. L’isdaT est notamment membre actif des réseaux PinkPong et Air de Midi (respectivement, fédération des structures dédiées à l’art à l’échelle de l’agglomération toulousaine et de la région Occitanie) et porte avec ces réseaux différents festivals, journées d’études, ou dispositifs de soutien à l’émergence artistique. Ces opportunités sont créées spécifiquement en fonction de la pertinence des projets repérés et discutés avec nos partenaires chaque année.

Here are a few examples:

• interior design of the Printemps de septembre space at L’Adresse by 15 students in collaboration with the studio Martinez Barat Lafore architects,
• work by our students in a penitentiary environment (at Seysses prison) as part of the Approach course taught by Professor Etienne Cliquet,
• monumental installation of pictograms on the banks of the Garonne for the UEFA EURO 2016 ™,
• participation in the permanent activity exhibition, in 2018 at the BBB art center, bringing together emerging artists and recognized and identified artists,
• creation and performances for La Radio * DUUU bout de la nuit, participation in the design and production of Alain Bublex’s exhibition, as part of the Spring Biennale in September 2018,
• creation of furniture for the collaborative space of the Cité internationale des researchers in Toulouse, 2020-2022,
• creation of neon lights by our students during a workshop at the Lycée Dorian in Paris and their involvement in the neon exhibition at Lieu-Commun artist-run space, contemporary art space in Toulouse, 2016-2022,
• creation of furniture and interior fittings for the isdaT cafeteria.

Preparatory actions for the integration of DNSPM students

• Educational concert with the Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse (Cordes);
  “Autonomous artistic project”, 2^nd year;
  Internships (4 days/year) in Toulouse artistic structures;
  Many professional scenarios: solo concerts, chamber music, orchestra, choir;
  Incentive to internationalization in 2^nd year;
  Preparation for professional life course co-developed with the Université Toulouse — Jean Jaurès.

Preparatory actions for the integration of DE students as music teachers

• 2 educational courses of 40hrs (3hrs/ week) in the conservatories of the region;
• Possibility of a summer educational internship (2 weeks) in Quebec;
• Possibility of doing DE + DUMI articulated in 3 years;
• Initiation to research by writing a professional dissertation + days
• Research;
• Realization of an artistic project for educational purposes in Toulouse schools, hospitals, MJC;
• Intensive courses with choreographers, musicians, visual artists;
• Weekly course in “Professional environment” preparing for employment in conservatories and music schools.

Gap year

The isdaT allows its students to benefit from a so-called “gap” period. This period allows the student to temporarily and voluntarily suspend their studies in order to acquire personal or professional experience, either independently or supervised in a host organisation in France or abroad.

The gap can take 4 forms:

• training in a different field from the original registration training,
• experience in a professional environment,
• a civic service commitment,
• a project to create an activity as a student e-entrepreneur.

The gap period lasts for one year and always coincides with the start of the school year. It concerns students regularly registered at isdaT, during their studies. It is accessible at the end of the 1 st year or between the 2^nd and the 3^rd year, subject to obtaining 60 annual credits.

Preparatory actions for the integration of DE students as dance teachers

• Scenarios 1 day / week in nursery and primary schools in Toulouse;
• Tutoring during the teaching year in conservatories or schools
  dance from the region;
• Weekly teaching situations over a year covering the whole course;
• Administrative information courses relating to the professional environment;
• Mediation actions with diversified amateur audiences;
• Educational scenes;
• Realization of an annual choreographic project with school children from Toulouse;
• Initiation to research by writing a professional dissertation;
• Intensive courses with choreographers, musicians, professional visual artists.

Gap year

The isdaT allows its students to benefit from a so-called “gap” period. This period allows the student to temporarily and voluntarily suspend their studies in order to acquire personal or professional experience, either independently or supervised in a host organisation in France or abroad.

The gap can take 4 forms:

• training in a different field from the original registration training,
• experience in a professional environment,
• a civic service commitment,
• a project to create an activity as a student e-entrepreneur.

The gap period lasts for one year and always coincides with the start of the school year. It concerns students regularly registered at isdaT, during their studies. It is open to students at the end of the 1st year.