The end of this stage and the final presentation of the diploma is at the end of September. The first year is entirely constituted of lessons with common roots, giving training in the basis of the subject. These common roots are continued during about a third of the second year, with classes giving information more specific to computing science. All accomodation at ESSI is situated outside the school. Possibilities exist of lodging at the university housing at Sophia Antipolis and at Nice, also of lodging with local residents.
French students have the possibility of obtaining a grant for their university studies.
Sciences informatiques de l'ESSI , recognised by the State. A year may be retaken only once. The diploma may only be given to students who have completed at least two years at the school. The nature of the employers themselves is equally subject to evolution. In the first years, graduates from ESSI were mainly recruited by enterprises made up of large industrial groups.