Founded in 1889, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles trains 70 percent of France's ‘textile engineers', who are top-level general engineers and knowledgeable about the realities of the global economy and capable of performing innovatively. At the ENSAIT, the majority of teachers are also researchers whose investigative work carries over to improve their teaching. ENSAIT students benefit from a three-part educational program that includes: a solid, diversified scientific background, exposure to human relations, focusing on languages and a concentration on the textile sector (design, production and distribution) combining new technologies in these branches. Two specializations are offered: sciences and information and communication technologies, materials and textile processes.