The École nationale supérieure des arts et industries textiles (ENSAIT) is a French Engineering grand établissement (grande école) and a prominent member of UP-TEX research cluster (Union Pôle Textile). ENSAIT is a unique higher education and research institute in the world, gathering all the disciplines related to textiles. ENSAIT chairs include four departments related to education and research. ENSAIT different curricula lead to the following degrees : The major fields of study and research at ENSAIT are: During first year at ENSAIT, students study all the basics of textile technology. Each year, approximately 80 students receive a ENSAIT Master's degree referred-to as diplôme d'ingénieur ENSAIT, and around 10 students receive a doctoral degree. The school was founded in Roubaix (Nord-Pas de Calais, France) with municipal funding. It was originally meant to provide a special studying program for the requirements of the textile industry at Roubaix and France. After 1889, the institution became known as the École d'Arts et Métiers Textiles and its reputation broaden to the whole Europe.