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Résidence Pro
Whole classes of secondary school students pose happily and proudly in the gardens of Villa Medici: images that sum up the spirit of Résidence Pro for young people from vocational schools. Established in 2022 by Villa Medici, Résidence Pro is aimed at enhancing the excellence of French vocational and agricultural schools.
Each year, Résidence Pro collaborates with different regions to focus on a skill sector which then becomes the common thread for a thorough exploration of its technical, social, artisan and artistic aspects. This educational program is specifically related to the skills developed in vocational courses, and showcases the talents of high school students and the teaching teams that support them.
Structured over a full school year, Résidence Pro is divided into three phases
From September to May, prepare and build
From the start of the school year, with the support of the project’s teaching teams and a specially-designed digital resource platform, each class conceives and documents a collective work inspired by some aspect of Rome’s great heritage.
In May, travel and experiment
The 300 young people spend a week in the Italian capital, with the Villa Medici as the headquarters for a program of workshops, lectures and hands-on experience. The program is supervised by mediators and led by professionals: journalists, art historians, artists, entrepreneurs and experts. Their stay of a few days in an institution like Villa Medici, which hosts artists in residence from all disciplines, also encourages students to embrace the artistic and cultural world. It’s a week of discovery, good times and exchange. During their field trips, the students visit some of the Roman sites they studied during the year, take part in workshops and meetings with professionals, and enjoy socializing over that week.
On the trip back, sharing
The students then share their visions and experiences and become mediators, producing a capsule, a collective audio-visual map of Rome, filled with each group’s experiences and skills. They then organize a way to share their experience in the form of their choice. Screenings, tastings, concerts, workshops: each class draws up a program for a special event to be organized in their own school.
The Résidence Pro program is not open to applications and is aimed at young people from the partner regions.
2026 Edition
In 2026, the Résidence Pro programme will continue with its fifth edition, welcoming the Grand Est and Hauts-de-France regions from 4 to 14 May!
Grand Est
Theme
‘From Roman banquets to the lifestyles of tomorrow’
12 participating secondary schools from the Grand Est region
- Campus Terre de l’Aube – Saint-Pouange
- Lycée des Métiers Entre Meurthe et Sânon – Dombasle sur Meurthe
- Lycée Professionnel Simon Lazard – Sarreguemines
- Lycée Jean Geiller – Strasbourg
- Lycée Ernest Cuvelette – Freyming-Merlebach
- Blaise Pascal Comprehensive High School – Colmar
- Blaise Pascal High School – Forbach
- Pierre et Marie Curie Vocational High School for Home and Furniture Arts – Neufchateau
- Europe Vocational High School – Reims
- LPO Jean Moulin – Revin
- LP Ligier Richier – Bar le Duc
- Lycée de la Briquerie – Thionville
Hauts-de-France
Theme
‘Excellence in craftsmanship and technological innovation, on the road to the Villa Medici’
10 participating secondary schools in the Hauts-de-France region
- Lycée des Métiers d’art – Saint Quentin
- Lycée Saint-Vincent-de-Paul – Soissons
- Lycée Amyot d’Inville – Senlis
- Lycée de l’Acheuléen – Amiens
- Lycée Edouard Branly – Amiens
- Lycée Jacques Le Caron – Arras
- Lycée Joliot Curie – Oignies
- Lycée Louise de Bettignies – Cambrai
- Lycée Le Corbusier – Tourcoing
- Maison des Compagnons – Villeneuve d’Ascq
2025 Edition
In 2025, the fourth edition of the Résidence Pro program will host the Grand Est, Pays de la Loire and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur regions from May 5-23!
Themes
Pays de la Loire
“Parks and gardens: from the Loire to the Tiber”
Twelve participating high schools in Pays de la Loire:
- Lycée professionnel Olivier Guichard – Guérande
- MFR (Maison Familiale Rurale) de Machecoul – Machecoul-Saint-Même
Lycée professionnel Michelet – Nantes - EREA (Etablissements Régionaux d’Enseignement Adapté) la Rivière – Nantes
- LGTA (Lycée d’Enseignement Général et Technologique Agricole) Nantes Terre Atlantique – Saint-Herblain
- L’IEM-FP (Institut d’Education Médicale et de Prévention) La grillonnais – Basse-Goulaine
- LGTA (Lycée d’Enseignement Général et Technologique Agricole) Angers le Fresne – Angers
- Lycée agricole de Pouillé – Les Ponts-de-Cé
- Lycée polyvalent Sadi Carnot – Jean Bertin – Saumur
- LGTA (Lycée d’Enseignement Général et Technologique Agricole) Rochefeuille – Mayenne
- MFR (Maison Familiale Rurale) Verneil le Chetif – Verneil-le-Chetif
- Lycée professionnel René Couzinet – Challans
Grand-Est Region
“Materials and gestures committed to rethinking our footprint, from craftsmanship to industrial innovation”
Twelve participating high schools in the Grand-Est region:
- Lycée Polyvalent Pierre et Marie Curie – Neufchâteau
- Lycée professionnel Eugène Freyssinet – Verdun
- Lycée des Métiers du Toulois – Toul
- Lycée Polyvalent Gutenberg – Illkirch
- Lycée agricole Edgard Pisani – Chaumont
- Lycée professionnel et UFA (Unité de Formation par Apprentissage) Camille Claudel – Remiremont
- Lycée professionnel Dominique Labroise – Sarrebourg
- Lycée professionnel Eugène Decomble – Chaumont
- Lycée des métiers Blaise Pascal – Forbach
- Lycée des métiers d’art et de la maîtrise de l’énergie électrique, Jacques-Marie Boutet de Monvel – Lunéville
- Lycée des métiers de Rebberg – Mulhouse
- Lycée Polyvalent Théodore Deck – Guebwiller
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
“Artistic creation and sustainable development”
Ten participating high schools in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region:
- LGTA (Lycée d’Enseignement Général et Technologique Agricole) Digne – Carmejane – Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson
- Lycée polyvalent Denis Diderot – Marseille
- Lycée professionnel les Alpilles – Miramas
- Lycée professionnel Pasteur– Nice
- Lycée professionnel Domaine d’Eguilles – Vedene
- Lycée professionnel Blaise Pascal – Marseille
- Lycée professionnel les Coteaux – Cannes
- LPA (Lycée Professionnel Agricole) la Ricarde – L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
- Lycée polyvalent Paul Langevin – La Seyne-sur-Mer
- LGTA (Lycée d’Enseignement Général et Technologique Agricole) François Pétrarque – Avignon
2024 Edition
Villa Medici hosted 250 high school students from the Grand Est region and celebrated the 1,000th beneficiary of the program!
Themes
“Tomorrow’s housing: living well together sustainably”
Sectors
Vocational and agricultural high schools
Twelve participating high schools in the Grand Est region
- Lycée des Métiers François Arago (trades in energy efficiency, building and public works, Reims, 51)
- Lycée Charles de Gonzague (carpentry technicians, Charleville-Mézières, 08)
- Lycée le Corbusier (comprehensive high school, Illkirch-Grafenstaden, 67)
- Lycée des Métiers Philippe Charles Goulden (trades in electricity and connected environments, Bischwiller, 67)
- Lycée Heinrich-Nessel (high school for building trades, Haguenau, 67)
- Lycée des métiers du Bâtiment et de l’Energie Emmanuel Héré (construction and energy studies, Laxou, 54)
- Lycée Jean Prouvé – Bac Pro MELEC (industrial trades in urban settings, Nancy, 54)
- Lycée Professionnel La Tournelle (home support and care, Pont-Saint-Vincent, 54)
- Lycée Professionnel Simon Lazard (transport, commerce, baking and pastry-making, cooking and serving, support for the elderly and practical skills in family and group settings, Sarreguemines, 57)
- Lycée Ligier Richier (industrial vocational high school, Bar-le-Duc, 55)
- Lycée agricole d’Obernai (general, technical and professional fields, farm management and leadership, Obernai, 67)
- Lycée Saint Paul (comprehensive high school, Charleville-Mézières, 08)
“Impressive, extraordinary, magnificent, spacious, magical”
“It’s the first time I’ve traveled outside Strasbourg”
“This residency took us out of our comfort zone”
“Feeling recognized at the Villa Medici was super rewarding”
Students from the Grand Est Region.
Partners
The Résidence Pro 2024 program is an initiative of :
THE GRAND EST REGION
In partnership with :
RÉGION ACADÉMIQUE GRAND EST
Résidence Pro 2024 was made possible thanks to the commitment of its sponsors:
FONDATION BNP PARIBAS
FONDATION BETTENCOURT SCHUELLER
AMUNDI INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS
GROUPAMA ASSICURAZIONI
Access to the 2024 edition press kit(Fr)
Podcast by Bertrand Chaumeton (Fr)2023 Edition
Villa Medici has doubled its numbers, hosting almost 500 high school students from the Grand Est and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur regions.
Themes and sectors
The professions that work in beauty and well-being, artistic crafts such as glass and textile work, the art of living, hospitality, food and catering (Grand Est), as well as the professions related to nature and the human being, through the environment, sustainable development, landscape design and personal services (PACA).
- Listen to the immersive podcast produced by the students and teachers (Fr)
Twelve participating high schools in the Grand Est region
- Établissement régional d’enseignement adapté Henri Ebel (Illkirch-Graffenstaden 67)
- Lycée des métiers de l’hôtellerie, restauration et alimentation Stanislas (Villers-lès-Nancy 54)
- Lycée des métiers de l’hôtellerie et restauration Charles Pointet (Thann 68)
- Lycée des métiers de l’hôtellerie, restauration et alimentation J-B-S Chardin (Gérardmer 88)
- Lycée polyvalent Europe (Reims 51)
- Lycée polyvalent Alain Fournier (Metz 57)
- Lycée polyvalent Dominique Labroise (Sarrebourg 57)
- Lycée polyvalent Paul Lapie (Lunéville 54)
- Lycée polyvalent Jean Geiler (Strasbourg 67)
- Lycée polyvalent Frédéric Ozanam (Châlons-en-Champagne 51)
- Lycée polyvalent Jean Rostand (Strasbourg 67)
- Lycée polyvalent Georges-Brière (Reims 51)
Twelve participating high schools in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region
- Lycée d’enseignement général et technologique agricole de Digne – Carmejane (Le Chaffaut Saint-Jurson 04)
- Agricampus des Hautes-Alpes Lycée de Gap (05)
- Campus Vert d’Azur Lycée d’Antibes (06)
- Campus Nature Provence Lycée d’Aix-Valabre (Gardanne 13)
- Campus Nature Provence Lycée des Calanques (Marseille 13)
- Lycée professionnel agricole Les Alpilles (Saint-Rémy-de-Provence 13)
- Agricampus-Var Lycée de Hyères (83)
- Agricampus-Var Lycée des Arcs-sur-Argens (83)
- Campus de la Durance et du Pays des Sorgues Lycée François Pétrarque (Avignon 84)
- Campus de la Durance et du Pays des Sorgues Lycée La Ricarde (L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue 84)
- Campus Provence Ventoux Lycée Louis Giraud (Carpentras 84)
- Lycée Pierre Le Roy de Boiseaumarié (Orange 84)
Partners
The Résidence Pro 2023 is an initiative of :
GRAND EST REGION
PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D’AZUR REGION
The Résidence Pro 2023 is made possible thanks to the commitment of its sponsors:
FONDATION BNP PARIBAS
FONDATION BETTENCOURT SCHUELLER
AMUNDI INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS
GROUPAMA ASSICURAZIONI
And with the support of :
MALONGO
CLUB CRIOLLO
CASA MANFREDI
FONDATION COLBERT
2022 Edition
Villa Medici launched the first edition of its Résidence Pro program, welcoming 300 high school students from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and the Région Académique Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The students created collective works inspired by the Roman heritage.
The Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region and the Région Académique Nouvelle-Aquitaine honored the Roman heritage through the Campus des Métiers et des Qualifications Forêt Bois Nouvelle-Aquitaine, which coordinates all of the region’s vocational training institutes. Also collaborating was an active network of public and private partners in the forestry and timber industry, brought together under the Woodrise ecosystem. This first edition showcased the forestry and timber industry, from cabinetmaking to forestry and timber construction, and involved more than 300 students from 15 vocational high schools, representing the diversity of the Nouvelle Aquitaine regions.
- Listen to the immersive podcast produced by the students and teachers
Fifteen high schools in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and the Région Académique Nouvelle-Aquitaine participated in the project:
- Etablissement Régional d’Enseignement Adapté Joël Jeannot (Trélissac)
- Etablissement Régional d’Enseignement Adapté Théodore Monod (Saintes)
- Lycée de Navarre (Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port) – Lycée des métiers du bâtiment Jean Garnier (Morcenx-la-Nouvelle)
- Lycée polyvalent du Pays d’Aunis – Lycée des Métiers du Bois (Surgères)
- Lycée polyvalent Haroun Tazieff
- Lycée des métiers du bois (Saint-Paul-lès-Dax)
- Lycée polyvalent Nelson Mandela-Pôle Bâtiment et des Arts Associés (Poitiers)
- Lycée Porte d’Aquitaine (Thiviers)
- Lycée professionnel Agricole et Forestier Roger Duroure (Sabres)
- Lycée professionnel Édouard Vaillant (Saint-Junien)
- Lycée professionnel Henri Brulle (Libourne)
- Lycée professionnel Lavoisier (Brive-la-Gaillarde)
- Lycée professionnel Louise Michel (Ruffec)
- Lycée professionnel Saint Joseph
- Apprentis d’Auteuil (Blanquefort)
- Lycée professionnel Sillac (Angoulême)
Partners
Résidence Pro 2022 is an initiative of :
NOUVELLE-ACQUITAINE REGION
RÉGION ACADÉMIQUE NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE
With:
WOODRISE
FONDATION MARTINE LYON
CAMPUS DES MÉTIERS ET DES QUALIFICATIONS
INSTITUT TECHNOLOGIQUE FCBA
The Résidence Pro 2022 program was made possible with the support of:
FONDATION BNP PARIBAS
FONDATION BETTENCOURT SCHUELLER
AMUNDI INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS
GROUPAMA ASSICURAZIONI
CARTIER, Sponsor of the educational program at the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici
FONDATION MARTINE LYON
FRANCE BOIS FÔRET
CLUB CRIOLLO
CASA MANFREDI
Résidence Pro Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Academic Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine 2022
Résidence Pro Région Grand Est 2024
Résidence Pro Région Grand Est 2024
Résidence Pro Grand Est and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur regions 2023
Résidence Pro Grand Est and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur regions 2023
Résidence Pro Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Academic Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine 2022
Résidence Pro Région Grand Est 2024
Margherita Nuti
Résidence Pro Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Academic Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine 2022
Résidence Pro Grand Est and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur regions 2023
Résidence Pro Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Academic Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine 2022
Résidence Pro Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Academic Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine 2022
Talents to Watch For
Young people in residence
We have created two residency programs specifically for vocational and agricultural secondary school students, as well as young art school graduates in France.
Young Graduates in Discovery Residencies
Fondation Culture & Diversité
As a partner of the Fondation Culture & Diversité, Villa Medici welcomes several young art school graduates each year for a week-long residency where they meet French and Italian professionals and cultural institutions.
The Résidence Pro 2025 is an initiative of
In partnership with
With the support of the academic regions and DRAAF of Pays de la Loire, Grand Est, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Partners
The Résidence Pro 2025 also benefits from the support of
