ECV (École de Communication Visuelle, school of visual communication), founded in 1984, offers 5-year programs in graphic design, digital design, advertising, and film animation. Today ECV enrolls more than 1,500 students at centers in five large French cities: Paris, Bordeaux, Aix-en-Provence, Nantes, and Lille. The ECV schools make up France's largest educational network in the area of visual communication and are widely recognized by employers.