Established 1990 Doctoral students 800 Number of students 6,000 Postgraduates 5,200 | Administrative staff 2900 Founded 1990 | |
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Type Public, Graduate engineering Undergraduates No undergraduate students Similar École centrale de Lille, École centrale de Nantes, École centrale de Lyon, École centrale de Marseille, École Centrale Paris | ||
The Ecoles Centrales Group is an alliance consisting of the following graduate schools of engineering:
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The Group contributes to the harmonisation of academic programs, the sharing of experiences, and collaboration in international relations. A key stakeholder in corporate development, the Écoles Centrales Group has established a reputation as a global reference point in the education of the generalist engineers of tomorrow.
With about 6,000 graduate engineer students and 800 PhD doctorate students, a total faculty of 700 permanent academic members, 2200 part-time lecturers and associate professors, 450 technical and administrative staff, 2000 researchers, the Ecoles Centrales Group annually approves hundreds of PhD doctorate dissertations and grants 1500 Centrale graduate engineering degrees and other master's degrees. Already more than 35,000 Centrale alumni are active today in business, entrepreneurship, research & development, and management in small and large industries worldwide.
Goals
Based on nearly two centuries of recognized Centrale educational know-how in France, the Ecoles Centrales Group's goal is to promote and implement engineering education with the following characteristics, defined as the Centrale Programme:
Admission
Education programmes implemented in CentraleSupélec, Lille, Lyon, Marseille and Nantes include
The Centrale Programme (Centrale graduate engineering degree - Grade 300 ECTS) includes a three or four-year curriculum. Application to the Centrale Programme is possible after two/three year undergraduate studies in other educational institutes. Admission to an école centrale requires success in either:
Thus undergraduate studies + the Centralien Programme account for more than a cumulated 300 ECTS credit in the European education system.
Admission to the master's degree programme (workload is either M1+M2 = 120 ECTS or M2 = 60 ECTS) is possible upon application assessment based on academic criteria or is possible as a part of the Centralien Programme. Several master's degrees are available from the different écoles centrales and may be taught in English and/or French, targeting diverse science and engineering domains :
Admission to specialized master's degree programmes (Mastère spécialisé) for master's-level specialization and continuing education in specific engineering and management fields (workload is 75 ECTS) is possible upon application assessment based on candidate profile. MS taught in French include :
Research labs
PhD candidates and visiting researchers should contact directly their preferred labs among 38 different research labs of the Ecoles Centrales.
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