Established 1999 (1999) Students 5,000 Phone +33 1 44 08 00 50 | Chancellor Emmanuel Carli Website epitech.eu Founded 1999 | |
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Type Private institution of higher education in general Computer Science Location Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Bordeaux, Rennes, Marseille, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Nancy, Nantes, Nice, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Tirana, France, Albania Founders Marc Sellam, Fabrice Bardèche Similar EPITA, SUPINFO Paris, Efrei, ESIEA ‑ siège social, ETNA Profiles | ||
The Paris Graduate School of Digital Innovation (French: École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies, or Epitech), formerly called European Institute of Information Technology in English is a private institution of higher education in general computer science that was created in 1999 and has been recognized by the French state
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Headquartered in Paris, the school has branches in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Bordeaux, Rennes, Marseille, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Nancy, Nantes, Nice, Strasbourg and Toulouse
The school is also located in Tirana, Albania.
Epitech delivers a five-year program split in two parts: the first three years corresponds to a Bachelor in computer science and the last 2 years to expert in information technology
The school has the particularity to teach with practical cases instead of theoretical.
Epitech has also an Executive MBA in IT and entrepreneurship course targeting executive managers in computer science.
History
Epitech has been created in 1999, taking advantage of the keen interest of the École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées to train students without a scientific background. The institution is part of IONIS Education Group.
In 2007, Epitech opened new campuses in Casablanca, Dalian, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Strasbourg and Toulouse. Since January 2008, the degree delivered has been recognized by the Commission nationale de la certification professionnelle, as level 1. In 2008, the campuses of Nice, Montpellier, Nancy, Marseille and Rennes were opened. Since 2009, the school has been recognized by the French State.
New campuses abroad
In early 2013, Epitech announced it would open a campus in Beijing, China in September 2013 and further international branches in California, United Kingdom and Spain by In September 2014.
Partnership
EPITECH is a partner of the Zup de Co association to create the Web@cademie, a 2-year training completely free for students without the French Baccalaureate and with a strong motivation in computer science. This course has the goal to give a job of software developer for young people who has stopped the regular studies. They are trained by EPITECH teachers at Le Kremlin-Bicêtre and at Lyon.
Diploma
EPITECH delivers an "Expert of Information Technologies" diploma (equivalent to a Master's degree in France). The degree is recognized by French CNCP.