École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris

École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris

Type	Public, Graduate engineering school
Established	1783
Students	1500
Location	Paris, Évry, Fontainebleau, Sophia Antipolis , France 48°50′44.291″N 2°20′22.898″E
Affiliations	PSL Research University
Website	http://www.mines-paristech.eu

Hôtel de Vandôme

Mines ParisTech (officially École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, English: Paris School of Mines, also known as École des mines de Paris, ENSMP, Mines Paris or les Mines) is a engineering graduate school in France. It is in a campus of the PSL Reseach University (Northern France).

Its different curricula lead to the following French & European degrees :

• Ingénieur Mines ParisTech (Centralien Graduate engineer Masters level program)
• Master of Science & PhD
• Mastères Spécialisés
• Massive Online Open Course

Academic activities and industrial applied research are performed mainly in French and English languages. Students from a dozen of nationalities participate to the different curricula at Mines ParisTech.

Admission

Admission to the Mines ParisTech engineering Programme implemented at Mines ParisTech is possible after two/three year scientific undergraduate studies.

The Mines ParisTech Programme typically lasts three years and results in a master's degree, augmented with international experience. Thus undergraduate studies + the Mines Programme account for more than a cumulated 300 ECTS credits as applicable in the European education system.

Research labs

Research activities at Mines ParisTech relate to the following topics:

• Earth sciences and environment
• Energy and processes
• Mechanical and Materials engineering
• Mathematics and systems
• Economics, management, society

Notable graduates

• Georges Charpak, French physicist
• Philippe Jamet, French manager and President of universities
• Luc Oursel, French businessman
• Alain Poher, French politician

Further reading

• Official website