The identity of the school

For 140 years, the ESPCI has been training outstanding research engineers and scientists, aware of their individual, social and environmental responsibilities, through a faculty not limited by disciplinary boundaries.

Its vision: to have an impact on society through transdisciplinary, experiment-based research and teaching, and to contribute every day to a more responsible and sustainable world.
 
As an engineering graduate school and research center, the ESPCI offers a transdisciplinary education in physics, chemistry and biology, in line with the latest scientific advances, combining theoretical learning and practical work. Thus, it trains unique profiles: engineers of rupture, adaptable and creative, endowed with a solid theoretical and experimental background, conscious of the stakes of society. Its academic staff transmit a culture of innovation based on science, which opens up a wide range of possibilities in France and abroad.
 

Study engineering at ESPCI Paris - PSL

• A 3+1 year curriculum; 
• A high level multi and interdisciplinary teaching in physics, chemistry and biology; 
• A training by research: half of the time devoted to sessions in labs;
• A large place for experimental learning: practical work, scientific project...
• A culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Research and innovation at ESPCI Paris - PSL

Since its creation, the ESPCI has been a world-renowned research center in physics, chemistry and now in biology. Its laboratories, all mixed units with the CNRS, advance fundamental scientific knowledge and lead to applications for society. Through its interdisciplinary and transversal approach to research, the ESPCI promotes the development of innovation and technology transfer.

Its teams transform knowledge from fundamental research into innovations and disruptive technologies to better address major contemporary challenges. The ESPCI Deeptech Incubator supports researchers and entrepreneurs in the creation of start-ups by drawing on the strengths of the school and its ecosystem.

The commitments of the school 

Since its creation, the ESPCI has never ceased to mobilize its strengths and competencies in the service of major societal issues and to defend the importance of science in the service of society. Environment, solidarity, health, access and openness to knowledge are issues that the ESPCI is committed to taking into account in its daily work while contributing to their advancement. The ESPCI defends equal opportunities and promotes social diversity. It encourages and values the commitment of its students, particularly in the form of associations.

Its strength: The dynamism of its students, academic and administrative staff and alumni. The richness of this community is the crucible of its excellence and attractiveness in France and abroad.

A leading engineering school

• Theoretical and practical teaching on ecological transitions and digital transformations
• A high-level scientific approach combining engineering sciences and humanities and social sciences
• Training programs, from engineering to doctoral degrees, backed by 18 research centers An innovative educational experience: multidisciplinary engineering projects, immersion quarters, and more
• Enriching courses and opportunities within PSL University
• A school open to the world: 13 languages and cultures taught, more than 40 international agreements, member of the Athens network, member of the European University EE

A wide range of degrees

• Multidisciplinary higher education program (CPES)*
• General engineering program
• Master's in Energy**
• 13 specialized Master's programs (MS)
• Bachelor's in Sciences for a Sustainable World*
• Apprenticeship program in energy engineering
• Training for the French high technical civil service
• Doctorate
• Joint Bachelor's program between Mines Paris and PSL/Albert School in data science and management
• Joint Master's degree from Mines Paris – PSL / Albert School in Data Science and Management

* degrees awarded by PSL, including courses taught by Mines Paris — PSL ** degree awarded by PSL, operated by Mines Paris — PSL

A unique research model to face global changes

With and through world-class research, Mines Paris – PSL is an active player in the socio-economic world, where it fosters dialogue between all fields of knowledge. Its systemic and multidisciplinary approach enables it to position itself on issues that respond to the strategic needs of the economic world, in close connection with the industrial fabric. It aims to inform strategic and technological choices, drive frameworks for action and governance, and propose innovative methodological tools.

Mines Paris — PSL brings together and structures its research strengths around the transition to carbon neutrality and digital transformation through the creation of two institutes: The Transition Institute 1.5 (TTI.5) and the Institute for Digital Transformations (ITN).

Institut d’Optique Graduate School, based on the Paris-Saclay campus, with branch campuses in Saint-Etienne and Bordeaux, is one of the most comprehensive educational centres in optics at graduate level (MScEng, MSc and PhD), in terms of the number of graduates, firms created and by the extent of its training.

Institut d'Optique Graduate School also incorporates successful laboratories with an international reputation, the Laboratoire Charles Fabry (LCF) in Paris-Saclay, the Laboratoire Photonique Numérique et Nanosciences (LP2N) in Bordeaux, and is a major actor in Laboratoire Hubert Curien (LHC) in Saint-Etienne, which cover the different fields of optics from A to Z , from the most fundamental (quantum optics) to the more applied (specific optical components).  

The institute hosts its own innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem ("le 503") in Photonics, enabling its students to develop their ideas and create new companies, with the help of hosted start-ups as mentors. Photonics is a booming industry, with high prospects of development in the coming years.

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The school’s identity

Since its creation, Chimie ParisTech - PSL has endeavored to improve the industry in France in two ways. First, by training excellent engineers and being a breeding ground for business talent. Secondly, by conducting cutting-edge research on all aspects of chemistry, from basic research to applied research. Chimie ParisTech - PSL’s program is excellent, original and complete, with a balance of skills between scientific disciplines, entrepreneurship and management. Collaborating with the leading research companies and organizations, it is home to laboratories that conduct cutting-edge research, especially in the fields of energy, materials, industrial processes and health.

Chimie ParisTech - PSL engineering program 

Chimie ParisTech - PSL aims to train high-level general engineers with a solid training in the field of chemistry and its interfaces. During their studies, Chimie ParisTech - PSL’s engineering students will acquire solid scientific and technical knowledge by interacting with both the academic world and the industry.They learn to use their knowledge and apply it throughout complex problems. They reinforce their relational and managerial skills and develop a broad multicultural openness. As soon as they graduate, Chimie ParisTech - PSL students easily integrate into the world of business or academic research on a national and international scale. The Chimie ParisTech - PSL engineering program takes into account the problems that students will face in their future job in order to “build” professionals who will come to hold important positions as their careers progress.

Others education programs 

• Master programs managed Chimie ParisTech – PSL :  Master Chimie Paris Centre (Sorbonne Université, PSL), Master Science et Génie des Matériaux (PSL), Master Integrative Chemistry & Innovation (PSL), Master of Nuclear Energy (coaccredidation with Université Paris- Saclay) - fuel cycle.
• PSL's master programs of PSL Chimie ParisTech participates in: Master BME, Master Energy, Master Physics 
• PhD

Research at Chimie ParisTech - PSL 

Its founder, Charles Friedel, wanted future chemical entrepreneurs to be trained in contact with research while in college. Chimie ParisTech therefore hosts a research center that is active and recognized. Their fields range from the chemistry and physical chemistry of materials and surfaces, to process engineering, molecular chemistry, biochemistry, physico-chemical solutions, analytical sciences and modeling.Conscious of having to avoid any dispersion in a context of strong international competition, the school has focused its areas of activity on the sectors of energy, functional materials, in-silico design, medicinal chemistry and chemistry for the living. Chimie ParisTech also aims to highlight the strong technological aspect of its activities, which represents a major asset for education. The school has around one hundred permanent researchers and teacher researchers across its 3 laboratories, about a third of which are members of the CNRS.

Engagements 

Today’s world faces several key challenges: health, the environment and energy. Chemistry is the central discipline among the sciences of matter. As such, it plays a key innovative role in these areas and contributes significantly to the scientific, technological and societal progress of the future.This societal approach through chemistry remains a tool of choice to solve a wide range of problems. Such examples include the design and preparation of new therapeutic molecules, eco-compatible industrial production processes, tools for the control of energy sources as alternatives to fossil fuels, and quantum information processing. In this context, Chimie ParisTech - PSL wants to develop an approach that will improve the understanding of future students and the general public of chemistry, its contributions and its professions.

The school’s identity

Arts et Métiers was founded on the ideas of the Enlightenment, a movement that inspired the Duke of Liancourt, the school's founder: "To combine the skill of the hand with the intelligence of knowledge" was the school's vocation.

Arts et Métiers trains 6,000 students each year. Through its different curricula, its 15 laboratories and its research partnerships, the school is a socio-economic player at the service of the regions.

With eight campuses and three institutes in France, it is exceptionally close to industry. This unique positioning enables us to align the content of our programs as closely as possible with the needs of businesses. This ambition is supported by its international outreach (170 partner graduate schools and universities abroad).

Engineering at Arts et Métiers

The engineer graduated from Arts et Métiers will be able to design products and systems that respect the environment, but also to control an industrial organization by controlling risks and costs.  

Theory combined with practice will enable the development of skills in:

• Technical and technological skills (fluid mechanics, mathematics-computing, electronics, materials science, solid mechanics, electronics, design, dimensioning, manufacturing);
• Human or soft skills, particularly thanks to the student life activities which allow him to develop useful skills in companies: project development, management, fundraising, adaptability, creativity, prevention plan...

Training offer

Arts et Métiers offers a range of initial and executive education programs from undergraduate to doctoral level. Its education programs are adapted to the needs of industry and are constantly evolving.

In addition to its Grande Ecole program (graduate engineer), the school offers ten engineering programs for specialty engineers (in apprenticeship), a Bachelor of Technology (duration : 3 years), as well as some 20 master programs dedicated to research, 14 advanced masters and a doctoral program.

Research at Arts et Métiers

With 15 laboratories located on its campuses, Arts et Métiers is developing cutting-edge research in three areas: "life cycle digitization", "sustainable and low-carbon engineering" and "materials, structures and intelligent systems".

The institution has a research showcase subsidiary (AMVALOR) and is the head of the Carnot ARTS Institute, which brings together 23 research and innovation laboratories.

It is also a member of EIT Manufacturing and has six research chairs in health, environment, clean mobility and intelligent industrial systems.

The commitments of the school

Arts et Métiers is a public school committed to community life. The school's history is marked by a strong social and humanistic stance, which continues today with awareness raising actions and support for student initiatives.

With low tuition fees, student accomodations and scholarship programs, the school tries to remove social and geographical barriers.

Through its promotional activities, it raises awareness of science and engineering  among young people, especially girls.

Student life is organized around civic actions and humanitarian projects on site.

Sustainable development is a major issue for the school, which strives to raise awareness among its students and to offer training adapted to the transitions.

A leading institution both in France and abroad and a key stakeholder in the world of higher education and research, AgroParisTech and the institutions from which it stems have, over a period now spanning nearly 200 years, brought together ever-stronger academic communities committed to offering solutions to the central challenges posed by the living world—fostering knowledge and understanding to enable humanity to better safeguard our ecosystems, feeding populations while preserving natural resources, and sustainably managing the environment. Together, we want to set the course for a sustainable world both today and in the future, in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

To achieve this, AgroParisTech educates future engineers, executives, doctors, and managers in the fields of life sciences and the environment by exposing them to field work and research and by maintaining close partnerships with professional environments. AgroParisTech offers:

• an engineering program;
• an extensive selection of master’s degrees;
• Ph.D. programs offered in association with prestigious French and international universities;
• a continuing professional education offering made available under the “AgroParisTech Executive” brand

It also strives to reinforce the impact of its scientific activities on society by conducting cutting-edge, multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary research (24 research units, 5 educational and research departments). These research activities also serve to enhance the course offering as early as the engineering program, and they offer an overall showcase for innovation and development at AgroParisTech—a source of both economic and non-economic benefits.

AgroParisTech is active across five major fields, which correspond to the industries of its staff and graduates:

• agricultural and forestry resources;
• the environment;
• the agro-industrial transformation;
• biotechnology,
• all services that tie into production and sales activities.

Key figures

• Over 3,000 students:
  • 50% engineering students (traditional students and apprentices)
  • 31% Master’s students
  • 12% Ph.D. students
  • 7% students working toward a Specialized Master’s Degree
• 1 Engineering program
• 1 Apprentice Training Center (CFA)
• 8 dual-degree agreements with renowned French institutions as part of the engineering program
• 20 Master’s degrees in the fields of life and environmental sciences and industries
• 9 Specialized Master’s Degrees accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles

A Strong International Strategy

• Over 200 international agreements in 54 countries
• 6 Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degrees
• 3 international dual degree Master’s programs
• 8 international dual degrees as part of the engineering program
• 120 students spend a semester studying abroad each year
• 100% of engineers spend time abroad during their studies

Research and Development at the Heart of the Institution’s Missions

• Over 800 staff members, including 250 faculty members and researchers
• 24 research units, including 1 research and development unit
• 1,952 acres of experimental forest
• 1 experimental farm
• 2 technology centers
• 1 Life Sciences Museum
• 13 Partnership chairs
• 5 InnLabs (collaborative spaces for experimentation)

A Tight-Knit Community

• 1 foundation
• 1 network of more than 25,000 alumni and students