École Centrale Paris (ECP; also known as École Centrale or Centrale) was a French

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in engineering and science. It was also known by its official name ''École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures''. In 2015, École Centrale Paris merged with Supélec to form CentraleSupélec, a constituent college of the

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. Founded in 1829, it was among the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles. Rooted in rich entrepreneurial tradition since the industrial revolution era, it served as the cradle for top-level engineers and executives who continue to constitute a major part of the industry leadership in France. Since the 19th century, its model of education for training generalist engineers inspired the establishment of several engineering institutes around the world, such as the

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in Switzerland, Faculté polytechnique de Mons in Belgium, as well as other member schools of the Ecole Centrales Group alliance in France, Morocco, China, and India.

History

École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures was founded in 1829 as a private institute by Alphonse Lavallée, a lawyer and a prominent businessman from Nantes, who put forward most of his personal capital into founding the school, together with three top scientists who became its founding associates: Eugène Peclet,

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, and

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. Notably, Lavallée was a shareholder of ''

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'', which became in 1831 the official organ of the

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movement. The founding vision of École Centrale was to train multidisciplinary engineers who will become the first ''"doctors of factories and mills"'' of the then-emerging industrial sector in France, at a time when most of the other engineering schools trained students for public service. As the scientific discoveries in this era were beginning to have a major impact on industrial development in Europe, a new breed of engineers with a broad and rigorous knowledge of sciences and mathematics were needed in order for France to develop its industry and consequently compete amongst the world's superpowers. The school was initially located in various premises in Paris, including Hotel Salé (which now hosts the Picasso Museum) and buildings which now belong to

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. Lavallée served as the first president of École Centrale. In 1857, Lavallée transferred the ownership of the school to the French state in order to ensure its sustainability. Under Napoleon's initiative for an imperial university, the school was then temporarily renamed as École Impériale des Arts et Manufactures. In 1862, graduates of the school were awarded accredited graduate diplomas in engineering, with the official academic title of 'ingénieur des arts et manufactures', which was the first of its kind in France. The school was transferred in 1969 to a new campus located in Châtenay-Malabry. The Châtenay-Malabry campus was designed by architect , and was inaugurated by President

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, who was accompanied on this occasion by

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. The school was renamed as École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures. In 2015, the school formed a strategic alliance with Supélec to create CentraleSupélec, which is part of the

. The new campus is located in

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, approximately 20 km from the center of Paris.

Partnerships

École Centrale Paris was one of the Centrale Graduate Schools associated as the ''Groupe Centrale'' network with its sister institutes (

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(with Mahindra Group) and Casablanca). Since 1837, the school had established several international partnerships (double degrees, exchanges, research collaboration) with the world's leading universities, such as

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and Technische Universität München. It was a founding member of the TIME (

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and the

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association of European engineering schools.

Campus

Initially located in the ''Hôtel de Juigné'' (now ''Hôtel Salé'' and home to the ''

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''), the main campus of the school was transferred to ''rue Montgolfier'' in 1884, where it stayed until 1969. Its current location neighbours the ''Parc de Sceaux''. Former location of the ''École Centrale, rue Montgolfier'' in Paris (3rd

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, a southern suburb of Paris (in the

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region), next to the ''Parc de Sceaux'' and its

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. Within the main campus at Châtenay Malabry, ECP hosts eight laboratories: # Molecular and Macroscopic Energy, Combustion # System Analysis and Macroeconomics Modeling # Industrial Engineering # Chemical Engineering and Materials Processing Laboratory # Applied Mathematics # Soil and Structure Mechanics # Technology and Strategy # Solids Structure and Properties Most of the 2000 students at École Centrale Paris stay in dedicated on-campus student residences, which is located near the research labs and easily accessible via public transport. Following the merger of the school with Supelec, now forming CentraleSupelec, the progressive move of the campus has started from Chatenay-Malabry to

Admission

Most French students who were admitted to École Centrale Paris had completed 2 to 3 years of post high school education in sciences through the ''classes préparatoires'' or ''prépas'', which corresponds to

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years at US universities. The ''classes préparatoires'' is itself a selective and academically intensive program that admits less than top 10% of high school graduates in France each year. The entrance examination to the ''grandes écoles'' including École Centrale Paris is taken by students only at the end of their second year in ''prépas'' (''Mathématiques spéciales''). For its flagship degree program leading to the French engineer's degree (

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), in 2016 for instance, École Centrale Paris recruited among the top 4% candidates from ''prépas'' for a quota of about 400 students, in addition to some 50 international students from top foreign universities after an equivalently selective process. International students are first selected internally by their respective home universities on the basis of academic performance (within top 10% GPA) and receive additional training in various subjects including mathematics, sciences, computing, and French language for at least 1–2 years on top of their undergraduate degree program requirements. International students then apply and compete for admission to each grande école via written and oral examinations, and the application must include 2 referrals by professors, a record of extracurricular achievements, internship or research/project experiences, and a motivation letter. Lastly, a small number of places for the engineer degree program is reserved for French university graduates who have excelled in a relevant 3-year bachelor's degree program.

Curriculum

The general engineering program at Centrale was multidisciplinary and typically lasted between 3 and 4 years. The curriculum was similar to those offered at other general engineering schools ''(écoles d'ingénieurs généralistes)''. All courses were taught in either French or English. During the first year (''Tronc Commun'', or ''Common Core''), students were required to study several subjects in science (mathematics, quantum physics, biology...), engineering (continuum mechanics, heat transfer, algorithms, programming...), as well as social sciences (economics, management, foreign languages...). In the second year, students were given the option to choose elective courses but with heavy emphasis in science nevertheless. The first two years were also used to train students in various research, startup and industry projects. In the third year, students could choose to major (specialize) in a particular field depending on their academic and professional interests. Upon graduation, students received the degree of ''Diplôme d'Ingénieur'' (equivalent to

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) along with the title of ''Ingénieur diplômé'', which was more commonly called ''Ingénieur centralien''.

The Graduate School

The school offered a broad range of specialized master's programmes in science and engineering (one-year or two-year programs). It also offered various PhD programmes for holders of a master's degree. More than 200 doctoral candidates currently work in one of the eight laboratories of the school.

Alumni

The following is a non-exhaustive list of notable alumni of Ecole Centrale Paris, also commonly known as ''Centraliens'' or ''Pistons'', which is a reference to the

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. ''Name (Year of graduation)'': *

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(1830), inventor of the multiple-effect evaporator *

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(1855), designer of the

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* Georges Leclanché (1860), inventor of Leclanché cell *

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(1905), American mathematician *

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(1906), aeronautics pioneer, founder of Latécoère and Aéropostale (later

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) * Marcel Schlumberger (1907), co-founder of

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(1987), former CEO of Michelin *

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and

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* Jean-Baptiste Kempf (2006), Creator of VLC media player and VideoLAN * Soulaymane Kachani, Columbia University's Senior Vice Provost

Notable faculty

Paul Appell Paul may refer to: * Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

- mathematician *

Raymond Barre Raymond Octave Joseph Barre (; 12 April 192425 August 2007) was a French centre-right politician and economist. He was a Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three presidents (Rey, ...

, economist, Vice President of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

, French Prime Minister * Sébastien Candel - physicist, President of the

* Jean-Daniel Colladon - engineer and physicist *

Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (; 21 May 1792 – 19 September 1843) was a French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist. He is best known for his work on the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating frame of reference, ...

- physicist, known for the

Coriolis effect In physics, the Coriolis force is an inertial or fictitious force that acts on objects in motion within a frame of reference that rotates with respect to an inertial frame. In a reference frame with clockwise rotation, the force acts to the ...

- chemist, known for atomic weights *

Jacques Hadamard Jacques Salomon Hadamard (; 8 December 1865 – 17 October 1963) was a French mathematician who made major contributions in number theory, complex analysis, differential geometry and partial differential equations. Biography The son of a teac ...

- mathematician * Étienne Klein - physicist and philosopher of science *

Joseph Liouville Joseph Liouville (; ; 24 March 1809 – 8 September 1882) was a French mathematician and engineer. Life and work He was born in Saint-Omer in France on 24 March 1809. His parents were Claude-Joseph Liouville (an army officer) and Thérèse ...

- mathematician *

Anselme Payen Anselme Payen (; 6 January 1795 – 12 May 1871) was a French chemist known for discovering the enzyme diastase, and the carbohydrate cellulose. Biography Payen was born in Paris. He began studying science with his father when he was a 13-ye ...

- chemist, discovered the first

enzyme Enzymes () are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecules known as products ...

* Eugène Péclet - physicist, known for the Péclet number *

Émile Picard Charles Émile Picard (; 24 July 1856 – 11 December 1941) was a French mathematician. He was elected the fifteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie française in 1924. Life He was born in Paris on 24 July 1856 and educated there at ...

- mathematician

Notes and references

External links

English official website

TIME association Network

Alumni Association Website (in French)

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