École Nationale Supérieure de l'Électronique et de ses Applications (; abbr. ENSEA) is a graduate school (

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) of

electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

and

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, located in

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(in

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department) close to Paris in France. It was founded in 1952 under the name of ENREA and became ENSEA in 1976.

Admissions

Future engineers are recruited after a centralized and selective country-wide specific entrance examination (" Classes Préparatoires") or laterally into final or pre-final year after a

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electronics Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other Electric charge, electrically charged particles. It is a subfield ...

or relevant scientific fields (physics, chemistry, electronics, computer science, etc.).

Programs

''Grande École'' Degree

The Engineering degree (or '' Diplôme d'Ingénieur de l'École Nationale Supérieure de l'Electronique et de ses Applications'') delivered by L'Académie de Versailles; is equivalent to the master's degree in engineering in the United States. Courses spread over three years cover all aspects of electrical,

and

and engineering, e.g.:

signal processing Signal processing is an electrical engineering subfield that focuses on analyzing, modifying and synthesizing ''signals'', such as audio signal processing, sound, image processing, images, Scalar potential, potential fields, Seismic tomograph ...

microelectronic Microelectronics is a subfield of electronics. As the name suggests, microelectronics relates to the study and manufacture (or microfabrication) of very small electronic designs and components. Usually, but not always, this means micrometre- ...

embedded systems An embedded system is a specialized computer system—a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system. It is em ...

, software engineering, networking, control and power electronics besides some important non-engineering courses such as economics, management, business communications and foreign languages.

M.S. Specialized Masters Programs

ENSEA and

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offer also an MS Specialized Master labelled by the

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and named TIM (''Mobile IT and Telecommunication'')

Specialisations

The school presently offers 8 specialisations: *1-Electronics, Communications &

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*2-Networks and Telecommunications *3-Embedded Electronic Systems *4-

Mechatronic Mechatronics engineering, also called mechatronics, is the synergistic integration of mechanical, electrical, and computer systems employing mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering and computer engineering, and also ...

s and Complex Systems *5-Electronics, Instrumentation and

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*6-Control Systems & Power Electronics *7-Computer Systems *8-Multimedia Systems

International orientation

The school has international links with universities from all over the world, especially in the United States, Germany, Spain and UK. It has dual master's degrees with several American and European universities including

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and

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. ENSEA is also a member of the n+i network
Web site of N+i network of engineering schools and admits 10 students from around the world every year through the N+i program.

Research pole

ENSEA as well as all upper education institutions of

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are organized in a PRES (Research and Upper Education Pole) including : *

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* CY Tech * groupe

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* ENSEA, École Nationale Supérieure de l'Électronique et de ses Applications *

, Ecole supérieure d’Informatique, Réseaux et Systèmes d’Information * ENSAPC, École nationale supérieure d'arts de Cergy-Pontoise * EBI (École de Biologie Industrielle) * EPMI ( École d'électricité, de Production et des Méthodes Industrielles) * EPSS (École Pratique de Service Social) * ESCOM (École supérieure de chimie organique et minérale) * ILEPS (Institut Libre d’Éducation Physique Supérieur) * ISTOM (Institut Supérieur d’agro-développement) * ESCIA, École supérieure de comptabilité, gestion et finance

Alumni

Since its founding in 1952, ENSEA has produced more than 7600 graduates. * Thierry Boisnon – Country Senior Officer of

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France and Vice President Strategy & Portfolio Nokia Services of

Group * Pierre-Emmanuel Calmel – CoFounder and CTO of

Devialet Devialet is a French audio technology company that produces a line of speakers (Phantom) and amplifiers (Expert). It was founded in 2007 in Paris. History In 2004, engineer Pierre-Emmanuel Calmel, invented the Analog Digital Hybrid (ADH) audio ...

* Christophe Duhamel – CoFounder and CEO of Marmiton.org * Arnaud Fleurent-Didier – French singer * Christophe Gourlay – Chief Purchasing Officer of

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* Frank Terner – ex-CEO of Air France.

References

External links

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Official web site
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Official web site
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Universities and colleges established in 1952 1952 establishments in France