The École nationale supérieure d'électrotechnique, d'électronique, d'informatique, d'hydraulique et des télécommunications (; abbr. ENSEEIHT) is a French engineering school (

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) which offers education in

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 ...

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 ...

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

Hydraulics Hydraulics () is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids. At a very basic level, hydraulics is the liquid counterpart of pneumatics, which concer ...

and

Telecommunications Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...

. The INP-ENSEEIHT is a top-ranking French public engineering school, under the trust of the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research and in an agreement with the prestigious Ecole polytechnique. INP-ENSEEIHT is one of the seven components of the

National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse (, ; abbr. Toulouse INP) is a French university cluster based in Toulouse, France, part of the University of Toulouse. It was founded in 1969. The institute is composed of seven schools (six engineering ...

. The standard curriculum is a three-year program leading to the French ''

Diplôme d'Ingénieur The ''Diplôme d'Ingénieur'' (, often abbreviated as ''Dipl.Ing.'') is a postgraduate degree in engineering ''(see Engineer's Degrees in Europe)'' usually awarded by the '' Grandes Écoles'' in engineering. It is generally obtained after five to ...

'', considered by European universities (

Bologna declaration The Joint Declaration of the European Ministers of Education convened in Bologna on 19 June 1999 is the main guiding document of the Bologna process. It was adopted by ministers of education of 29 European countries at their meeting in Bologna in 1 ...

) as a

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of the

European Higher Education Area The European Higher Education Area (EHEA) was launched in March 2010, during the Budapest-Vienna Ministerial Conference, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Bologna Process. As the main objective of the Bologna Process since its incep ...

. The ENSEEIHT is part of

Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse (, ; abbr. Toulouse INP) is a French university cluster based in Toulouse, France, part of the University of Toulouse. It was founded in 1969. The institute is composed of seven schools (six engineering ...

(Toulouse INP) which is itself part of the

University of Toulouse The University of Toulouse (, ) is a community of universities and establishments ( ComUE) based in Toulouse, France. Originally it was established in 1229, making it one of the earliest universities to emerge in Europe. Suppressed during the ...

. The school is also an associated school of the

Institut Mines-Télécom Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT) is a French public academic institution dedicated to Higher Education and Research for Innovation in the fields of engineering and digital technology, organized as a Collegiate University. Created in 1996, it was o ...

History

The school was founded in 1907 by the

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

city council with the purpose of training engineers for the South-Western

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electrical and hydraulic networks development. In the 1930s, Charles Camichel, the first director of the school, develops research on hydraulics. Hydraulics then contributed to the reputation of the school. In 1948, the school became an ''ENSI'' - French abbreviation for National Superior School of Engineering - under the direction of Léopold Escande. This was an acknowledgement of the high level of the training and the research works.

Admissions

As a ''

'', the school recruits the majority of the students after the selection made by the competitive examination which is the final step of two years of intensive '' Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles''. Each department has its own required admission rank that is determined by the number of candidates that want to integrate the department. Other ways to integrate the school exist, some students are admitted to the school after the

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or after two years of specific integrated preparatory classes at the

Academics

Programs

The standard curriculum is the French specific three-year program in engineering that leads to the ''

'' degree. This degree is officially considered as a

of the

by the European Bologna declaration. The five departments of the school are : * Electrical Engineering and

Automation Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, mainly by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machine ...

and

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 ...

* Computer Science and

Applied Mathematics Applied mathematics is the application of mathematics, mathematical methods by different fields such as physics, engineering, medicine, biology, finance, business, computer science, and Industrial sector, industry. Thus, applied mathematics is a ...

* Hydraulics and

Fluid Mechanics Fluid mechanics is the branch of physics concerned with the mechanics of fluids (liquids, gases, and plasma (physics), plasmas) and the forces on them. Originally applied to water (hydromechanics), it found applications in a wide range of discipl ...

and

Networks Network, networking and networked may refer to: Science and technology * Network theory, the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects * Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks Mathematics ...

The school also delivers '' Mastères Spécialisés'' ( Specialized Masters), that are one or two years specialized programs in research that can be made after a

Double degree

The school offers several opportunities to achieve a

double degree Joint degrees are academic qualifications awarded through integrated curricula often jointly coordinated and delivered by multiple higher education institutions, sometimes across different countries. Graduates may receive a single qualification ...

with, for example,

Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, GT, and simply Tech or the Institute) is a public university, public research university and Institute of technology (United States), institute of technology in Atlanta, ...

(''Georgia Tech'') in

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(USA),

Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology (, commonly referred to as Chalmers) is a private university, private research university located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Chalmers focuses on engineering and science, but more broadly it also conducts research ...

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or with

Imperial College Imperial College London, also known as Imperial, is a public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who envisioned a cultural district in South Kensington that included museums ...

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Partnerships

For many years, the school has established many partnerships with other French and international

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and

institutes of technology An institute of technology (also referred to as technological university, technical university, university of technology, polytechnic university) is an institution of tertiary education that specializes in engineering, technology, applied science ...

. The ENSEEIHT is also an application school for the very prestigious

École polytechnique (, ; also known as Polytechnique or l'X ) is a ''grande école'' located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris. The school was founded in 1794 by mat ...

Alumni

CEOs and top-managers

* Frédéric Giron, Vice-President at Springboard Research India. * Robert Havas, Director of the National Agency for Industry Innovation. * Marc Jalabert, Marketing and Operations Director at

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company, technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the History of personal computers#The ear ...

France. * Bernard Parisot, President and co-CEO of JCDecaux North America * Jérôme Seydoux, a French businessman, former CEO and current co-president of

Pathé Pathé SAS (; styled as PATHÉ!) is a French major film production and distribution company, owning a number of cinema chains through its subsidiary Pathé Cinémas and television networks across Europe. It is the name of a network of Fren ...

, the French most influential company in cinema production, distribution and theaters. * Laurent Rossi, chief executive officer at Automobiles Alpine and

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* Denis Terrien, Founder and former Director at amazon.fr * Antoine Zacharias, former CEO of Vinci (CAC 40 firm) * Nawfal Trabelsi, CEO of McDonald France

Entrepreneurs

* Michel Meyer, Founder of Multimania and Kewego *Erik Robertson, Founder of Multimania and founding CTO of

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* Frédéric Montagnon, Founder of

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, Nomao and Codanova *Eric Hautemont, Founder of Raydream and Days of Wonder *Pascal Belloncle, Founder of Raydream *Andy Albani, Co-Founder and CEO o
Dance Reality
and Founder o
HurryOut

Other

* Laurent Broomhead, French National television show presenter * Sophie Lacaze, composer * Gauvain Sers, singer and songwriter.

References

External links

Official websiteENSEEIHT alumni website
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