The Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP) (''Institut polytechnique de Grenoble'' , ''Groupe Grenoble INP'' and before INPG) is a French technological university system consisting of eight engineering and management schools. Grenoble INP also has a two-year preparatory class program, an adult education department, as well as 21 laboratories and a graduate school in Engineering Sciences. More than 1,100 engineers graduate every year from Grenoble INP, making it France's biggest ''

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''. Most of Grenoble INP is located in

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, except for the ESISAR which is located in Valence.

History

Grenoble INP was born in the Alpine environment. It was officially founded in 1900 with the creation of the Electrical Engineering Institute. Industrial pioneers of a century ago found that after mastering hydraulic power and creating the initial industrial applications, they had also created a need for well-trained engineers. The first of its type in France, Grenoble INP became polytechnical and grew continuously in scale, becoming the National Polytechnical Institute (INPG) in 1971 with

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, Nobel Laureate in Physics as its first President. Grenoble INP is currently contributing to the

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project, one of Europe's biggest nanosciences research center. Since December 2014, Grenoble Institute of Technology is member of the Community Grenoble Alpes University. The Grenoble Institute of Technology has been awarded the title "European University" by the

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. Together with 6 other European technical universities, the Grenoble Institute of Technology has formed the alliance UNITE! (University Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering). The aim of the project is to create a trans-European campus, to introduce trans-European curricula, to promote scientific cooperation between the members and to strengthen knowledge transfer between the countries. The alliance includes

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, the

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, the

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, the

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Organization

Academic staff and researchers: * 1250 teaching staff (350 permanent) * 1400 researchers (300 permanent) * 450 administrative and technical staff Students: (2014 figures) * 1,428 degree students * 3,036 masters students * 842 doctorate students The total number of students in 2014–2015 was 5,306 students, including 1,152 international students. Most of the students enter Grenoble INP after a two-year undergraduate program, the French ''

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'', the selection being made according to the results of an entrance exam. However a few students (less than 10%) can be admitted at the INPG without needing to take an entrance exam. Such students have to follow another two-year undergraduate program called the

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and to have a minimum entrance average at the end of the program. This program has been created by the French INPs in

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in order to attract even more French high school-leavers as well as students with particular sporting or musical talents. Each year, Grenoble INP graduates: (2004 figures) * 1,046 engineers with a "Diplôme d'ingénieur" (five-year curricula) * 332 DEA (master level) * 146 hD

Schools

* The École nationale supérieure de l'énergie, l'eau et l'environnement or Ense³ (Energy, Water and Environmental Sciences), founded in 2008, created from the merge of the former schools ENSHMG and ENSIEG. * The Ecole nationale supérieure d'informatique et de mathématiques appliquées de Grenoble or Ensimag, founded in 1960: trains engineers to master the design and use of computer and mathematical tools: VLSI and computer design,

software engineering Software engineering is a branch of both computer science and engineering focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining Application software, software applications. It involves applying engineering design process, engineering principl ...

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 ...

and networks, distributed applications and systems, image processing and synthesis, economic and financial systems modeling,

scientific computation Computational science, also known as scientific computing, technical computing or scientific computation (SC), is a division of science, and more specifically the Computer Sciences, which uses advanced computing capabilities to understand and so ...

. The Département Télécommunications founded by ENSIMAG and ENSERG in 1999 has merged with Ensimag. * The École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs des systèmes avancés et réseaux or Esisar, was founded in 1995 and based in Valence. The school trains engineers to master technology of informations and of communication. * The ''École nationale supérieure de génie industriel'' or ''Génie industriel'' founded in 1990, is the industrial and system engineering department of the institute. It trains engineers specialized in organization and technological management. Génie industriel was created from the merger of ENSGI and ENSHMG. * The École internationale du papier, de la communication imprimée et des biomatériaux or Pagora, was founded in 1907 It trains engineers for the paper and graphics industries: physical chemistry and mechanics, process engineering,

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and conversion, and printing techniques. * The École nationale supérieure de physique, électronique et matériaux or Phelma (Physics, Applied Physics, Electronics and Materials Science), founded in 2008, created from the merge of the former schools ENSPG, ENSEEG and ENSERG. * The École polytechnique universitaire de Grenoble-Alpes or Polytech Grenoble, was founded in 2002. The school offers various courses of modern technological fields. * The Institut d'administration des entreprises de Grenoble or Grenoble IAE, was founded in 1956. It is the public management school of the

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Former schools

In 2008, some schools merged, and some other changed their names. From ten schools or departments, the group reorganized the courses and reduced the number of schools down to eight. * Département Télécommunications ( ENSIMAG- ENSERG), founded in 1999: trains engineers to master the design and use of computer and telecommunication tools: VLSI and computer design,

and networks, electronics. It merged in 2008 with Ensimag. * École Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Grenoble (ENSPG), founded in 1985: trains engineers in

physical sciences Physical science is a branch of natural science that studies non-living systems, in contrast to life science. It in turn has many branches, each referred to as a "physical science", together is called the "physical sciences". Definition ...

nanotechnologies Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers (nm). At this scale, commonly known as the nanoscale, surface area and quantum mechanical effects become important in describing propert ...

materials science Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Materials engineering is an engineering field of finding uses for materials in other fields and industries. The intellectual origins of materials sci ...

, electronic and

optoelectronic Optoelectronics (or optronics) is the study and application of electronic devices and systems that find, detect and control light, usually considered a sub-field of photonics. In this context, ''light'' often includes invisible forms of radia ...

devices, energy and nuclear engineering and physical instrumentation. ENSPG trains physics engineers with a strong scientific background. Graduates are employed mainly in basic and applied research or in development. Its activity was transferred in 2008 in the new school Phelma. * École Nationale Supérieure d'Électrochimie et d'Électrométallurgie de Grenoble (ENSEEG), founded in 1921: trains engineers in the fields of

physical chemistry Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena in chemical systems in terms of the principles, practices, and concepts of physics such as motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical mech ...

, process engineering and

electrochemistry Electrochemistry is the branch of physical chemistry concerned with the relationship between Electric potential, electrical potential difference and identifiable chemical change. These reactions involve Electron, electrons moving via an electronic ...

. Its activity was transferred in 2008 in the new school Phelma. * École nationale supérieure d'électronique et de radioélectricité de Grenoble (ENSERG), founded in 1958: trains engineers in

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 ...

from basic components to complex circuits and

telecommunications systems 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 ...

, image and word processing, computer and multimedia systems. Its activity was transferred in 2008 in the new school Phelma. * École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs électriciens de Grenoble (ENSIEG), founded in 1901: trains engineers 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 ...

and its industrial applications of production and transformation, systems automation, production systems,

robotics Robotics is the interdisciplinary study and practice of the design, construction, operation, and use of robots. Within mechanical engineering, robotics is the design and construction of the physical structures of robots, while in computer s ...

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 ...

. Its activity was transferred in 2008 in the new school Ense³. * École Nationale Supérieure d'Hydraulique et de Mécanique de Grenoble (ENSHMG), founded in 1928; trained engineers in the fields of fluid mechanics,

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 water resources, environmental sciences and

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

. Its activity was transferred in 2008 in the new school Ense³.

Alumni

Vincent Blondel Vincent Daniel Blondel (born 28 April 1965) is a Belgian professor of applied mathematics and former rector of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Blondel's rese ...

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* Jean Calvignac * Patrice Cellario, Monaco's Interior Minister * Mike Coey *

Alain Colmerauer Alain Colmerauer (24 January 1941 – 12 May 2017) was a French computer scientist. He was a professor at Aix-Marseille University, and the creator of the logic programming language Prolog. Early life Alain Colmerauer was born on 24 January 1941 ...

Claire Deschênes Claire Deschênes (born 1954) is a Canadian mechanical engineer, an engineering professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering Université Laval, and a member of the Order of Canada. She is the first female professor of engineering at th ...

Charles Elachi Charles Elachi (born April 18, 1947
. ''Cedars Network''. Retrieved on February 20, 2008.) is a ...

* Frédéric Brun, co-founder of music technology company

Arturia Arturia is a French electronics company founded in 1999 and based in Grenoble, France. The company designs and manufactures audio interfaces and electronic musical instruments, including software synthesizers, drum machines, analog synthesizers, ...

* Gilles Pommereuil, co-founder of music technology company

Jean-Jacques Favier Jean-Jacques Favier (; 13 April 1949 – 19 March 2023) was a German-born French engineer and a CNES astronaut who flew aboard the STS-78 NASA Space Shuttle mission in 1996. Favier was due to fly aboard the doomed '' Columbia'' mission in 2003 ...

Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni Emad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni () (born 1964 in Damascus) is the former Minister of Communications and Technology of Syria. Early life, education and career Sabouni was born in Damascus in 1964. He earned a Ph.D. degree from National Polytechnic Ins ...

* Adrian Mihai Ionescu * Antoine Kahn *

Jean-Claude Latombe Jean-Claude Latombe (born May 14, 1947) is a French- American roboticist and the Kumagai Professor Emeritus in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. Latombe is a researcher in robot motion planning, and has authored one of the most h ...

* Romeo Ortega * Marie-Louise Paris * Elisabeth Pate-Cornell *

Éric Piolle Éric Piolle (; born 6 January 1973) is a French politician of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) who has been serving as mayor of Grenoble since 2014. . He was Regional Councillor of Rhône-Alpes from March 2010 to April 2014. Education and bu ...

* Rachid Yazami *

Nobu Tamura Nobumichi Tamura, often shortened to Nobu Tamura, is a French-born Japanese American paleoartist and physicist. He currently lives in California, United States. Biography Tamura became a physicist with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL ...

Roland Busch Roland Emil Busch (; born 22 November 1964) is a German business executive and physicist. He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens, Siemens AG. Busch joined Siemens in 1994 as a project manager in the global Research Department ...

Notes

References

External links

Grenoble INP official site

''Grenoble INP Alumni'': Grenoble INP Engineer Association

''Grand Cercle'' Grenoble INP's Students Association
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