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

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to form

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, 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, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, and Théodore Olivier. 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

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. 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

to create

, 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

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) 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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, Indian Institutes of Technology,

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and

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. It was a founding member of the TIME (

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) network among top engineering schools in Europe, and also a member of the

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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 '' Musée Picasso''), 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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, Hauts-de-Seine, 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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and sophomore 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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as one of the key innovations that powered the French

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

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(1830), inventor of the

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Gustave Eiffel Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (born Bonickhausen dit Eiffel; ; ; 15 December 1832 – 27 December 1923) was a French civil engineer. A graduate of École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway ...

(1855), designer of the

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and the internal structure of the

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(1856), architect of the first steel framed building in

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(1860), inventor of

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(1877), founder of

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(1879) a pioneer of reinforced concrete * Georges Vésier (1882), president of the

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* Louis Blériot (1895), aviation pioneer, first pilot to cross the Channel * Georges Darrieus, French aeronautical engineer, inventor of the

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(1895), founder of automobile maker Peugeot ( Peugeot PSA) *

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(1901), French aeronautical engineer, patented the first ramjet engine *

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(1905), American mathematician *

Pierre-Georges Latécoère Pierre-Georges Latécoère (; 1883–1943) was a pioneer of aeronautics. Born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, he studied in the École Centrale Paris and, during the First World War, started a business in aeronautics. He directed plants that made ...

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

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

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* Etienne Oehmichen (1908), pioneer of helicopters *

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(1942), writer *

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, former Iranian

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* Jacques Maisonrouge (1948), Corporate Executive at IBM *

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(1955), founder of the

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group (''Novotel'', ''Sofitel'', ''Mercure'', ''All Seasons'' hotels) * Robert Peugeot,

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holding president *

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(1966), singer-songwriter, navigator * Henri Gouraud (1967), computer scientist * Sébastien Candel (1968), physicist, Vice President of the

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* Justin Ndioro (1972), former Cameroonian Minister of Finances (1993–1996) * Étienne Klein, physicist and professor, Research Director of the CEA * François Goulard (1976), French delegate minister for research (2005–2007) *

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(1979), CEO of

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* Pierre Chappaz (1982), founder of

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* Jean-Loïc Galle (1982), President and CEO of

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; Member of the

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(US); Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK); and Member of the

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(1987), former CEO of Michelin *

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(1987), investor and highest paid trader in London *

Charles Beigbeder Charles Beigbeder is a French businessman. Biography His brother is Frédéric Beigbeder.Sylvain Lapoix, 'L'UMP recycle tout: Charles Beigbeder numéro 2 de l'UMP à Paris', in ''Marianne (magazine), Marianne'', 30 October 2009 He graduated fro ...

(1988), CEO of Poweo * Gilbert Daniel Nessim (1991), professor of chemistry at

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic i ...

Bruno Iksil In April and May 2012, large trading losses occurred at JPMorgan's Chief Investment Office, based on transactions booked through its London branch. The unit was run by Chief Investment Officer Ina Drew, who later stepped down. A series of deriv ...

(1991),

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Chief Investments Trader, a.k.a. the 'London Whale'Article on interview with Bruno Iksil, the 'London Whale'
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Valerie Masson-Delmotte Valerie Masson-Delmotte is a French climate scientist and Research Director at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, where she works in the Climate and Environment Sciences Laboratory (LSCE). She uses data from past clim ...

(1993, 1996), climate scientist * Jean-Sebastien Jacques (1994), Rio Tinto CEO * Fabrice Tourre (2000), the 'Fabulous Fab' * Stephane Bancel (1995), CEO of

Moderna Moderna, Inc. ( ) is an American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that focuses on RNA therapeutics, primarily mRNA vaccines. These vaccines use a copy of a molecule called messenger RNA (mRNA) to pro ...

* Olivier Pomel (1999), Founder and CEO of Datadog * Alexis Lê-Quôc (1999), Founder and CTO of Datadog * Bernard Liataud (1984), Founder and CEO of BusinessObjects and

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* Jean-Baptiste Kempf (2006), Creator of

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and

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* 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 o ...

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

Jean-Daniel Colladon Jean-Daniel Colladon (15 December 1802, Geneva – 30 June 1893) was a Swiss physicist. Colladon studied law but then worked in the laboratories of Ampère and Fourier. He received an Académie des Sciences award with his friend Charles Sturm ...

- 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, le ...

- physicist, known for the

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* Jean-Baptiste Dumas - chemist, known for

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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-yea ...

- 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. A ...

* Eugène Péclet - physicist, known for the

Péclet number In continuum mechanics, the Péclet number (, after Jean Claude Eugène Péclet) is a class of dimensionless numbers relevant in the study of transport phenomena in a continuum. It is defined to be the ratio of the rate of advection of a physical ...

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 t ...

- mathematician

Notes and references

External links

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TIME association Network

Alumni Association Website (in French)

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