ESIGELEC is a French engineering school, founded in 1901, and located in

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...

. It is part of the

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group of French

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specializing in engineering and sciences and is a university level institution with the special status

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. It is under supervision of the

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and jointly managed by the

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of Rouen, the Society of Engineers in Electrical Engineering (in , SIGELEC), and a consortium of private companies.

History

In 1901, Alexandre Charliat, an engineer from

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, decided to create a school of

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s corresponding to its own perspective on education. He named it the Practical School of Industrial Electricity () and established it at 53 rue Belliard in Paris. The school was later renamed the School of Industrial Electricity of Paris (EEIP; ). It was renamed again in 1980, becoming the 'Superior School of Electrical Engineers' (; ESIGELEC). The

recognized the school as a

in 1922 and the

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authorized it to award the

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 ...

in 1936. In 1989, ESIGELEC became a permanent member of the Grande Ecole conference (

Conférence des grandes écoles The (; French for "Conference of Grandes Écoles"; abbr. CGE), is a French national institution, created in 1973. It mainly acts as an association of ''Grandes Écoles'', providing representation, research and accreditation. A ''Grande école'' ...

). In 2011, ESIGELEC became an associate school of the

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(Mines Télécom Institut of Technology) and the Groupe des écoles des mines. The ('Accreditation authority for professional engineers') renewed its authority to grant the in 2014 for the further duration of six years. The school has moved many times. The first relocation was in 1968 and saw all components of the school moved to

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. Then, the board of directors believed that the only way to develop the school with its very own educational values was to relocate it far from Paris and the Parisian schools of engineers. They decided to move to

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, near Rouen, in 1991. In 2004, funding was released to offer the school its own state-of-the-art facilities. The school relocated to the Technopôle du Madrillet, in

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, south of

, an area dedicated to innovation with many companies and three academic institutions. The staff and students moved into the new buildings 16 September 2005, the day of the inauguration.

Status

ESIGELEC is a semi-private school. It is under supervision of the

but is co-led by the

of Rouen. It was created as a nonprofit organization according to the law of 1901. Therefore, students have to make a contribution to the

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partially paid by private and public funds and the school cannot be profitable.

Education

Degrees

Prep School

ESIGELEC has an integrated

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accessible after the

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Engineering cycle

ESIGELEC is authorised by the to award a , equivalent to a master's degree. As required by the French government, it is awarded after three years of study. Eligible applicants are students who have successfully completed the prep school, a two-year , or an equivalent university level.

Unions

Schools of engineers in France are known to promote student life in order to create strong relations between students and allow them to do things they could not do at , the two years of intense study preceding the entry in the engineering cycle. ESIGELEC strengthens this reputation by investing money in student unions. The student bureau or student union office (in , BDE) is elected every year in May by the students. It consists of second year students of the engineering cycle gathering in lists and campaigning to obtain the management of the union office. The campaign lasts one week and implies an important organisation. The student bureau has in charge to organize the integration week (a program to welcome the incoming students) and to finance the other unions of the school. The unions of the school are: * La Tortue Déchainée: The newspaper of ESIGELEC. * ESIG’AERO: The union for those who love planes and

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. * Gala ESIGELEC * Defi 24h * 4L Trophy * Club Zik

Research

ESIGELEC is one of the few French schools to have its own research center. In 2001 the Research Institute for Embedded Electronic Systems (, IRSEEM) was created, a research laboratory specialising in embedded systems. In 2010, the foundation stone of the advanced research facility was laid, creating the Embedded Systems Integration Campus (, CISE). It was inaugurated in 2012. This center, dedicated to electrical systems and mecatronics, reinforces the range of research and teaching capabilities of both ESIGELEC and IRSEEM.

International

Partnerships

ESIGELEC has many international partners around the world with agreements of double-degrees and exchange programs.

United States

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* Swanson School of Engineering at the

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United Kingdom

Cranfield University Cranfield University is a postgraduate-only public research university in the United Kingdom that specialises in science, engineering, design, technology and management. Cranfield was founded as the College of Aeronautics (CoA) in 1946. Throug ...

Russia

Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation The Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation () is a university with 13 faculties in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Faculties are devoted to innovation management, aerospace engineering, electronic engineering, energy developmen ...

India

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(MAHE), formerly known as Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka *

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and Science * Parul University Australia *

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* RMIT University Melbourne City Campus *

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Ranks

In 2014 it was ranked in the top 50 French engineering schools by the French business weekly ''

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''.

References

External links

Students' Main Web Portal
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