CESI, formerly ''Centre des études supérieures industrielles'', is a French graduate engineering school created in 1958.
Its headquarters are in
Nanterre close to
Paris
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and it is located in 29 campuses in
France
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The College is member of the
Union of Independent Grandes Écoles
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History
CESI and its engineering school, EI.CESI, were created in 1958 by five industrial groups:
SNECMA (now Safran Aircraft Engines),
Renault
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Télémécanique,
Chausson and CEM, in order to deal with for the shortage of production engineers in France and to enable their senior
Technicians and Supervisors to upgrade with a
Master's degree
A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice. . At the beginning, CESI was called ''Centre Interentreprises de Formation'' (CIF). In 1960, the first 24 CESI engineers graduated from the College, having been admitted to the program two years earlier as Supervisors or Technicians.
In 1969, the center launched its first inter-company training course, entitled ''Accompagnement du passage au statut de cadre'', in order to facilitate access to new positions and employee mobility within the company.
Since 1978, CESI has been accredited by the ''
Commission des titres d'ingénieur'' (CTI) to deliver the CESI engineering Master diploma. Then in 1989, CESI opened its first engineering training course with a
dual education system
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. It was the first school to offer apprenticeships in higher education in France. In 1998, it offered its first training courses for senior Technicians.
In 2006, CESI created its
research laboratory: the ''Laboratoire d’innovation numérique pour les entreprises et les apprentissages au service de la compétitivité des territoires'' (LINEACT).
In 2018, CESI became a member of the
Hesam University.
Bibliography
* Florence Baptiste & Philippe Bernoux, ''Les ingénieurs CESI'', 1990
* Richard Lick, ''Mémoire de la formation histoire du cesi'', ISBN 978-2911653001, 1996
Le CESI.... près de quarante ans se sont écoulés
References
External links
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Engineering universities and colleges in France
Grandes écoles