CentraleSupélec (CS) is a top French graduate engineering school of

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. It was established on 1 January 2015, as a result of a strategic merger between two prestigious

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in France,

École Centrale Paris École Centrale Paris (ECP; also known as École Centrale or Centrale) was a French grande école in engineering and science. It was also known by its official name ''École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures''. In 2015, École Centrale Paris mer ...

and

Supélec École supérieure d'électricité, commonly known as Supélec (), was a French graduate school of engineering. It was one of the most prestigious grande écoles in France in the field of electrical engineering, energy and information sciences. ...

. It is one of the constituent members of

. It is a key founding member of the

, the

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(Top Industrial Managers for Europe) network and also the

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association of European engineering schools.

History

École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures

École Centrale Paris was founded in 1829 on a private initiative by Alphonse Lavallée, who financed its creation and became its first president, and three distinguished scientists: Eugène Peclet,

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Théodore Olivier
The founding vision was to promote the development of 'industrial science', or practical applications of recent major scientific discoveries, and to educate multidisciplinary engineers to lead the emerging industrial sector. The institution was offered to the French

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in 1857. Initially located in the Hôtel de Juigné (now Hôtel Salé and home to the

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), it was transferred to rue Montgolfier in 1884. It stayed there until 1969, when it relocated to

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, near the

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. It moved to its current location in 2015.

École Supérieure d'Electricité

Supélec was founded in 1894 by Eleuthère Mascart, a prominent academic who was elected as a Perpetual Member and Secretary of the ''Académie des Sciences'' and Foreign Member of the British Royal Society. He was also a professor at the ''Collège de France'', and recipient of the Bordin Prize in 1866 as well as the Grand prix de l'Académie des sciences in 1874. Supélec was created in order to educate engineers for the then booming electrical industry. Supélec was originally based in Rue de Staël, 15th district of Paris. It was then relocated to

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close to Porte de Vanves, and Gif-sur-Yvette in 1975, where the main campus is currently located. A second campus was established in

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in 1972 and a third in

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in 1985.

CentraleSupélec Alliance

Since December 2008, a strategic alliance was announced between the two schools, known today through the common brand of CentraleSupélec.

Hervé Biausser Hervé Biausser (born 17 February 1951) is the former director of two French engineering schools, École Centrale Paris and Supélec, positions he has held since 2003 and 2013, respectively. He was the director of CentraleSupélec from 1 Januar ...

became the director in 2013, 1 September, while keeping the directorship of

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. CentraleSupélec now has three campuses in France: Gif-sur-Yvette, Metz and Rennes.

Part of the Paris-Saclay University

Since 2008,

and

have participated in the creation of the campus of the

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research cluster. The

is a French research university, which aims to become the top university of continental Europe in the ARWU rankings. The

was ranked 14th in the world in the 2020

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(ARWU) ranking. In subject rankings, it was placed first in the world for

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and 9th in the world for

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(1st in Europe), as well as receiving a top 25 place for

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and

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Academics

Admission

The majority of students admitted to the engineer's degree program are selected among candidates from French

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, which is usually a two to three-year post-secondary program with a focus on certain subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering Sciences, and Industrial Sciences. CentraleSupélec offers 142 places in the Mathematics and Physics program (MP), 88 places in the Physics and Chemistry program (PC), 93 places in the Physics and Engineering Sciences program (PSI), 10 places in the Physics and Technology program (PT), and 10 places in the Technology and Industrial Sciences program (TSI). The school also recruits top students from overseas partner universities as well as some graduates of French public universities to join the engineer's degree program. Before 2018, students at CentraleSupélec were admitted to either the Centralien or Supélec engineer's degree programs (but not both), and consequently students enrolled before this year receive the academic degree bearing the name of their respective engineer program upon graduation. On the other hand, all engineering students admitted in 2018 and onward are placed in a 'unified' engineer program and graduate with the same academic degree

Teaching and learning

Research

Rankings

CentraleSupélec is considered to be among the best engineering schools of France, some ranking it second just below Polytechnique. According to several salary surveys, graduates from both the Ecole Centrale and Supelec Engineering Programs are among the highest-paid in France. As part of

, it has been ranked 14th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020. cademic Ranking of World Universities 2020 http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2020.html/ref>

Notable alumni

* Stéphane Bancel, CEO of

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:CentraleSupelec Engineering universities and colleges in France Grandes écoles Universities in Île-de-France Universities in Grand Est Universities and colleges in Rennes Education in Metz Centrale Graduate School Universities and colleges formed by merger in France Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay