The Gramme Institute is a graduate school of engineering part of Haute École HELMo in
Liège
Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.
The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
in
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
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It was founded in 1906 by Belgian
Jesuit
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Adolphe Renard. It was named "''Ecole des Arts et Métiers''" after
the same school in France. The first promotion came out in 1908 at a time when the studies lasted for 2 years only. The school's mission is the training of highly skilled engineers able to work in all branches of industry. The course period was raised quickly to 3 years and the academic grade of technical engineer was created in 1919. In 1977, the academic grade of industrial engineer was created and studies, now at university level, had a 4-year term. In his hundredth anniversary, recently, the institute has registered its formation in the framework of the Bologna decree granting titles of Bachelor of Science (BS) and Master of Science (MS) degrees at the end of a course period of 5 years.
Programmes:
*"B.S. - Bachelor of Science in Technology & Industrial Science";
*"M.S. - Master of Science in Industrial engineering" - Industry & technological management;
*"M.S. - Master of Science in Industrial engineering" - Sustainable & energetical engineering;
*Double degree HEC Liège - Gramme (from September 2016): M.S. (180 crédits ECTS) - Masters of Science in Industrial & Business engineering.
The school has its own research center, the
CRIG, it is named after the inventor of the dynamo,
Zenobe Gramme and is part of the
ASJEL (Association of higher education institutions in Europe and Lebanon).
The alumni are grouped within the association Union Gramme.
See also
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List of Jesuit sites in Belgium
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Diocese of Liège
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
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External links
Association des établissements d'enseignement supérieur d'Europe et du LibanCentre de recherche CRIG
Haute Ecole HELMoInstitut Gramme
Union Gramme
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Jesuit universities and colleges
Liège Province
Educational institutions established in 1906
1906 establishments in Belgium