École Spéciale des Travaux Publics, du bâtiment et de l'industrie (ESTP Paris) is a French engineering school and
grande école
A ''grande école'' () is a specialised university that is separate from, but parallel and often connected to, the main framework of the French public university system. The grandes écoles offer teaching, research and professional training in s ...
located in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
.
History
The ESTP was founded in 1891 by
Léon Eyrolles and was officially recognized by the State in 1921. It is a general engineering school recognized for leading French higher education in the fields of construction and project management. ESTP Paris is one of the most prestigious civil engineering schools in France.
It has trained a total of 24,000
engineers and 7,000
construction site
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managers.
The school has also educated since 1891
site managers in building and public works in an undergraduate program.
In 1999 the school formed a partnership with
Arts et Métiers ParisTech
Arts et Métiers ParisTech is a French engineering and research institute of higher education. It is a '' grande école'', recognized for leading in the fields of mechanics and industrialization. Founded in 1780, it is among the oldest French in ...
to offer a double-degree program.
Courses
The institution offers courses in
building engineering,
civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...
,
topography,
surveying,
electrical engineering granting diplomas and degrees for two- and three-year courses. The college was partly located on
Boulevard Saint-Germain, in what has since become
New York University's Paris campus, but entirely moved to
Cachan, in the southern suburbs of Paris.
The college is open to English-speakers who want to study engineering in conjunction with French.
Alumni
Notable alumni include:
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Patrick Bernasconi (born 1955), French business executive
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Dominique Cerutti (born 1961), French businessman
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Léon Eyrolles (1861–1945), French politician and entrepreneur, founder of the first ESTP
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Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994), last rebbe of the
Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty, philosopher, theologian, engineer, educator and writer
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Moshé Feldenkrais
Moshé Pinchas Feldenkrais ( he, משה פנחס פלדנקרייז, May 6, 1904 – July 1, 1984) was a Ukrainian-Israeli engineer and physicist, known as the founder of the Feldenkrais Method, a system of physical exercise that aims to improve ...
(1904–84), Israeli engineer
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Marc de Garidel, French businessman
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Nicolas Grunitzky (1913–69), second president of Togo
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Roger Guérillot (1904–71), French colonist of Ubangi-Shari
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Ginette Hamelin
Ginette Hamelin (4 March 1913 – 14 October 1944) was a French engineer and architect who became a member of the French Resistance and an intelligence officer in WWII. She was murdered in a concentration camp in 1944.
Biography
Hamelin was born ...
(4 March 1913 – 14 October 1944), French engineer and architect; member of the French resistance; killed in a concentration camp
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Saad Hassar (born 1953), Moroccan politician
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Bruno Itoua (born 1956), Congolese politician
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Harold Martin (born 1954), New Caledonian politician
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Guillaume Sarkozy, French entrepreneur
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Jeanne Scelles-Millie (1900–93), French architectural engineer and author
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Gilles Tonelli
Gilles Tonelli (born 27 November 1957) is a Monegasque engineer, diplomat and politician.
Tonelli served as the Minister of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development from 2005 to 2006, the Minister of Finance and Economy from 2006 to ...
(born 1957), Monegasque engineer, diplomat and politician
External links
ESTP Website
ESTP Website
Former site manager students website
Engineering universities and colleges in France
Educational institutions established in 1891
1891 establishments in France
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