The Mohammadia School of Engineers (, abbreviated EMI; ) is the first to be established engineering school in

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. EMI was founded in 1959 by the King Mohammed V as Morocco's first

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, it's one of the largest schools of engineering in

, and its most prestigious.

History

EMI became in 1982 under the order of the king

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a school combining academic and military education in order to control the students promoting communism. The new model set was following the establishment of the polytechnical school of Paris (

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Special events

* First Computer in Morocco as a gift from the king

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of the Belgians to EMI. * First

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node in Morocco introduced by EMI. * First School to introduce in 2003 the Internet country code top-level domain ".ma". * First School introducing the Electrical Engineering 's bachelor's degree.

Organization

After three years of academic studies and military training the students have to take an oath in front of his majesty the King of Morocco in order to get the 'Grandes Ecoles d'ingénieurs' degree, a Bac+5 in the French education System, and the equivalent of a master's degree . In the military side the students graduate as reserve Officers. The school consists of nine departments : * Department of Civil Engineering * Department of Computer Science * Department of Electrical Engineering * Department of Industrial Engineering * Department of Mechanical Engineering * Department of Mineral Engineering * Department of Modelling and Scientific Computing * Department of Networks & Telecommunications * Department of Process Engineering

References

External links

*
Official website
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