The École Nationale Supérieure de Géologie (; "National Superior School of Geology"; abbr. ENSG) is a French

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, located in Nancy, Eastern

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, part of the

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History

The ENSG was created as Institut de Geologie Appliquée de Nancy in 1908, and became a National Engineering School, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie Appliquée et de Prospection Minière, in 1948. In 2010, it received the Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers status from the National Institute for Earth Sciences and Astronomy (INSU) of the

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The school

The ENSG engineering school is one of the French

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, part of the

and associated with the

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. It trains students in the main fields of geological engineering. Its flagship degree is the Diplome d'ingénieur de l'ENSG (M2-level), which combines education in mathematics, physics, engineering and geology.

Admission

The majority of ENSG students are recruited at L3 level after a national competitive entrance exam following a two-year Classe Préparatoire aux Grandes Ecoles or based on an application file after a bachelor's degree. Admissions in second year (M1 level) are also possible for students after a M1 cursus.

Curriculum

Students follow common classes during the semesters 5, 6 and 7, where they take introductory classes in

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, soil and rock mechanics,

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structural geology Structural geology is the study of the three-dimensional distribution of rock units with respect to their deformational histories. The primary goal of structural geology is to use measurements of present-day rock geometries to uncover informati ...

sedimentology Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, silt, and clay, and the processes that result in their formation (erosion and weathering), transport, deposition and diagenesis. Sedimentologists apply their understanding of m ...

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foreign languages, project management. During semesters 8 and 9, students specialize in

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engineering and management, Water and the environment, Geosciences for energy, Reservoir engineering and hydrodynamics or Numerical geology. The last Semester (10) is dedicated to an end-of study project, generally performed as an internship.

Research

The ENSG professors and researchers are associated to several research labs: * CRPG: Centre de Recherches Petrographiques et Geochimiques * GeoRessources: Geomodels, Raw Materials, Geosystems * LIEC: Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Continental Environments * LEMTA: Theoretical and Applied Energetics and Mechanics Laboratory * LORIA: Computer Science Research and Applications. * Institut Elie Cartan de Lorraine: Mathematics

Notable alumni

* :fr:Edgar Aubert de la Rüe * Edouard Bard *

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* :fr:François Hommeril * :fr:Thierry Pilenko

References

External links

ENSG website

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