Supmicrotech (officially, the École nationale supérieure de mécanique et des microtechniques) is a French school of engineering. It is part of Polyméca, a network of schools focusing on mechanical engineering.

History

The school was founded in 1902 by the Université de Franche-Comté as ''Laboratoire de Chronométrie''. In 1961, it turned to ''École nationale supérieure de chronométrie et micromécanique'' (ENSCM). Since the school is established in an area with a strong legacy on horology, Supmicrotech is deeply dedicated to the design and manufacturing of micro-mechanical devices and robotics.

Location

It is located in the city of

Besançon Besançon (, ; , ; archaic ; ) is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland. Capi ...

, France eastern area (by car, 4 hours from

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, 2 hours and a half from

Strasbourg Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...

and 2 hours and a half from

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

Curriculum

Study in France

The school educates 250 engineers every year on 6 fields: *

Materials science Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Materials engineering is an engineering field of finding uses for materials in other fields and industries. The intellectual origins of materials sci ...

* Mechatronics *

Mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

* Micromechanics * Optoelectronics and

Microelectromechanical systems MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) is the technology of microscopic devices incorporating both electronic and moving parts. MEMS are made up of components between 1 and 100 micrometres in size (i.e., 0.001 to 0.1 mm), and MEMS devices ...

Industrial engineering Industrial engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, an ...

Students can choose to spend their last year within Supmicrotech or in one of the schools of the Polyméca network.

Study abroad

Supmicrotech has concluded a partnership with several universities worldwide: * Technische Universität, Vienne, Austria * Institut National d’Informatique, Alger, Algeria * Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil * Universidade Polytechnique, São Paulo, Brazil * École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Canada *

École de technologie supérieure École de technologie supérieure (, ''Higher Technology School'', ÉTS), founded in 1974, is a public university, public research university in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada and affiliated to the Université du Québec system. The school s ...

, Montréal, Canada * Université Laval, Québec, Canada * Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China * Shanghai Jiaotong University, China * Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany * Hochschule Karlsruhe, Germany * Université des Sciences et Techniques de Bucarest, Hungaria *

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT- Kanpur or IIT-K) is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. As an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), it was declared an Institute of National Importance by ...

, India * Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy *

Politecnico di Torino The Polytechnic University of Turin (, abbreviated as PoliTO) is the oldest Italian public technical university. The university offers several courses in the fields of Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning and Industrial Design, and is consi ...

, Italy * Politecnico di Milano, Italy *

Tokyo Denki University is a private university in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1907 as . It was chartered as a university in 1949 with Yasujiro Niwa as first president. Denki (電機) means an electric device in Japanese, a ...

, Japan * Ecole Nationale de l'Industrie Minérale, Rabat Morocco * Université Technique, Cluj-Napoca, Romania * Université Valahia, Targoviste, Romania *

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such ...

, Moscou, Russia * Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Russia * Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, Saint Petersburg, Russia * Escola Tecnica Superior d’Enginyeria Barcelona, Spain * University of Oviedo, Spain * University of Vigo, Spain * University of Wales, Newport, United Kingdom *

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

, Columbus, USA It also belongs to the N+i international network.

External links

Official Website of Supmicrotech

University of Franche-Comté

N+i network website
{{authority control Engineering universities and colleges in France Universities and colleges in Besançon

Educational institutions established in 1902 1902 establishments in France