CentraleSupélec (, CS) is one of the most prestigious and selective
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in
France
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and is a member of the
graduate engineering school of
Paris-Saclay University in
Gif-sur-Yvette,
France
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. It was established on 1 January 2015, as a result of a strategic merger between two prestigious
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in France,
École Centrale Paris
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* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing i ...
and
Supélec. CentraleSupélec is also considered to be among the best engineering schools of France and most elite institutions in Europe, with an admission rate of 6 to 8% in 2019. It is one of the constituent members of
Paris-Saclay University.
It is a key founding member of the
Paris-Saclay University, the
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(Top Industrial Managers for Europe) network and also the
CESAER association of European engineering schools.
History
École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures
École Centrale Paris was founded in 1829 on a private initiative by
Alphonse Lavallée, who financed its creation and became its first president, and three distinguished scientists:
Eugène Peclet,
Jean-Baptiste Dumas
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, an
Théodore Olivier The founding vision was to promote the development of 'industrial science', or practical applications of recent major scientific discoveries, and to educate multidisciplinary engineers to lead the emerging industrial sector. The institution was offered to the French
state
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in 1857.
Initially located in the Hôtel de Juigné (now Hôtel Salé and home to the
Musée Picasso), it was transferred to rue Montgolfier in 1884. It stayed there until 1969, when it relocated to
Châtenay-Malabry, near the
Parc de Sceaux. It moved to its current location in 2015.
École Supérieure d'Electricité
Supélec was founded in 1894 by
Eleuthère Mascart, a prominent academic who was elected as a Perpetual Member and Secretary of the ''Académie des Sciences'' and Foreign Member of the British Royal Society. He was also a professor at the ''Collège de France'', and recipient of the Bordin Prize in 1866 as well as the Grand prix de l'Académie des sciences in 1874.
Supélec was created in order to educate engineers for the then booming electrical industry.
Supélec was originally based in Rue de Staël, 15th district of Paris. It was then relocated to
Malakoff close to Porte de Vanves, and Gif-sur-Yvette in 1975, where the main campus is currently located. A second campus was established in
Rennes
Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...
in 1972 and a third in
Metz
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in 1985.
CentraleSupélec Alliance
Since December 2008, a strategic alliance was announced between the two schools, known today through the joint name of CentraleSupélec.
Hervé Biausser became the director in 2013, 1 September, while keeping the directorship of
Centrale Paris.
CentraleSupélec now has three campuses in France: Gif-sur-Yvette, Metz and Rennes.
Part of the Paris-Saclay University
Since 2008,
École Centrale Paris
École or Ecole may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing i ...
and
Supélec have participated in the creation of the campus of the
Paris-Saclay research cluster. The
Paris-Saclay University is a French research university, which aims to become the top university of continental Europe in the
ARWU rankings.
Since October 2023, the school has been a partner of
IPSA for double degrees in
aerospace
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.
The
Paris-Saclay University was ranked 14th in the world in the 2020
Academic Ranking of World Universities
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(ARWU) ranking. In subject rankings, it was placed first in the world for
Mathematics
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and 9th in the world for
Physics
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(1st in Europe), as well as receiving a top 25 place for
Medicine
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and
Agriculture
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.
Academics
Admission
The majority of students admitted to the engineer's degree program are selected among candidates from French
preparatory classes, which is usually a two to three-year post-secondary program with a focus on certain subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering Sciences, and Industrial Sciences. CentraleSupélec offers 142 places in the Mathematics and Physics program (MP), 88 places in the Physics and Chemistry program (PC), 93 places in the Physics and Engineering Sciences program (PSI), 10 places in the Physics and Technology program (PT), and 10 places in the Technology and Industrial Sciences program (TSI). The acceptance rate is 8% for MP students, 6% for PC students and 7% for PSI students. The school also recruits top students from overseas partner universities as well as some graduates of French public universities to join the engineer's degree program.
Before 2018, students at CentraleSupélec were admitted to either the Centralien or Supélec engineer's degree programs (but not both), and consequently students enrolled before this year receive the academic degree bearing the name of their respective engineer program upon graduation. On the other hand, all engineering students admitted in 2018 and onward are placed in a 'unified' engineer program and graduate with the same academic degree
Rankings
CentraleSupélec is considered to be among the best engineering schools of France, some ranking it second just below Polytechnique. According to several salary surveys, graduates from both the Ecole Centrale and Supelec Engineering Programs are among the highest-paid in France. As part of
Paris-Saclay University, it has been ranked 14th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020.
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Notable alumni
*Stéphane Bancel
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, CEO of Moderna
* Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis
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*Olivier Pomel and Alexis Lê-Quôc, co-founders of Datadog
* Sergei Bernstein, mathematician
* Boris Vian, novelist, poet, playwright, journalist, musician...
*Gustave Eiffel
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, architect of the Eiffel Tower
* André Michelin, founder of Michelin
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and creator of the Michelin Guide
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References
External links
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Engineering universities and colleges in France
Grandes écoles
Universities in Île-de-France
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Universities and colleges in Rennes
Education in Metz
Centrale Graduate School
Universities and colleges formed by merger in France
Paris-Saclay University
Paris-Saclay