Groupe des Ecoles Centrales

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• Groupe des Ecoles Centrales
• 09/03/2008

Centrale Pékin
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Scientific Higher Education in France a
two-track system
EGIM, membre associé
PhD programmes
Degree of  Ingénieur  (Master degree)
Master degree
 Grande Ecole  3  Grande Ecole  2  Grande
Ecole  1 CPGE 2 CPGE 1
Master 2 Master 1 Licence 3 Licence 2 Licence
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Groupe des Ecoles Centrales
National competitive examination
Selection for  Grande Ecole  track (15 000)
Non-selective admission to universities
and admission to 5 year course engineering schools
Scientific  baccalauréat  (150 000) Class of
age (760 000)
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The French Grandes Ecoles

• Highly selective admissions process
• State of the art education and training in
  science, technology and management
• Strong interaction with research teams and close
  links with industry
• Hands-on training for professional life (Student
  Office, Junior Entreprise, social work, etc.)
• Strong European and international dimension
• More than 60 of CEOs of the 100 major French
  companies are graduates of Grandes Écoles
• The Grandes Écoles Diplôme dIngenieur course is
  the most prestigious in French higher education

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The Ecoles Centralesengineering training process

• Recruitment after 2 year intensive course in
  mathematics physics or chemistry Classes
  Préparatoires (CPGE)
• Highly competitive national entrance examinations
• Broad-based multidisciplinary engineering course
  
• 2 year common core course 1 year elective
  pre-specialisation course
• Strong links with industry
• Administrative Council, project activities,
  full-time internships, research contracts
• Strong interaction between teaching and research
• Accreditation by French national commission
• Commission des Titres dIngénieur
• More than 60 of Chief Executive Officers of the
  100 major French corporations are graduates of
  the Grandes Ecoles
• The Ingénieur course is the most prestigious
  scientific higher education course in France

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The Ingénieur Centralienengineer
managerthe French touch the Ingénieur
généraliste 

• Profile
• Strong basis in mathematics and physics and /or
  chemistry
• Knowledge of broad range of scientific and
  technical disciplines
• Competence in economics and management skills
• Hands-on experience of industry
• Experience of team-work and project-work
• International profile
• Global vision open-minded approach
• High management potential
• Career
• All sectors of economy (public private
  industry services)
• Research, development and innovation
• Senior positions as expert or manager

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Groupe des Ecoles Centralesan alliance between
five French Grandes Ecoles5 partners -- 1
philosophy

• Size 6 500 graduate students
• 1 570 master degrees per year
• 600 full-time academic staff
• 2000 visiting or part-time lecturers
• 500 technical administrative staff
• Budget 110 million euros
• 60 public / 40 private
• Research 650 PhD students
• 260 full-time researchers
• 32 laboratories
• 42 million euros
• Alumni 20 000 professionally active graduates
• Close links with industry
• Official recognition at national international
  level (MEN, Erasmus, CAPES, CSC, etc.)

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Groupe des Ecoles Centrales a highly selective
admissions process

• Age class 760 000
• Baccalauréat 470 000
• Scientific Baccalauréat 150 000
• Admission to CPGE 23 000
• Candidates for Ecoles Centrales admission 12 000
• Rank of last student admitted 2 400
• Number of places at Ecoles Centrales 1 350
  

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Ecole Centrale Ph. D. degree
Companies
Companies
PhD year 3
PhD year 2
PhD year 1
M.S. degree
Ecole Centrale Engineering degree (M.Sc)
M.Sc degree
Junior / Senior Executive courses
(Year 5) Centrale Advanced course
M.Sc. Year 2
M. Sc. (2 years)
M.Sc. Year 1
(Year 4) Centrale Generalist core course
(Year 3) Centrale Generalist core course
Selection
National Competitive Entrance Examination
B. Sc. (3 years)
European International admissions
(Year 2) CPGE (maths/physics)
(Year 1) CPGE (maths/physics)
Selection of top 10

French scientific  Baccalauréat 
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The 7 educational objectives of the Ecole
Centrale course

• To achieve a high level of scientific
  technical competence
• To learn to deal with complex technological
  systems
• To understand the working of companies and the
  professional
• activities of engineers
• To develop a sense of initiative and a critical
  and innovative mindset
• To achieve a fully-developed personality and a
  broad cultural background
• To learn to communicate and to work in a team
• To develop an international dimension

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The  Ingénieur Généraliste 

•  Généraliste 
• Not to be compared with the specialist who is a
  real expert in his field
• But
• A manager with a high potential for assimilating
  a broad range of disciplines, and for integrating
  human, information and technological resources in
  order to develop innovative systems
• The international double degree combines
• the best of Generalist engineering education
  (Ecole Centrale Common Core course)
• and
• the best of Specialist engineering education (4
  last semesters of engineering education in
  Partner university)

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.. the ingénieur généraliste vs the specialist
or the Fox and the Hedgehog

The fox knows many things, but
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Generalist science and engineering training
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Course design for the Ecole Centrale generalist
curriculum
1 YEAR
Advanced study 900 contact hours thesis
Core course 1800 contact hours
internships 50 50 g Training for
international g Fundamental sciences
experience (physics, mathematics,
chemistry, g Social sciences/ training
human sciences, economics, etc.) for
professional activity g
Technological and applied sciences g Projects
and (electronics, civil
engineering, laboratory work
materials, information technology,
etc.)
2 YEARS
Undergraduate programme (CPGE)
2 YEARS
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Career prospects

• Young Ecole Centrale graduates are active in all
  sectors
• - 2/3 work in industry
• - 1/3 work in services
• 9 sectors recrute at least 5 of each year
  class
• consultancy 11.4
• information technology services 9.1
• banks, finance, insurance 8.8
• project engineering 6.8
• research development 6.6
• automobile industry 6.4
• building public works 5.4
• energy 5.4
• chemical pharmaceuticals 5.0

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The Ecoles Centrales Industry

• First Ecoles Centrales founded by companies
  during the 19th century
• About 40 of the total funding comes from
  companies
• Managed by Administrative Council with 50 of
  members from outside the school, under a Chairman
  appointed from industry
• Compulsory full-time company internships every
  year
• Research contracts
• Continuing education for engineers
• Customized courses for international engineers
• Visiting professors from industry
• Student projects proposed by companies
• Industry steering committee for 3rd-year courses
• Entrepreneurship
• Spin-offs for research valorisation

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Research at the Ecoles Centrales

• 32 laboratories covering all fields in
  engineering sciences
• Permanent faculty and research staff of 860
  members
• 650 PhD students working on the four campuses
• 200 PhDs awarded each year
• More than 500 international papers published
  each year
• A budget of 33 M, half from industry funding

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M.Sc PhD programmes
Fluid Mechanics Wave motion, Fluid-structure inter
action Complex turbulent viscous
flows Hydrodynamics Combustion
ElectricalEngineering Power systems and
Machines Power networks
Mechanical Engineering Dynamics,
Robotics, Material Sc., Production, Energy
Electronic Engineering Waves, Acoustics, Micro-
Nano- systems
Civil Engineering Structures, Soil Environment
Partnerships for MSc / PhD Degrees 32
Laboratories 650 PhD students 200 PhDs awarded
each year
Automatic Control Systems Applied
Maths Signal Processing Non-Linear
systems, Bond-Graphs
Physics and Chemical Eng Solid state
and thermophysics Process, Catalysis, Environment,
Biotechnologies Optics
Computer Sciences Industrial process optimisatio
n, Discrete systems Communication and networks
Industrial Engineering Cognitive Design, System
engineering, KM Information Systems, Logistics,
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Research

• Laboratories
• International recognition
• Close ties with industry and scientific
  community
• Fully integrated with the Ecole Centrale
  curriculum
• High growth potential for research teams
• Research focus in phase with current needs of
  industry, services and society
• Health (bio-engineering, bio-technologies, etc.)
• Information Technologies and Communication
• Sustainable Development, Environmentally-friendly
  Design
• Nanotechnologies
• Energy
• Intensive networking

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International Cooperation

• Several levels
• Double Degree at the Ingénieur (Master) level
• Joint Masters degrees
• ECTS credits (semesters)
• Project works (semester)
• PhD co-supervision joint PhDs

• Each year
• 500 foreign students within the five campuses
• 500 EC students at foreign partner universities
• 2000 international internships
• And
• 80 visiting professors within the five Ecoles
  Centrale
• 90 partner universities on all continents.

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Philosophy of international cooperation
Mobility is a very important and fruitful stage
in students educational careers
BUT

• The criteria for success should be based
• not on the percentage of students involved
• but on the quality of the mobility.
• That means
• Solid partnerships based on mutual confidence
• Active involvement of students and professors in
  working out learning agreements
• Ongoing monitoring of exchange students
• Support from public and private funding for
  living expenses

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Partnerships within Europe
Germany TU Dresden TU Darmstadt RWTH Aachen TU
Berlin Univ. Stuttgart TU München Univ.
Erlangen-Nürnberg Greece TU Thessalonika EMP
Athens Hungary BUTE Budapest Italy Poli
Torino Poli Milano UTN Trento UPA
Padova Japan Keio University Tohoku
University Norway NTNU Trondheim Poland Wroclaw
TU

• Portugal
• IST Lisboa
• Russia
• BMSTU Moscow
• MIREA Moscow
• TPU Tomsk
• Spain
• UPM-ETSII Madrid
• ICAI Madrid
• UPV Valencia
• UPC Barcelona
• USE Seville
• Sweden
• KTH Stockholm
• CTH Göteborg
• LTH Lund

The Double Degree TIME network
Austria TU Wien Belgium Université Liège U.
Catholique de Louvain U. Libre de Bruxelles FP
Mons VU Brussels Brazil USP Sao Paolo Czech
Republic TU Prague Denmark DTU Copenhagen
Finland TKK Helsinki

• Other bilateral
• Agreements with
• UK
• Cambridge University
• Cranfield University
• Imperial College London
• Spain, Holland, Ukraine, Russia, etc.

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Partnerships with North America

• Ecoles Centrales Double degree partnerships
• Canada
• Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
• Waterloo University
• USA
• Penn Sate University
• Columbia University

• Bilateral Double Degree agreements with
• USA
• Stanford University
• Cornell University
• Austin Texas University
• Virginia State University
• Oklahoma State University

• Other bilateral cooperation with
• USA
• Ann Harbor
• Michigan University
• Canada
• Mac Gill

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Partnerships with Latin America

• Ecoles Centrales Double degree partnerships
• Brazil
• Escola Politecnica U. Sao Paulo (USP)
• Campinas University (UNICAMP)
• UF Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
• UF Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, Porto Alegre)
• UF Ceara (UFC, Fortaleza)
• PUC Rio de Janeiro
• Chile
• University of Chile (UC, Santiago)
• PUC Chile (Santiago)

• Bilateral cooperation with
• Argentina
• Rosario University
• University of Buenos Aires
• Mexico
• Instituto Politecnico de Mexico (IPM)
• Etc.

Research cooperation with Brazil within
 College Doctoral Franco-Bresilien 
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Partnerships with Asia and Pacific

• Ecoles Centrales Double degree partnerships
• Japan
• Tohoku University (Sendai)
• Keio University (Yokohama)
• Doshisha University (Kyoto)
• China
• Tsinghua University
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Xian Jiao Tong University
• Southwest Chengdu Jiao Tong University
• Korea
• Changwoon National University
• Indonesia
• University of Indonesia (Djakarta)

• Other bi- or multilateral
• agreements with
• India
• New Delhi IIT
• Kampur IIT
• Mombai IIT
• Bengalore IIS
• Singapore
• NUS
• Japan
• Todai University (Tokyo)
• Korea
• KAIST
• POSTECH
• Australia

• Asia Campus of Groupe des Ecoles Centrales
• Ecole Centrale Pékin (Beihang University)
• Research cooperation agreement with CSC

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Ecole Centrale Pékin

• In 2004, the Chinese Ministry of Education asked
  the Groupe des Ecoles Centrales to set up an
  Ecole Centrale in China
• A spin-off from the success of the  44 
  Double-Degree progarmme.
• Beihang University was chosen as partner
  university.
• Centrale Pékin is an independent department of
  Beihang University.
• All criteria for an Ecole Centrale are fulfilled
  a Généraliste engineering course with an
  international focus and close links with research
  and industry
• Centrale Pékin is a full partner of the Groupe
  des Ecoles Centrale and will be accredited by the
  French government (Commission des Titres
  d'Ingénieurs CTI).
• Ecole Centrale Pekin was inaugurated in
  September 2005 with
• 107 top level students, beginning with the
  preparatory cycle of 3 years CPGE (including
  intensive French language training)
• A 3-year master degree course in Science
  Engineering, with the same design as the French
  Ecole Centrale course, starting in 2008
• Associates and partners providing support
• French Ministry of Education (funding of
  3 French professors in 2005 and 2 more in 2006)
• Groupe des Ecoles Centrales (full time
  Deputy-Director and Assistant)
• Fondation Nicole BRU and the Honour Committee of
  the French Year in China
• French companies in China provide support for the
  engineering course.

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Groupe des Ecoles Centrales The
possibilities for international student
mobility - two-year mobility for double degree
(Master) - one-year with credit transfer -
project with credit transfer - PhD double
degree or joint supervision
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Double Degree programme (Master)

• Complementarity Generalist Specialist
• Bi-cultural 1 or 2 years abroad

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Groupe des Ecoles CentralesThe Double Degree
programme
Entry level 2 years of higher education (120
ECTS )2 year study period abroad (120
ECTS)Ecole Centrale 2-year tronc commun
généraliste (multidisciplinary core
course)Including - 2 work placements in a
French company (total 5 months) - 1-year group
project
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One-year with credit transfer3rd year elective
pre-specialisation courseM2 level


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Joint PhD thesis double degree

• International experience for students
• Research cooperation for laboratories

Partner university Ph.D Ecole Centrale Ph.D
Joint thesis defence
Joint supervision PhD also possible
Partner univ. Ecole Centrale Partner
univ.
Ecole Centrale. Partner univ. Ecole Centrale
3rd Year
2nd Year
1st Year
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Credit transfer for project work
Grasp the complexity of the subject of the project
Environmental effects ?
Technical dimensions ?
Socio-cultural uses and practices ?
Organizational changes needed ?
Targeted market ? commercial arguments ?
Costs ? Who is going to support them ?
Grasp the complexity of project-work activity
Priorities in the concepts and methods ?
Organization of the team ?
Motivation over time ?
Inductive / Deductive reasoning ?
Financial and time management ?
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The mobility options for outgoing and incoming
students
Co-supervision of thesis
Ph.D
Joint Doctoral Thesis
Double degree (15-24 months)
3rd year final project (3-5 months)
Master courses (12 months)
3rd year
Gap year (10-12 months)
Credit transfer
2nd year placement (3 months)
2nd year
Summer placement (1 month)
1st year placement 6 weeks
Double - Degree (24 months)
1st year
CPGE
CPGE
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Student activities and clubs Student Office
(BdE), Arts Club (BdA), Sports Club (BdS), etc.

• Professional experience in student-run
  organisations
• Ingénieurs sans Frontières 
• Junior Entreprise
• Company Forum
• Sports and other clubs
• Jazz, Chess, Theatre, Cinema, Dance
• Sailing, Rugby, Football, Basketball, Martial
  Arts, etc.
• International Clubs
• Club TIME, etc.

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Accommodation student residences

• Priority for international students
• 10 minutes on foot from campus
• Individual or shared rooms
• Internet connection
• TV
• Gym
• Laundry facilities
• Other facilities

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