École des mines d'Albi-Carmaux

IMT Mines Albi
École des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux
Other name
ENSTIMAC, Mines Albi
TypeGrande école d'ingénieurs
(public research university Engineering school)
Established1993; 31 years ago (1993)
Parent institution
Institut Mines-Télécom[1]
Academic affiliations
Conférence des Grandes écoles[2]
Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées[3]
Toulouse Tech[4]
Budget€30 million[5]
DirectorLionel LUQUIN[2]
Academic staff
335[5]
151 female[5]
81 research fellows[5]
21 R&D engineers[5]
Students1011[5]
38% female[5]
20% international[5]
87 Ph.D.[5]
Location
Albi
,
France

43°55′20″N 2°10′40″E / 43.9221703°N 2.1777499°E / 43.9221703; 2.1777499
LanguageEnglish-only & French-only instruction
Websitewww.mines-albi.fr
Map of France with mark showing location of IMT Mines Albi
Map of France with mark showing location of IMT Mines Albi
IMT Mines Albi
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IMT Mines Albi, France

The École des Mines d'Albi (officially École Nationale Supérieure des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, also known as EMAC or Mines Albi, ex-ENSTIMAC) was created in 1993.[6] It is a French engineering school (i.e. Grandes écoles) part of the Groupe des écoles des mines and joined the Institut Mines-Télécom the first of March 2012.[7] The school is located in the city of Albi on a 22 hectares campus.

Overview

IMT Mines Albi is one of several engineering schools within the Institut Mines-Télécom, a Grand Établissement (EPCSCP) under the supervision of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance (France) (French: Ministre de l'Économie et des Finances. All Institut Mines-Telecom (IMT) engineering schools are Grandes Écoles, a French institution of higher education that is separate from, but parallel and connected to the main framework of the French public university system. Similar to the Ivy League in the United States, Oxbridge in the UK, and C9 League in China, Grandes Écoles are elite academic institutions that admit students through an extremely competitive process.[8][9][10] Alums go on to occupy elite positions within government, administration, and corporate firms in France.[11][12]

Although the IMT engineering schools are more expensive than public universities in France, Grandes Écoles typically have much smaller class sizes and student bodies, and many of their programs are taught in English. International internships, study abroad opportunities, and close ties with government and the corporate world are a hallmark of the Grandes Écoles. Many of the top ranked schools in Europe are members of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE), as are the IMT engineering schools.[13][14] Degrees from the IMT are accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles[15] and awarded by the Ministry of National Education (France) (French: Le Ministère de L'éducation Nationale).[16]

Education

The school put innovation and sustainable development at the core of its curriculum. Since 2011, the curriculum last 3 years (instead of 4 years before). The school is a generalist engineering school. Students are trained in diverse technical disciplines as well as in economics and social sciences.

Students can choose between four main fields which are deeply explored during the last 2 year :

  • Eco-activities and Energy
  • Bio-Health-Engineering
  • Advanced materials and structure engineering
  • Industrial engineering, Processes and Information Systems

The school developed partnerships with engineering schools and universities from the Midi-Pyrénées region to enable students to follow a research curriculum as a preparation for doctorate studies.

Since October 2008, the school offers a three-year part-time training. This training is mixing courses on the campus (14 weeks per year) with distance learning (160 hours per year) and a work position (38 weeks per year).

In 2011, the Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur (CTI) renewed for six years the school's accreditation to deliver the Diplôme d'Ingénieur.[17]

Research

The school hosts the laboratories for three research centers :

  • The RAPSODEE Center carries out research into product-oriented process engineering. Its name stands for Research Centre in Particulate Solid Process Engineering, Energy and Environment.
  • The Institut Clément Ader, specialised in the study of structures, systems and mechanical processes. This laboratory is mainly focused on the fields of aeronautics, space, transportation and energy.
  • The Industrial Engineering Center, interested in the kinetics of organizations for the development of decision support methods and tools in heterogeneous, collaborative and uncertain contexts.

Other schools of Mines in France

References

  1. ^ "IMT - The number-one group of engineering..." Institut Mines-Télécom. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "IMT Mines Albi - CGE". CGE. Conférence des grandes écoles. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Les établissements et organismes". Université de Toulouse. Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Toulouse Tech". Toulouse Tech. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "2020 Annual Report" (PDF). IMT Mines Albi. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. ^ (in French)Décret n° 93-38 du 11 janvier 1993 relatif à l'École nationale supérieure des techniques industrielles et des mines d'Albi-Carmaux
  7. ^ (in French)Décret n° 2012-279 du 28 février 2012 relatif à l'Institut Mines-Télécom
  8. ^ "France's educational elite". Daily Telegraph. 17 November 2003. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  9. ^ Pierre Bourdieu (1998). The State Nobility: Elite Schools in the Field of Power. Stanford UP. pp. 133–35. ISBN 9780804733465.
  10. ^ What are Grandes Ecoles Institutes in France?
  11. ^ Monique de Saint-Martin, « Les recherches sociologiques sur les grandes écoles : de la reproduction à la recherche de justice », Éducation et sociétés 1/2008 (No. 21), p. 95-103. lire en ligne sur Cairn.info
  12. ^ Valérie Albouy et Thomas Wanecq, Les inégalités sociales d’accès aux grandes écoles (2003), INSEE
  13. ^ "Listings Archive". Conférence des Grandes Écoles. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Higher Education in France". BSB. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Conférence des grandes écoles: commission Accréditation". Conférence des grandes écoles. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Etablissements dispensant des formations supérieures initiales diplômantes conférant le grade de master". Ministry of France, Higher Education. Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  17. ^ Notification n° 2011/05-02 about the accreditation of the Ecole nationale supérieure des techniques industrielles et des mines d'Albi-Carmaux (EMAC) to deliver the Diplome d'Ingénieur

External links

  • Official website

43°55′20″N 2°10′40″E / 43.9222°N 2.1778°E / 43.9222; 2.1778

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