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Former name | ParisTech Institute of Science and Technology |
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| Type | association |
| Established | 1991 (1991) |
| President | Christian Lerminiaux |
Academic staff | 1,500 |
| Students | 12,500 |
| Location | , |
| Website | www |
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ParisTech (French pronunciation:[paʁitɛk]) is a cluster of 7grandes écoles based inParis,France. It covers the whole spectrum of science, technology and management and has more than 12,000 students.[1]
The training programs in engineering bring them together. ParisTech schools also offer Master programmes, Advanced Masters (French:Mastères Spécialisés),MBA programmes andPhD programmes.[2]
In 1991, a number of engineeringGrandes Écoles set up a coordinating voluntary association, called "Grandes écoles d'ingénieurs de Paris", to foster closer collaboration in areas of common interest and thereby acquire international recognition as an entity of sufficient size and importance. In 1999, its name was changed to "ParisTech".[3]
In 2007, ParisTech's status changed to a higher education institution (public establishment for scientific cooperation,French:établissement public de coopération scientifique). It was headed by a president, assisted by an executive bureau and a secretary general and administrated by a board of directors, supported by a strategic orientation council and a scientific council. The board of directors includes one representative of each college or institute as well as researchers, faculty members, and one representative of the students.[citation needed]
In 2016, ParisTech became a foundation under the umbrella of Fondation ParisTech, which was founded in 2010. At first, ParisTech had 10 members,[1] but in 2016 it had only seven members. As of 2018, the president of ParisTech is Christian Lerminiaux (Chimie ParisTech), and the vice presidents are Sophie Mougard (Ecole des Ponts) and Gilles Trystram (AgroParisTech). In 2022, ParisTech became a nonproft organization under French law (perassociation loi 1901).[citation needed]
The member institutes of ParisTech are long-establishedgrandes écoles, many of which were founded in the 18th century. Some deliver broad education in sciences while others provide research-focused level of expertise in selected scientific disciplines.[4]
ParisTech was a former member of theIDEA League, an alliance between universities in science and technology inEurope, and is still a member of theATHENS Programme. It is a member of theCESAER, the European association of universities in science and technology.[5]
The member colleges and institutes are:
Arts et Métiers,ESPCI Paris - PSL,Chimie ParisTech - PSL andMines Paris - PSL are located close to one another in theLatin Quarter, the district on the left bank of theSeine river. However, some institutes also created additional sites on the outskirts of Paris or in other parts of the country.
Some years ago[when?], theÉcole nationale des ponts et chaussées eventually moved its educational and research facilities to more spacious facilities in greater Paris, inMarne-la-Vallée (East).SupOptique andAgroParisTech have relocated to thePalaiseau campus.
Besides itsParis-Saclay location,AgroParisTech is also located at eight other sites, including sites on the Parisian outskirts, in other parts of mainland France, andGuyane. Similarly forArts et Métiers, only the main one of its 8 campuses is located in Paris. The other teaching and research centers are spread in the country, closer to the industrial fabric of each region. Different specializations are available in the campuses, such as Aerospace inBordeaux and materials science inMetz.[citation needed]
ParisTech schools provide postgraduate-level courses in science and technology, either independently or in collaboration with other institutions. Its main programmes are:
ParisTech has also developed since 2019 the RACINE network for pedagogical training of teachers. The network organises 10 workshops each year that are dedicated to teaching in engineering schools.[citation needed]
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ParisTech schools hostedField Medal awardees, such asPierre-Louis Lions, and Nobel Prize awardees, such asMaurice Allais,Pierre-Gilles de Gennes,Georges Charpan andAlain Aspect.
TheFrench National Centre for Scientific Research has delivered awards to researchers of ParisTech schools' labouratories:
ParisTech schools host also a lot of grantees of theEuropean Research Council:
ParisTech schools have also created chairs funded by private partners:
ParisTech schools recruit since more than 20 years[when?] international students inChina,Brazil,Colombia,Russia and, since 2018, inArgentina. In 2021, ParisTech opened the ParisTech International Admission Program to new countries and regions in Asia:Cambodia,Hong Kong,India,Indonesia,Japan,Laos,Macao,Malaysia,Singapore,South Korea,Taiwan,Thailand,Vietnam, and, in 2022, to individual candidates worldwide.
ParisTech has also developed a network in Europe calledATHENS Programme (since 1997), with 14 European partner institutions. Some of ParisTech's schools are involved in European universities. Chimie ParisTech, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech and Mines Paris are members of the European University EELISA (European Engineering Learning Innovation Science Alliance). AgroParisTech and Institut d'Optique are members of EUGLOH via University of Paris-Saclay.
ParisTech schools contribute to 4 Sino-French Institutes in China: inShanghai with SPEIT (Mines Paris - PSL), inWuhan with the Sino-European Institute ICARE for renewable energy (Mines Paris - PSL), inGuangzhou with IFCEN (Chimie ParisTech - PSL) and, since 2017, inBeijing with the Chimie Pékin institute (Chimie ParisTech - PSL).[citation needed]
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