École supérieure d'électricité | |
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| Motto | Une grande école d'ingénieurs au cœur des sciences de l'information, de l'énergie et des systèmes |
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Motto in English | A "grande école" of engineering in the forefront of Energy and Information Science |
| Type | Private FrenchGrande École |
| Active | 1894–2015 |
| Founder | Éleuthère Mascart |
| President | Hervé Biausser |
| Postgraduates | 1,975 (1,549 engineer candidates)[1] |
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| Location | , 48°42′31″N2°09′50″E / 48.708677°N 2.163996°E /48.708677; 2.163996 |
| Affiliations | UniverSud Paris,Elles Bougent,CESAER |
| Website | Official website in English |
École supérieure d'électricité (French pronunciation:[ekɔlsypeʁjœʁdelɛktʁisite],lit. 'Higher School of Electricity'), commonly known asSupélec (French pronunciation:[sypelɛk]), was a French graduate school of engineering. It was one of the most prestigiousgrande écoles inFrance in the field of electrical engineering, energy and information sciences. In 2015, Supélec merged withÉcole Centrale Paris and becameCentraleSupélec, a constituent member ofUniversité Paris-Saclay.
Founded in 1894 and initially located in the 15th district of Paris, it was moved toGif-sur-Yvette in 1975. Since then, two more campuses have been established, inRennes in 1972 andMetz in 1985. It is a member ofTop Industrial Managers for Europe (TIME) network. It is also a member of theCESAER Association and n+i Engineering Studies.
Supélec was founded in 1894 byEleuthère Mascart. He was elected: Perpetual Member and Secretary of theAcadémie des Sciences and Foreign Member of the British Royal Society, Professor at theCollège de France, and won the Bordin Prize in 1866 and the Grand prix de l'Académie des sciences in 1874.
From 2004 to 2013, the director of Supélec wasAlain Bravo.Hervé Biausser became the director on 1 September 2013, while keeping the directorship ofCentrale Paris.
Historically the goal of Supélec was to educate engineers for the then booming electrical industry.
Supélec was originally based in Rue de Staël, 15th district of Paris. Then it moved toMalakoff, close to Porte de Vanves and toGif-sur-Yvette in 1975 where the main campus is currently located. A second campus was established inRennes in 1972 and a third one inMetz in 1985.
The student body consists of 1,975 graduate students spread over Supélec's three campuses, and 780 full-time and part-time faculty (October 2009). As is historically true of engineering institutions, female enrollment at Supélec is low, with about three times as many male students as female students. However, this is slowly changing due to the school's outreach programs to encourage more female high school students to consider careers in science and engineering. These include the"Ingénieure: un avenir au féminin" program. In 2008, 25% of graduates were foreign students, coming from 22 countries.
Supélec was a private non-profit institution (Association loi 1901) under the supervision of theMinistry of Higher Education and theMinistry of Industry. In 2008, Supélec's revenue amounted to €35 million, with 48% of that amount from the state, 24% from research contracts and 5% from tuition and fees. About 25% of the school's expenses went to research (€8.6 million) and 68% to faculty and staff.
Supélec was consistently ranked well; it has remained in the top five engineering schools in France. In 2013,L'Etudiant ranked Supélec the fourth engineering school in France (ex aequo),[2] and according to salary surveys its graduates are among the highest paid of all French graduates.[3]
Education at Supélec is multidipliscinary and typically lasts three to four years. During the first two years, students are required to take classes in science (statistics, probability, quantum mechanics,...), in engineering (computer programming, signal processing,...) and in social sciences (economics, foreign languages,...), and can choose elective classes as numerous as varied (arts, superconductivity, sustainable development, finance, biology, psychology,...). For their third year, students choose a major in a specific field among fifteen for half the course, and the second half is devoted to research and development activities in the form of laboratory studies, project work, industrial research contracts.
Students are also warmly encouraged to spend at least six months abroad in one of Supélec's 70 partner universities, or they can spend two years abroad instead of their third year at Supélec and graduate from both Supélec and the partner university. In 2008, 40% of graduates have obtained double degrees. Partners include world leading institutions likeMIT,Columbia andGeorgia Tech in the US,Cambridge,Oxford,Imperial College andUCL in the UK.
After graduation, graduates find employment in diverse areas including Engineering, R&D, Consulting and Banking, or pursue PhD studies.
The admission as first year student to Supélec is generally made through a very selective entrance examination, and requires at least two years of preparation after high school inClasses Préparatoires. Admission includes a week of written examinations, during Spring, followed by oral examinations which are handled in batches spanning over Summer, and is done in common with theCentrale Graduate School. About 10% of graduates were admitted after obtaining a three-year degree in a French university,[4] 25% are foreign students through international exchange programs.
Supélec is profoundly involved in research; it is one of the only three institutions in France withENS Ulm andEcole polytechnique to be a member of two Advanced Research Thematic Networks (Réseaux thématiques de recherché avancée, RTRA) – research associations grouping private or public research institutions and private companies working together on specific research fields.
The school carries out both academic and industrial research, especially for the education of its students through partnership with companies (research contracts), in 14 laboratories and research departments.
Supélec has its own research teams and mixed units withCNRS and partner universities. Supélec is also involved in 5 doctoral schools with its partner universities (Paris Sud, Rennes 1, Nancy 1, Nancy 2, Metz).
In 2007, Supélec obtained along withCentrale Paris thelabel Carnot, a label of excellence awarded by ‘’Agence nationale de la recherche’’ (National Agency for Research) to research institutions in France and intended tofinance research.
In 2008, €8.6 million were invested in research, €6 million of which came from research contracts with 122 partner companies and institutions.
Partnerships with the industry have always been a priority. In 1986, Supélec founded the Teaching and Research Partnership in Cooperation with Business (PERCI&S), a network of privileged companies, in order to widen the openings to graduates and to develop research involving students. Members of PERCI includeAccenture,Alcatel-Lucent,Areva,EADS,Hewlett-Packard,BNP Paribas,Siemens,EDF,Capgemini, among 36 companies in total.[5]
The implication of the students in the industry is stressed, as they are required to complete at least 3 hands-on internships during their three years of studies, one of which is a 5-month-long project work or industrial research contract in a company.
Every year in early December, a job fair is held at Palais des Congrès in Paris and managed by Forum Centrale-Supélec, astudent society.
Centrale Paris and Supélec signed an outline agreement in 2005 in order to mutualize third year majors. Both of the schools already enrolled students at the end ofPreparatory class through a common examination; they now share a common major inEnergy. Since 2005 their cooperation has been strengthened, especially in research and industrial partnerships (the awarding of the ‘’label Carnot’’ to the Centrale-Supélec-CNRS (C3S) grouping is a significant result). In 2008, they declare their partnership a strategic alliance.[6]
Supélec students can choose to spend a non-graduating semester or graduate from one of the school's partner universities, in France or abroad. Among them, Supélec andESCP Europe have developed a partnership giving Supélec students the opportunity to graduate with a Master in Business. Other specialization degrees exist withIFP School, orParis-Sud 11 University.
One of the objectives of the institution for the period 2006-2009 was to reinforce the internationalization of the school by encouraging students to spend at least a semester abroad or to do a double-degree program in one of the Supélec's foreign partner universities, and by increasing the number of foreign students at Supélec.
Agreements have been reached with other institutions of higher education whereby a number of Supélec students attend courses provided by these establishments instead of completing their third year at the school. The successful completion of these studies is a condition for obtaining the Supélec engineering degree in addition to the diploma related to the course of study in question. Agreements exist with a large number of departments in American, Australian, Canadian, Japanese and European universities. Among them,Georgia Tech,Columbia University,Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal,National University of Singapore,Imperial College London,Technische Universität München.[7]
Supélec has agreements and exchanges with more than 70 foreign universities, in over 30 countries and runs theTop Industrial Managers for Europe (T.I.M.E) network and is a member of theCESAER Association and n+i engineering institutes. In 2008, 40% of graduates have obtained double-degrees and 35% completed their final year of study abroad.[8]
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At the Gif-sur-Yvette campus, several activities are provided by the associations:
All the Supelec campus own housing amenities for the students.
Gif-sur-Yvette campus is composed of three types of residences:
Every year, many events are organized by Supelec students:
The forum Supelec is an event bringing together many famous companies: EDF, Renault, BNP Paribas, PSA, CapGemini, Accenture, Mazars, Logica, etc. This event takes place in Supelec every year, at Gif-sur-Yvette campus. It is a good opportunity for many students to find an internship.
Gif-sur-Yvette is the main and biggest campus. It is located on thePlateau du Moulon, an important site for French education. Currently, other famous French Graduate Schools are building their campus there: ENS Paris-Saclay, Ecole Centrale Paris, etc.Many activities can be performed in the Gif-sur-Yvette campus: jogging, tennis, basketball, pool, etc.
This campus is located in the periphery of Rennes. It features wide green spaces and is well linked to the center: 15 minutes by public transport makes it ideal for students who want to profit from the rich student life of the city. It is also close to other schools like the University of Rennes 1 and 2 and INSA.
The campus is located on theTechnopole Metz 2000, next to other institutions such asGeorgia Tech Lorraine andENSAM.
Supélec alumni include:Pierre Bézier,Pierre Boulle,Thierry Breton,Louis Charles Breguet,Henri Chrétien,Jean Deleage,Maryline Hélard,Jeannine Henaff, Hervé Laborne,Jean-Luc Lagardère,René Leduc,Philippe Morillon,Dinh Thuy Phan Huy,Ambroise Roux,[10]Pierre Schaeffer,Dominique Vidal andJean-Baptiste Waldner.
