Ecole Centrale Paris

Institution Info

Key figures
To download: École Centrale Paris key figures (2008-2009)

STUDENT BODY

Centrale Paris' Engineering Programme

The three current classes comprise 1232 student-engineers except 98 in sandwich year (Class of 2009: 382; Class of 2010: 414; Class of 2011: 436), including:
326 international students (of 37 nationalities)
31 students admitted through parallel admission process (based on credentials)
256 female students
207 studying abroad (79 in 3rd year and 128 in Semester 4)

Research Master and Doctoral Studies 6 fields of concentration, M1 and M2:
88 students, including 34 student-engineers and 35 international students
232 doctoral students, including 80 international students - 50 graduating per year

Advanced Master's Degrees 13 programmes: 158 students, including 57 international students

Teaching and Administrative Staff 224 full-time faculty, 1040 adjunct faculty, 281 administrative staff members

Academic Instruction
10 Departments

* Mathematics
* Physics
* Mechanics - Civil Engineering
* Advanced Information Systems
* Processes
* Management Science
* Energetics
* Human and Social Sciences
* Languages and Cultures (9 foreign languages offered; students are required to take 2)
* Sports

Third year Options and Career Tracks
9 Options * Sustainable Civil Engineering and Urbanism (ACD)
* Energy (E)
* Environmental, Materials and Life Science (EMV)
* Industrial Engineering (GI)
* Applied Mathematics (MAP)
* Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
* Applied Physics (PA)
* Advanced Systems (SA)
* Information Science (SI)

6 Career Tracks * Centrale Entrepreneurs (CE)
* Innovative Systems Development & Industrialisation (CISI)
* International Project Management (MP)
* Operations Management (MOP)
* Research (MR)
* Strategy and Enterprise Finance (CF)

BUDGET Centrale Paris' total annual budget (2008):
EUR 34.2 M, 53% of which is public funds
SITE 18 hectare campus
58,125 m² Overall Surface Area
RESEARCH5 fields * Mechanical Engineering, Energetics and Combustion
* Materials Science and Process Engineering
* Applied Physics
* Applied Mathematics
* Industrial Engineering, Economics and Management

6 research departments * Energetics and Combustion (Énergétique Moléculaire et Macroscopique, Combustion) EM2C (UPR CNRS 288)
* Physical Properties of Materials and Modelling (Structures, Propriétés et Modélisation des Solides) SPMS (UMR CNRS 8580)
* Mechanics, Structures and Materials (Mécanique des Sols, Structures et Matériaux) MSSMat (UMR CNRS 8579)
* Chemical Engineering (Génie des Procédés et Matériaux) LGPM (EA 4038)
* Applied Mathematics and Systems (Mathématiques Appliquées aux Systèmes) MAS (EA 4037)
* Industrial Engineering (Génie Industriel) LGI (EA 2606)

Key Research Figures

EUR 6 M per year in industrial contracts and grants (90 contracts/year);
EUR 620,000 of investment/year;
31,000 m² of laboratories, testing areas and offices;
209 publications in international refereed journals (CNRS Rank A);
117 faculty-researchers and full-time researchers (14% CNRS);
80 engineers, technicians and administrative personnel (22% CNRS).