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École Centrale Paris is one of the leading French Grandes Écoles of engineering. The grandes écoles (French for great schools) of France are higher education establishments outside of the mainstream framework of the public universities. ...
Engineering is the application of science to the needs of humanity. ...
Situation
It is situated in the Paris, France region (called Île-de-France), more precisely in Châtenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...
Île-de-France can refer to: the historical province of France: see Île-de-France (province) the modern French administrative région: see Île-de-France (région) For other meanings without the circumflex accent, see Ile de France. ...
Châtenay-Malabry is a city in France, in the southern suburbs of Paris, on the left bank of the Seine. ...
Hauts-de-Seine is a département in France. ...
History It was founded in 1829 on a private initiative, but was given to the French state in 1857 by its creator, Alphonse Lavallée. Its official name is École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures. 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
A state is an organized political community occupying a definite territory, having an organized government, and possessing internal and external sovereignty. ...
1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
National and international ties The École Centrale Paris belongs to the French Intergroupe des Écoles Centrales, together with École Centrale de Lille, École Centrale de Lyon, and École Centrale de Nantes. École Centrale de Lyon is one of the French Grandes écoles of engineering. ...
Since 1837, it has built international ties too, which are a very important dimension in this school. Indeed, students come from all around the world to study for a couple of years on the school campus, and the École Centrale students can also obtain a double diploma in one of the partner schools (depending on the school and the studies chosen, engineering degree, Master of Science, etc.). The full list of partner universities can be found here * (http://www.ecp.fr/en/D_international/D5_universites_partenaires/D5a_liste.htm). 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Engineering is the application of science to the needs of humanity. ...
A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ...
Alumni They include: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (December 15, 1832 - December 27, 1923; French pronunciation /EfEl/ in X-SAMPA, in English usually pronounced /ajfEl/) was a French engineer and entrepreneur, specialist of metallic structures. ...
Georges Leclanché (1839 - September 14, 1882) was a French electrical engineer. ...
André Michelin (16 January 1853 - 4 April 1931) was a French industrialist who, with his brother Édouard (1859-1940), founded the Michelin Tyre Company (Compagnie Générale Des Établissements Michelin) in 1888 in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand. ...
Louis Blériot Louis Blériot (July 1, 1872 - August 2, 1936) was a French inventor and engineer, who performed the first flight over a large body of water in a heavier-than-air craft. ...
Conrad and Marcel Schlumberger were brothers from Alsace, France (one a physicist and one an engineer). ...
Boris Vian (March 10, 1920 - June 23, 1959) was a French writer, poet, singer, and musician, who also wrote under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan. ...
The Bouygues group is a French industrial group founded in 1952 by Francis Bouygues and since 1989 led by his son Martin Bouygues. ...
There have been at least two notable people named Henri Gouraud: General Henri Gouraud (1867–1946), a World War I French general Henri Gouraud (1944–), a computer scientist. ...
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