The École Supérieure d'Électricité (generally known as Supélec, formerly ESE) is a leading French electrical engineering grande école. Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline that deals with the study and application of electricity and electromagnetism. ... The grandes écoles (French for great schools) of France are higher education establishments outside of the mainstream framework of the public universities. ...

Its main campus is located in Gif-sur-Yvette, a southwestern suburb of Paris and has other campuses in Metz and Rennes. Campus is Latin for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ... Gif-sur-Yvette is a commune of the Essonne département, in France. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Location within France Rhine watershed Metz is a city in the North-East of France, capital of the Lorraine région and of the département of Moselle (57). ... Location within France The Parlement de Bretagne (Parliament of Brittany), the most famous building in Rennes, was rebuilt after a terrible fire in 1994. ...

Supelec, Gif campus

Its curriculums include:

• electrical engineering;
• telecommunications;
• electronics;
• signal processing;
• computer science.

Supelec was created in 1894. Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline that deals with the study and application of electricity and electromagnetism. ... Telecommunication is the extension of communication over a distance. ... Electronics is the study and use of electrical devices that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles in devices such as thermionic valves and semiconductors. ... Signal processing is the processing, amplification and interpretation of signals. ... Edsger Dijkstra said: Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Its alumni include: Louis Leprince-Ringuet, Jean-Luc Lagardère, Thierry Breton, Louis Breguet, René Leduc, Pierre Bézier, Pierre Boulle, Maurice Lebourg. Jean-Luc Lagardère (February 10, 1928 - March 14, 2003) was a major French businessman. ... Thierry Breton (born January 15, 1955 in Paris) is the French Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industry. ... Louis Charles Breguet (January 2, 1880 - May 4, 1955) was a French airplane designer and builder, one of the early aviation pioneers. ... Pierre Etienne Bézier ( September 1, 1910, - November 25, 1999) was a French engineer and creator of the Bézier curves and Bézier surfaces that are now the basis of most computer-aided design and computer graphics systems. ... Pierre Boulle (February 20, 1912 - January 30, 1994) was a French novelist. ...

External links

• Official site (http://www.supelec.fr/accueil/accueil.htm)
• Alumni Organisation (http://www.ingenieurs-supelec.org/)