The Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG) (Grenoble Institute of Technology or GIT)^[1] is a French technological university consisting of nine Grandes écoles of engineering (engineering schools). The grandes écoles (French: great schools) of France are higher education establishments outside the mainstream framework of the public universities. ...

INPG also have a 2 year preparatory class programme, an adult education department, as well as 35 laboratories and a graduate school in Engineering Sciences. More than 1,100 engineers graduate every year from the INPG, making it France's biggest grande école. Image File history File links LogoINPG.png Summary INPG Logo. ... The grandes écoles (French for great schools) of France are higher education establishments outside of the mainstream framework of the public universities. ...

Most of the INPG is located in Grenoble, except for the ESISAR which is located in Valence. Location within France Grenoble (Occitan: Grasanòbol) is a city and commune in south-east France, situated at the foot of the Alps, at the confluence of the Drac into the Isère River. ... // Higher Institute of Engineering in Advanced Industrial Systems in the Rhône-Alpes Region The Grenoble National Institute of Technology (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble) INPG has 9 schools - [1]ESISAR being the most recent. ... Location within France Champs de Mars and Kiosque Peynet in Valence A World War I memorial in Valence ville Valence is a commune in south-eastern France, the capital of the département of Drôme, situated on the left bank of the Rhône, 65 miles south of Lyon...

History

INP Grenoble was born in the Alpine environment. It was officially founded in 1900 with the creation of the Electrical Engineering Institute. Industrial pioneers of a century ago found that after mastering hydraulic power and creating the initial industrial applications, they had also created a need for well-trained engineers.

The first of its type in France, INPG became polytechnical and grew continuously in scale, becoming the National Polytechnical Institute in 1971 with Louis Néel, Nobel Laureate in Physics as its first President. INPG's scope and influence, due to its excellence in teaching and research as well as its close links to industry, have consistently expanded. INPG enjoys an international reputation as one of France's and Europe's finest universities of technology.

The INPG is currently contributing to the construction of the Minatec project, one of Europe's biggest nanosciences research center. Minatec is a big project in Micro-Nano Technologies in Europe. ...

Some Figures

Academic staff and researchers: (source? !! these values are probably incorrect !!)

• 1250 teaching staff (350 permanent)
• 1400 researchers (300 permanent)
• 450 administrative and technical staff

Students: (2004 figures^[2])

• 1,428 degree students
• 3,036 masters students
• 842 doctorate students

The total number of students in 2004-2005 was 5,306 students, including 1,152 international students.

Most of the students enter the INPG after a two-year undergraduate program, the French classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles, the selection being made according to the results of an entrance exam. However a few students (less than 10%) can be admitted at the INPG without needing to take an entrance exam. Such students have to follow another two-year undergraduate program called the CPP Preparatory Course and to have a minimum entrance average at the end of the program. This program has been created by the French INPs in [1993] in order to attract even more French high school-leavers as well as students with particular sporting or musical talents. The Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles (nicknames : Classes prépas or simply prépa) are highly selective French undergraduate studies which prepare students to the Grandes Écoles. ...

Each year, INPG graduates: (2004 figures)

• 1,046 engineers with a "Diplôme d'ingénieur" (five-year curricula)
• 332 DEA (master level)
• 146 [PhD]

Schools

• Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique et de Mathématiques Appliquées de Grenoble (ENSIMAG), founded in 1960: trains engineers to master the design and use of computer and mathematical tools: VLSI and computer design, software engineering, telecommunications and networks, distributed applications and systems, image processing and synthesis, economic and financial systems modeling, scientific computation.

• Département Télécommunications (ENSIMAG-ENSERG), founded in 1999: trains engineers to master the design and use of computer and telecommunication tools: VLSI and computer design, software engineering, telecommunications and networks, electronics.

• Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Grenoble (ENSPG), founded in 1985: trains engineers in physical sciences, nanotechnologies, materials science, electronic and optoelectronic devices, energy and nuclear engineering and physical instrumentation. ENSPG trains physics engineers with a strong scientific background. Graduates are employed mainly in basic and applied research or in development.

• Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electrochimie et d'Electrométallurgie de Grenoble (ENSEEG), founded in 1921: trains engineers in the fields of physical chemistry, materials science, process engineering and electrochemistry.

• Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electronique et de Radioélectricité de Grenoble (ENSERG), founded in 1958: trains engineers in electronics from basic components to complex circuits and telecommunications systems, image and word processing, computer and multimedia systems.

• The Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Génie Industriel (ENSGI) trains engineers specialized in organization and technological management. The ENSGI has a formal link with Grenoble's Social Sciences University and its business School whose faculty participate in ENSGI's curriculum.

• Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs Electriciens de Grenoble (ENSIEG), founded in 1901: trains engineers in electrical engineering and its industrial applications of production and transformation, systems automation, production systems, robotics and signal processing.

• Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Hydraulique et de Mécanique de Grenoble (ENSHMG), founded in 1928: trains engineers in the fields of fluid mechanics, hydraulics and water resources, environmental sciences and mechanical engineering.

• Ecole Française de Papeterie et des Industries Graphiques (EFPG), founded in 1907: trains engineers for the paper and graphics industries: physical chemistry and mechanics, process engineering, paper production and conversion, and printing techniques.

• Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs Systèmes Avancés Rhône-Alpes ESISAR

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External links

• INPG Official Site
• Minatec official site

• ENSIMAG Official site (in French)
• ENSPG Official Site
• ENSEEG Official site
• ENSERG Official site
• ENSGI Official site (in French)
• ENSIEG Official site
• ENSHMG Official site (in French)
• EFPG Official site
• Département Télécommunications Official site (in French)
• Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs Systèmes Avancés Rhône-Alpes ESISAR Official site

• AINPG: INPG Engineer Association
• Grand Cercle INPG Students Association
• INPG Junior Conseil INPG IT Students Services for Industries

Footnotes

1. ↑ Since May 2006 and the creation of its new website, INPG has chosen this name to communicate its image across the borders. In the past, names such as Grenoble National Polytechnical Institute or National Polytechnical Institute of Grenoble were sometimes used.
2. ↑ Grenoble IT in figures