Mines ParisTech

Graduate School

www.mines-paristech.eu
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Mines ParisTech
225 years of history, tradition and heritage are an integral part of the i­dentity
and ­durability of MINES ParisTech. It offers graduate and post-graduate e­ ducation
­programmes to 1200 students. The Institution holds 18 research c­ enters,
230 ­talented p­ rofessor-researchers, and is ranked # 1 institute for r­ esearch
­partnerships, a unique link with c­ ompanies.
We are proud to display, to ­maintain, to share our values built over the years.

A French “Grande Ecole”

in brief
MINES ParisTech like other French Grandes Most of the programmes are designed for g­ raduate
1783 Foundation of Ecole Royale des
Mines, in Paris Ecoles is devoted to the training of top engineers students with at least a BSc degree.
for industries, services and research. These French “Grandes Ecoles” can be seen as
150 number of Master in Science and
­Schools are relative small structures (about 150 excellence institute for graduate education and
Executive Engineering degrees awarded
per year MSc graduates per year, 100 PhD graduates, research, among which MINES ParisTech is one
200 professors-researchers) focused on top of the flagships.
140 number of partner universities
engineering topics. Education, research and
worldwide
business are strongly linked in the academic
100 number of PhD awarded per year programmes and research activities.
30 percentage of international students
2 number of Nobel Prize laureates
(Economics & Physics)
Master in Science and Executive Engineering
1 rank of MINES ParisTech in recent “Diplôme d’ingénieur”
rankings of engineering schools by
national media (for the graduates’ salary, Inspired by the notion of practice and the and are joined, in the graduate 1st year, by
interest for employers, contractual practical, the training of “Mineurs” (nickname externally qualified students from French and
research...) of our engineering students) is perfectly ba- foreign universities and the Ecole Polytechnique.
lanced with 1/3 in engineering sciences, 1/3 in They acquire all the skills required for senior
economics and social sciences and 1/3 in projects positions of responsibility. 84% of them have a
and practical experience. job offer before graduation.
The students are admitted through a competitive The ”Diplôme d’ingénieur” is, in France,
examination, after the “classes préparatoires”, considered as the most exclusive degree.

contact

INTERNATIONAL OFFICE

Mail : [email protected]
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INTERNATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES
MINES ParisTech has signed more than one hundred agreements on all continents
to ­cooperate within the frame of the Master degree in Science & Executive ­Engineering
­programme; these a­ greements are ­signed under our own name, or through the P­ arisTech or 
Institut MINES-TELECOM consortia. MINES ParisTech is member of the ParisTech Consortium of
excellent engineer schools and of the ATHENS Network.

Why French ?
English is no longer a foreign language to be is a bonus on your CV. Moreover, French com-
learnt, it will be your daily work language. But panies are well known for their technological
with the increase of competition for the best expertise and their worldwide activities. Mas-
positions, companies are interested more and tering French language can provide you some
more in candidates with “bonuses”. Knowing 3 international top positions in French companies
languages or French subsidiaries in Asia, Africa and Europe.

Practical considerations
ADMISSION PROCESS The monthly rent is about €200.
Very selective admission process based on appli- The “visiting” students will have a chance to get
cation file, written test and oral exams. a room at the “Cité internationale”.

Inscription and tuition fees Scholarship

• ERASMUS students and students from partner MINES ParisTech does particular effort to ensure
universities can be exempted of inscriptions scholarships and various financial supports for the
fees. international students.
• The tuition fees are €18 000 per year. A grant In the past years, all the students admitted in the
is given to international students: these fees Master in Science and Executive Engineering got
are waived. a scholarship to cover their living expenses:
• from the French government
Accommodation • from companies
The students admitted in our Master in Science • from Home country institutions or bilateral
and Executive Engineering will get a room in the programmes (Brafitec...)
students’ residence (Maison des Mines), located • from MINES ParisTech Alumni Foundation.
near the Institute. From €600 to €2 000/month for two years
Admission: www.mines-paristech.eu/Admissions/Master-degree-in-science-and-engineering/

Programme Degree Duration Requirements

Master in Science and Executive Engineering / Degree-seeking 2 years 4 years of Higher education
Diplôme d’ingénieur Exchange student 6 to 12 months BSc degree
Master of Science Degree 1 to 2 years BSc degree
Advanced Master Programme Degree 1 to 2 years MSc degree
Degree / ­Co-supervised MSc degree
PhD 3 years
degree MEng degree
Research internship For BSc or MSc ­research 3 to 12 months internship BSc degree
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MINES ParisTech Programmes

MASTER IN SCIENCE AND EXECUTIVE ENGINEERING
The aim of this Master programme is to train socio-economic content, leading to a strong
high level engineers able to manage complex background of fundamental knowledge and of
industrial projects and to become managers of practical skills thanks to strong participation of
companies. lecturers from enterprises and implementation
This is implemented through a multidisciplinary of internships in companies.
programme, with a high technical, scientific and This programme is taught in French.

GRADUATE 1ST YEAR: FOCUSED MAINLY ON ENGINEERING

SCIENCES
A basis of fundamental core courses, with • engineering
modules in applied mathematics and physics, • economics and social sciences
economics and social sciences • informationmanagement and communication
C hoice of specialized courses: approximately M odern languages (compulsory 2 foreign
90 courses offered according to the following languages among the 10 languages offered,
broad themes: French being compulsory for international
• pure and applied mathematics students)
• physics, mechanics, thermo mechanics, Y oung engineer placement in industry (3 to 4
electronics months), as “assistant executive engineer”,
• materials sciences, geosciences and environment with frequent possibility of international
• energy placement

GRADUATE 2ND YEAR: FOCUSED MAINLY ON MINORS

exchange students
In addition to core courses (accounting and law) Industrial Economics
Students can be admitted as “visiting
students” for a semester or a year to and to electives, students have to choose a Nuclear Engineering
get credits for their studies at MINES concentration in a specific engineering field, cal- Geosciences
ParisTech. These credits can be led minor and to implement a technical project Geostatistics
recognised by their institution of origin for related to an industrial problem under the close Scientific Management
graduation. supervision of a tutor from one of MINES Paris- Engineering Design and Management
Tech 18 research centers, leading ultimately to Innovation and Entrepreneurship
an internship of at least 3 months in industry, Mechanical Engineering and Energy
and concluding by the submission of a master Information Systems Management
thesis and its oral presentation in the presence Control system, Robotics, Vision & Morpho-
of scientific specialists and of the industrial logy (Applied mathematics)
partners. Materials Sciences and Engineering
Biotechnology Underground engineering and management
Process Engineering Production Systems and Logistics

Autumn  semester Spring  semester

CORE  COURSES CORE  COURSES CORE  COURSES

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

MULTIDISCIPLINARY  PROJECT MULTIDISC.  PROJECT MULTIDISCIPLINARY  PROJECT ASSISANT

FIELD  TRIP

PROJECT

GRAD. LANGUAGES LANGUAGES MINOR LANGUAGES EXECUTIVE

1ST  YEAR COURSES ENGINEER
ELECTIVES ELECTIVES ELECTIVES INTERNSHIP

SPORT SPORT SPORT

CORE  COURSES CORE  COURSES

LANGUAGES LANGUAGES
ASSISTANT
INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL
GRAD. EXECUTIVE MINOR
RESEARCH RESEARCH
2ND  YEAR ENGINEER COURSES ELECTIVES ELECTIVES
INTERNSHIP INTERNSHIP
INTERNSHIP

SPORT SPORT
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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENERGY STRATEGIES other master’s

Biomedical Engineering
Energy procurement was a question of secondary curement and management.  obility and Electric Vehicles
M
importance until 1974, when it became a central The objectives are: Transport and Sustainable Development
cost factor to be controlled and monitored. With T o participate in drafting energy policies for Sustainable Development, environment and
environmental constraints and the liberalisation of their firms or countries. Energy Economics
markets, it has now turned into a strategic choice To succeed in projects involving French firms and Water, Soil and Waste Engineering
and a factor of uncertainty and risk for countries institutional players.
as well as for firms. The Master in Energy Strate-
gies provides an understanding of energy issues
as well as the capacity to define solutions, and Contact Contact
choose and implement strategies for energy pro- [email protected] [email protected]

post MASTER program

The postmaster non doctoral programmes, French-speaking programmes:
lasting one year, aim at providing initial or ongoing E nvironmental Management and Engineering (IGE)
training, that is to say, high-level training for E nergy Systems Optimization (OSE)
professional purposes. G
 as Engineering and Management (GAZ)
Each programme comprises a series of classes, Material Behaviour and Structural Design (COMADIS)
practicals, laboratory practicals or training periods Industrial Management and Logistics Systems (MISL)
in the field, visits and lectures, followed by a R enewable Energy (ENR)
six-month practical internship, focusing on a Industrial Risk Management (MRI)
problem raised by an employer and usually taking
place in a company:
English-speaking programmes:
M aterials, processing and modeling (MAPMOD)
Contact
International Environmental Management (EnvIM)
[email protected]
International Energy Management (ALEF)

PhD
Doctoral courses at MINES ParisTech have a Energy and Processes
twofold vocation : training high-level scientific Energy and Processes
PhDs, ready to join companies and to conduct Economics, Management, Society
innovative industrial projects and training future E conomics and Finance
research-academics able to conduct research Management Science
programmes aimed at academic excellence S ocio-Economics and Innovation
while developing partnerships with economic S cience and Engineering of Hazardous
and social players, in the public and private Activities
sectors alike. Earth Sciences and Environment
Mechanical and Materials Engineering G eology for the Engineer
M  aterials Science and Engineering Q uantitative Hydrology and Hydrogeology
M  echanics S ubsoil Exploitation Techniques and
C omputational Mechanics Economics
Mathematics and Systems S edimentary Basin Dynamics
M  athematics and Control Engineering and Resources
PHD STUDENTS
R eal-time Computer Science, Robotics, G eostatistics
Systems and Control
400 PhD students
Mathematical Morphology
C omputational Biology Contact 30% International PhD students
C ontrol, Optimization, Prospective [email protected]
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Research
Fields of research
Oriented research R enewable energies (resource evaluation
MINES ParisTech is a “Grande Ecole” centred on and prediction, integration optimization,
its research activities. It encompasses all fields environmental impacts)
of scientific knowledge thanks to 18 innovative
research centers exploring five major fields. Mechanical and Materials engineering
With 290 research academics, 400 doctoral The experimental approach combines the study
students and 60 post-doctoral students, MINES of micro structures and constitution of surfaces
ParisTech ranks top among the Grandes Ecoles and interfaces at all scales, of physical and
for the volume of contractual research. electrical properties and mechanical
characterization under a variety of stresses
Top-notch 
laboratories
 including the effect of environment and
The Institute’s laboratories are partly asso- radiations. Processing and shaping aspects
ciated with CNRS, INSERM, INRIA, Institut consider the rheology and the reactivity of
Pasteur, Institut Curie, etc. Their research, materials at elevated temperatures.
at the intersection of many fields, has led to Experimental work is combined with numerical
the emergence of new disciplines (geostatis- modelling activities resting on strong physical
tics, mathematical morphology and automatic bases and linking all scales.
control systems) which are now studied by the Innovations concern materials development
scientific community and disseminated throu- along with associated processes and the
ghout industry and the services.
 development of original commercially avai-
lable softwares for mechanical behaviour, life
Closely linked teaching and research
 prediction and optimized shaping.
The range of education programmes (engineer,
master’s, advanced master’s and PhD) are Mathematics and systems
coordinated by research academics working in MINES ParisTech is present in automation,
the laboratories. Consequently, the students robotics, telerobotics, computer integra-
are up-to-date with the reality of technical, ted manufacturing, logistics, mathematical
economic and social issues.
 morphology, image processing, on board
systems, real time systems, software
A broad 
international dimension
 technologies (oriented language, constraint
Of the €30 million in research contracts, 30% programing), broadband data flow analysis,
involve at least one foreign partner. MINES distributed production and cooperative work.
ParisTech collaborates closely with more than
100 different countries and foreign universities. Economics, management, society
MINES ParisTech is competent in industrial
Earth Sciences and Environment economy, management and organisational
MINES ParisTech develops competences in sciences, cyndinics and sociology.

The topics
geology, geophysics, geostatics, hydrology and covered are:
hydro-dynamics, geo-mechanics, chemistry, role of the State, regulating policies and markets,
nuclear physics, and system engineering. The m odernisation of public services,
activities aim at the mastering of the metrology e volution of the organisation of the industry,
of phenomena, their modelling and choice of productive systems, professions, competences,
solution. research and innovation policies, product design,
competitivity of companies,
Energy and process engineering risks, information systems, organisational training,
This department has developed skills in many impact resistance, information of the public,
fields that are usefull for studying the transforma- m edicine and health, experiments and politics.
tion of matter and energy. Attention focuses on
complex energy systems, particularly in
transient conditions, and on controlling their
environmental impacts.
Energy efficiency (building, industry, transport)
Decarbonization of processes and fuels (CO2
capture, alternative fuels)
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corporate relations
MINES ParisTech has long-lasting links with companies, through internship placement,
graduate recruitment, contractual research, lecturers from industry and services.
This constant and strong links with the economic and social players guarantee
employability of the graduates and our #1 rank for research partnerships.

Careers
You have choices to make as many career op- We carry out a yearly survey to know what our
portunities will be opened to you after gradua- recent graduates are doing. The answer rate for
ting from the Institute. A variety of jobs will be this survey is 100%.
accessible. During your studies, you will have Our latest figures show that:
an opportunity to set out your career plan in 80% are in professional activity
close harmony with your ambitions. Whether it 18% are pursuing studies, either for a
be industry, services or research, you will have double-degree, a complementary master, a
access to the wide world. post-master short programme or a PhD
employability, with an average annual salary 2% are in other situations
of 46 000 euros, one of the highest in France On the international scene: 20% start to work
for young graduates, abroad.
every student is offered an excellent job posi- Considering sectors, the possibilities are vast:
tion before the end of training, 50% work in the industry (with a
several of the CEOs of the 40 leading French predominance in energy and manufacturing)
companies (CAC 40) are former graduates of 46% work in services (with a
the Institute, predominance in consulting, audit,
two Nobel laureates were trained at the finance/banking, IT, industrial management,
Institute: Georges Charpak (Physics, 1992) and supply-chain, research/development,)
Maurice Allais (Economics, 1988). 4% work in the public sector (Ministries,
Agencies...).

industry funded research and education chairs

The chairs are aimed at helping national and Water for everybody
international research to progress in innovative SUEZ
and controversial societal fields. Thanks to the Media and brands
chairs, MINES ParisTech also rises to the chal- VIVENDI, GROUPE LAGARDERE
lenge of attracting some of the finest academics Carbon capture, transportation, and
in an increasingly competitive international storage
environment. AIR LIQUIDE, EDF, GDF SUEZ, LAFARGE,
LE HAVRE
Sustainable materials for energy powering
Urban logistics
EDF, GRT GAZ
MONOPRIX, LA POSTE, RATP, SIEMENS
New and advanced materials for nuclear
Metal processing for aeronautics and
energy
nuclear
AREVA
DAHER
Bioplastics
Robotics and virtual reality
ARKEMA, L’OREAL, NESTLE, PSA, SCHNEIDER
PSA PEUGEOT-CITROËN
ELECTRIC
Resilience and security
Eco-building design
AFNOR, GDF SUEZ, SNCF, TOTAL
VINCI
Intellectual property and markets for
Prospective modelization and sustainable
technology
development
AIR LIQUIDE, MICROSOFT, THALES
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, ADEME, EDF, TOTAL,
Commodities
RENAULT
OCP
Theories and methods of innovative design
THALES, RENAULT, DASSAULT SYSTEMES,
RATP, VALLOUREC
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