Key figures

STUDENT BODY

Centrale Paris’ Engineering Programme

1704 student-engineers with 211 in sandwich year (Class of 2012: 469; Class of 2013: 496; Class of 2014: 528), including:
446 international students
and 327 female students
40% of Centrale’s graduates have received dual-degrees

Advanced Master
19 programs: 260 students of which 30 % from abroad

Master
5 fields of concentration, M1 and M2:
136 students, including 47 student-engineers and 55 international students

Doctoral Studies
251 doctoral candidates, including 131 from abroad - 60 graduating per year

Teaching and Administrative Staff
220 full-time faculty, 900 adjunct faculty
310 administrative staff members

NETWORKS

International Partners
122 partner universities throughout
the world (in 36 countries)

Corporate Partners
90 partner companies for 3rd year Options / Career Tracks
15 TIME PLUS Club partner companies for international activities

12 Premium Partners:
AREVA, BNP PARIBAS, EADS, EDF,
GDF SUEZ, GENERALI, GROUPE SAFRAN, MCKINSEY&COMPANY, PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN, SAP BUSINESSOBJECTS, SOCIETE GENERALE and VALLOUREC.

9 Corporate Chairs:

• «Hybrid technologies and Economy of Electromobility», Armand Peugeot Chair with PSA Peugeot Citroën
• «Sustainable construction and innovation» Chair with Bouygues Construction
• BNP Paribas Chair of «Quantitative Finance»
• Center of Excellence for Clean Biotechnologies with the Champagne-Ardenne Region, the Marne department and Reims Métropole
• CEISAR (Center of Excellence in Information Systems Architecture) supported by Air France, Axa, Total
• SAP Chair of «Business Intelligence»
• «Systems Sciences and Energy Challenges» Chair (EDF)
• «System Modelling & Design Chair» (EADS Innovation Works)
• Chair of Supply Chain Management supported by Carrefour, Danone, Louis Vuitton Malletier, PSA Peugeot Citroën and Vallourec

Centrale Paris is a member of the following networks:
France :

• CentraleSupélec : École Centrale Paris / Supélec Alliance
• College of Engineering and Systems Sciences with Supélec, the ENS Cachan and Paris XI
• Paris South Research and Education Centre
• École Centrale Paris / ESSEC Alliance
• Écoles Centrales Group (Paris / Lyon / Lille / Nantes / Marseille) and Centrale Beijing

International:

• T.I.M.E. (Top Industrial Managers for Europe)
• CESAER

CAMPUS

18 hectare campus
58,645 m2 Overall Surface Area

Academic Instruction

11 Departments

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

Third year Options and Career Tracks

8 Options

• Sustainable Civil Engineering and Urbanism
• Energy
• Environmental, Materials and Life Science
• Industrial Engineering
• Computing and Advanced Systems Engineering
• Applied Mathematics
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Applied Physics

6 Career Tracks

• Centrale Entrepreneurs
• Innovative Systems Development & Industrialisation
• International Projects Management
• Operations Management
• Research
• Strategy and Enterprise Finance

RESEARCH

Key Research Figures

• € 5.8 M per year in industrial contracts and grants (90 contracts/year)
• € 766,000 of investment/year
• 16,000 m2 of operating space
• 246 publications in international refereed journals (CNRS Rank A)
• 126 faculty-researchers and full-time researchers (18% CNRS)
• 91 engineers, technicians and administrative personnel (15% CNRS)

5 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)

2 research team :

• Quantum and Molecular Photonics Laboratory LPQM (UMR 8537 CNRS)
• Center for Visual Computing

Networks :

• 8 competitiveness centres (including 3 global centres): System@tic, MediTech Santé, Cap Digital, Move’o, Advancity, Pôle AS Tech, Finance Innovation, IAR (Industries et Agro-Ressources) ;
• Advanced Research Cluster: Digitéo, ‘Triangle de la Physique’;
• TER@TEC Association.
• Technological Research Institute (IRT): SystemX