Inauguration of the teaching and research Chair for Operational Efficiency and Management Systems

(Paris, November 8, 2012) - BNP Paribas and the Ecole Centrale Paris signed an agreement in May 2012 creating the company Chair for “Operational Efficiency and Management Systems”, under the under the patronage of Georges Chodron de Courcel, Deputy Managing Director of BNP Paribas and Hervé Biausser, Director of the Ecole Centrale Paris.

Improving efficiency has become a major focus over the last ten years, both for industry and services. It has however often been limited to the strict use of tools such as Lean or Six Sigma.
This new Chair therefore aims to examine new procedures for operational efficiency, incorporating methodology, management systems and its cultural and managerial aspects.

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Visit of the Ecoles Centrales Group to China for the 15th anniversary of the Franco-Chinese “4+4” program and the 60 years of Beihang University, partner of the Ecole Centrale Beijing

(Châtenay-Malabry, October 22, 2012) – A delegation of the Directors and Directors for International Relations of the Ecoles Centrales Group (Paris, Lyon, Lille, Nantes and Marseille) went to Chengdu, China on October 23, 2012 on an official visit to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the “4+4” Franco-Chinese exchange program with four Chinese partner universities (Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Xi’an Jiaotong University et SouthWest Jiaotong University). This visit was also the occasion for the signature of the 3rd renewal of the partnership agreements, for a period of 5 years.

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The Ecole Centrale Paris at Paris-Saclay: Presentation of the architectural and urban development project

Following the nomination on July 27, 2012 of the OMA Consultancy, managed by Rem Koolhaas, as the winner of the combined architectural and urban development competition for the installation of the Ecole Centrale Paris on the Paris-Saclay campus, the Ecole Centrale Paris et Paris-Saclay Public Authority invite you to come and discover:

• the future buildings of the Ecole Centrale Paris;
• the Joliot-Curie quarter of the Paris-Saclay campus.

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The winner of the combined architectural and urban planning competition for the Ecole Centrale Paris at Paris-Saclay is named

The OMA agency, led by Rem Koolhaas and Clément Blanchet, has been named as the winner of the combined architectural and urban planning competition for the installation of the Ecole Centrale Paris on the Paris-Saclay campus.

(Châtenay-Malabry/Orsay, July 27, 2012) – The Ecole Centrale Paris and the Etablissement Public Paris-Saclay today announce that the team led by the Dutch OMA agency is the winner of the architectural and urban planning competition for the design of the Ecole Centrale buildings and the Joliot-Curie area in which they will be located at Gif-sur-Yvette. The building will be erected next to Supélec, the privileged partner of the Ecole Centrale, and will be close to the Gif-Orsay station on the Grand Paris Express “green” line.

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