Signature of an Agreement for the creation of the Ecole Centrale Casablanca
04/04/2013
The Agreement for the creation of the Ecole Centrale Casablanca is the result of a strategic partnership between Centrale Paris and the Kingdom of Morocco.
The signing ceremony took place at the Royal Palace, Casablanca, in the presence of His Majesty King Mohamed VI, François Hollande, President of the French Republic, Geneviève Fioraso, French Minister for Higher Education and Research and Prof. Hervé Biausser, Director of Ecole Centrale Paris.
The Ecole Centrale Casablanca is a feature of the Moroccan plan for the development of industry and meets the aims that the Ecole Centrale Paris has set for itself to train an increasing number of generalist engineers with a strong international culture and at a high scientific and technical level.
This project was initiated by the Centralian community of Moroccan nationality. 312 Centralians today work in Morocco and the School has 145 Moroccan students in its engineering course.
The Ecole Centrale Casablanca will be developed based on the model of Ecole Centrale Paris. It is planned to open in 2014.
