1. Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées http://www.enpc.fr

2. Main features of a Grande Ecole graduate school small scale (about 1000 students per year) highly selective admission process mobility and professional involvement of the teaching staff integrated and flexible education methods close ties with industry european and international focus

3. Studying engineering at a Grande Ecole means that you have been selected as part of an elite student body means that you are trained to face not only technical but also economic and social dimensions of the action opens the doors to leading positions in public and private sectors.

4. ENPC is the oldest engineering Grande Ecole (founded in 1747) is one the the five most famous engineering Grandes Ecoles with Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole Centrale, Ecole des mines and Ecole des telécommunications is a research and educational institution for doctoral studies

5. ENPC Networks Polytechnicum : 15 research and education institutions situated on Cité Descartes : ESIEE, UMLV... DRAST : research and Scientific network of Ministère de lEquipement : LCPC, INRETS.. ParisTech : 10 graduate engineering Institutes of Paris : ENSAM, ENSCP, ENGREF, ENSMP, ENPC, ESCPI, ENSTA, ENST, INA P-G, Polytechnique

6. Engineering students at ENPC Engineering students735 exchange students 43 « mastères spécialisés »169 MBA 64 civil architects and town planners (AUE) 18 Doctoral students250 total 1279

7. ENPC Post graduate studies ENPC Engineers Degree = European Master of Science 58 Master programmes 2nd + 3rd year Pre-doctoral programme (DEA) Doctoral programme thesis = PhD 0 3 Integrated undergraduate programme 1rst year Graduate programme 2nd + 3rd year Professional programmes « Mastères spécialisés » ENPC MBA DESS Classes préparatoires Ecole polytechnique universities (France and abroad), double degree, Bachelor + Research and post doctoral programmes

8. Specialisations six dominants –civil engineering and construction –transport, planning, environment –industrial engineering –economics and finance –mechanical engineering and materials science –applied mathematics and computer science

9. Current cursus characterized by : practical training periods double focus : –exact and engineering applied sciences, –economics, management and social sciences international dimension.

10. The curriculum Common core of scientific and management courses (1st, 2nd and 3rd years) courses in the dominant (2nd and 3rd years) a final project (3rd year).

11. Out-of-school training students work alternately in the Ecole and outside –at the beginning of the 1st year : training period in a company –at the end of the 1st year : scientific internship in a research centre –between the 2nd and 3rd years : one-year internship or two- month internship in a company –at the end of the 3rd year : final project.

12. Research at ENPC 11 research centres 190 researchers (130 located at ENPC) 144 PhD students 2 M of contracts with industry.

13. Disciplines and research fields a wide range of disciplines : –mathematics and computer sciences, –mechanics and physics of materials and structures, –geology and geo-technical engineering, –environmental sciences, –economics, –social sciences.

14. ENPC Laboratories CEREAD environment, air and pollution CEREVE water, urban and environment studies CERAS socio-economics analysis CERMICS mathematics, computer science and scientific computing CGI engineering geology CIRED environment and development LATTS technical, regional and business Institut Navier (CERMES, LAMI, LMSGC) mechanics LMS solid mechanics LVMT town, mobility, transport

15. Doctoral studies 187 students (40% from abroad) 30/40 thesis completed every year research done in ENPCs research centres (2/3) or in partners institutions (1/3) ENPC is involved in five doctoral programmes.

16. Professional programmes MBA programme Post-graduate professional courses (one year : mastères spécialisés) Continuing Education (short programmes)

17. Continuing education 230 sessions (2 to 5 days) 50 sessions dedicated to one company 7000 students per year services in educational engineering.

18. E-learning Lectures available on-line (www.enpc.fr) A team dedicated to e-learning The goal : to manage the cultural change from lectures to e-learning European (Portal, EQO, SIG-DLAE, etc.) projects.

19. Grande Ecole Virtuelle des Ponts E-learning for initial education E-learning for life-long-learning Validation of professional experience

20. Quality & accreditation A general concern (all lectures are evaluated, ISO 9000 for services) ISO 9000-2000 for life-long-learning Accreditation (MBA and SIG-DLAE) EQO : a database of quality approaches http://www.eqo.info/