École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Électronique et Électrotechnique

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The ESIEE building near Paris, designed by Dominique Perrault

ESIEE, École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Électronique et Électrotechnique, is a French Engineering school located in Marne-la-Vallée (ESIEE Paris) and Amiens (ESIEE Amiens).

1 General information
2 Sister schools
3 Exchange Programs
4 Notable alumni
5 References
6 External links

[edit] General information

It was founded in 1903 and was known until the 1960's as the Breguet school. It is operated by the Paris Chamber of Commerce. In 1992, another branch, operated by the Amiens Chamber of Commerce was opened. Some of the students come directly from High School and graduate after 5 years while others, who follow the traditional path to the Grandes écoles, come from a preparatory classes and graduate in 3 years.

Approximately 300 of the 900 students in Paris graduate every year and 60% of them spent at least 3 months studying or working outside of France. Depending on their specialization, they can attend classes in its 300 m² (3200 square feet) clean room. It is known as the first Engineering school to have students design and launch an artificial satellite, named SARA, in 1991, as part of extra-curricular work in ESIEESpace, a student club. During the last 2 years, students in Paris choose a specialization among the following subjects:

Electronics and microelectronics
Computer science
Signal processing and telecommunications
Embedded systems
Starting in September 2006, first-year students will be offered the possibility to follow a dual education in network engineering [1].

Approximately 80 of the 400 students in Amiens graduate every year. During the last 2 years, students in Amiens choose a specialization among the following subjects:

[edit] Sister schools

The Paris school shares its building with two other schools;

Ecole Supérieure de Technologie Electronique (ESTE) - There are discussions about closing this institution
Institut Supérieur de Technologie et Management (ISTM)

[edit] Exchange Programs

Two main exchange programs are offered to the students whose grades are high enough. The first one, called Tripartite operates with the University of Karlsruhe, the University of Southampton, and the ICAI in the Pontifical Comillas University of Madrid. Under this program, students spend their last two years in two universities of their choice.

The second program, called Entree [2], allows students to transfer to 17 other European universities. Under this program, students spend the first semesters of the last 2 years in two universities of their choices.