École Centrale de Lyon
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Ecole Centrale de Lyon |
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| Motto | A Grande Ecole without boundaries |
| Established | 1857 |
| Type | Public, Grand établissement |
| President | Patrick Bourguin |
| Students | 1400 |
| Location | Ecully, France |
| Website | http://www.ec-lyon.fr |
École Centrale de Lyon is one of top notch French Grandes Écoles of engineering. It is also called ECL.
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[edit] Situation
It is located in Écully, a western suburb of Lyon, France (in a region called Rhônes Alpes).
[edit] History
It was founded in 1857 on a private initiative by Désiré GIRARDON, who was its first President. The founding vision was to educate multidisciplinary engineers for the emerging industry ("doctors for fabs and plants"). The institution was given to the French state in 1857 by its creator, Désiré GIRARDON. Initially located in Lyon city center, it was transferred to Ecully, its current emplacement.
[edit] The Centralien Studies
The centralien program is the original and main program offered by the Ecole. It is quite different from typical university or college studies; and specific to the French system of Grandes Ecoles. The engineering degree of Ecole Centrale de Lyon (Ingénieur Centralien or "centralien engineer") is a Master of Science degree.
The defining characteristic of the curriculum is that it is multidisciplinary. Students are taught all the main fields of engineering, such as : mechanics, aeronautics, electrical engineering, physics, chemistry, materials, biotechnologies, fluid mechanics, mathematics,civil engineering, telecommunications and computer science. The curriculum is quite similar to those offered at other French top notch Grandes Ecoles, such as Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole Centrale Paris , Ecole des Mines de Paris.
Ecole Centrale de Lyon is not a specialised school, contrary to many other Grandes Ecoles such as "Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité" (specialised in electrical Engineering), or "Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications" (specialised in telecommunications).
[edit] Admission
Most of the students are admitted after two to three years of Classes Préparatoires , which correspond to two years of post high-school education with heavy emphasis on Maths and Physics (freshman and sophomore years at US universities). At the end of the second year ("Mathematiques Speciales") students take a nation-wide competitive entrance examination for the Grandes Ecoles , including Ecole Centrale de Lyon. The ECL recruits among the top 6% of the students in classes preparatoires, which makes it a selective and prestigious institution. A few students come from French universities after completing three or four years of post high-school education. A significative contingent of students also comes from leading international universities which belong to the TIME network (Top Industrial Managers for Europe).
[edit] Curriculum
Education at the ECL is multidisciplinary and typically lasts three to four years. During the first two years (Tronc Commun, or "Common Trunk"), students are required to take classes in science (Mathematics, Physics, Biology); in engineering (Continuum Mechanics, Heat transfer, Digital image processing, Computer programming,...) and in social sciences (Economics, Management, foreign languages,...). After completing these 3 years of education, they receive the degree of "Ingénieur de l'Ecole Centrale de Lyon", more commonly called "ingenieur centralien"
[edit] National and international ties
The École Centrale de Lyon belongs to the French Intergroupe des Écoles Centrales, together with École Centrale Paris, École Centrale de Lille,École Centrale de Nantes, École Centrale de Marseille and École Centrale de Pékin .
Since 1857, the school has built important international ties. Students come from around the world to study for several years on the school campus. École Centrale students may also obtain a "double diploma" at one of several partner schools. Furthermore, the École is one of the founding members of the TIME network (Top Industrial Managers for Europe). (Member List)
[edit] Research
The Ecole Centrale de Lyon is highly involved in Research, and has the highest rate of PhD lecturers amidst the French Grandes Ecoles.
ECL hosts 7 laboratories:
- CEGELY : Electrical Engineering [1]
- ICTT : Teleformation, Teleinteractivity [2]
- LEOM : Electronics, Optoelectronics and Microsystems [3]
- LMFA : Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics[4]
- LTDS : Tribology and Systems dynamics[5]
- LIRIS : Computer Science, Signal and Image Processing [6]
- MAPLY : Applied Mathematics[7]
[edit] Some famous alumni
- Paul-Émile Victor (1928), explorator,
- Antoine Bethenot (1945), member of the Academy of Sciences
- Marc Riboud (1947), Photograph
- Auguste Moiroux (1949), Industrial
- Georges Penz (1949), CEO of Chantiers de l'Atlantique,
- Pierre Beuzit (1966), Research Director of Renault/Nissan,
- Pascal Henault (1970), research director of Peugeot/Citroën,
- Christian Mari (1974), Research Director of Snecma Moteurs,
- Olivier Piou (1980), CEO ofGemalto, world leader of chip card Roland Moreno,
- Didier Lamouche (1981), CEO ofBull .
[edit] The Graduate School
In addition to the centralien training, the Ecole Centrale de Lyon offers a broad range of master's programs in science and engineering (1 year- or 2 year-programs). These programs are opened to applicants having completed their undergraduate studies at other institutions.
The ECL also has a Ph.D. program for students with a master's level. More than 100 doctoral candidates work in one of the 5 laboratories of the school.
[edit] External links
- http://www.ec-lyon.fr/index_en.jsp Official website
[edit] See also
Centrale lyon Centrale de lyon ecole Centrale lyon
ecole Centrale de lyon
