École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications
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Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications |
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| Motto | L’École au coeur de la Société de l’Information |
| Established | 1878 |
| Type | French Grande École |
| President | Marc Peyrade |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Campus | Paris, Sophia Antipolis |
| Affiliations | GET, ParisTech |
| Website | http://www.enst.fr |
The École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (also known as ENST or Télécom or Télécom Paris) is a French grande école of engineering, located in Paris. It is a member of ParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology).
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[edit] History
In 1845, Alphonse Foy, director of telegraphic lines, proposed a school specialised in telegraphy for Polytechnician. His proposition was rejected.
It was founded in July 12, 1878 as l'École Professionnelle Supérieure des Postes & Télégraphes (EPSPT).
In 1912, the name of the school was changed into l'École Supérieure des Postes & Télégraphes(ESPT).
In 1934, The school moved to rue Barrault, in XIIIe arrondissement of Paris.
In 1938, the school was named École Nationale Supérieure des Postes, Télégraphes & Téléphones (ENSPTT), and in the same year, the president of Fracnce Albert Lebrun honored the school Legion of Honor.
During the Second World War, in 1942, ENSPTT was divided into two schools: ENSPTT and ENST. ENSPTT was closed on 31 December, 2002.
On 26 December, 1996, the Groupe des Écoles de Télécommunications has established GET, which consists of a group of schools including ENST, ENST Bretagne,INT and Eurécom, etc.
[edit] Present
Future engineers are recruited from college ("Classes Préparatoires") or after a bachelors degree in scientific areas (physics, mechanics, chemistry, computer science etc.). Some other admission possibilities are after completing the École Polytechnique or from the French military and police.
The Engineering diploma delivered by ENST is roughly equivalent to a Master of Engineering in the USA. Around 250 engineers graduate each year from ENST. 20% to 25% of the graudates are non-French. Courses cover all aspects of computer and communications engineering: electronics, signal processing, software engineering, networking, economics etc.
