École des mines d'Alès

École des mines d'Alès

Established	1843
Type	Grandes Ecoles
Director	Alain Dorison
Location	Alès, France
Campus	Alès, Nîmes, Pau
Affiliations	CGE, CDEFI, Groupe des écoles des mines
Website	http://www.mines-ales.fr

L'École des Mines d'Alès or EMA, under the guardianship of the French Ministry of economy, finance and employment, is a french engineering university.^[1] Its full name is Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Technologies Industrielles des Mines d'Alès. Founded in 1843, by the royal ordonnance under the command of Louis-Philippe, this school is one of the most ancient engineering schools in France Grandes écoles and of the Groupe des écoles des mines.

Their three year program leads to a diploma in engineering.

1 General Information
2 Education Fields
3 The laboratories
4 Clubs and associations
5 See also
6 References
- 6.1 External links

General Information

History

L'École des Mines d'Alès (EMA) was founded in 1841.

From 1841 to 1845 : On 27 March 1841, the projet of founding this school was adopted to the Municipal Conseil. In August 1841, the general Conseil emitted a positive opinion. On the 22nd September 1843, a royal ordonnance created this school. In November 1845, the first promotion was settled. The EMA was initially a school created to promote the development of the Alais basin. Its mission is to train competent masters for mining.
From 1845 to 1918 : She became "École Technique des Mines d'Alès". Le level of the education there improved. There were more and more candidates and the graduate students became the chefs of exploitation, engineers...

The Second World War (1914–1918) obliged the school to close its door.

From 1918 to 1960: The school diversified her field of education (masters for management and geometry measurement of mines, conductors of mining constructions...) but because there was not a definited diploma, the number of students declined. Thus, in order to attract more candidates, there was a campaign held for the reconstruction a new school. And from 1965, a "diplôme d'ingénieur" authorised.
From 1960 to 1970: The school became "l'École Nationale Technique des Mines d'Alès". Before the end of the mining activities, the school had diversified its education into new industrial domaines.
From 1980, the EMA began to admit girls and promote the creation of enterprises.
In 1990, other two campus sites were established outside Alès, respectively in Nîmes and Pau.
In 1999, the education and the research focused on these three axes:
- Culture of the enterpreneurship
- Incubateur technologique
- Partnership with the technopoles.

Organisation

The EMA is a public national school (EPA) under the guardianship of the Ministry delegated to the industry. "Les écoles des Mines", are organised together, known as GEM (Groupe des Écoles des Mines) : Mines ParisTech, Albi-Carmaux, Douai, Nantes, Saint-Étienne and Nancy. These schools arrange an organisation to do research together (ARMINES) which contributes a lot to the technological innovation and the industrial developpement of France.

Campus

The main part of the school is in the city Alès. The students' dormitory is a little far from the main campus, maybe 2 to 3 km. The dormitory offers individual room or double rooms, furnished and equipped (internet). There are also a laundry, a kitchen equipped, rooms form entertainment, a bar, a auditorium, and a TV room.

List of directors

Time	Director
1845-1849	Pierre-Jules Callon
1849-1860	Gabriel Jules Étienne Dupont
1860-1862	Jules Alexandre Alphonse Meugy
1862-1869	Edouard Victor Descottes
1869-1874	Charles Ernest Ledoux
1874-1878	Oscar Linder
1878-1884	Jules Hippolyte Julien
1884-1890	Fernand Rigaud
1891-1895	Louis Jules Caesar Ichon
1895-1898	Henri Jean Baptiste Xavier Boutiron
1898-1900	Louis Albert Laurans
1900-1912	François Jules Camille Dougados
1911-1912	Alexandre André Belugou (par intérim)
1913-1924	Joseph Marie Pierre Loiret
1924-1927	André Charles Duby
1927-1936	Jules François Gabriel Daval
1937	Pierre Jules Lafay
1936-1945	Jean Paul Louis Damian
1945	Jean-Paul Robert Bernadet
1945-1948	Louis Charles Eyssautier
1948-1951	Marcel Georges Fernand Sala
1951-1960	Jean Alfred Vuillot
1960-1964	Pierre Charles Alexis Legoux
1964-1979	Jean-Pierre Arnold Marcel Pertus
1979-1982	Marcel Gerente
1982-1989	Gustave Defrance
1989-1994	Maurice Cotte
1994-2003	Henri Pugnere
2003-	Alain René Georges Dorison

Education Fields

5 departments:

Civil Engineering
Engineering of Materials and Mechanics
Information engineering
Management of Risks and Environnement
System and production engineering

12 options for the last year:

Civil Engineering : mineral resources and conduct of exploitation
Civil Engineering : Engineering and construction
Advandced materials
Mechatronic « Mechanics »
Mechatronic « Commande of systems »
Industrial Risks and security of function
Engineering of natural Risks
Environnement
Nuclear
Productique
Information Engineering: aide to the decision
Information Engineering: website and telecommunication.

The laboratories

She has three centers of research:

Information engineering and Production engineering (LGI2P) focuses on information and communication and is located in Nîmes.
Centre of Materials and Grand Diffusion (CMGD) focuses on mechanical structures and funtion meterials and is situated in both alésien and palois of Hélioparc.
Industrial Environnement and Industrialand natural Risks (LGEI) focuses on managing risks and gestion of natural resources.

Statistics in 2009 :

Contrats of research : 6,1 millions euros
Effectif of laboratories : 325
Number of articles : 686^[2]

Clubs and associations

The Circle of Students
Association Sportive (L'AS): tennis, badminton, équitation, natation, table tennis, golf, escrime, football, rugby, basket-ball, volley-ball and handball.
Emagine, the Junior-Entreprise of l'Ecole des mines, was created in 1989.^[3] Emagine is an independant entity, supported by Ecole des Mines d’Alès and its incubateur.
- Other clubs
- The meteorology club, or MeuhTEO, created in 2005.
- The club Jeux de Rôles, or JdR, created in Jan. 2006.
- Le club Ultimate Frisbee, founded in 2007.
- L'ATHEMA : Association of Thésards of École des Mines d'Alès.
- Le club Theater.
- The club robotics.

References

^ Organization and services. (Translated from French). École des Mines d'Alès. Ales School of Mines. 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
^ http://www.mines-ales.fr/UserFiles/File/PDF%20Ecole/Pdf_ecole/Bilan%20EMA%202010.pdf
^ http://www.emagine.asso.fr/presentation.php

External links

Official website
Annales des Mines : A History of more than 160 years of École des Mines d'Alès.
List of the directors with their photos
Association of students of G4 (Albi, Alès, Douai, Nantes)
Groupe des Écoles des Mines
site of concours