The Écoles Centrales Group (Occitan: Grop de Las Escòlas Centrals) is an alliance, consisting of following grandes écoles of engineering:
CentraleSupélec (formed by merger of École Centrale Paris and Supélec) established in 2015
École centrale de Lille established in 1854
École centrale de Lyon established in 1857
Centrale Méditerranée established in 1891
École centrale de Nantes established in 1919
École centrale de Pékin in China, established in 2005.
École centrale de Casablanca in Morocco, established in 2013
Mahindra École Centrale in Hyderabad, India, established in 2014
The Group contributes to the harmonisation of academic programs, the sharing of experiences, and collaboration in international relations. A key stakeholder in corporate development, the Écoles Centrales Group has established a reputation as a global reference point in the education of the generalist engineers of tomorrow.
With about 10,000 graduate engineer students and 800 PhD doctorate students, a total faculty of 700 permanent academic members, 2200 part-time lecturers and associate professors, 450 technical and administrative staff, 2000 researchers, the Écoles Centrales Group annually approves hundreds of PhD doctorate dissertations and grants 1500 Centrale graduate engineering degrees and other master's degrees. Already more than 100,000 Centrale alumni are active today in business, entrepreneurship, research & development, and management in small and large industries worldwide.
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Goals
multidisciplinary curriculum for engineers, with a broad scope of scientific, engineering and management fields taught to all students (civil engineering; mechanical engineering; electrical engineering; information theory & computer science; control science and signal processing; telecom; chemistry, physics and material sciences; micro-nano technologies; manufacturing; safety, logistics; mathematics; economics; statistics, finance; management ...) applicable for French-speaking students with a solid scientific background knowledge and intellectual agility;
first two years for acquisition of a Centrale common body of knowledges, with core and elective thematic flexibility, and at least one year of in-depth thematic studies at the end of the programme;
close contact with the industry through joint projects and training periods, and requirements for international exposure;
academic education and applied research closely related to industry stakeholders.
Admission
Education programmes implemented in CentraleSupélec, Lille, Lyon, Marseille and Nantes include
Ingénieur Centralien (Centrale graduate engineering degree)
Masters and PhD doctorate studies
Specialized masters (Mastère MS Spécialisé)
The Centrale Programme (Centrale graduate engineering degree - Grade 300 ECTS) includes a three or four-year curriculum. Application to the Centrale Programme is possible after two/three year undergraduate studies in other educational institutes.
Admission to an école centrale requires success in either:
a French nationwide selective exam with numerus clausus : concours Centrale-Supelec, with examination centres located throughout France and in Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia;
an entrance exam for Bachelor of Science : CASTing - Concours d'Admission sur Titre Ingénieur;
a selection process as per TIME double degrees procedures applicable in Europe;
a selection process as per TIME Overseas double degree procedures applicable for selected universities in Brasil, Canada, Chile, China, Indonesia, Japan, USA;
a specific application process for other international students presented by their originating University.
Thus undergraduate studies + the Centralien Programme account for more than a cumulated 300 ECTS credit in the European education system.
Research labs
PhD candidates and visiting researchers should contact directly their preferred labs among 38 different research labs of the Écoles Centrales.
CARNOT Institute affiliations :
CentraleSupélec labs are a member of CARNOT C3S Institute.
École Centrale de Lille labs are a member of CARNOT ARTS Institute.
École Centrale de Lyon labs are a member of CARNOT i@L Institute.