École nationale d'ingénieurs de Tarbes

Infobox University
name =


motto = "Engineering the futur"
president = Jacques-Alain Petit
type = Public
established = 1963
city = Tarbes
country = France
students = 1,054
affiliations=National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse
website = http://www.enit.fr

The Ecole nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes (ENIT), is a French école of engineering leading to the French “Diplôme d’Ingénieur” under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research and part of the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse. Founded in 1963 about 200 students graduate frm the ENIT each year. It represent today an active network of 4,200 alumni.

Admission

The main admission (70%) to the ENIT is made through a selective examination during the year leading to the baccalauréat, most of the successful candidate come from the "série scientifique" or " Bac S". There is however further possibility to join the ENIT later on after 2 years of studies in an IUT or at the University, the selection being on academic records.

Location

The ENIT is located in Tarbes in the département of Hautes-Pyrénées, in the South West of France. 30 km East of Pau and 50km south of Toulouse it is about 1hr50mn drive away from the beach resort of Biarritz and 45mn drive away from the main sky resort of the Pyrenées mountain.

Curriculum

Following a “common trunk” of 2 years during wich the fondamentals of mathematics, physisic, chemistry and electronic are taugh, sudents specialize during the next 3 years in mechanical and industrial engineering leading to the French “Diplôme d’Ingénieur”. Like most a of the french educational system the ENIT is following the tradition of the Encyclopédistes which focus on breadth rather than depth. It is particularly useful for cross fertilization purposes between different fields. In the final year year, students have to choose one “majors”, and must present a final year project. The reason for this is that the generic education given at the ENIT is more focused on developing thinking skills than preparing for the transition to an actual engineering occupation.Recently new subjects have been added to the formation :

* Civil engineering (since 2004)
* Power engineering (since 2006)
* Composite material (since 2008)

E.N.I.T. emphasizes industrial experience by making it compulsory for students to carry out three internships in industry and an industrially-based final project / master’s thesis.

Internships:
* 4 weeks , shop-floor level at the end of semester 2
* 10 weeks, technical level in semester 3
* 18 weeks, assistant engineer level in semester 6

Industrial project work:
* Tutored industrial project work in semester 8

Master’s Thesis:
* 22 weeks, professional engineer level, final project in industry

International Partner

The ENIT has signed agreements with universities both in and outside the E.U. to promote cooperation in education and research activities. These partnerships involve exchange of students and faculty, internship placements for students and promotion of joint activities in training and research. It is a member of the Lifelong Learning Program with numerous partner universities in 8 E.U. countries. All classes in the 10-semester engineering cycle are open to Erasmus international students.

ENIT students who want to take part in these exchange programs go through a selective process based on academic criteria. Once a committee of teachers has selected the students, the International Student Office takes care of the mobility process.

More than 60 % of students at the ENIT have an international experience (Internship or exchange : Erasmus) during their academic studies.

Lecturers can also benefit from the L.L.P. scheme and, accordingly, visiting professors and guest lecturers are invited to give courses at ENIT in English each year.

Key Figures

* Number of Students: 1054
* Number of Teachers: 78

* Ratio Students/Teacher: 13.5

* Annual budget: 7,466M EUR
* Total number of staff: 125

See also

*Engineer
*Baccalauréat

External links

* [http://www.enit.fr Ecole Nationale d'ingénieur de Tarbes]
* [http://www.anienit.org Association Nationale des Ingénieurs ENIT]
* [http://h.visentin.free.fr/friends/campus.html Life in Tarbes]