- École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris
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The Hôtel de Vendôme, central building of Mines ParisTech
The École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (also known as Mines ParisTech, École des Mines de Paris, ENSMP, Mines Paris or simply les Mines) was created in 1783 by King Louis XVI in order to train intelligent directors of mines. It is one of the most prominent French engineering schools(i.e. Grandes écoles) and a prestigious member of ParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology).
Despite its small size (fewer than 120 students accepted each year after a very selective exam), it is a crucial part of the infrastructure of French industry.
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History
Mines ParisTech 
Established 1783 Type Grandes Ecoles Location Paris, France Campus Paris, Fontainebleau, Évry, Sophia-Antipolis Affiliations ParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology), Conférence des Grandes Ecoles Website [1], [2] 
A classroom during the nineteenth centuryCreated by a decree of the King's Counsel on March 19, 1783, the first school of mines was located in the Hôtel de la Monnaie, in Paris.
This school disappeared at the beginning of the French revolution but was re-established by a decree of the Committee of Public Safety in 1794, the 13th messidor year II. It moved to Savoie, after a decree of the consuls the 23rd pluviôse year X (1802)
After the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, the school moved to the Hôtel de Vendôme (all along the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement of Paris). From the sixties it also has annexes in Fontainebleau, Évry and Sophia-Antipolis (Nice).
Education
Its former vocation is to train mining engineers evolved in the course of time, because of technological progress and transformations of society. The École des Mines de Paris has become nowadays a "generalist" school, with a broad variety of disciplines. Its students are trained to have management position in industrial companies and receive a good training not only in technical fields but also in economics and social sciences.
Diplomas
Mines ParisTech provides different educational paths:
- The education for Civil Engineers of Mines, ranked among the three best French Grande Ecoles diplomas ;
- The education for the Corps of Mines, greatest technical corps of the French state. It is an honorific third cycle education, lasting for three years, and consisting mainly in long-term internships both in public and private economical institutions. However, to get the limited places are highly competitive, only the top students from École Polytechnique can be eligible to study in Corps of Mines for entering the corps of French state later on ;
- Mastère Spécialisé degrees, post-graduate programs accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles ;
- Doctoral and Master studies in various fields.
Admission for French and International students
- For French nationals, admission to Civil Engineer of Mines is decided through competitive examination at the end of preparatory classes, a highly selective system.
- Admission to the Corps of Mines is possible at the end of the École Polytechnique (top 10 ranked students each year), École Normale Supérieure and École des Mines de Paris (these two later, after specific concourse), or from the other great technical corps of the French state.
Famous alumni
With only fewer than 120 graduates each year, Mines Paris Tech's alumni includes:
- Maurice Allais (1911–2010), Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1988 (Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel)
- Jean-Louis Bianco (1943–), General Secretary of President of France (1982–1991), Minister of Social Affairs (France) (1991–1992), Minister of Transport (France) (1992–1993), députy of Alpes de Haute Provence's 1st constituency (1997–)
- Georges Charpak (1924–2010), Nobel Prize in physics 1992
- Élie de Beaumont (1798–1874), founder of geology, Wollaston medal 1843
- Thierry Desmarest, former CEO of Total
- Jean-Martin Folz, former CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën
- Noël Forgeard, former CEO of Airbus and EADS
- Charles de Freycinet, prime minister of France at the end of the 19th century
- Carlos Ghosn (1954–), CEO of Nissan, CEO of Renault-Nissan
- Auguste Laurent (1808–1853), chemist, precursor of Organic Chemistry modern
- Anne Lauvergeon, former CEO of Areva
- Albert Lebrun (1871–1950), president of France
- Alfred-Marie Liénard,(1869-1958),famous for the Liénard–Wiechert potential
- Didier Lombard, chairman and former CEO of France Telecom
- Francis Mer, former CEO of Usinor and former Minister of Finances of France
- Alain Poher (1909–1996), politician, president of Sénat, president by interim of French Republic.
- Denis Ranque, CEO of Thales Group
- Conrad Schlumberger, co-founder of Schlumberger Limited
- Léon Walras (1834- 1910), mathematical economist
Research centres
Energy, material science
- Centre d'energetique et procédés
- Centre de Matériaux
- Centre de mise en forme des matériaux
- Laboratoire de mécanique des solides
Applied math and computer science
- Morphologie mathématique
- Robotique
- Géostatistique
- Recherche en informatique
- Automatique et systèmes
- Mathématiques appliquées
Geology and environmental sciences
- Centre de géologie de l'Ingénieur
- Centre d'informatique géologique
- Centre de géotechnique et d'Exploitation du Sous-Sol
- Centre de géophysique
Economics and social sciences
See also
Other top ranked Grandes Ecoles:
- ParisTech
- École Polytechnique
- École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers
- École Centrale
- École Normale Supérieure
Students:
Alumni:
Museums:
External links
Coordinates: 48°50′42″N 2°20′21″E / 48.844952°N 2.339193°E
Other schools of Mines in France
- École nationale supérieure des Mines de Nancy
- École nationale supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne
- École des Mines d'Ales
- École des Mines de Douai
- École des Mines de Nantes
- École des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux
Categories:- 1783 establishments in France
- Grandes écoles
- Écoles Nationales Supérieures
- Education in Paris
- Science and technology in France
- Schools of mines
- 6th arrondissement of Paris
- Paris Institute of Technology
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