Supinfo

The "École Supérieure d'Informatique" (ESI), also called "SUPINFO" is a private institution of higher education in general Computer Science that was created in 1965 and has been accredited by the French State since 10 January 1972.

Over a five year period SUPINFO trains ICT professionals who can work in IT companies upon completion of their courses. They are then issued a Master of Science degree which is registered by the French State as a level I national professional certificate.

History

ESI was founded in 1965 by Léo Rozentalis.

The school was bought by an Alumnus, Alick Mouriesse, in 1998.

Since 2002 SUPINFO has signed agreements in Paris with three Chinese Universities to create three SUPINFO schools in China within the Computer Science faculties of universities from several regions in partnership with the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China. The students follow a course which is predominantly in English but they study French as well (8 hours per week) and at the end of the course, they are issued with the same qualification as the Parisian students.

In 2004, SUPINFO Alsace (in Strasbourg) became the seventh SUPINFO school.

In 2005-2006, seven new regional sites were opened in France : (Bordeaux, Mâcon, Nice, Nîmes, Saint-Malo, Troyes and Valenciennes).

In 2006-2007, five new regional sites were opened in France : (Caen, Grenoble, Nantes, Toulouse and Tours) as well as SUPINFO UK in London and SUPINFO Canada in Montreal.

In 2007-2008, five new regional sites were opened in France : (Clermont-Ferrand, Lille, Limoges, Lyon, Marseille, and Orléans). The site of Nîmes will be relocated and set up in Montpellier. A site is also opened in Peking.

In 2008-2009, four new regional sites were opened in France : (Reims, Rennes, Metz and Guadeloupe) as well as SUPINFO Morocco in Casablanca and SUPINFO USA in San Francisco.

tudies

The curriculum is a generalistic computer science one. All the 33 schools deliver the same internal certificate, which allows the students to move from one geographical site to another if they wish to. It is also possible to attend courses in a different school within the group in their final year.

The study program is modelled on European engineering schools with integrated undergraduate and graduate studies: three years of integrated undergraduate classes, then two years of graduate studies, all followed by internship programmes in businesses. However, students can also apply for a paid halftime internship throughout scholar year.

Admission requirements are Baccalaureat S, STI ou STL (or their international equivalents), and can also be made during the BAC+1, BAC+2 and BAC+3 levels after further education in Computer Science.

Certificates

SUPINFO is not recognised as an "ecole d'ingénieur" (engineering school) by the CTI (French official agency in charge of engineering education) because the school did not apply (the curriculum, mostly focused on IT and not on maths and physics, is not compliant with the requirements of CTI) but SUPINFO delivers a French State-accredited Master of Science degree in five years (300 ECTS credits).

The training is validated by Master of Science degree, registered by a national commission within the National Professional Certification Register (RNCP), after the decision of the National Professional Certification Commission (CNCP) [ [http://www.cncp.gouv.fr/fiche_gp.php?idfiche=4510 Certification on the RNCP] ] , at Level I.

In addition to the degree delivered by the school, all SUPINFO students will obtain official professional certificates from Microsoft, Oracle Corporation, Cisco, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Mandriva, Novell or Apple Inc.. Though, the costs for the Microsoft, Cisco, Mandriva and Novell certifications are included in the school fees.

Legal status

From a legal point of view, the school is a non-profit organisation [ [http://www.supinfo.com/SupinfoCommonResources/SPR/PDF/20080305-IL&S-SUPINFO.pdf interview du directeur] [http://www.argus-web.com/affcoupures/SID/49bfb4699c1de5a3b955029b15e91da4/71fe74dacefeb78b6fedad65b9cb8c15/10000000011995982-1/2007-07-07~1982@L_EXPRESS.pdf coupure express] ] .

Alumni

The following are SUPINFO graduates:
* Marc Simoncini (1984), founder of iFrance and Meetic.
* Christophe Job (1988), Vice President of Development Applications with Oracle Corporation.
* Richard Ramos (1988), Director of Education & Research with Apple Inc. in France.
* Tristan Nitot (1989), founder of Mozilla Europe.
* Frédéric Simottel (1992), Editor in chief at 01 Informatique.
* Frank Denis (1999), creator of the software Pure-FTPd, Metalog, currently with Skyrock.

International partners

*Napier University (Edinburgh, UK) [ [http://www.supinfo.com/en/the_international_institue_of_information_technology.aspx] ]
*Oxford Brookes University (Oxford, UK) [ [http://www.supinfo.com/en/supinfo_oxford.aspx] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.supinfo.com/en/Default.aspx Official websites of "SUPINFO"]