Central School Paris

The Central School Paris ( ECP or Centrale Paris ) - whose official name is central École of arts and manufactures - is one of most prestigious the schools of French engineers. It is located at Châtenay-Malabry, in Paris region. It has the statute of " Great establishment ". It is member of the Conference of the Universities (CGE), and of the Intergroupe of the central schools. It very forms in particular Engineer S general practitioners of high level, intended mainly for the companies.

The School was in 1988 the founder of the network TIME ( Top Industrial Managers for Europe ), which makes it possible students to obtain a diploma of two of the best European technical universities (double diploma). It is member of CESAER (regrouping of European schools of engineers). It signed an outline agreement in 2006 with Supélec, another school of engineers with whom it is already partner for the recruitment of the students in engineering at the exit of the preparatory classes (common contest Power station-Supélec).

History

The central School of Arts and Manufactures is founded in 1829 on an private initiative by Alphonse Lavallée, business man shareholder of the holy newspaper of inspiration simonienne the Earth and first director, who surrounded themselves by three scientists: Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Eugene Peclet and Theodore Olivier. The purpose of it is to train engineers general practitioners for the emergent industry (" fabriques" and works medical officers;), at one time when the higher institutions form executives of the State rather. It becomes public in 1857 when Lavallée bequeaths it at the French State to ensure perenniality of it. It allots as from 1862 the title of engineer of arts and manufactures , first title of qualified engineer created in France and become now the title of qualified engineer of the central School of arts and manufactures .

Installed initially with Paris, to the Hotel of Juigné (current Musée Picasso), then in buildings built for this purpose street Montgolfier (which belong now to the Conservatoire National of Arts and Métiers whose original building is adjacent), it is transferred in 1969 to Châtenay-Malabry on a campus gathering the buildings from teaching and research, the residence of the pupils and several Community equipment (university canteen, stage, gymnasium). The president Pompidou, accompanied for this occasion by Robert Galley, then minister and centralien itself, inaugurates this campus.

The Central School Paris acquired a great fame quickly. Great names of industry leave there (Gustave Eiffel, Georges Leclanché, André Michelin, Armand Peugeot, Louis Blériot, Francis Bouygues, etc). Personalities of the artistic field were also graduate, the such writer Boris Vian, the sculptor Gerard Chamayou says Felix (engineer of the Géode in Paris) or the singer Antoine.

The principal is Herve Biausser since 2003.

It celebrated in 2004 its 175e birthday.

Old building of the Central School Paris, street Montgolfier in Paris (3rd district)

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