the School of Engineers de Marseille or EIM is the old Marseilles university engineers of general training (1891-1975).

Born from the will of several personalities conscious of the importance of equipping Marseilles with an university called to form its frameworks, it was founded under the impulse of a " Committee of patronage of high the études" chaired by Felix Baret, mayor of Marseilles. This committee delegated to administrator-founders the care to set up this educational establishment. Among those, it is advisable to note the names of Jules Macé de Lepinay, professor of physics to the Faculty of Science of Marseilles, Ernest Marguery, lawyer, assistant of the mayor of Marseilles, like Louis Ostrowsky, Engineer of Arts and Manufacture (Central School of Paris), director-founder of the school. A convention had thus spent the deciding on September 12th, 1891 of " the creation of a forming technical establishment of higher education of the engineers for all the branches of the industrie" whose initial program took as a starting point that of Paris Power station. It was to be open to the graduates.

The school opened its courses on November 16th, 1891 with 10, rue Duguesclin in an old college of young girls, close to the church of Réformés. The first strong promotion of 9 people left in 1895. As from October 1904, the school moved in the buildings of the 72 rue Reynard - today 92 rue Auguste-Blanqui - which belonged to the university of sciences of Marseilles. The recognition of the school by the State required by the board of directors in 1913 was accepted by decree of February 5th, 1921 and was supplemented by the decree of June 12th of the same year granting to the diploma for the occupation of engineer the signature of the Minister for the state education. In 1928, the EIM settled in the buildings of 110 boulevard de la Madeleine, become boulevard of the Release after the second war. It extended then in the additional buildings from the street Chappe in June 1960.

The material support of the Chamber of commerce and Industry of Marseilles (CCIM, become Chamber of commerce and of Industry of Marseilles Provence or CCIMP) accompanied the EIM throughout its existence, in particular by the provision of the buildings of the boulevard of the Madeleine/Libération, then those of the street Chappe as well as the assumption of responsibility of part of its operation. The school maintained moreover links permanent close with the Faculty of Science of Marseilles. Indeed, as of its foundation, the convention of 1891 envisaged the obligatory assistance of the pupils - engineers to unquestionable a number of lesson of faculty in purely scientific fields. So a great number of pupils held an university degree at their exit of the school.

During its existence, the EIM counted three presidents of CA: Ernest Marguery, Louis Houllevigne and Edouard Rastoin and four directors: Louis Ostrowsky (1891-1924), Rene Misset (1924-1946), Henri Muchart (1946-1969) and Jean-Paul Mouy (1970-1975).

The EIM disappeared in 1975, melted in ESIM (University of engineers de Marseille) jointly with two other schools: the EEIM (School of Industrial Electricity of Marseilles) and the EREM (School of Radioelectricity of Marseilles), these three schools, as well as the emergent school depending on the Chamber of commerce. Fusion was promulgated at the time of a deliberation of the CCIMP of January 24th, 1972. ESIM was entitled by opinion of the Nationale minister of education published in the Official journal of May 28th, 1974, with the delivery of the diplomas. In 2004, the ESIM was melted in a vaster unit: the EGIM (School General practitioner of Engineers de Marseille), structure migrant in its turn towards a Central School of Marseilles.

Sources: Christian Nouveau, the School of engineers de Marseille: institution, men, memories historical , Committee of the Marseilles Old man, Marseilles, 2004,73 p.: ill. ; 21 cm. Books of the Committee of the Marseilles Old man.