Centrale Graduate School

• Name — Écoles Centrales Group • Native Name — Groupe des Écoles Centrales • Established — 1990 • Type — Public, Grandes écoles • Administrative Staff — 2900 • Students — 10,000 • Doctoral — 800 • City — Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Paris • Country — (France) • Free Label — Research labs • Free — 38 • Website — https: www.groupe-centrale.com/ France

• multidisciplinary curriculum for engineers, with a broad scope of scientific, engineering and management fields taught to all students (civil engineering; mechanical engineering; electrical engineering; information theory & computer science; control science and signal processing; telecom; chemistry, physics and material sciences; micro-nano technologies; manufacturing; safety, logistics; mathematics; economics; statistics, finance; management...) applicable for French-speaking students with a solid scientific background knowledge and intellectual agility; • first two years for acquisition of a Centrale common body of knowledges, with core and elective thematic flexibility, and at least one year of in-depth thematic studies at the end of the programme; • close contact with the industry through joint projects and training periods, and requirements for international exposure; • academic education and applied research closely related to industry stakeholders.

Education programmes implemented in CentraleSupélec, Lille, Lyon, Marseille and Nantes include • Ingénieur Centralien (Centrale graduate engineering degree) • Masters and PhD doctorate studies • Specialized masters (Mastère MS Spécialisé) The Centrale Programme (Centrale graduate engineering degree - Grade 300 ECTS) includes a three or four -year curriculum. Application to the Centrale Programme is possible after two/three year undergraduate studies in other educational institutes. Admission to an école centrale requires success in either: • a French nationwide selective exam with numerus clausus: concours Centrale-Supelec, with examination centres located throughout France and in Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia; • an entrance exam for Bachelor of Science: CASTing - Concours d'Admission sur Titre Ingénieur; • a selection process as per TIME double degrees procedures applicable in Europe; • a selection process as per TIME Overseas double degree procedures applicable for selected universities in Brasil, Canada, Chile, China, Indonesia, Japan, USA; • a specific application process for other international students presented by their originating University. Thus undergraduate studies + the Centralien Programme account for more than a cumulated 300 ECTS credit in the European education system. Admission to the master's degree programme (workload is either M1+M2 = 120 ECTS or M2 = 60 ECTS) is possible upon application assessment based on academic criteria or is possible as a part of the Centralien Programme. Several master's degrees are available from the different écoles centrales and may be taught in English and/or French, targeting diverse science and engineering domains: • Master's degrees at Centrale Lille • Master's degrees at Centrale Lyon * • Master's degrees at Centrale Nantes • Master's degrees at Centrale Paris Admission to specialized master's degree programmes (Mastère spécialisé) for master's-level specialization and continuing education in specific engineering and management fields (workload is 75 ECTS) is possible upon application assessment based on candidate profile. MS taught in French include: • MS Centrale Lille • MS Centrale Lyon * • MS Centrale Nantes • MS Centrale Paris

PhD candidates and visiting researchers should contact directly their preferred labs among 38 different research labs of the Écoles Centrales. CARNOT Institute affiliations: • CentraleSupélec labs are a member of CARNOT C3S Institute. • École Centrale de Lille labs are a member of CARNOT ARTS Institute. • École Centrale de Lyon labs are a member of CARNOT i@L Institute.