Education
The course of study lasts four years. The two first years are devoted to giving the students a strong basic education in Physics, Chemistry and in Biology. During the third year, the students perform an industrial internship and research projects in laboratories. The students can major in Physics, Chemistry or Physico-chemistry. During the fourth year, the students can either start doctoral studies or do a master abroad. They can also complete their education in various application schools (master for engineers). In 2002 a master program in Bioengineering was created.
The engineering practical training program is based on the industrial internship at the beginning of the third year, the projects in laboratories during the last two years, lectures on recruitment process and social economics at the beginning of the fourth year. The compulsory industrial internship, which lasts from 4 to 6 months, has a huge importance. More than 50% of the students do their internship abroad, in European countries, the United-States, Japan, China, Australia...
The quality of the education given at the ESPCI enables its students to work in any industrial sector (Telecommunication, Computing, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Biology...), mostly in Research and Development (47% in R&D, 10% in Production, 10% in Consultancy, 5% in Environment, 3% in Teaching, 3% in Computing, 22% in other fields such as Marketing, Management...).
In its 2010 edition, the Academic Ranking of World Universities, also known as Shanghai Ranking, lists ESPCI ParisTech (Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution - Paris) as the first French engineering school, in the same tier (200-300) as the École polytechnique, among the best 75-123 schools and universities in Europe and among the best 8-13 in France.
5 researchers from ESPCI have received the Nobel Prize:
- Pierre and Marie Curie (Physics, 1903),
- Marie Curie - second Nobel Prize (Chemistry, 1911),
- Frédéric Joliot-Curie (Chemistry, 1935),
- Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (Physics, 1991),
- Georges Charpak (Physics, 1992).
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