Engineering at MINES Paris - PSL
Master
Overview
Since its founding in 1783 in the heart of the Latin Quarter, MINES Paris – PSL has educated scientists and engineers of the highest caliber, capable of solving complex problems in a diverse array of fields. The school offers its students a comprehensive, multidisciplinary education through solid technical, scientific, and business coursework. With training by first-rate faculty and through a diverse array of educational activities, students acquire robust foundational knowledge and practical know-how. The school’s aim is to prepare its engineering students to become promoters of sustainable development who care about society and the environment, impact positively the world ans take part in digital transformation in France and internationally.
This Master’s program is part of PSL’s Graduate Program in Engineering (ISAI).
Learning outcomes
Thanks to a thorough experience, the School helps engineers develop their identity, based on three competences :
- Critical: integrating different disciplinary fields to develop scientific and technical breakthrough focused on collective progress.
- Creative: innovating and designing robust, sustainable solutions and implementing them within different types of organizations.
- Social: conducting work that will produce significant impact and develop working patterns based on collaboration and inclusion, in particular when the engineers run complex projects involving many people from diverse cultures.
This program is accredited by the CTI (Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur) which is the French body in charge of carrying out evaluation procedures that lead to the award of the engineering degree “titre d’ingénieur diplômé”.
Opportunities
— Upon completing their education, two thirds of the students find employment in a wide range of industries. Information systems and technology, consulting and
energy are the most common career paths.
— The remaining third of students either choose to supplement their engineering education with a Master’s degree in the sciences or another field, pursue a PhD degree in France or abroad, or embark on a personal project.
Structure
Curriculum: a three year engineering program
- Year 1: Semester 1: Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Earth and Society, Careers in General Engineering (MIG), Languages and personal development / Semester 2: Applied Mathematics, Software Engineering, Mechanics/Materials and Energy, Economics and Accounting, Entrepreneurship and Industrial Management, Languages and personal development.
- Year 2: Semesters 3 and 4: (one semester may be taken outside France)
—2 engineering projects
— 1 trimester centered on research or entrepreneurship
— 4 specialized courses chosen by the student
— 1 engineering internship at a company outside France
— 1 certification in English and second foreign language - Year 3: Semesters 5 and 6:
— 1 core curriculum: Law, Accounting,Debate, Transition
— Specialized courses chosen by the student
— One optional course chosen among 17 subjects in five major areas: Mathematics and Digital Science; Energy and Environment;Material Science; Health; Management, Economic and Social Sciences.
Costs
Funding
Admissions
Qualifications
Admission on the Concours Commun MINES-Ponts (CCMP) competitive entrance exam
At the close of the second year of preparatory classes for France’s Grandes Écoles in the MP, PC, PSI, PT and TSI tracks, 95-97 students are admitted into the first year of the civil engineering program at MINES Paris–PSL through the CCMP competitive entrance exam co-administered by nine of France’s top engineering schools (Grandes Ecoles). See concoursminesponts.fr
Specialized Track
The specialized track is designed for students from École Polytechnique, the Écoles Normales Supérieures, and ESPCI Paris–PSL who would like to specialize in one of the fields available at MINES Paris–PSL.
The specialized track is a 21-month course of study and includes an end-of-program internship through the student’s original school. The track ends in late December of the following academic year.
Degree-based admissions for university applicants (L3, M1*)
This admissions procedure provides entry directly into the second year of the engineering program.