École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne (Redirected from École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne)

École nationale supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne
TypeGrande école
Established1816; 205 years ago (1816)
Location,
CampusUrban
AffiliationsInstitut Mines-Télécom, Conférence des Grandes écoles
Websitewww.mines-stetienne.fr Edit this at Wikidata

École nationale supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne, also called École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (literally meaning "Saint-Étienne school of mines") or simply Mines Saint-Étienne and commonly abbreviated EMSE is a prestigious French graduate engineering school (grandes écoles) training engineers and carrying out industry-oriented research. Its function is to support the development of its students and of companies through a range of courses and fields of research, from the initial training of generalist engineers ingénieurs civils des mines, to PhD teaching; from material sciences to micro-electronics via process engineering, mechanics, the environment, civil engineering, finance, computer science and health engineering.

History

The school was founded in 1816 by a decision of Louis XVIII (2 August 1816).

Admission for French students

For French nationals, admission to Civil Engineer of Mines is decided after competitive examination at the end of preparatory classes, a highly selective system.

Notable alumni

The puRkwa Prize

The puRkwa Prize is an "international prize for the scientific literacy of the children of the planet" awarded annually by the école nationale supérieure des mines of Saint Etienne and the French Academy of Sciences. The prize is awarded to pioneers in the innovation of general science education in school curricula for children less than 16 years of age. It was launched in 2004 at the initiative of Robert Germinet, the director of the école nationale supérieure des mines of Saint Etienne, and comes with an €80,000 monetary award.

Year Recipient Institution(s) Nationality Cited work References
2005 Maricio Duque University of the Andes Colombia Pequeños Científicos
Michael Klentchy El Centro School District United States Valle Imperial Project in Science
2006 Yu Wei Southeast University People's Republic of China Zuo zhong xue
Karen Worth Education Development Center
Wheelock College
United States K-12 Science Curriculum Dissemination Center
2007 Jorge Allende University of Santiago, Chile Chile Educación en Ciencias Basada en la Indagación
Stevan Jokic Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences Serbia and Montenegro Ruka u testu
2008 Guillermo Fernández de la Garza National Autonomous University of Mexico
United States – Mexico Foundation for Science
Mexico Sistema de Enseñanza Vivencial e Indagatoria de la Ciencia
Wynne Harlen University of Bristol United Kingdom Research in science education
2009 Sally Goetz Shuler National Science Resources Center United States Institutional award
David Jasmin La main à la pâte France Institutional award

Other schools of Mines in France

Coordinates: 45°25′40″N 4°24′14″E / 45.42778°N 4.40389°E / 45.42778; 4.40389


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