Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electricité et de Mécanique (ENSEM) is a Graduate Engineering school in Electrical Engineering, Mechanics, Computer Science and Automatics.

Founded in 1900, it is now one of the 7 engineering schools of "Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine" (INPL). Since 2008, ENSEM and INPL are part Nancy Université, federation of the 3 universities of Nancy.

Ranked among the top 20 French engineering schools by major industrial groups and companies, ENSEM trains multi-scientists engineers who are among the most researched profiles in R&D offices of companies, including major national and international groups. Since 1900, it has trained over 6500 engineers who took important places in industry.

For over a hundred years ENSEM have evolved with the time by adapting its programs to the industry needs. Latest examples with the opening of two new curricula of specialization: the curriculum "Energy" launched in 2008 and the term "Autonomous systems and embedded technologies" opened in 2010.

The strong general education provided to ENSEM’s students in the three fields of engineering: Electricity, Mechanics, Computer science and Automatics, provides them competences which allow them to be immediately operational in positions of high responsibility in R&D offices of national and international companies. The domains of activities are too large as energy, security, transport, sustainable development, advanced technologies, engineering of large systems or the design of major projects.

n+ Mster degree

Duration: 3 years after an intensive 2 year scientific preparation for French students.

Admission in the 4th year is possible for foreign students.

The "Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Electricité et de Mécanique ENSEM" boasts scientific and technological specializations covered by three departments:

GE : Electronics and Electrical engineering,

Méca : Mechanical engineering, fluids, and heat transfer,

ISA : Computer Science, signal processing, automatic, Embedded systems,

Campus

ENSEM is located in Nancy, the former capital of the duchy of Lorraine, famous for its cultural heritage and its architecture, listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO.

Nancy is a student city of 400 000 inhabitants, surrounded by hills and famous for its quality of life.

Coming to Nancy

The Lorraine region is located in the north eastern part of France, i.e. in the heart of Europe (~150 km from Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Switzerland, one hour and a half from Paris by high speed train, one hour and a half from ski resorts by car).

By car:

A4 motorway (Paris / Strasbourg)

A31 motorway (Luxembourg / Lyon).

By train:

High speed train (TGV) railway station in the center of the city

Direct trains: 1 h 30 from Paris and Luxembourg City, 2 h 40 from Frankfurt.

Around Nancy

• 15 minutes : the forest "Haye" and leisure centers of the Moselle.

• 30 minutes : the cultural center Pampidou of Metz

• 60 minutes : ski resorts and hiking trails of the Vosges.

Highlights

- ENSEM is a Multiscientific school of engineers, it has a strong link with Research, most of the teachers are also researchers and work in one of the five partners laboratories:

o LORIA, Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique : deals with computer science and Communication. http://www.loria.fr

o CRAN, Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy : deals with automatic control, signal processing, industrial and computer engineering. http://www.cran.uhp-nancy.fr/

o GREEN, Groupe de Recherche en Électrotechnique et Électronique de Nancy : deals with electrical engineering, energy treatement, electric drives and superconductors. http://www.green.u-nancy.fr

o LEMTA, Laboratoire d’Énergétique et de Mécanique Théorique et Appliquée : deals with the rational use of energy, flow control, the thermomechanical behavior of materials, biomechanics ... http://www.lemta.fr

o IECN, Institut Élie Cartan de Nancy: is one of the largest mathematics laboratories in France. A pool of excellence whose skills fuel the pedagogy of the school. http://www.iecn.u-nancy.fr/

- ENSEM is a graduate engineers school which combines high level theoretic courses and practical activities in the different technological training

- ENSEM has strong industrial relations.

The ENSEM's Student have too many activities outside the courses and sport activities, for example :

Ø Eco marathon shell association : Association of students and teachers dealing with new concept cars for international competition : http://ensem-marathonshell.com/

Ø Junior Company Association : Students organizations dealing contracts with companies as a consulting firm : http://www.ensemconseil.fr/

Professional Network

Relations with industry are clearly one of the strengths of the school. The school administrative board includes 35% of its members who are from industrial partners. The strategy of the School is thus adopted in full accordance with the needs of the industrial world.

ENSEM has a strong industrial relations department, a real strategic tool that continuously analyzes the job market, performs as close monitoring of job offers and manages the placement of graduates.

http://www.ensem.inpl-nancy.fr/relations-industrielles/missions.html

During their training, engineering students are already in contact with industry through short courses or training at the end of study (6 months):

Ø Project Graduation (October to March) Study conducted by an engineering student at the end of training. Level engineering students research and development

Ø Industrial internship (5 to 6 months from early April to late August). Level engineering students research and development offices of ENSEM’s industrial partners;

Thanks to the direct contact with the companies ENSEM young engineers have the advantage of being immediately operational and able to evolve rapidly to positions of high responsibility.

Salary:

Starting salary: 32 500 to 37 000 Euros per year

Average salary in three years 38 500 Euros per year

(Source : EXPANSION - TOWERS WATSON / wages Graduates Survey 2010)

Percentage of 2009 ENSEM graduates in France in each of these sectors :

Automotive, aerospace, marine, rail	20.9 %
Energy	43.3 %
Construction Builders	3 %
Information technology (service)	11.9 %
Office - consulting firm - Audit firms	20.9 %

Below is a list not limited of industrial partners with whom the school has forged strong partnerships, covering a wide spectrum:

EDF, AREVA, Alstom, GDF-Suez, SNCF, Schneider Electric, Converteam, Arcelor-Mittal, TOTAL, SAFRAN, PSA Peugeot-Citroën, Valéo, Airbus, …

Registration

ENSEM has developed an international policy for years especially for student exchanges.

In order to increase the number of its international degree student, ENSEM has joined the "n+i" network in early 2011.

Important Dates

Admission to ENSEM is on file, which has previously been registered and validated on the n+i web site if possible to be followed by an interview on SKYPE

Direct admission procedure for all degrees starts in March.

The deadline to apply for an admission is set to the 30th of April.

The admission consists in two steps : admission on records and an interview (by phone for student abroad).

The admission is notified in June.

The academic year starts in early Septembre.

B2 level in French is required for such a direct admission.

Scholarships

The tuition fees for degree students are mostly taken in charge by the French government. There is therefore no scholarship for foreign students. Scholarship might be offered through the n+i.

Non European students

Scholarships are mainly available to students who seek to obtain a French diploma. Possibilities include scholarships granted by French embassies, the Lorraine Regional Council, the Agence Universitaire pour la Francophonie, the student’s country of origin, the Eiffel program, the Alban Program, the N+i program…). Applicants are expected to contact the funding organizations directly about the possibility of obtaining a grant.

The Erasmus Mundus Amase Master’s program offers around 25 scholarships (42,000 € for the two years) to excellent non-European candidates. For further information, consult the following website : www.amase-master.net

Tuition

Student Life

Located on the hills of Nancy with breathtaking view over the hippodrome Brabois ENSEM shares its campus with two other schools of engineering as it attached to the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine. Everything is gathered for a pleasant stay.

Moving ?

A tramway station at the School gates! The line serves the downtown station, railway station and the various university sites.

Documentation: Located in the heart of campus, the Centre de Documentation (library) of Brabois covers all fields which concern you (automatics, electronics, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, mechanics) and much more. It houses 35,600 books, 577 periodicals, 8850 theses in addition to electronic documentation available on the Internet.

Extra academic activities: Nancy is the 5^th university town in France, brings together 40 000 students: the warranty is an intense social life. In ENSEM, BDE (students office), BDA(student association office) and BDS (sport office) Circle (home to school) competing initiatives to offer a calendar full of events association.

Among the highlights visit: Shell-marathon, racing labeled global sustainable development which involved a crew every year College project; “24 hours of Stan” who see students from twenty schools and universities to embark on a wild ride aboard their huge floats anthropomobiles.

Much more than sport, the slogan of SIUAPS (Service Inter-university of Physical Activities), is not usurped. He refers to a new approach to sports, lived as a vector of balance, health and social integration. In its catalog, fifty of activities benefiting each year to more than 10,000 practicing students and staff: aquatic disciplines of ballroom dancing, to self-awareness and stress management ...

For fans of classical music, INPL has a symphony orchestra of great reputation. Students INPL gathers around this activity and hold regular concerts in Nancy and in the region.

Accomodation

Housing: Easy! The residence INPL reserve engineering students of 1st year 260 fully equipped studios, 25 or 38 m2. You will be a 5 minute walk from ENSEM and 10 minutes from the nearest University Restaurant. Also simple, housing in the city center or in the immediate periphery, the supply of available rooms and apartments well above demand.

Dining: Nancy has 8 university restaurants with rooms "traditional" pubs and specialized rooms (pizza, Chinese pancake ...).The closest is about 10 minutes walking.

Accomodation fees

University accommodation in Nancy poses no particular problems. There are different types of housing at different rates and surfaces. In addition you can stay with renters who cooperate with the CROUS (Regional Center of Universities Facilities):

Residence type Average rent Average surface

House CROUS From 133 to 247 € from 9m² to 18m²
Studio CROUS From 292 to 430 € from 18m² to 45m²
City apartment (furnished) Approx. € 450

Applying for a hall of residence accommodation at :

On Internet www.crous-nancy-metz.fr

(« Accueil International »)

Some figures

Partnership with n+i

ENSEM is recently part of the n + i, but it has long partnerships with a network of engineers schools in France such as the schools of Institut national Polytechnique de Lorraine or Institut National polytechnique de Grenoble, or Institut National polytecnhique de Toulouse. Theses three institutes gathers differnts engineers schools and constitute a special network.

Affiliations

ENSEM maintains close relations with some twenty foreign institutions and leads them with an active student exchange or internship year of training abroad, the School encourages students to experience this in one of the partner institutions.