École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne (EMSE)

Since the mid 18th century, French engineering schools have been spearheading the nation’s economic development, and social progress.École des Mines de Saint-Étienne is France’s oldest elite engineering school outside Paris, and the fifth oldest among France’s 250.The school has a very strong patrimonial asset, and is part of the French education and industrial heritage. But in no way is the school haunted by nostalgic memories. It has always been at the forefront of engineering education and innovations. The school “trademark” has been recently illustrated by the foundation of two new, fast developing research units exploring the frontiers between engineering and life sciences: the Health and Engineering center, and the department of Bioelectronics.Our academic standing is committed to excellence, wealth of subject fields, and we desire to offer each student a curriculum tailored to his or her goals and the realities of the economic world.Partnerships are and always will be important to us. We welcome foreign students, who may enroll in all or part of our masters programs – some of which are partly or fully conducted in English. Courses in French as a foreign language are offered on a regular basis and can be individually tailored. Foreign students may also work on their masters theses at École des Mines, for which regional and national grants are available. Visiting professors are welcome too and École des Mines's doors are always open to foreign PhD candidates or to co-supervision of doctoral theses.