École d'ingénieurs généralistes La Rochelle

Ecole d'Ingenieur en Genie des Systems Industriels (Industrial systems engineering school)

Former names	Ecole d'Electricité et de Mécanique Industrielles de Paris
Motto	Votre vie d'ingénieur commence ici
Motto in English	Your engineering life starts here
Type	Engineering school, Grandes écoles
Established	1990, Can be traced back to the Ecole d’Electricité et de Mécanique Industrielles de Paris established 1901 in Paris
Chancellor	Frédéric THIVET
Location	La Rochelle, Casablanca , France, Morocco
Affiliations	Commission des titres d'ingénieur, IngéFrance
Website	www.eigsi.fr/

L'Ecole d'Ingénieurs en Génie des Systémes Industriels, also known as EIGSI (can be translated into 'Industrial systems engineering school'), is an engineering school (grande école) situated in La Rochelle, a town on the Atlantic Ocean on the west coast of France.

The EIGSI is a generalist engineering school, meaning that all the students are given a truly multidisciplinary education. In their fourth year, out of five, a specialisation can be chosen between: mechanical engineering, mecatronics, information systems, energy and environment, industrial management.

Upon completion of the 5 years of study, and the required industry internships, a Master of Engineering is delivered (equivalent to 'diplôme d'ingénieur' in the French academic system).

History

• 1902: the 'Ecole d’Electricité et de Mécanique Industrielles de Paris' (also referred as 'Ecole Violet' due to its location on 'Violet Street') was established in Paris, at the time teaching a small class of students electricity and mechanical engineering for the industry.^[1]
• 1987: the school leaves Paris and the alumni association take upon the challenge of creating a generalist engineering school tailored to answer the needs of industrial companies.
• 1990: the EIGSI - Ecole d'Ingénieurs en Génie des Systèmes Industriels opens for the first time in La Rochelle.
• 1991: the EIGSI is officially accredited by the CTI Commission des titres d'ingénieur meaning that it is officially recognised as able to deliver engineering degrees that meet the French and European criteria.
• 2004: the EIGSI has opened an additional 6 months managerial training course called the 'MIND'. It can be completed upon graduation.
• 2006: the EIGSI has opened an additional campus in Casablanca in Morocco. Exchanges between the 2 campuses is made possible and students from Casablanca are welcomed to spend a semester in La Rochelle.
• 2007: the EIGSI participated as one of the major actor in the creation of the engineering school network IngéFrance.

Ranking and performance

The EIGSI was placed at the 25th position out of 67 in a 2009 survey comparing similar engineering school across France.^[2]

Notable alumni

• Jorge Chávez, Peruvian aviator

References

1. "EIGSI historique". www.eigsi.fr. 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
2. "L'Etudiant, palmares 2009 des école d'ingénieur aprés bac". L'Etudiant.fr. 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.

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