An innovative school fostering a spirit of enterprise
A pioneering school dedicated to the world of industry
As the school has evolved to meet the needs of business two dates stand out as decisive:
1919 The businessmen of Lorraine, identifying a need for highly qualified engineers to help reconstruct the mining and steel industries of the east of France created the Metals and Mining Institute of Nancy.
1957 Bertrand Schwartz, principal of the School created the idea of a multi-functional engineer, a concept currently being adopted by a number of European universities.
Today the school is constantly seeking to adapt its style and method of training to the needs of international business in an environment which is becoming more and more competitive.
Jean Claude DURIEZ
Manager of "Ecole des Mines de Nancy"
Student-centred teaching
The Ecole des Mines of Nancy produces multifuntional/generalist engineers (Diploma in engineering "Ingénieur civil des Mines"... authorised since 1934) and production engineers (Diploma in Industrial Engineering Proceses "Ingénieur des techniques de l'industrie", since 1997).
The school pursues an innovative teaching strategy in order to :
- ensure the students receive a solid education in sciences, economics and the arts ;
- help them discover and develop their creativity ;
- enable them to work in teams ;
- allow them to discover and to manage the complex nature of a business and its interaction with its environment ;
- nurture within the students a knowledge of their own culture with the aim of developing thinking men and women, aware of the human consequences of their decisions..
A policy of international cooperation
Student, teacher and researcher exchange programmes, work placements in other countries; it is through these different means, which the school maintains with the its industrial and academic partners with Europe and the rest of the world, that it is able to : - complement its own resources with that of other establishments ; - offer teaching and research in touch with the needs and realities of business ; - position its activities in an international context, the future workplace of its students.
