ENSEA
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École Nationale Supérieure de l'Electronique et de ses Applications (also known as ENSEA) is a graduate school (grande école) of electrical engineering
and computer science
, located in Cergy
(in Val d'Oise department) close to Paris
in France
.
It was founded in 1952 under the name of ENREA and became ENSEA in 1976.
") or laterally into final or pre-final year after a bachelor
degree in electronics
or relevant scientific fields (physics, chemistry, electronics, computer science, etc).
) delivered by ENSEA is equivalent to the Master's degree
in Engineering in the USA. Courses spread over 3 years cover all aspects of electrical, electronics
and computer science
and engineering, e.g.: signal processing
, microelectronics, embedded systems, software engineering
, networking, control and power electronics besides some important non-engineering courses such as economics, management, business communications and foreign languages.
offer also an MS Specialized Master labelled by the Conférence des grandes écoles and named TIM (Mobile IT and Telecommunication)
, Georgia Tech
, Illinois Institute of Technology
and Suny Buffalo
.
ENSEA is also a member of the n+i network of engineering schools and admits some 10 highly competitive students from around the world every year through the n+i program.
are organized in a PRES (Research and Upper Education Pole) including :
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
and computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
, located in Cergy
Cergy
Cergy is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated commune....
(in Val d'Oise department) close to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
It was founded in 1952 under the name of ENREA and became ENSEA in 1976.
Admissions
Future engineers are recruited after a centralized country-wide specific entrance examination ("Classes PréparatoiresClasse Préparatoire aux Grandes Écoles
The classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles , commonly called classes prépas or prépas, are part of the French post-secondary education system. They consist in two very selective years , acting as a prep course with the main goal of training undergraduate students for enrolment in one of the...
") or laterally into final or pre-final year after a bachelor
Bachelor
A bachelor is a man above the age of majority who has never been married . Unlike his female counterpart, the spinster, a bachelor may have had children...
degree in electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
or relevant scientific fields (physics, chemistry, electronics, computer science, etc).
Grande École Diploma
The Engineering degree (or Diplôme d'IngénieurDiplôme d'Ingénieur
The diplôme d'ingénieur is a French diploma of higher education awarded by French Écoles d'Ingénieurs which can be independent schools of engineering or universities with internal school of engineering . This diploma confers the academic title of Ingénieur diplômé de [name of the awarding...
) delivered by ENSEA is equivalent to the Master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
in Engineering in the USA. Courses spread over 3 years cover all aspects of electrical, electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
and computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
and engineering, e.g.: signal processing
Signal processing
Signal processing is an area of systems engineering, electrical engineering and applied mathematics that deals with operations on or analysis of signals, in either discrete or continuous time...
, microelectronics, embedded systems, software engineering
Software engineering
Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...
, networking, control and power electronics besides some important non-engineering courses such as economics, management, business communications and foreign languages.
M.S. Specialized Masters Programs
ENSEA and ITINEcole supérieure d'informatique réseaux et systèmes d'information
Ecole supérieure d'Informatique, réseaux et systèmes d'information is a public higher education apprenticeship school in Cergy-Pontoise, France....
offer also an MS Specialized Master labelled by the Conférence des grandes écoles and named TIM (Mobile IT and Telecommunication)
Specialisations
The school presently offers 8 specialisations:- 1-Electronics, Communications & Microwaves
- 2-Networks and Telecommunications
- 3-Embedded Electronic Systems
- 4-Mechatronics and Complex Systems
- 5-Electronics, Instrumentation and BioscienceBioScienceBioScience is a peer-reviewed monthly sometimes daily scientific journal that is published by the American Institute of Biological Sciences . The content is written and edited for accessibility to researchers, educators, and students alike...
- 6-Control Systems & Power Electronics
- 7-Computer Systems
- 8-Multimedia Sustems
International Orientation
The school has strong international links with reputed Universities all over the world, especially in the United States, Germany, Spain and UK. It offers dual Master degrees with several American and European universities including Imperial CollegeImperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
, Georgia Tech
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
, Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting university located in Chicago, Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design, and law...
and Suny Buffalo
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, also commonly known as the University at Buffalo or UB, is a public research university and a "University Center" in the State University of New York system. The university was founded by Millard Fillmore in 1846. UB has multiple campuses...
.
ENSEA is also a member of the n+i network of engineering schools and admits some 10 highly competitive students from around the world every year through the n+i program.
Research pole
ENSEA as well as all upper education institutions of Cergy-PontoiseCergy-Pontoise
Cergy-Pontoise is a new town in France, in the Val d'Oise département, northwest of Paris on the Oise River. It owes its name to two of the communes that it covers, Cergy and Pontoise....
are organized in a PRES (Research and Upper Education Pole) including :
- Cergy-Pontoise UniversityCergy-Pontoise UniversityCergy-Pontoise University is a French university, in the Academy of Versailles.Cergy-Pontoise University is a public university and a leading centre of teaching and research, which welcomes 17,700 students and 1,500 international students interested in studying abroad.The university is ideally...
- groupe ESSECESSECESSEC is one of the foremost business schools and Grandes Écoles in France and one of Europe’s top business schools. It was created by Jesuits in 1907 and was originally located in the heart of Paris, next to the University of Paris II: Panthéon-Assas, rue d'Assas...
, - ENSEAENSEAÉcole Nationale Supérieure de l'Electronique et de ses Applications is a graduate school of electrical engineering and computer science, located in Cergy close to Paris in France....
, École Nationale Supérieure de l'Électronique et de ses Applications - ITINEcole supérieure d'informatique réseaux et systèmes d'informationEcole supérieure d'Informatique, réseaux et systèmes d'information is a public higher education apprenticeship school in Cergy-Pontoise, France....
, Ecole supérieure d’Informatique, Réseaux et Systèmes d’Information - ENSAPC, École nationale supérieure d'arts de Cergy-Pontoise
- EISTI,
- EBIÉcole de biologie industrielleEBI is a Grande Ecole d'Ingénieurs funded in 1992, providing courses in Industrial Engineering with a strong focus on Biological Engineering....
(École de Biologie Industrielle) - EPMI ( École d'électricité, de Production et des Méthodes Industrielles)
- EPSS (École Pratique de Service Social)
- ESCOM (École supérieure de chimie organique et minérale)
- ILEPS (Institut Libre d’Éducation Physique Supérieur)
- ISTOM (Institut Supérieur d’agro-développement)
- ESCIA, École supérieure de comptabilité, gestion et finance