ENSEIRB-MATMECA is a graduate engineering school located in Bordeaux, France. It was founded in 1923 and has over 1,000 students and 200 faculty. It offers 6 engineering programs and conducts research through 5 laboratories. The school has an annual budget of 18 million euros. Students complete basic coursework and specialized advanced courses, as well as internships. Research is conducted through laboratories shared with the University of Bordeaux and CNRS. The school has international exchange programs for both its students and visiting foreign students.

1. ENSEIRB-MATMECA
Graduate School of Engineering

2. ENSEIRB-MATMECA
Bordeaux Bordeaux Institute
University of Technology
ENSEIRB-MATMECA
Graduate School
Founded in 1923 1075 students
6 engineering programs 100 permanent teachers/researchers
5 research laboratories 200 non-permanent teachers
18 M€ annual budget 70 support staff

3. Graduate engineering studies
age USA France
16 High school
17 diploma
18 Bachelor’s Baccalauréat
19 degree Preparatory
20 class
21 Engineering
22 Master’s School
23 degree
24 PhD PhD
25 (doctorat)
26
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4. Engineering programs
1st year 2nd year 3rd year Total
Electronic Engineering 118 105 81 304
Computer Science 96 96 80 272
Mathematics and 87 78 51 216
Mechanical Engineering
Telecommunications 67 60 51 178
Networks and 26 28 32 86
Information Systems
Embedded Systems 19 19

5. Training overview
Basic courses Advanced courses
Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
1st year S5 S6
2nd year S7 S8
3rd year S9 S10
Specialization Internships in industry or
laboratories

6. Program contents
Technical content
 broad coverage of basic concepts for each program
99 ECTS, 1100-1200 hours
 specialized options linked to research and market
opportunities
25 ECTS, 280-300 hours
Non-technical content
 English + second foreign language (choice among 7
languages including Japanese)
 management courses
 26 ECTS, 500 hours

7. Research laboratories
Laboratories shared with University and CNRS
 IMB : Mathematics, 200 people
 LaBRI : Computer Science, 300 people
 IMS : “Integration : from Material to Systems”, 300
people
 TREFLE, LMP : Mechanics, 250 people
Some figures
 367 Ph D students in 2009
 over 8 M€ industrial research contracts in 2008

8. International exchange program
French students
 international experience during training periods (1st,
2nd or 3rd year) or full 3rd year
Foreign students
 students can take courses from S5-S10 programs
(students in 3rd, 4th or 5th year of higher education)
 students may be selected to prepare the engineering
degree in 2 or 3 years
Research
 Ph D students, visiting researchers, cooperative projects

9. Over 70 partners around the world

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