The First of New Training Programmes at ParisTech

According to the decree of March 21, March 2007, the ten institutes of ParisTech are now under the aegis of the French Ministry of Education. ParisTech has decided to launch new academic programmes which bring together the expertise of several of the member Institutes. Such programmes will treat new state of the art disciplines and will thus permit ParisTech to meet the evolutions of the modern world. ParisTech. Students will be able to choose from among a whole range of new thematic programmes and thus link their future professional career to the training they will receive.

The first new educational programme, “ICT and Transportation” was created for the following major reasons: The notoriety of the three institutes, Telecom Paris, ENPC and ENSTA, which bring together their know-how, their educational expertise and a new programme, “ICT and Transportation”. The new area of ICT and Transportation which is recognized as a new discipline but for which no specific Engineering programme can e found either at university or at Engineering institutes. Concerning the Programme, the areas covered by Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will, for the most part, be taught at Telecom Paris. The common programme will taught at ENSTA and the courses related to the “infrastructure of transportation” will be given at the ENPC. Students will receive training in information systems at one of the three institutes, depending on the case of each invidividual.

New graduates students will easily find a jobs with companies working in one of 3 large areas :

    - the automobile industry : PSA, Renault, Alstom, etc.) and automobiles equipment manufacturers such as Valeo. There is a need to associate the manufacture of vehicles s with new Communication Technologies. It is now essential to take into account vehicle constraints linked to environmental issues and industries working in these areas need to recruit Engineers with a strong background in both Information and Communication Technology as well as Transportation,

    - - Infrastructure industries : the well-known public transportation companies, such as the Paris City Transportation Authority (R.A.T.P.) and the French National Railway Service (SNCF) as well as other public authorities (ministries, regions, municipalities) are looking engineers with “transportion infrastructure ” profiles which will allow them to adapt tomorrow’s world transport infrastructure to the Information and Communication Technology Revolution. Such a profile cannot be found today despite a real need.

    - - consulting firms such as Altran, Accenture : with a wide range of specific skills, students will obtain a training which is particularly adapted education to consulting in the different fields linked to Information and Communication Technology and Transportation.