École centrale de Marseille


The École Centrale de Marseille is a leading graduate school of engineering located in Marseille, the second largest city in France. The École Centrale de Marseille was created in 2006 by the merging of different previous institutions and has its origins from the École d'ingénieurs de Marseille founded in 1890. It is one of the Centrale Graduate Schools and a member of the TIME network.

Academic profile

The Ecole Centrale de Marseille is a multidisciplinary school, where the great majority of the students have endured two or three years of intensive maths and physics training.
The students do not have any particular major before the last year, during which they have to choose among a few electives:
The students can also complete their last year in one of the other Centrale Graduate Schools or be part of an exchange program.
There are three-years PhD programs available in all the aforementioned domains of research.

Exchange programs

Being a part of the TIME network, the school has exchange program with many universities across the world, among them Technical University of Munich, Cranfield University, Royal Institute of Technology, Penn State, University of São Paulo, University of Waterloo, Keio University or University of Chile.

Research

Eight research laboratories are under the joint leadership of Ecole Centrale Marseille and Aix-Marseille University :
Ecole Centrale de Marseille is ranked among the top 20 French Grandes Ecoles, though it doesn't appear in international rankings due to its very limited number of students.

Alumni

The alumni network is made of over 14,000 graduates.

Notable alumni