IMT Atlantique


IMT Atlantique Bretagne Pays de la Loire is a leading french engineering school which was created on January 1, 2017 through the merger of the École nationale supérieure des mines de Nantes and Telecom Bretagne. The engineering school is part of the Grandes Écoles, a prestigious group of French institutions dedicated to engineering, scientific research, and business education.
It consists of three campuses and one site: Brest, Nantes, Rennes and Toulouse. IMT Atlantique is a school of the Institut Mines-Telecom and a member of the Université Bretagne Loire.
IMT Atlantique offers a unique generalist engineering diploma. Students from Grandes Écoles preparatory classes may apply through the Concours Commun Mines-Ponts competitive entry exam.
IMT Atlantique is one of the applied schools of the École Polytechnique.
The acceptance rate at IMT Atlantique is 8.7%.

History

The École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne was established in 1977 and the École Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Industrielles et des Mines de Nantes was established in 1991. In 2009 it came under the administrative supervision of the General Council for the Economy, Industry, Energy and Technologies.
In 2012 the Institut Mines-Telecom was created, merging the Mines Nantes and Telecom Bretagne schools was envisaged from 2014. The merger was agreed upon by both schools on March 24, 2015
The new entity came into existence on January 1, 2017.
On February 2, 2017, the directors of IMT Atlantique and the ENSTA Bretagne signed a partnership agreement between the two institutions in the presence of the Minister of Defense, Jean-Yves Le Drian. The agreement provided for the implementation, in the short and medium term, of collaborative activities in training, research, innovation and internationalization, and the creation of an engineering hub6,7.

Administration

Director

Generalist engineer

IMT Atlantique offers a unique generalist engineering training program mainly drawing on students who have sat the Concours Commun Mines-Ponts competitive entry exam.

Apprentice engineer

It also offers two apprentice engineer training programs in partnership with the regional authorities of Brittany and the Pays de la Loire region :
IMT Atlantique covers 20 doctoral specialities within the five doctoral schools in the Brittany and Pays de la Loire regions with which it is co-accredited.

Academic ranking

On a national level, right from its first year of existence the school was placed in the A+ group of L'Etudiant's ranking list, thereby entering the French Top 10.
On an international level, for the first time this year the school entered a thematic ranking, the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. This thematic ranking list is part of the Academic Ranking of World Universities, known as "Shanghai", which is the most renowned international ranking list. It evaluates the scientific excellence of higher learning institutions and few French engineering schools appear on it.
Lastly, the school integrated the top 5% of the Webometrics ranking list, which evaluates an institution's influence through its presence on the Web. This ranking measures international renown and IMT-Atlantique is doing particularly well in this area. The school currently occupies 1,351st place in the world, out of 27,000 institutions.
IMT Atlantique also participates in U-Multirank, the worldwide ranking list of higher learning institutions established by the European Union, which evaluates each institution in five areas: teaching and learning, research, international orientation, knowledge transfer and regional engagement. In 2017, this ranking included 1497 institutions in 99 nations. IMT Atlantique was distinguished in the knowledge transfer category and holds second place in France.

Research

Departments of teaching and research

Research is organized into thirteen departments of teaching and research
The school is also linked to different joint research units:
IMT Atlantique is a certified Institut Carnot for the quality of its collaborative research and is developing a policy of long term partnerships with businesses through the creation of innovative research facilities.
The school is a member of seven industrial chairs:
It is also a member of two academic chairs:
Lastly, it is also a member of four joint laboratories:

Brest campus

The Brest campus, located in Plouzané on the sea coast, is part of the Brest-Iroise technology hub, on 24.14 hectares, near other higher learning institutions. It consists of school buildings, sports facilities, restaurant, student residence, enough housing for all students, an incubator and an astronomical observatory.

Nantes campus

The 13.15 hectare campus is situated on the Erdre riverbank in the Atlanpole technology hub, on the Chantrerie campus near other higher learning institutions. It consists of school buildings, sports facilities, restaurant, student residence, enough housing for all students, and an academic incubator. The school also has student accommodation in the town center.

Rennes campus

The Rennes campus is located in Cesson-Sévigné within Rennes Atalante near the research and development centers of major companies and innovative SME/SMIs in fields such as image, networks, connected objects and cyber security along with the technological research institute, b<>com. Third year options include "Networks", "International Business" and "Business and Banking Finance". In 2020, Line B of the Rennes metro should link the campus to the Rennes' town center, from the Atalante station. It consists of school buildings, a student residence, student housing and an incubator.

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