Program strengths

Provide highly skilled world-changing engineers to face the world

Our mission is to prepare engineering students to address the major scientific, technical, economic, environmental and societal challenges of the 21st century. To achieve this goal, CentraleSupélec has developed, a new curriculum training engineering entrepreneurs provided with an excellent scientific expertise who meet the current needs of companies and society as a whole.

A CentraleSupélec engineer is a highly skilled engineering entrepreneur

CentraleSupelec, an international and strongly business-oriented institution, enables engineers to:

  • a scientific and technical culture through highly developed abilities for conceptualization and abstraction as well as strong skills in complex systems
  • Foster innovation and leadership in an international environment, adding
  • Stand at the forefront of current technological and societal changes, especially in the digital field
  • Take a broad worldview, be aware of major societal issues, be socially responsible and value mutual respect

A CentraleSupélec engineer can deploy nine major skills. These are essential and give the curriculum its structure.

The curriculum will be mainly taught on the new Paris-Saclay campus. Student engineers have the opportunity, from the second year of their curriculum, to complete eight-week periods adding high value on the Metz and Rennes campuses.

Program strengths :

  • Strong scientific culture (mathematics/IT) to analyse complex systems
  • Project-based teaching: multidisciplinary and multi-angle thematic modules
  • Modular program: multiple choices, in-depth study and specializations option (research, entrepreneurship, apprenticeship, digital)
  • Individual guidance based on personal development and career choice
  • In-depth professionalization program based on strengthened ties with business professionals (6 to 24 months in a company during the curriculum), 140 corporate partners (large companies, small and medium size businesses in multiple fields)
  • Leading international Higher Education and Research Institution: 3 campuses abroad, 176 academic partners and 80 dual-degree agreements

Curriculum Key Figures

  • 8 to 24-month business internship
  • 6 months abroad minimum (12 months typically)
  • 2 mandatory modern languages (C1 in English for graduation, B1 for second modern language)
  • Third year: matrix structure including 8 specializations and 8 professional tracks

John Cagnol in charge of new engineering curriculum design, outlines its novelties: