École catholique des arts et métiers

ECAM Lyon was created in 1900 in response to the demand from industrialists. This non-profit school was founded to train young engineers.

ECAM Lyon is fully recognized by the French Government as a French "Grande Ecole".

The ECAM curriculum comprises scientific and technical courses together with practical training in the 5 following departments: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Electrical and Electronical Engineering, Automation, IT and Production Engineering or carrying out projects. Besides, 3 Trainings are made compulsory in France and abroad (12 months in all). The general knowledge includes: communication techniques, social and economic studies together with foreign languages. The preparatory classes are located on the ECAM Engineering School campus. The curriculum is composed of 3 modules: the scientific courses, the engineer’s general knowledge and literary courses among which: foreign languages (English, Japanese, Chinese or German). The engineering curriculum provides the students with 6 semesters identical for every student. The basic sciences for the engineer encompass the major topics of Mechanical Engineering, as follows: Solid and Fluid Mechanics, Vibrations, Structures Calculation, Energetics, Automation, Materials Sciences, Manufacturing together with those of Electrical Engineering, namely: Electrotechnics, Power Electronics, Microelectronics, Servomechanisms. Besides, IT and Engineer’s Math are to be added. The general and professional knowledge comprises: foreign languages, the discovery of foreign cultures through their successive stages, the corporate life: management, strategy, labor law, etc.

The numerous laboratory courses and projects offer the students the opportunity to work with the latest hardware and software, thus allowing them to be immediately operational in a wide range of scientific and technical fields. With more than 350 on-line computers, ECAM has access to the most advanced communication technologies. Four self-access computer-rooms are available 24 hours, 7 days a week. High-speed internet together with video-conference facilities, among others, allow efficient remote design cooperation. Every ECAM student has their own mail address.

• 1300 students, 14% of whom are female,
• 3 internships (average) during the whole curriculum,
• 116 students in the Institut des Techniques d'Ingénieur de l'Industrie cursus,
• 50 Industrial contracts in research and development
• 59 double degree programs
• 12:1 student-faculty ratio
• 5 faculty departments : Energy, IT and Automation, Material and Structures, Industrial Management and Languages & Interpersonal and professional development
• 60 partner universities worldwide
• 8 000 engineer graduates since its creation in 1900,

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