École des mines d'Alès

L'École des Mines d'Alès (EMA) was created in 1843 by King Louis Philippe, under the guardianship of the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Employment, is a French technology and engineering university. From 2012, its full name changed into Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines d'Alès. Founded in 1843, this school was originally formed for study of the mining industry. It is now an engineering school in France Grandes écoles and of the Groupe des écoles des mines.[1]

École des Mines d'Alès
TypeGrandes Ecoles
Established1843
DirectorThierry de Mazancourt
Location
Alès
,
France
CampusAlès, Nîmes, Pau[1]
AffiliationsCGE, CDEFI, Groupe des écoles des mines
Websitehttp://www.mines-ales.fr

There are three year engineering degree and master's degree programs.[2]

General Information

History

L'École des Mines d'Alès (EMA) was founded in 1843.

  • From 1841 to 1845 : On 27 March 1841, the project of founding this school was adopted to the Municipal Conseil. In August 1841, the general Conseil emitted a positive opinion. On 22 September 1843, a royal ordonnance created this school. In November 1845, the first promotion was settled. The EMA was initially a school created to promote the development of the Alais basin. Its mission is to train competent masters for mining.
  • From 1845 to 1918 : She became "École Technique des Mines d'Alès". Le level of the education there improved. There were more and more candidates and the graduate students became the chefs of exploitation, engineers.[3]

The First World War (1914–1918) forced the school to close down temporarily.[3]

  • From 1918 to 1960: The school diversified its field of education (masters for management and geometry measurement of mines, conductors of mining constructions...) but because there was not a defined diploma programme, the number of students declined. Thus, in order to attract more candidates, there was a campaign held for the reconstruction of a new school. And from 1965, a "diplôme d'ingénieur" was authorised.
  • From 1960 to 1970: The school became "l'École Nationale Technique des Mines d'Alès". Before the end of the mining activities, the school had diversified its education into new industrial domains.
  • From 1980, the EMA began to admit girls and promote entrepreneurship.
  • In 1990, other two campus sites were established outside Alès, respectively in Nîmes and Pau.
  • In 1999, the education and the research focused on these three axes:
    • Culture of the entrepreneurship
    • Incubateur technologique
    • Partnership with the technopoles.[3]

Organisation

The EMA is a public national school (Grandes écoles) under the guardianship of the Ministry delegated to the industry. "Les écoles des Mines", are organised together, known as GEM (Groupe des Écoles des Mines) : Mines ParisTech, Albi-Carmaux, Douai, Nantes, Saint-Étienne and Nancy. These schools arrange an organisation to do research together (ARMINES) which contributes a lot to the technological innovation and the industrial development of France.

Campus

The main part of the school is in the city Alès. The students' residence is around 2 km from the main campus. The residence offers individual rooms, double rooms or studios, furnished and equipped. There are also a laundry, a kitchen equipped, rooms for entertainment, a bar, an auditorium, and a TV room with campus wide internet access.[4]

List of directors

The following is a list of directors by time period:[5]

TimeDirector
1845–1849Pierre-Jules Callon
1849–1860Gabriel Jules Étienne Dupont
1860–1862Jules Alexandre Alphonse Meugy
1862–1869Edouard Victor Descottes
1869–1874Charles Ernest Ledoux
1874–1878Oscar Linder
1878–1884Jules Hippolyte Julien
1884–1890Fernand Rigaud
1891–1895Louis Jules Caesar Ichon
1895–1898Henri Jean Baptiste Xavier Boutiron
1898–1900Louis Albert Laurans
1900–1912François Jules Camille Dougados
1911–1912Alexandre André Belugou (par intérim)
1913–1924Joseph Marie Pierre Loiret
1924–1927André Charles Duby
1927–1936Jules François Gabriel Daval
1937Pierre Jules Lafay
1936–1945Jean Paul Louis Damian
1945Jean-Paul Robert Bernadet
1945–1948Louis Charles Eyssautier
1948–1951Marcel Georges Fernand Sala
1951–1960Jean Alfred Vuillot
1960–1964Pierre Charles Alexis Legoux
1964–1979Jean-Pierre Arnold Marcel Pertus
1979–1982Marcel Gerente
1982–1989Gustave Defrance
1989–1994Maurice Cotte
1994–2003Henri Pugnere
2003–2013Alain René Georges Dorison
2013–2018Bruno Goubet
2018-Thierry De Mazancourt

Education fields

Areas of study:

  • Civil Engineering
  • Engineering of Materials and Mechanics
  • Information engineering
  • Management of Risks and Environnement
  • System and production engineering[1][2]
  • Mining

The laboratories

There are three centers of research:

  • Information engineering and Production engineering (LGI2P) focuses on information and communication and is located in Nîmes.[6]
  • Centre of Materials and Grand Diffusion (CMGD) focuses on mechanical structures and function materials and is situated in both alésien and palois of Hélioparc.[7]
  • Industrial Environnement and Industrialand natural Risks (LGEI) focuses on managing risks and gestion of natural resources.[8]

Statistics in 2009:[9]

  • Doctorates : 70
  • Students : 751
  • Budget : 26.6 million euros
  • Contracts of research : 6,1 million euros
  • Effectif of laboratories : 325
  • Number of articles : 686

Clubs and associations
  • The Circle of Students (Cercle des Élèves)
  • Association Sportive (L'AS): tennis, badminton, horse-riding, swimming, table tennis, golf, escrime, football, rugby, basketball, volleyball and handball.
  • Emagine, the Junior-Entreprise of l'Ecole des mines, was created in 1989.[10] Emagine is an independent entity, supported by Ecole des Mines d’Alès and its incubateur.
  • Other clubs
    • L'ATHEMA : Association of Thésards of École des Mines d'Alès.
    • robotics club : EMABot.
    • AIMA (Association des Internationaux de l'Ecole des Mines d'Alès) : The International Students Club
    • Le festival de la Meuh Folle:[11] music festival taking place at the beginning of spring (8000 people on two days)
    • ISF Alès (Ingénieurs Sans Frontière)
    • Tsiky Zanaka : humanitarian association

See also

Notes and references
  1. École Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Industrielles et des Mines d’Alès. Grandes Ecoles and Higher Education Schools. Campus France. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  2. "Introduction of EMA on Letudiant". Letudiant introduction_EMA. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  3. "History of EMA". 160 years. Retrieved 5 January 2012. ' (primary source)
  4. "Camups Site of EMA". Official introduction of the campus. Retrieved 5 January 2012. ' (primary source)
  5. "Directors in history". Directors of EMA. Retrieved 5 January 2012. ' (primary source)
  6. "Information engineering and Production engineering (LGI2P)". LGI2P website. Retrieved 5 January 2012. ' (primary source)
  7. "Centre of Materials and Grand Diffusion (CMGD)". CMGD website. Retrieved 5 January 2012. ' (primary source)
  8. "Industrial Environnement and Industrialand natural Risks (LGEI)". LGEI website. Retrieved 5 January 2012. ' (primary source)
  9. "Academis Statistics" (PDF). 2009_EMA_Activities&Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2012. ' (primary source)
  10. http://www.emagine.asso.fr/presentation.php (primary source)
  11. http://meuhfolle.com/

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