About Us

Annual key figures

of Mines Saint-Étienne

A Graduate Engineering School of Institut Mines Télécom.

Founded in 1816

Campuses

  • 2 campuses : Saint-Étienne near Lyon (Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Region) and Gardanne near Marseille (Region Sud)
  • 58,200 m2 of buildings
  • 532 student rooms & apartments

Academics

  • 6 Engineering Masters for general and specialized engineers
  • 13 Masters of Science programmes (including 7 taught in English)
  • 9 Doctoral disciplines
  • 6 professional training programmes
    • 4 Specialized Masters
    • 1 Master of Science
    • 1 “Badge” Master
  • 126 International agreements in 40 countries / 44 double degree agreements

Education (international students)

  • 660 ICM (18%)
  • 307 ISMIN (18%)
  • 92 MSc (72%)
  • 158 PhD (49%)

Staff

  • Establishment employment: 476 staff of which:
    • 132 research professors
    • 57 PhD
    • 25 PostDoc
    • 59 engineers
    • 203 technical and administrative staff
  • 484 external contractors who also contribute to the school’s mission

Research

  • 135 Researchers in 5 cutting-edge research centres
  • 50 PhD theses defended annually
  • 70 Directors of research for PhD students (HDR)
  • 33 % of Research Staff International
  • 330 A-ranking research papers published annually
  • € 6.5 million in contractual resources in Research and Innovation – including € 1.9 million in direct contracts with companies
  • 6 research and training chairs  
  • Involvement of the school in 9 competitiveness clusters (founding member or associate)

La Rotonde

  • 1 scientific & cultural outreach centre – La Rotonde

Budget

  • Operational budget: 41.4 million euros – 30% own resources of the establishment

Miscellaneous

  • Former engineering students ICM and ISMIN are grouped together in the same alumni association. Almost 10,000 alumni.
  • 10,000 job offers managed each year by the common Careers Department at the Mines of Paris, Saint-Étienne and Nancy.

Data up to date in December 2022.