Congratulations to the new specialized engineers trained through work-study programs (continuing education and apprenticeship) and graduated on March 8 from Mines Saint-Étienne, sponsored by Pierre Veltz, engineer and sociologist. They were honored during a remarkable ceremony that brought together nearly 800 people at the Saint-Étienne convention center.
Research and development project managers, strategic project leaders, research officers, site managers…, 83% of the new graduate engineers are employed (fixed-term contracts, permanent contracts, and international volunteer positions), 40% of them remain employed in their host company and 11% are pursuing further studies. Among the new classes of employee-status graduates this year:
- 178 engineers graduated in the industrial engineering specialty,
- 60 engineers in the nuclear facility engineering specialty, a program offered in partnership with the National Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology,
- 22 engineers graduated in energy recovery,
- 1 engineer graduated in embedded electronic systems
As a preamble to the graduation ceremony, the class sponsor, Pierre Veltz, presented a conference and debate on the theme “What engineers for an industry & society in transition?”
An engineer from École Polytechnique and École des Ponts, Pierre Veltz served as Director of École des Ponts from 1999 to 2004. He subsequently participated in the establishment of Greater Paris alongside Christian Blanc. He created and directed the public institution in charge of the major Saclay project from 2010 to 2015. A member of the Academy of Technologies, he is currently engaged in the industrial renewal of France and remains passionate about urban and territorial issues (…).
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In fall 2018, 391 engineering students joined the Institut Supérieur des Techniques de la Performance on the industrial campus in one of the 4 specialty tracks offered through work-study programs (Industrial Engineering, Nuclear Facility Engineering, Energy Recovery, Embedded Electronic Systems): 337 apprentices (a record enrollment) and 54 employees in continuing education or individuals in professional retraining.
ISTP hosts a total of 963 engineering students in employee-status training, apprenticeship, and continuing education. 3,061 engineers who completed work-study training have graduated from Mines Saint-Étienne.
Contact: Géraldine Daroux, communications and press relations project manager at ISTP
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