Press Releases (in French)

January 8, 2026

Digital transformation in healthcare: Mines Saint-Étienne and EHESP sign a strategic partnership

On the occasion of the “Deciding in the Digital Health Era” event, Mines Saint-Étienne and the School of Advanced Studies in Public Health (EHESP) sealed a 5-year alliance. This partnership aims to strengthen the digital skills of healthcare sector leaders to accelerate the modernization of the care system and the efficiency of organizations through engineering sciences.

January 28, 2026

Recognition of women scientists: the name of Marcelle Schrameck, the first Mines Saint-Étienne graduate, will be inscribed on the Eiffel Tower

Anne-Marcelle Schrameck, a graduate of Mines Saint-Étienne (1919) and a pioneer of the School, is among the women scientists whose names will be inscribed in gold letters on the Eiffel Tower. The City of Paris, the Femmes & Sciences association, and the Eiffel Tower Operating Company have chosen 72 women scientists whose names will join those of the 72 male scientists inscribed since 1889.

October 20, 2025

Inauguration of the DISC-AER LabCom: a 100% carbon-free regional aircraft operational by 2033

Mines Saint-Étienne, the start-up eenuee, and the ANR are launching the DISC-AER joint laboratory. This public-private partnership, supported by the ANR with €360,000, aims to design a 19-passenger electric aircraft using innovative composite materials to reduce CO₂ emissions by 90%.

August 28, 2025

Mines Saint-Étienne evolves its funding model to support healthcare innovation and the industry of the future

On the occasion of the 2025 academic year start, the School announces a strategy to diversify its resources, aiming for a sustainable balance between public funds and private partnerships. This evolution accompanies major projects, such as the launch of the new post-baccalaureate Engineering and Health (PDIS) programme and the modernization of the Saint-Étienne campus.

June 30, 2025

Mines Saint-Étienne lays the foundation stone for SPOT: a future innovation hub on the Aix-Marseille-Provence campus

The SPOT (Students & Partners Open Transfer) project transforms the campus’s former canteen into a 1,200 m² space dedicated to synergy between training, research, and business. Funded with 3 million euros, this site will notably host the IoT-Center and La Rotonde’s programming to strengthen the economic and technological dynamism of the region.

June 24, 2025

THE Impact Rankings 2025: Mines Saint-Étienne confirms its international leadership in ecological transition

Mines Saint-Étienne maintains its position in the global Top 300 of the Times Higher Education IMPACT general rankings. The School particularly stands out with its 83^rd place worldwide in the fight against climate change (SDG 13) and ranks 1^st or 2nd among French institutions for six key sustainable development goals.

June 11, 2025

Mines Saint-Étienne opens an IoT Center on its Provence campus: an innovation accelerator for SMEs

Inaugurated on June 19, 2025, in Gardanne, the IoT Center is a unique venue allowing VSEs and SMEs in the Sud region to experiment with connected solutions and accelerate their digital transformation. Integrated into the European Move2digital project, this 75 m² center provides state-of-the-art equipment and tailored support to validate the technical feasibility of innovative projects before any major investment.

April 3, 2025

Mines Saint-Étienne and the IMT Foundation launch the MINOV scholarship to support student-entrepreneurs

To foster the success of its young talents, Mines Saint-Étienne, with the support of the IMT Foundation, is creating the MINOV scholarship. This scheme offers funding of up to 10,000 euros to students with National Student-Entrepreneur Status (SNEE) to help them transform their ideas into viable prototypes (MVP) and validate their market.

March 5, 2025

Mines Saint-Étienne organizes the 2^nd edition of its Responsible Digital Festival

From March 10 to 20, 2025, the School invites the general public, its staff, and its students to explore the challenges of conscious and ethical use of technology. The programme for this free event includes fun workshops, conferences, and exhibitions to raise awareness of the environmental and social impacts of digital technology and promote more sustainable practices.

February 24, 2025

Innov’Actions: students from Mines Saint-Étienne and Aix-Marseille University innovate together for the climate

For three days, from February 26 to 28, 90 engineering students from the Provence campus are joining forces with students from Aix-Marseille University to take on a major challenge: co-creating solutions to climate risks in the metropolitan area. This “creathlon” allows future graduates to develop key skills in agile methods, design thinking, and the art of pitching for the general interest.

February 6, 2025

Environmental issues: students demand concrete commitments from Grandes Écoles

Mines Saint-Étienne reveals the results of the 3rd edition of the OpinionWay barometer on young people and the environment. While 81% of students recognize better integration of these issues, they express a growing need for transparency and measurable actions. The survey highlights that a third of them would even be willing to change institutions if the carbon footprint was deemed unsatisfactory.

September 2, 2024

2024 Academic Year: Mines Saint-Étienne, a responsible school, continues to innovate to meet the needs of the industry and healthcare of the future

Mines Saint-Étienne reveals the new features for the 2024 academic year: new training programmes, renovations, partnerships, a new chair, etc. These innovations reflect the Institution’s entire strategy: to be a responsible engineering school, a driver of innovations with societal impact in the industry and healthcare of the future.

June 12, 2024

Further progress in the international IMPACT rankings

Published by Times Higher Education, the British monthly that is an authority in the academic world, the annual IMPACT rankings list global higher education institutions according to the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), based on their scientific output, teaching, and practices.

May 14, 2024

Fives launches HyGen: €7.5M to develop carbon-free mobility using liquid hydrogen

The HyGen project is led by three major experts: Fives, a global industrial engineering group and consortium leader, and two major research players, the CEA and Mines Saint-Étienne.
This research and development programme aims to achieve a substantial scale-up of the equipment required for the use of
liquid hydrogen in favor of carbon-free mobility.

April 2024

Two teacher-researchers from Institut Mines-Télécom schools honored with ERC Advanced Grants

• Stéphane Avril, teacher-researcher at Mines Saint-Étienne, winner for the 3rd time of an ERC grant for his work on tissue mechanics.
• Ange Nzihou, teacher-researcher at IMT Mines Albi, wins an ERC grant for his project on the decarbonization of heavy industries.

Cutting-edge research to meet the challenges of the 21st century, structured around major strategic themes by Institut Mines-Télécom.

April 8, 2024

Mines Saint-Étienne organizes the 15^th edition of COSADE

International Workshop on Constructive Side-Channel Analysis and Secure Design.

Since its creation in 2010, COSADE has provided an international forum for researchers, academics, and industry players to present their work and discuss current research topics in the field of digital security.

March 14, 2024

From the smart card to electronic skin: 50 years of innovation

The Centre of Microelectronics in Provence, a major player in innovation.

50 years ago, on March 25, 1972, French engineer Roland Moreno filed the 1st patent for the “electronic payment chip”. This innovation revolutionized transactions by integrating a microprocessor into a portable plastic medium allowing for the secure storage and processing of individual data. The smart card has evolved over the last decades, moving from payment operations to phone cards, SIM cards, transport cards… It paved the way for major advances in microelectronics.

February 20, 2024

MedTechLab® winner of the Tiers Lieu d’Expérimentation Call for Projects

The living lab recognized as a major national player in healthcare innovation.

MedTechLab® is a winner of the Tiers Lieu d’Expérimentation Call for Projects, which is part of the “Digital Health” national acceleration strategy of the France 2030 plan. Led by Mines Saint-Étienne, AÉSIO Santé, and AÉSIO mutuelle, MedTechLab® is a living lab dedicated to experimenting with new products or services integrating new technologies for the health and autonomy of seniors.

January 16, 2024

OpinionWay survey for Mines Saint-Étienne: “Young people and the integration of environmental issues by schools”

Integration of environmental issues by schools and universities: not decisive in young people’s choice of orientation, but essential during their studies.
Mines Saint-Étienne unveils the 2024 edition of its barometer conducted by OpinionWay: view the full results.