Address: 19 avenue de la Division Leclerc, 92000 Nanterre, Île-de-France, France
Industrial Engineering & Management, Computer Science & Digital Transformation, Civil Engineering & Construction
CESI École d’Ingénieurs is a private engineering school (EESPIG label) founded in 1958, known for its work-study programs (alternance) and continuing education. It offers generalist and specialized engineering degrees across multiple campuses in France.
Domains taught:
Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Ergonomics and UX, Fluid Dynamics, Food Science, Geotechnics, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Logistics, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
Doctor, Master
Status:
Private
Partnerships:
Extensive network of partner companies (over 8000) for apprenticeship and internships across various sectors. International partnerships.
Research:
Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing, Software engineering and AI, BIM and sustainable construction, Quality, Safety, Environment (QSE).
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
1000
Current students***:
Foreign students***:
Cumulative former students***:
50000
Pros
Strong focus on work-integrated learning and apprenticeship, high employability, multiple campuses nationwide, flexible learning paths.
Cons
Private institution with tuition fees, reputation varies across specializations and campuses.
Best For
Engineering school with a strong focus on work-study programs and continuing education across multiple disciplines.
Also strong in logistics, aerospace and food science, EiCNAM makes a sensible second look at home; it covers sound engineering and metrology as well, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
Both schools build their programmes around logistics, food science and transportations, and JUNIA is the one to compare first within the country, since it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral.
ESTIA takes a similar route through ergonomics and UX, logistics and aerospace, and it teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral, and enrols about 900 students.
École Catholique d'Arts et Métiers de Lyon shares the core fields of this school, namely quality, fluid dynamics and industrial design; it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral.
IMT Nord Europe follows much the same lines as this school, with logistics, aerospace and food science as common ground, and it is public, whereas this school is private, and runs the same master's and doctoral programmes.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
In Germany, Technische Universität Berlin teaches much the same core subjects, ergonomics and UX, logistics and aerospace, and it also offers bachelor's programmes and covers sound engineering and bioinformatics as well.
Looking internationally, Shibaura Institute of Technology in Japan is where aerospace, transportations and optics get a comparable treatment; it also offers bachelor's programmes and covers nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics as well.
Tokyo University of Science (Japan) works on the same fields as this school, chiefly aerospace, food science and transportations; it enrols about 20,000 students, and is also a private institution.
If this institution is on your list for aerospace, food science and geotechnics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium deserves a comparison, because it also offers bachelor's, graduate certificate and graduate diploma programmes, and covers bioinformatics and nanotechnologies as well.
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen offers an international parallel to this school, with logistics, aerospace and transportations as common ground; it covers bioinformatics and nanotechnologies as well, and enrols about 47,000 students.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Building Information Modeling (BIM), Civil Engineering, Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Project Management, Quality Management, Sustainable Development
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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