The diploma "Ingénieur Civil des Mines" (ICM) is a trademark: three "Écoles des Mines" (Paris, Nancy and Saint-Étienne) are authorised to award this diploma. Formely called a diploma in civil mining engineering, today's qualification is far removed from that awarded in the early years of the century.

Today, the "ingénieur civil des mines" trained by the École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne is a high level multi-disciplinary generalist engineer, capable of operating in a global environment. A key player in today's economy, his/her role is to conceive, set up, manage and direct large-scale industrial systems. His/her profile not only enables him/her to rapidly become established in a variety of different sectors but also to adapt to an ever changing world.

In France, an engineer's training is founded, after secondary school, on two academic periods:

• A three-year undergraduate study period, generally in the preparatory classes for the Grandes Écoles and then in the Grandes Écoles themselves.
• A graduate study period made up of the last two years in the Grande École. The graduate school combines the coursework of these two graduate years as a whole.

In France, an engineer's training is a 5 year program after secondary school founded on two academic periods.

Foreign Students (admission based on qualifications)
Our graduate degree "Ingénieur civil des mines" is a double-major master’s degree in engineering and management open to visiting as well as degree-seeking students:

• A 24 month graduate program
• First-term courses partly taught in English.
• 7 months industrial placements in industry
• A choice of 30 professional profiles in management, finance, health, materials, process engineering, environment, microelectronics, industrial engineering and IT
• A small and interactive learning environment
• International exposure:
  • Mandatory 3-month international experience for French students
  • 20% of foreign students in the 2 years of the Graduate School
• Privileged international business contacts through a powerful Alumni Association and industrial placements.

Courses syllabus (in French)

Admission requirements
Holders of a Bachelor of Science or equivalent degree in engineering with an excellent academic record as well as a sufficient proficiency in French and English can apply. The ICM program is open to individual degree-seeking students and to students from partner universities within the frame of dual-degree agreements.

Foreign students are recruited in the first year or in the second year of the graduate school of engineering. Students attending dual-diploma program are recruited in the first year of the graduate school and spend two academic years at the ENSM-SE.

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Double diploma agreements

	Technische Universitat Berlin (TUB, Germany)
	Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales (ETSII, Univ. Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
	Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
	Seoul National University (SNU, South Korea)
	Universidad Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia)
	Shanghai Jiao Tong University (People's Republic of China)
	University of New Brunswick (Fredericton, Canada)
	Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sâo Paulo (EP-USP, Brazil)
	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Florianopolis, Brazil)
	Fudan University Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Extended periods of industrial experience are an essential component of the graduate programs and are closely supervised and assessed by faculty members and industrial partners. Altogether, 11 months of industrial practice are required and a 3-month international experience is mandatory for French students.

• The 1st industrial placement of 4 weeks is a hands-on experience at shopfloor level (only for students admitted through the national competitive exam). It is the opportunity for the student to benefit from observing, initiating and developing his own training in accordance with company life.
• The 2nd industrial placement of 3 months provides practice on a real-scale engineering project (first year of the graduate school). It is the first real opportunity for the student engineer to validate his technical knowledge by concentrating on a specific prearranged assignment in a company and by being placed under the responsibility of an engineer. During the internship, the student takes on certain responsibilities and his work is based on the solution requested by the company to a technical problem. This internship takes place either in France or abroad.
• The final placement of 6 months is equivalent to first entry-level projects in France or abroad. The objective is to test the student's engineering and managerial skills on a real project.