École d'Ingénieurs EIGSI La Rochelle

EIGSI La Rochelle is heir to one of the four private Parisian Engineering Grandes Ecoles from the start of the 20th century: the Ecole d’Electricité et de Mécanique Industrielle (EEMI – école Violet) created in Paris in 1901.Commission-Titres-IngenieurEIGSI is certified to award the title of graduate Engineer by the CTI for the maximum period of six years. In 2012, EIGSI formed a partnership with CFA-EIA and opened an apprenticeship engineering training section certified by the CTI in May 2012.The school’s missions cover three dimensions: training, research and innovation, which may be represented as a triangle, or as two foundations, with research and innovation contributing to reinforcing the excellence of engineer training. Research and innovation have several beneficial effects: they guarantee the standard of knowledge transmitted to students by the research professors who find themselves up against the very best international standards in their discipline. Also, they offer students excellent training grounds.Learning about the process of innovation is a key element in our training programme. Creativity and innovation are taught in various forms (module on introduction to research methods, Innovation & Entrepreneurship projects in the 4th and 5th years). By participating in research activities, trainee engineers develop their taste for research as well as their ability to be bold and act on innovation.EIGSI La Rochelle is a school which offers a 5-year course in general engineering. The training programme aims to reconcile learning about engineering techniques with knowledge of the industrial world in order to enable graduates to adapt to changes in their professional environment. The school currently has 800 students, 65 permanent staff members and 300 occasional contributors from the world of education and business.