(), also called (literally meaning "Saint-Étienne School of Mines") or simply and commonly abbreviated EMSE is a French graduate engineering school () training engineers and carrying out industry-oriented research. Mines Saint-Étienne is part of the Institut Mines-Télécom.
Its function is to support the development of its students and of companies through a range of courses and fields of research, from the initial training of generalist engineers , to PhD teaching; from material sciences to micro-electronics via process engineering, mechanics, the environment, civil engineering, finance, computer science and health engineering.
History
The school was founded in 1816 by a decision of Louis XVIII (2 August 1816).
Admission for French students
For French nationals, admission to Civil Engineer of Mines is decided after competitive examination at the end of preparatory classes, a highly selective system.
Notable alumni Benoît Fourneyron, designed the first practical water turbine in 1827 Henri Fayol, a French management theorist Jules Garnier Mahamadou Issoufou, elected Niger President in March 2011 Anne-Marcelle Kahn, (née Schrameck) first woman to graduate from the school, in 1919. Tadeusz Nowicki
The puRkwa Prize The puRkwa Prize is an "international prize for the scientific literacy of the children of the planet" awarded annually by the école nationale supérieure des mines of Saint Etienne and the French Academy of Sciences. The prize is awarded to pioneers in the innovation of general science education in school curricula for children less than 16 years of age. It was launched in 2004 at the initiative of Robert Germinet, the director of the école nationale supérieure des mines of Saint Etienne, and comes with an €80,000 monetary award.
YearRecipientInstitution(s)NationalityCited workReferences2005Maricio DuqueUniversity of the AndesColombiaPequeños CientíficosMichael KlentchyEl Centro School DistrictUnited StatesValle Imperial Project in Science2006Yu WeiSoutheast UniversityPeople's Republic of ChinaZuo zhong xueKaren WorthEducation Development CenterWheelock CollegeUnited StatesK-12 Science Curriculum Dissemination Center2007Jorge AllendeUniversity of Santiago, ChileChileEducación en Ciencias Basada en la IndagaciónStevan JokicVinča Institute of Nuclear SciencesSerbia and MontenegroRuka u testu2008Guillermo Fernández de la GarzaNational Autonomous University of MexicoUnited States – Mexico Foundation for ScienceMexicoSistema de Enseñanza Vivencial e Indagatoria de la CienciaWynne HarlenUniversity of BristolUnited KingdomResearch in science education2009Sally Goetz ShulerNational Science Resources CenterUnited StatesInstitutional awardDavid JasminLa main à la pâteFranceInstitutional award
Other schools of mines France École nationale supérieure des Mines d'Albi Carmaux (Mines Albi-Carmaux) École nationale supérieure des Mines d'Alès (Mines Alès) École nationale supérieure des Mines de Douai (Mines Douai) École nationale supérieure des Mines de Nancy École nationale supérieure des Mines de Nantes (Mines Nantes) École nationale supérieure des Mines de Paris (Mines ParisTech)
Africa École nationale supérieure des Mines de Rabat (Mines Rabat)
United States Colorado School of Mines
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See also
Official website SPIN Center of Chemical Engineering Saint Etienne Mines alumni union Mines alumni union (all french Schools of Mines)