MINES Paris Tech - Ecole des Mines de Paris

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ParisTech is a collective entity that includes 12 of the most prestigious French institutes of education and research. MINES ParisTech is one of the founding members of this research and higher education cluster of excellence, composed of several French Grandes Ecoles (executive engineering and business schools). In November 2003, ParisTech launched an ambitious project to promote, gather and give free access to the largest number of course materials from the 11 member Institutes: "ParisTech Libres Saviors," meaning literally "ParisTech free Knowledge". This is the primary goal of the ParisTech Graduate School website.
Now, MINES ParisTech is one of the driving forces in ParisTech Graduate School. The analysis shows that internet users give preference over MINES ParisTech classes and download preferably our thesis. The library houses 378 different periodicals and online electronic resources: 5,600 electronic publications/53,300 resources and 1,300 digital books. Students can consult your future online (Pastel), and a portal for online publications is available to users. In collaboration with the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, since 1995, the library has also developed an inter-library network with ParisTech, GEM (Groupe des Ecoles des Mines), Couperin, and Sudoc.
The patrimonial collection of MINES ParisTech library, going back up to the 16th Century, is constituted of books, periodicals, manuscripts, and maps. This technical and scientific collection is particularly rich in mining, the metal industry, mineralogy, chemistry, and machines. The most significant part of the patrimonial collection catalogs is not computerized yet and is only accessible by the old paper catalogs. However, the catalog of books printed before 1900 is being integrated into the database of the library.
MINES ParisTech was created in 1783 when the exploitation of mines was a high-technology industry. Quite naturally, the skills of the School followed the development of industry and MINES ParisTech. Nowadays, studies develop and teach all the useful techniques for engineers, including economic and social sciences. The background of the School, connected to the industry of mines, concentrating all the scientific knowledge, opens all the fields of research today: transport, energy, mechanics.
Since 1783, the School has always been able to keep ahead of a changing world by launching projects with future potential. All students have access to it and can make use of the geological information for free.
The Mineralogy Museum hosts exhibitions on the premises of the Hôtel de Vendôme and at regional and foreign locations (e.g., Athens, Alexandria, and Casablanca, etc.). It also welcomes school parties, amateurs, and foreign museum curators. It organizes meetings and workshops on themes chosen at the request of associations such as Les Amis du Louvre or the Association for the Advancement of Science, etc.
The 286 research professors provide the students with high-level teaching. The aim is for academic excellence with 286 research professors, 100 theses, and 400 articles or books in crucial research fields published every year.
The international dimension is a real aspect of MINES ParisTech. Life at the School will bring you in contact with students from more than 50 different countries. Intermixing of students from different years. The research centers are open to international exchange. Students must command two foreign languages, and placements lasting between four and twelve months in a foreign institution for engineering students are a vital feature of the School's international vocation. MINES ParisTech provides a unique environment for your benefit.

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