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Welcome to Grenoble!
MoSIG, MSIAM, CySec, ORCO
Opening meeting for foreign students
September 17th, 2018
Agenda – important information on the
orientation activities
http://ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr/orientation-day-ensimag-im2ag-master-2/
http://ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr/orientation-day-ensimag-im2ag-master-2/
GrenobleBest place to study in France (L’Etudiant 2016)
Among the 10 most beautiful universities
in Europe (Times Higher Education 2018)
Population
460 000 residentsHigher Education
52 000 students11,4% of the population are students22% are international students45% of the students study in Science
Research
25,000 researchers15,000 in public institutions10,000 in private organizations
Grenoble...
5th most inventive city in the world (Forbes, 2014)
Top finalist - European Capital of Innovation Award
(2014)
2nd largest scientific center in France
Grenoble : economical leader
Grenoble in the heart of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
• 2nd largest regional economy
after the Paris area
• 4th position in Europe for the
number of researchers
• 7th largest regional economy
in European Union
• Among the top five travel destinations in Europe
Research in Grenoble
National Research Organizations
CEA, Atomic Energy Commission
CNRS, National Centre for Scientific Research
INRIA, National Institute of Informatics and Automatic
Researches
INSERM, National Institute of Healthcare and Medical
Research
IRSTEA, National Research Institute for Environment
and Agriculture
INRA, National Institute of Agronomic Research
International Research Centres
ESRF, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
ILL, Institut Laüe-Langevin, Neutron-flux reactor
IRAM, Millimetric Radio-Astronomy Institute
EMBL, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
GHMFL, Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory
25 000 jobs among which 15 000 in public research and 90 research laboratories
3 700 PhD students, of which 45% international
Research in IT
Industrial Research Centres Orange Labs, Orange Business Services, Soitec, Oracle, Xerox RCE, Intel, Yahoo,
STMicroelectronics, Hewlett-Packard, Schneider Electric, Cap Gemini, Atos Bull
Research Centres for Excellence
• Minalogic, World-class research cluster for Micro Electronics, Nanotechnologies
and Embedded Software
• Minatec, Micro and nano Technology Innovation Campus
• Carnot Research Institute for Software and Intelligent Systems
More than 52 000
university students
Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
45 000 students, grouping 3 former universities:
• Université Joseph Fourier Science, technology, healthcare
• Université Pierre-Mendès-France Human and social sciences
• Université Stendhal Languages, literature, fine arts and communication
Grenoble INP, Institute of Engineering Univ. Grenoble Alpes
Engineering sciences, 5 500 students
Sciences Po Grenoble
Political Sciences, 1 500 students
Rankings
• UGA ranked 31st in the world, 1st in France in Computer Science – Shanghai
ARWU Ranking of Academic Subjects – 2018
• Grenoble INP ranked 5th in France, 1st after Paris in QS World University
Ranking, Engineering and Technology – 2018
• UGA ranked 6th in France, 1st after Paris in QS World University Ranking,
Computer Science – 2018
• Grenoble INP ranked 1st Engineering school in France - Industries et
Technologies 2016
• Ensimag 2nd best code school in the world - CodinGame 2017
• Our masters are joint academic programs between Grenoble INP
(Ensimag) and Université Grenoble Alpes (IM2AG)
• You will be registered either at UGA IM2AG or at Grenoble INP
Ensimag
• All details about administrative registration will be given on
Thursday, 8:30 am, Amphi A010
General matters on French post secundary Education
Outline of post-secundary Education in France (1/6)
Outline of post-secundary Education in France (2/6)
Cœxistence of a University system and a « Grandes Ecoles » system
Universities :
• No selection at University at the entrance
(minimum requirement : secundary diploma = Baccalauréat)
• Universities offer education on fundamentals, technological programmes or professionnal programmes
• Cover all disciplines
• Students can prepare national degrees or specific degrees
• French universities host more than 1.5 million students.
Among them, approx 12 % of international students
Specialized « schools » created at the beginning of the 19th century,
• The « schools » are highly selective and host less students than universities.
• The « schools » are public or private institutions.
• They educate professionnals in domains as diverse as engineering, management, art, or architecture.
• The "Grandes Écoles" are among this category.
They constitute a French specificity: institutions that are original, prestigious and difficult to enter.
• Their students are particularly sought for on the international labor market.
Outline of post-secundary Education in France (3/6)
French universities have harmonized their degrees to comply with the EuropeanSystem, by implementing:
Bachelor - Master - DoctorateLicence - Master - Doctorat (LMD)
Based on the coherence of degrees, it offers:• Possibility of comparisons of programmes and European equivalences,• Transparent transfer of credits,• Mobility of students.
The Licence is validated by the obtention of 180 ECTS creditsThe Master is validated by the obtention of 120 ECTS credits after bachelorThe Doctorat, after the Master (usually 3 years)
Outline of post-secundary Education in France (4/6)
The « Grandes Écoles » – what is that?
• Small size (at most 800 graduates per year)• HIGHLY competitive admission process after preparatory schools (2 years),
and national competitive examination
• five-year studies (but usually only 3 years in GE)• Obtention of an Engineering Degree validated by the accreditation board
« Commission des Titres d’Ingénieurs » (CTI), wich confers the grade de master (national degree, allowing direct access to PhD studies)
• an approach based on fundamentals: mathematics, physics.• degree comparable in educational level to a Master of Science, although it is
frequently broader in scope
Outline of post-secundary Education in France (5/6)
The « Grandes Écoles » – what is that?
Some statistics:•785 000 persons born in France per year•700 000 persons take the Baccalauréat examination every year•185 000 take a Baccalauréat in the scientific path•53 000 can integrate a prep. school
(those who obtain the « Bac » with high honours)
•about 210 scientific «Grandes Écoles» •6 800 take the national competitive examination after 2 years of prep. school
(« prépa »)
•Ensimag recruits roughly 250 students among the best students of « Concours Commun Polytechnique »
Outline of post-secundary Education in France (6/6)
Ensimag
Informatics and Applied Mathematics
Ensimag’s buildings
Ensimag A prestigious "Grande École"
• 950 students and 400 graduates per year
• Highly selective admission process (competitive national exam)
• Significant research and development activities
• Close links with industry (international, national and local)
• Awarding of a «Diplôme d’Ingénieur» (Engineering degree)
• Awarding of « Master of science » degrees
• 235 Faculty members and guest speakers
• 25 Technical and administrative staff
• 8 500 alumni worldwide
Ensimag
• Double competence in informatics and applied
mathematics
• Balance between practical training and theoretical
foundations
• Autonomy and creativity
(personal course path, free choices regarding
courses and projects)
• Developing Team work and Leadership
Advanced engineering education
in Informatics and Applied Mathematics
Ensimag curricula
60 ECTS per year
International Programsfully taught in English
MOSIG : Master of Science in Informatics at Grenoble• 2-year program, possible to enter directly in our 2nd year• Areas: Advanced Information Systems &Software Eng.; Artificial
Intelligence & the Web; Data Science; Graphics, Vision and Robotics; High-confidence Embedded & Cyberphysical Systems; Parallel, Distributed, and Embedded Systems; Ubiquitous and Interactive Systems.
MSIAM : MSc. in Industrial and Applied Mathematics • 2-year program, possible to enter directly in our 2nd year• Areas: Data Science; Modeling, Scientific Computing and Image
analysis.
CySec : MSc. In CybersecurityORCO : MSc. In Operations Research, Combinatorics & Optimization
Internationalization
A Top Priority at Ensimag
100% of Ensimag students spend at least 2 months abroad
• Exchange or double-degree programmes (24 agreements in 14 countries)
• International master programmes
• Summer internships or final year projects
• « Sabbatical » year
More than 150 exchange agreements with universities
in 40 countries
Région Auvergne Rhône-Alpes offers an
« international mobility » grant
Internationalization
Facts and Key Figures
• 27 % of Ensimag students are from outside France (44 nationalities)
• 19 % of Ensimag graduates begin their career abroad
• 4 International Master programmes taught in English
• Mastering English is a priority
• 90% of the students study a 2nd
foreign language (Spanish, German,
Japanese,…)
• French courses offered to foreign
students
Africa
ENSIAS, Rabat, Marocco INPT Rabat, Marocco ENS Polytechnique Yaoundé, Cameroon
North America
Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
South America
Univ. Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, BrazilUniversidade de Sao Paulo, BrazilUniv. Federal de Uberlândia, BrazilUniv. Estadual de Campinas, BrazilUniversidad Federal de Santa Catarina, BrazilUniversidad Nacional de Colombia, ColombiaUniversidad del Norte, ColombiaUniversidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia
Europe
TU Darmstadt, Germany Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Politecnico di Torino, Italy Kungl Tekniska Högskolan KTH, Sweden AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland Universitatea Politehnica din Bucuresti, Romania NTNU Trondheim, Norway CVUT Praha, Czech Republic Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, SpainMIPT, Moscow Russia
Asia
American University of Beiruth, LebanonIP Hanoi, Vietnam
Double Degrees
Slides IM2AG
General matters on the organization of studies
Organization of studies 1/2
Academic year – two semesters Semester 1 (Fall): September – end of January - LecturesSemester 2 (Spring): February – May/June – Master’s thesis
ECTS credits Each Educational Unit is defined in terms of ECTS credits and corresponds to the totality of the work to be done by a student
1 ECTS credits = approx. 25 hours of work (contact hours andpersonal work)
HolidaysFall break (Toussaint – All saints): one week – end of October/early
NovemberChristmas break (Noël): two weeks – end of December – early
January
Exams A dedicated period at the end of the first semester (1st session) 1st session exams: late January - 2nd session: April
All the exams usually take place during more or less the same week Beware: several exams on the same day!
Organization of studies 2/2
standard duration 20 weeks – 30 ECTS
Putting into practise in a professional context all the acquired knowledge
Research or industrial projects
• Full time – from February to June
• Can be done anywhere, in France, or abroad
• Defense: end of June or early September (1 hour, with a 30-minute presentation, questions)
• Lists of subjects available, can also be found by personal contact
• Validation of your subject by the manager of your specialization
• If industrial project or oustide of Grenoble: you need to have a tutor
• Placement agreement between you /Ensimag or IM2AG/ host institution
All the information on rules, on-line application, databases to be found on the intranet + specific meetings will be organized by each program.
Organization of studies Master’s thesis
Education
Courses Attendance is compulsory ! Any absence must be reported and justified.
Main types of courses Lectures (cours magistraux) given in an amphitheatre, with a presentation given by a ProfessorTutorials (travaux dirigés) and lab work (travaux pratiques)
- small groups - implementation of theoretical knowledge presented during the lectures- usually you work with a « binôme » (group of 2 students)
The University Libraries are open: From 8h to 19h from Mondays to Fridays and from 9h to 13h on saturdays.Municipal libraries can also host students at daytime.
Some generalities
• The possibility of repeating a year (redoublement) is not automatic. The student has
to ask for it, and the jury decides.
• Exclusion can be decided by the jury (according to grades and behaviour)
• Any unexcused absence will be taken into account in the final grade
• In case of sickness: presentation of a medical certificate within 48h
• If sick during a 1st session exam: possible to take it during session 2
• Personal problem: please inform the professors in charge of your program, and your
contact person at the registrar ’s office
• Fraud: Disciplinary Board (from warning to exclusion)
Education
Continuous assessment, which allows tovalidate the achievements throughout the yearin each subject taught: oral participation,presentations, files, team work.
Exams, organized during a dedicated period atthe end of the first semester, they have toassess the whole knowledge acquired for eachsubject taken by the student
It is not possible to decide to go directly tosession 2!You have to go to exams! You cannot decide toskip a sessionAny unjustified absence for an examination willbe sanctioned by a 0/20.
Education
Pedagogical coherence (in a given module):- course / TD / TP/exam- grading : Final exam (written) + continuousassessment (TP, intermediary exam)
Teamwork -> Importance of multicultural teams !
Studies - validation
Each exam receives a grade from 0 to 20This grade is communicated by the registrar’s office after the jury (posted on the year board, available on the intranet)Students have a two-week delay to ask for a discussion with the Professor in charge of the course.
A 2nd session is proposed to regular students who have failed the 1st sessionThe jury defines a program of exams to be taken againThe student has a delay of one week to ask for supplementary exams
Master
2 « mentions » Mathematics and Applications / Informatics
This will appear on the degree to be awarded
- MoSIG (Informatics)
- MSIAM(Mathematics and Applications)
- ORCO (discuss with the professors in charge of the program)
- Cybersecurity (discuss with the professors in charge of the program)
One set of examination rules per specialization - please read it carefully!
One jury to evaluate study periods and grades: professors who teach in the program, professors in charge of the masters’ program.
One degree jury: which awards degrees.
Master rules 1/2
• A study year is composed of two periods (semesters)
• A study year is validated if all the periods (semesters) are validated
• A study period is composed of several Teaching Units (Unités d’Enseignement)
• A teaching unit in masters = a course
• A teaching unit is validated if the grade obtained is superior or equal to 10/20
• If a grade is < 7/20 : the student is called for the 2nd session
• The semester (study period) is validated if
• all the grades are superior or equal to 7/20 (automatic compensation applies then)
• By compensation, if the average of all Teaching units is superior or equal to 10/20
• One student can refuse this compensation and ask to retake exams during session 2 if he wants to improve his grades (for the grades which are between 7 and 10)
• The session 2 grade replaces the session 1 grade.
Master rules 2/2
There is no compensation between Periods
The jury is allowed to award « jury points »
• Only the students who validated all their yearly periods can be accepted in the next academic year or be awarded their degree
• Whatever the results obtained for a given period, students are allowed to continue
for the following period (in the same academic year)
The master’s degree is awarded with or without honours
16 > Very Good (Très bien)
14 < 16 Good (Bien)
12 < 14 Average (Assez Bien)
Degree grade = M2 average
French grading system
The grading scale is from 0 to 20. 20 stands for « an ideal exam». Usually the best grades are up to 16/20
Wikis for our master’ programs:
- MSIAM: http://msiam.imag.fr
- MoSIG: http://mosig.imag.fr
- Cybersecurity: https://cybersecurity.imag.fr
- ORCO: http://orco.imag.fr
Useful links
To conclude…
The French system contributes to develop: The rigor of reasoning Methodological tools and understanding Autonomy and creativity
Keys to success… Participate, ask questions, be active in class, Get information from your professors ; do not hesitate to contact them, Do not remain isolated, work in teams with other students, and
especially with local French students
…Have a nice time with us !
A dynamic student life…
Grenoble campus: one of the most beautiful campuses in Europe
30,000 trees400 hectares of campus1 arboretum40 fine arts masterpieces
Capital of mountain sportsand outdoor activities
Close to most famous ski resorts
Surrounded by 3 mountain ranges and natural parksBelledonneChartreuse Vercors
Near the highest mountain peaks in the Western Alps Mont-BlancVanoise range Ecrins
An exceptional naturalenvironment
Ensimag and IM2AG are located 15 minutes by tram from the city center
Grenoble, a great place to live !!