École nationale des travaux publics de l'État

Admission to the ENTPE is made through a very selective entrance examination, and requires a minimum of two years of preparation after high school in classes préparatoires.

Also exists an exam exclusively made for civil servants having served a minimum of four years as higher technicians. Each year, 10 to 15 civil servants are chosen that way

A direct admission in second year (Master I equivalent) is possible, for French students or students with citizenship from the European union. It is necessary to already withhold a Master I diploma cum laude in Civil Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanics or Physics.

Foreign students (outside EU) have access through the "classical" external way (they can't be French civil servant though) or can access with special conditions through agreements with foreign schools.

The ENTPE trains engineers in 3 years in all the fields of civil engineering, town and country planning and sustainable development. The teaching is the same, regardless of the admission way.

The training goes the following way :

• First year :
  • Common courses
  • Worksman internship of 4 weeks
• Second year :
  • Common courses
  • Choice of a specialization among the 6 fields the School has to offer :
    • Civil Engineering (3 sub-fields: bridges & tunnels, geotechnics, roads)
    • Buildings
    • Town planning
    • Transportation planning
    • Transportation management
    • Environment (3 sub-fields: rivers & coastline, pollution management, risks prevention)
  • 5 months internship as an engineer assistant
• Third year :
  • Fewer common courses
  • Almost full-time courses for the chosen specialization
  • Masters thesis or internship as engineer for a duration of 6 months

The ENTPE also proposes a large panel of complementary courses, mainly enabling students to obtain a second degree. It is for instance possible for students to obtain degrees from the following schools:

• "Double" curriculum as engineer & architect with an architecture degree from the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Lyon, common course with students from the INSA de Lyon and the école Centrale de Lyon)
• "Double" curriculum as engineer & geologist with an engineering diploma in geology from the École nationale supérieure de géologie of Nancy
• Others...

The ENTPE is also entitled to deliver PhDs inside one of the 6 laboratories it shelters. Up to 20 PhDs are delivered each year.

The School is member of the following:

• Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Sea
• Conférence des grandes écoles
• Concours commun TPE/EIVP
• PRES Université de Lyon: Pôle de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur

The School also enables students to attend classes and obtain degrees from foreign universities, through many partnerships:

• New York University – United States (Master of Science – 9 months)
• University College Cork – Ireland (Master of Engineering – Environment – 18 months)
• University of Westminster in London – UK (Master of Science – 12 months)
• University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in Manchester – UK (Master of Science – 12 months)
• Université de Sherbrooke – Canada (Maîtrise – 18 months)
• Université Laval de Québec – Canada (Maîtrise – 18 months)
• École Hassania des Travaux Publics (EHTP) – Royaume du Maroc
• Université autonome de Madrid – Espagne
• Institut universitaire d'architecture de Venise – Italy
• University of California Berkeley – United States (Master of Science and Mechanical Engineering)

After School, they are mainly hired by big civil engineering companies, or engineering cabinets, such as Egis, Eiffage, Vinci, Arcadis, Bouygues, etc.

There are different possibilities:

• They can keep on obtaining a PhD either at one of the laboratories of the School, or one of the research labs of the Ministry.
• They can be selected to obtain another degree, through a "fourth year", which will either be another Master II equivalent, or a Mastère Spécialisé. This mainly concerns the technical areas where the employing ministry needs specific expertise as the civil aviation or the maritime safety.
• Those attending a double diploma as engineer & architect have to attend architecture school for another 2 years minimum
• Finally, most students enter the Ministry, as technical management staff.
• Still, it is possible for civil servants to go work for a private company, but then they will have to break the contract they have signed with the State, and therefore will have to refund all the money involved by the State in their scholarship (pays and tuitions fees), which sums up to around €90000. These amounts are usually paid by the private company.

It was established in Vaulx-en-Velin on a common campus with the school of architecture of Lyon. Numerous sports infrastructures exist, among which can be mentioned a 25 meters and 4 meters deep swimming pool, a dojo, a fitness room, 4 tennis courts. There is naturally also a cafeteria, a students' bar (Grimbergen, 1664) with its patio, a music room.

Thanks to an agreement with the local HLM office, students are housed in cheap and comfortable apartments near the school.

Like many other schools, the ENTPE focuses a lot on community life through different sport activities:

• indoor sports: volley, basketball, indoor-football, badminton, etc.
• outdoor sports : football, rugby, sailing, rowing, golf, etc.
• water sports : diving, water polo, etc.
• mountain sports : hiking, skiing, etc.
• dance, fitness.
• etc.

But also on less physical activities:

• Music
• Annual School Gala preparation
• The Rencontre Théatrales de Lyon (Reuteuleu), an international festival of student theater
• Oenology
• Cheese sampling
• Poker
• etc.

• École spéciale des travaux publics
• École des ingénieurs de la ville de Paris
• Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon
• École nationale des ponts et chaussées
• Centre des études supérieures industrielles