École des Mines de Douai


The IMT Lille Douai or "École nationale supérieure des Mines-Télécom de Lille-Douai" is a public French National Graduate School of Engineering. It is located in the Hauts-de-France region, shared between 2 campuses: the science campus of the University of Lille ; and the city of Douai. It is accredited by the Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur to deliver the French Diplôme d'Ingénieur.
The school trains high-level engineers and scientists in various technological fields. A small number of students are accepted each year, after a very selective exam. It is a crucial part of the infrastructure of French industry.
It is affiliated to University of Lille and Institut Mines-Télécom.
The École des Mines de Douai'' merges with TELECOM Lille in 2017; it becomes the largest engineering school in France north of Paris under the name IMT Lille Douai.

History

The École des Maîtres-ouvriers mineurs de Douai was founded on 27 March 1878 on the same model as the École des mines d'Alès, founded forty years earlier.
It was originally a vocational school providing for the training needs of skilled workers "Maîtres-mineurs" for the coal mining industry.
Chief Engineers Lebleu and Peslin were its first directors.
The number of admissions was 24 in 1878 and 20 in 1879, enough to meet demand, but fell to 15 in 1880 and averaged only 13 in the following decade.
An Alumni Societe was founded in 1886.
On 10 February 1892 Henry Küss was entrusted with the Douai mineralogical district, including mining school, a post he held until 1906.
Under Kuss the number of admissions averaged 27.5.
Only candidates who had working experience as minors were admitted.
To reassure critics who denounced training of civil servants and thought over-rapid improvement in the social status of workers would be dangerous, In 1905 Henry Küss stated that the pupils did "not need a very extensive scientific background, which they would anyway with very few exceptions be unable to assimilate.
By 1906, out of 393 alumni whose occupations were known, 151 were supervisors and 110 were surveyors or verifiers.
From 18 January 1906 graduates of the school could be appointed contrôleurs des Mines in the colonies.
By 1913 more than 80 of Küss's former pupils were working in the colonies or foreign countries.
In the 1960s the school made basic changes to adapt to the recession in the coal industry.
In 1965 it became a school for general engineers with two streams, Buildings/Public Works, and Mechanical/Metallurgy.
Studies took four years, interspersed with five mandatory internships in companies.
The school was authorized to issue an Engineering diploma in 1966.
Research activity developed from the mid-1970s, and a technology incubator was founded in 1985 to support creation of innovative new businesses.
In 1980 the school became the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines.
The École des Mines de Douai merges with TELECOM Lille in 2017; it becomes the largest engineering school in France north of Paris under the name IMT Lille Douai.

Education of ''Mines Douai''

First year

The selected students have various profiles. At the beginning the school offers a training with general courses:
During the second semester, several elective courses are offered and give students the opportunity to learn a particular subject related to engineering topics. These courses are divided into 4 sections:
The first year is equivalent to a bachelor's degree in general engineering: students have general knowledge about several engineering topics.

Second year

The second year is the first master year. Students are required to select a minor and a major. This couple of courses gives them a very personalized educational path. There are 13 minors and 8 majors. Some minors cannot be selected with some majors.
Environment and industryCivil EngineeringEnergy EngineeringMechanical EngineeringQuality EngineeringComputer EngineeringIndustrial Engineering and Industrial AutomationTechnology of Polymers and Composites
Health, Quality, Environment in Civil engineeringXX
Statistics of measures and risksXX
Techniques in Research and DevelopmentXXX
Structure of MaterialsXXX
Structural analysisXX
Manufacturing and AutomationXXX
Acquisition, processing of measures and regulationXX
Hydraulics et HydrogeologyXX
Valorisation of materialsXXXXX
Renewable energiesXX
Mobile applications and embedded systemsXX
Decision EngineeringXXX
Quality and security of information systemsXXX

The 8 majors offered are:
During the third year, in order to complete their technical knowledge students are required to study courses linked to professional positions. They have to select one group of courses among the following ones:
Mines Douai has a various range of academic partnerships with French and foreign universities. French students can go to a foreign university during the second year and/or the third year. They can also earn a double degree with some of the universities below. Foreign students can also come to Mines Douai.

Partnerships in France for an academic exchange