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Life at IFMA
Spacious modern buildings.
600 computers.
State-of-the-art industrial equipment.
Life in Clermont-Ferrand
Rated in the top 3 large cities in France for students:
A town which gives the priority to young people and focuses on an enjoyable
lifestyle and top-quality facilities.
Clermont-Ferrand has 39000 students, including 5000 international students.
Free time: an extensive range of affordable activities: International Short Film
Festival, vibrant electro scene, jazz festivals, voted “N°1 Rock City” in France.
Cinemas, theatres, museums, parks, Vulcania theme park, Aventure Michelin
museum...
Dedicated sciences campus
A complete range of amenities: restaurants
and cafeterias, accommodation, bus and tram
connections, self-service rental bikes, medical
centre, student affairs centre, sports stadium,
15 minutes by tram to the heart of the city.
Strong sport culture: rugby, skiing, ice hockey, athletics..
Multiple social aspects
Students’ bar and leisure centre, numerous clubs
and associations with a wide variety of free-time
activities.
Integration package for international
students
Faculty tutors.
Student mentoring.
French language classes.
Students’ International Team.
Situated in the exceptional natural environment of the Auvergne
region.
1 hour from Paris by
plane / 3 hours by
train. 1 hour from two
ski resorts, 3 hours
from the Mediterranean coast.
Institut Français de Mécanique Avancée
Campus de Clermont-Ferrand - Les Cézeaux
Tel. : +33 (0)4 73 28 80 00 - www.ifma.fr
www.facebook.com/MyIfma
Contact : [email protected] Tel. : +33 473 28 80 28 / +33 473 28 80 15
Institut Français de Mécanique Avancée
French Institute for Advanced Mechanics
www.ifma.fr
IFMA: Teaching the sciences and techniques which enable the design, construction and management of advanced mechanical systems, products and services.
- A public institution created in 1991 with the support of a Foundation of large
international industrial groups. Today the IFMA Foundation comprises 43 large
and medium-sized organisations, market leaders who contribute in a very concrete
way to the actions of the Institute.
- An institution which is open to the world: relations with over 250 universities
and companies in more than 30 countries.
- A national network: member of the prestigious Institut Mines-Télécom group of
schools, the N° 1 graduate engineering school group in France.
- A regional network: founding member of Clermont Université.
Enterprise at the heart of the Institute
A GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
BASED ON THE TRIPLE THEME OF TEACHING, RESEARCH AND ENTERPRISE WITH A STRONG INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATION
Mechanical Engineering Graduate School
Ambitious research policy based on excellence and innovation
Master of Engineering and PhD degrees
Training top engineers in advanced mechanics and industrial engineering, capable of working in multicultural environments: a
programme tailored to a constantly changing socio-economic context.
Researchers working in two CNRS laboratories
- A solid grounding in engineering sciences, soft skills, foreign languages and
international communication.
- 3 specialisations from the second year onwards: Materials and Structures;
Machines, Mechanisms and Systems; Industrial and Logistics Systems.
- Upcoming international master’s degree: InnoMech (Innovative Mechanisms: Materials, Design and Control).
- Teaching approach based on classes in small groups, project-based learning and hands-on experience.
IFMA focuses on an intercultural approach and cultivates international experience.
Some figures
Institut Pascal:
- Materials engineering, structural mechanics, industrial systems, image analysis, perception systems, robotics, process
engineering, energy, biosystems, photonics, wave technology,
nanomaterials.
- 130 permanent academic staff.
- Current portfolio of active grants totals 4 million euros from a
variety of sources including ANR, FP7 and industry.
LIMOS:
- Models and algorithms for decision making, communication
and information systems, production systems, design, organization and piloting of flexible production units.
- 68 permanent academic staff.
- Current portfolio of active grants totals over one million euros
from a variety of sources including ANR, FP7 and industry.
Many opportunities for international students to spend between
1 and 4 semesters at IFMA, taking courses or working on projects.
Rapid integration of our graduate
engineers
50% are recruited in the aeronautical, automotive, naval and rail industries. The average gross annual salary, including bonuses,
is €38,409 for recent graduates.
- A strong capacity for adaptation throughout
their future professional lives.
- Apprentice engineers (industrial engineering speciality): 89 weeks in industry over the
course of a 3-year programme.
A region with a rich enterprise culture,
including several large international groups,
medium-sized sector leaders and innovative
start-ups.
A cutting-edge technology centre of
3200m²
Equipped with industrial machine tools worth
a total of €3,500,000, used for teaching,
research and providing consultancy services
to industry: various high speed multi-axis
machine tools, flexible sheet metal cell,
milling-turning machine tool, PKM parallel
kinematic machine tool, various industrial
robots for machining and finishing.
- 680 engineering master’s - 20% of IFMA faculty are of students, including 40 on our apprenticeship programme.
- Most of the French students
enter IFMA after a 2- or 3-year
preparatory p r o g r a m m e
and competitive entrance
exams, or after a higher education course in a mechanical
speciality.
- 12 months’ total internships and 300 hours of semester project work in relation
with industry.
- Specialist courses and conferences given
by industrial experts.
international origin.
- 64 PhD students, including 38 international students from 21 countries, are supervised by IFMA faculty.
Possibility for students to obtain a concurrent master’s degree in research and to go on to prepare a thesis.
Doctoral school rated A+ by the AERES accreditation body.
Mission statement: Helping companies to evolve by offering the skills of our
engineers, researchers and staff; providing solutions in terms of organization,
methods and tools to respond to constantly changing industrial requirements.