Summer internships 2011 - Lille
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Summer internships 2011 - Lille
DUAL DEGREE USA/Canada/Australia 2014 1 ECLille DD USA/Canada/Australia 2014 North America USA University of Texas at Austin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Georgia Tech Penn State CANADA University of Waterloo Université Laval Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal 2 ECLille DD USA/Canada/Australia 2014 University of Texas at Austin • EC Lille since 1985 • State university – « State Ivy » • 4th in latest Shanghai rankings (Engineering) • Cockerell School of Engineering Civil,Architectural and Environmental Engineering (CAEE) Petroleum Engineering (PE) Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Chemical Engineering (CE) Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (AEEM) Mechanical Engineering (ME) Materials Science (MatSci) Computer Science (CS) 2010-2014 3 ECLille DD USA 2012 – 44 summer interns - 29 interns G2/G3 - 21 DD - 6 PHD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • ECLille - UIUC agreement signed in 2010 • State university • $1bn – budget for sciences (including engineering sciences • 5th in latest Shanghai ranking •Confirmed links with the following departments Bioengineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Aerospace Engineering CEE Mechanical Sciences • 2010 – 2014 34 EC Lille students in summer internships 25 G2/G3 interns • 2011- 2014 7 EC Lille students admitted to Masters program (double diplôme) (Bio, ECE, AE) •3 EC Lille students currently in PhD program 4 ECLille DD USA 2012 Georgia Institute of Technology Situated in Midtown Atlanta 9th in latest Shanghai rankings Aerospace Engineering Civil Engineering ISE 2013-2014 5 ECLille DD 2012 3 summer interns 1 G3 intern 1 PhD Penn State University • Mid-Pennsylvania – « Ivy League » campus • Ranked 11th in Engineering (Shanghai) • Graduate Degree Programs – Engineering Acoustique – Pr. c Sparrow Aerospace engineering Civil Engineering 1 DD (2011) – joined Apple (Noise Engineer) 6 ECLille DD 2012 University of Waterloo (Ontario) • Ranked in top five Canadian universities (43rd Shanghai) • Graduate Degree Programs – Engineering Chemical Engineering Department Civil & Environmental Engineering Department Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Management Sciences Department Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering Department Systems Design Engineering Department • Currently 3 EC Lille students in double degree programs • Research in Motion on campus • Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology 7 ECLille DD USA 2012 Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal • DD avec le GEC • 2 étudiants DD - Génie Elctrique - Maths appliquées Université Laval • Québec (ville) • Faculté des Sciences et de génie : informatique et génie logiciel (Pr. Nadir Belkhiter) • Frais de scolarité réduits. 8 ECLille DD 2012 Do’s and don’ts Do! 1. decide on an area in which you want to work 2. check out the university department 3. find professors to work with. Look at their websites, download their articles. It’s the individual professor who finances you. Get to know him/them. 4.The graduate advisor can help. 5. Try to find a professor who has already worked with EC Lille students. 6. Contact the students who have worked with him 6. Prepare the TOEFL (ibT) and GRE – bad scores mean no entry 9 ECLille 2012 Don’t 1. …..ask a professor about finance. He won’t/can’t answer. 2…… assume they want to recruit you. The French grandes écoles system is 99% unknown outside France. So are the classes préparatoires 3. …..forget that there are roughly 10 students for every place in a Masters program. How can you stand out? What are your strong points? Sell yourself! 4…….say that you’re not interested by a possible PhD. Research is the primary function of the major universities and the main factor in their ranking. 10 ECLille DD USA Canada Money, Money, Money…… It’s the name of the game (Abba) The example of UT Austin State universities not entirely financed the state (i.e. Texas, Illinois, etc) e.g. Texas – 15% of budget Sources: i) research contracts ii) endowments iii) fees See ‘Giving’ ‘Donors’ etc on the Cockerell School website Who has the money? ……….Professors (nb – Full/Associate/Assistant) How much? i) Fees ± $26K ii)RA = $25K iii) Medical insurance…. x 2 = ± $110K Are you worth it? 11 ECLille UTA UIUIC Summer internships 2011 Documents pour Centrale Lille (autorisation à poursuivre) Curriculum vitae Bulletin scolaire actualisé Lettre de motivation Budget envisagé Plan d’études !!!! Tout dépendra du jury de juin………. 12 ECLille DD USA Canada Documents pour l’université américaine Statement of purpose TOUS les bulletins des prépas et de EC Lille traduits en anglais et avec GPA (3.30 est le minimum. Viser plutôt 3.50 +) CV en anglais TROIS lettres of recommandation en anglais (et les originaux) 13 ECLille DD USA Canada Admission procedures 14 i) Graduate Office – administrative (transcripts, letters of recommendation, statement of purpose, GRE score, TOEFL score Before Dec. 15th or January 15th i) Department – quality of candidate. Discussion between professors. 500 candidates/ 25 places ECLille UTA UIUIC Summer internships 2011 Questions to ask yourself this summer….. Which research area interests me? Why? Which country/university? Which professor? Look at their research areas (personal website) Am I prepared to do the paperwork involved in applying ? Am I prepared to stay for a PhD ? If I’m not financed 100% immediately, can I afford it? ASK THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY FOLLOWING A MASTERS/PhD COURSE !!!!!!!!!!!! THEY KNOW THE ANSWERS……… 15 ECLille DD USA Canada Australian Universities University of Queensland at Brisbane - TIME member - DD University of New South Wales at Sydney Visit to EC Lille by Dr. Rodney Chaplin (June 13th) University of Melbourne Australian National University (Canberra) Curtin University (Perth) All universities give accreditation as an engineer. Possibility of working in Australia after degree. 16 ECLille UTA UIUIC Summer internships 2011