On Thursday, March 24, the campus will host the 9th Grandes Ecoles – SME meetings, an event organized by the region's three leading engineering schools: Arts et Métiers, Centrale Marseille, and Mines de Gardanne.
These meetings aim to connect engineering students with local SMEs and mid-cap companies through booths and workshops. This will allow students to discover the opportunities offered by SMEs.
The event is aimed at first-year students from the three schools, with around 500 students expectedto attend; however, other year groups are also welcome.
33 SMEs have registered and will have a stand: ACE SOLUTION, AJR Conseil, ALTEREO, ATRIX group, Bertin Technologies, CLEARSY, Compagnie des Pâtissiers, CROSSCALL, GC Aethetics, ECIA/Cyclium, EAI Ingénierie, ECP, EGI, EKIUM, ENOGIA, Everdyn, FORTIL Group, Gaïa Energy Systems, GENWAVES, Groupe Fizfab, Groupe FOSELEV, iMOW!, ISO Ingénierie, Jacobs Clean Energy France SAS, MISTRAS, PARLYM, SARP Industrie, SCALIAN, SETEC EOCEN, SIGMAGREEN SAS, SNEF, WIT
Students will be offered workshops covering three different topics:
- the engineering profession in SMEs
- the profession of engineering consultant
- the profession of renewable energy engineer.
These workshops will be led by the CEOs of these SMEs, according to their sector of activity.
The aim is to introduce students to the often little-known world of SMEs and to spark their curiosity:
- career opportunities
- versatility of tasks
- taking responsibility, salary flexibility, autonomy
- discovering a profession/industry

Program
- 12:00 p.m.: Welcome for companies and setup of booths
- 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: cocktail lunch (subject to health conditions), company meetings, and welcome speech by the directors of the three schools
- 2:00 p.m.: opening of stands and workshops to students
- 5:00 p.m.: Closing of the SME Meetings with Engineering Schools
Contacts
Arts et Métiers Magali Fournié
magali.fournie@ensam.eu
Marseille Headquarters | Georges Berardi
+33 4 91 05 43 53
georges.berardi@centrale-marseille.fr
Georges Charpak Provence Campus - Saint-Étienne School of Mines | Michel Fiocchi
+33 6 19 76 33 50
michel.fiocchi@mines-stetienne.fr