Arts et Métiers three campus directors!
Arts et Métiers three new directors for its campuses in Bordeaux, Metz, and Paris.
Forging and foundry: jobs for a cutting-edge sector
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Arts et Métiers ESFF (École supérieure de Fonderie et de Forge) strengthened their partnership in June 2016 by signing a new agreement. This is an opportunity to raise awareness of the forging and foundry sectors, a modern industry that uses innovative technologies and whose graduates do not experience unemployment! Presentation with Pierre-Yves Brazier, director of the ESFF.
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What role do forging and foundries play in French industry?
Forging and casting are now present in most sectors of activity, as an unlimited number of industries use forged or cast parts, including strategic or high-tech sectors such as aerospace, automotive, medical, energy production, electronics, aeronautics, rail, etc.
These two sectors employ more than 39,000 people and include nearly 460 innovative companies. Their turnover amounts to €7 billion, of which about one-third is generated by exports. Annual production amounts to 2,200,000 tons of high-tech parts. France is internationally recognized for its cutting-edge expertise in this field. It ranks third in Europe, behind Germany and Italy, and 11th worldwide, behind China.
How are these sectors evolving?
Forging and foundry work have become modern industries that combine innovation, expertise, and high technology. Significant efforts in R&D and the use of innovative technologies enable French companies to adapt to customer and market requirements in terms of quality, productivity, and environmental protection.
What innovative technologies are used?
Examples include the development of digital tools for topological design, calculation, and simulation of cooling and solidification behavior, as well as thixoforging, net shape forging, cross-rolling, metal additive manufacturing techniques, structured materials, and more. Before being integrated by manufacturers, innovations are created, studied, developed, and tested. This is a lengthy process that requires significant resources.
What are the job prospects for recent graduates?
With specific training, they quickly find employment. In fact, demand from companies exceeds the number of students graduating each year from institutions offering this type of training.
As a result, the number of apprenticeship contracts available for ESFF apprentices regularly exceeds the number of successful candidates in the competitive entrance exam, giving them a wide range of opportunities both nationally and internationally. This proves that the cutting-edge skills required for careers in metal forming offer young graduates high employability.
What does the partnership with Arts et Métiers bring you?
It should be noted that the two schools initiated a partnership in 2009 and formalized it in 2011 for forging courses in the form of lectures, tutorials, and practical work. These courses, intended for ESFF students, are held in the plastic deformation and permanent assembly workshop on the Metz campus.
The agreement signed in June 2016 opens up new bridges between the institutions and allows for the sharing of resources. It enables the awarding of a joint degree: "Engineer from the École Supérieure de Fonderie et de Forge in agreement with the École Nationale SupérieureArts et Métiers in partnership with the Institut d'Études Supérieures de Fonderie et de Forge."
The scope of the partnership has therefore been expanded, with Arts et Métiers gaining access Arts et Métiers the ESFF to the networkof partner companies on which the school relies in many industrial fields such as automotive, aeronautics, mechanics, and construction. For the ESFF, this new association contributes to broader communication about our professions. In addition, it opens up opportunities for both technological and scientific teaching (applied mathematics, industrial electricity, etc.) by drawing on the specific strengths of each campus (forging, foundry, mechanics, etc.) and on the provision of teaching resources and technical equipment that complement those of the ESFF.
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Golden Beetle, a virtual clone using laser scanners
Since March 29, 2017, Scarabée d'Or, one of two Citroën vehicles that survived the first crossing of the Sahara in 1922, has been back on the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers Cluny until May 11. The goal for this second stop is to scan Scarabée d'Or with a laser scanner.
CrAMfunding Challenge: the first steps for student entrepreneurs!
On Thursday, March 23, students, donors, and partners celebrated the conclusion of the first edition of CrAMfunding, a challenge for entrepreneurship at the Kiss Kiss Bank Bank offices.
This challenge, launched among Arts et Métiers students, Arts et Métiers a resounding success: more than €100,000 was raised from 1,500 donors for the nine project teams.
"Find an innovative idea, identify a need, and seize the opportunity."
In 2013, three Arts et Métiers engineers specializing in simulation and virtual reality had the idea of creating the company Paztec. For four years now, they have been developing applications for smartphones and tablets.
Science Communication
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Making science accessible and understandable to everyone is an essential tool in the fight against misinformation. Arts et Métiers is committed to open science and to implementing initiatives for science outreach and popularization.
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Arts et Métiers ’s science communication policy is structured around five general objectives:
- Making knowledge accessible to everyone
- Raise awareness of issues related to sustainable development and corporate social responsibility (SD&CSR) and the role of engineering and technology in this field
- Structuring mediation efforts at the institutional level
- StrengthenArts et Métiers ’s appeal among young audiences in local communities
- Increase researchers' presence on social media and strengthen their communication skills
Recruitment of the Executive Director of the “Arts et Métiers ” for the 2027–2032 term
The term of office of the Executive Director of theArts et Métiers will end on February 26, 2027. As part of the process to appoint a new Executive Director for the 2027–2032 term, the institution is launching the recruitment process and providing details on how interested candidates can learn more about the responsibilities and challenges associated with this position.
IDT4EU Project
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IDT4EU (Immersive Digital Twins for Europe) is a European project aimed at supporting teachers and students in integrating immersive digital twins into higher education.
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Coordinated by the École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers, the project is co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ program. The project will run for 36 months and has a budget of 400,000 euros.
Developing Teaching Practices
Immersive digital twins are interactive digital replicas of real-world processes, environments, or systems, accessible through immersive technologies. In particular, they make it possible to reproduce complex situations
in realistic and secure environments, offering learners the opportunity to experiment, simulate, and analyze different scenarios without risk.
These technologies open up new possibilities for higher education, particularly in science and technology programs. They help align learning experiences with real-world industrial settings and provide students with more interactive and hands-on educational experiences.
However, integrating them into courses requires teachers and instructional teams to develop new skills. The IDT4EU project addresses this need.
Training Teachers in Immersive Technologies
The goal of IDT4EU is to contribute to the modernization of higher education by developing methods and tools for integrating immersive digital twins into educational programs.
The project has two objectives: to strengthen teachers’ digital skills and to offer students more engaging learning experiences that are aligned with the needs of the business world.
The work will focus in particular on engineering disciplines and technical training programs, where simulation technologies and digital twins can offer significant opportunities for testing complex systems and processes.
Two Areas of Focus
The IDT4EU project is organized around two main areas:
- Development of methodologies related to immersive digital twins: educational frameworks , technical recommendations, design and testing of pilot training programs, and creation of a repository of open-access educational resources.
- Teacher training and support: design and implementation of training programs for teaching staff, immersive workshops, simulations, mentoring initiatives, and a skills certification program.
Special attention will also be given to disseminating the project’s results through the organization of webinars and conferences and the publication of resources and best practices for European academic and industrial communities. These materials will be designed to be reusable and adaptable to different institutional contexts across Europe, with the aim of making a lasting contribution to the transformation of engineering education and the evolution of teaching practices.
The role ofArts et Métiers
Arts et Métiers coordinates the IDT4EU project and works with four European partner
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- Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) - Poland;
- Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) - Italy;
- NEdHo – New Education Horizons (NEDHO) - Finland;
- Inokufu - France.
The diversity of partners allows for the integration of academic, pedagogical, and technological expertise to develop solutions that can be replicated at various European higher education institutions.
From left to right: Krzysztof Ejsmont—WUT / Daniele Perossa—POLIMI / Léopold Boyart Bienenfeld— Arts et Métiers / Cristina Obae—NEdHo / Matthieu Sonnati—Inokufu / Thierry Koscielniak— Arts et Métiers / Sébastien Fernandez— Arts et Métiers
Contacts
- Thierry Koscielniak, project lead, expert in digital strategy and educational innovation
- Leopold Boyart Bienenfeld, Project Administration Coordinator, European Project Manager
Incubator: Definition, How It Works, and an Overview of the A&M Incubator
In the business world, an incubator refers to an organization that supports entrepreneurs and innovative startups in their launch and growth. This article explains how incubators operate and provides a detailed overview of the incubator Arts et Métiers, located on the Paris campus.