Signing a professional training contract allows students to gain their first paid work experience while continuing their studies. Some third-year specializations in the Grande Ecole Engineering Programme are thus offered through professional training contracts.
The benefits and promising career prospects explained by those most directly involved: the student, the company, and the school.
Arts et Métiers Texas A&M University, leading engineering education and research institutions, have joined forces after more than 20 years of collaboration to establish a transatlantic partnership for the industry of the future. This culminated in November 2017 with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the official creation of AM², a center for research, innovation, and training in the field of smart manufacturing and materials science in the heart of Europe at the Arts et Métiers campus in Arts et Métiers .
AM² is a joint research, innovation, and training center focused on advanced materials and manufacturing, bringing together teachers, researchers, doctoral students, and students from TEES Texas A&M andArts et Métiers.
AM² offers a huge strategic advantage for the United States and France, aiming to create significant synergies in today's global academic and research environment:
To establish AM² as a globally recognized center of excellence for applied research, training, and innovation in the field of materials science and manufacturing.
Stand out with an interdisciplinary approach to artificial intelligence, hybrid manufacturing, manufacturing analysis and control, multiscale analysis, and materials science in the fields of aeronautics, transportation, energy, the environment, and more.
Pool resources and skills through transatlantic teams to enable companies, large and small, to participate in projects at different levels according to their needs and funding.
Working closely on industrial and strategic issues common to both countries, AM² comprises two components:
- Study Abroad: Hosting engineering students from Texas A&M at the Aix-en-Provence campus for study abroad programs every summer
- Exchange semester with credit transfer
- Dual Master of Science degree Master of Science Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Science (AM²S) at the Aix-en-Provence campus (https://artsetmetiers.fr/fr/formation/parcours-m1-m2)
- Dual Master of Science degree Master of Science Interdisciplinary Engineering (ITDE) in Texas
TEES is part of Texas A&M University, one of the largest higher education systems in the United States, and collaborates with Texas A&M University College of Engineering, the second largest university engineering program by research expenditure in the country. TEES is a leading research institution and one of the top 10 engineering programs in the United States, with more than 35 professors specializing in advanced manufacturing.
Arts et Métiers
Arts et Métiers a founding member of the Industry of the Future initiative. It positions itself as a socio-economic player contributing to industrial development through the specific nature of its missions (training/research/transfer). It is developing a strategy based on the emergence of ecosystems as close as possible to businesses in order to provide support in terms of innovation and training. It is one of the most renowned engineering programs in France, a major technological institution with eight campuses and three institutes. Each year, it trains more than 6,000 students from bachelor's to master's level.
The MSMP-EA7350 laboratory is multi-site (Aix-en-Provence, Châlons-en-Champagne, Lille) and fully integrated into Arts et Métiers leads this transatlantic partnership with TEES-TAMU/USA for the industry of the future. It develops multidisciplinary research in the field of materials and manufacturing processes.
Dr. Satish Bukkapatnam
Director of TEES, Institute for Manufacturing Systems
Rockwell International Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University
satish@tamu.edu
Prof. Mohamed El Mansori
Director of the MSMP (Mechanics, Surfaces, and Material Processing) Laboratory Arts et Métiers
Associate Professor at Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station’s Institute for Manufacturing Systems
mohamed.elmansori@ensam.eu
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Arts et Métiers, in partnership withOpinion Way, has published its eighth barometer survey on young people's perceptions of industry. An initial survey was conducted in February 2020, and certain questions were asked again in May to see whether the COVID crisis had had an impact on young people's perceptions. The results show that, despite the context, the industry's image remains positive among high school students.
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