The Chalon-sur-Saône Institute, also called « Image Institute », is a major actor in the digital transition of companies in the region. Partnerships with industry and the region will be reinforced thanks to the renovation of an historic old mill which will house the Virtual Reality Innovation Pole.
Thomas Grosjean & Joan Roig, 2 engineering students from the Arts et Métiers Aix-en-Provence campus will participate in the 6th edition of the "Solar and Energy Boat Challenge" i
More than 1000 students will be participating this year at the 45th annual « inter gadzarts » student athletic union. which will take place in Aix en Provence from May 30 to June 2, 2019.
Arts et Métiers is ranked in the top ten Engineering Institutes in France for graduate employability.
This “factory” which will make you change your ideas as to what a factory is! the slogan for this extraordinary event taking place over 4 days.
On Nov 7, 2018, Hervé Adam, Managing Director of VINCI Energies and Alexandre Rigal, Vice President of Arts et Métiers signed a 3 year partnership agreement at the Chalons en Champagne campus of Arts et Métiers.
For the first time in its history, Arts et Métiers is now ranked in the 2018 edition of the Shanghai Ranking.
A delegation, led by Mr Sixian Jiang, Party Secretary, Chairman of the University Council of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) visited Arts et Métiers on November 6, 2018.
You need to prepare some things before you arrive in France. Here you will find some useful information.
French people do most of their shopping in supermarkets, usually open from 9.00 am to 8.00 pm, from Monday to Saturday.
Specialty shops are open from 9.00 am (even 7.00 am for the bakeries) to 7.00 pm every day except on Sundays (often closed a part of the afternoon).
Many shops and historical monuments are closed on Mondays.
The museums are generally closed on Mondays or Tuesdays.
Banks are open from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, from Monday to Friday. A few of them are open on Saturday, generally in the morning.
Meal times: breakfast (7.00 to 9.00 am), lunch (12.00 to 2.00 pm), dinner (7.00 to 10.00 pm).
Before leaving your home country check whether your bank has a partnership with a French network, it could make things easier. Otherwise, ask around the different banks close to your place of residence or to the School.
To open a bank account as non-resident, you should bring: your passport, residence permit (if applicable), proof of accommodation and proof of student status (student card or admission letter).
Ask for a cheque book ("chéquier" - most often free of charge) and a debit card ("carte bleue" - cost: from ~€30 onwards, depending on the bank).
Cheques are much in use to deal with administrative formalities in France.
For these formalities, you will also need "Relevé d’Identité Bancaire = RIB" (this is a paper slip bearing the bank logo that gives your account details, name, and the address of the bank). Ask for several "RIB".
You can have access to student restaurants operated by the CROUS (called “RU”="Restaurant Universitaire").
A meal will cost ~ €3.25 (upon presentation of your student card).
It is advisable:
For all emergencies, dial: 112, it is free from any phone
An operator will redirect your call to the appropriate service (ambulance, police or fire service)
4 major networks are operating in France: Orange, SFR, Free and Bouygues, offering a wide range of prices and services, with subscription ("avec abonnement") or without subscription ("sans engagement").
There are many other providers for mobile phones (to compare options).
Pay-as-you-go ("prépayé") mobile phones can be bought in newsstands, post offices and supermarkets.
To ensure that the expertise developed by Arts et Métiers has the best possible impact optimum impact, a small number of key intensive partnerships have been developed.
In 2017 the French-German Institute for the Industry of the Future was created in collaboration with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The Institute offers training, research, and innovation in four key themes of the industry of the future: virtual and augmented reality, advanced production processes, production chain management, and robotics and cobotics.
Alliance with Texas A&M University (TAMU): a TEXAS A&M site is currently being developped at the Aix en Provence campus for materials and processes research activities (with joint research teams).
Alliance with the Universidad del Pais Vasco Bilbao (UPV Bilbao): creation of “Aenigme”, an international laboratory, which is managed scientifically by Arts et Métiers’ I2M laboratory and has an impact on all Arts et Métiers laboratories working on sustainable materials and processes.
Agreement with the China Scholarship Council (CSC): 24 PhD theses have been started since 2012 (six of which have been publicly defended) by Chinese PhD students at Arts et Métiers under this agreement.
Alliance with CEATech on the theme of additive manufacturing.
Alliance with the PSA Group, the second car and motorcycle manufacturer in Europe: through the Materials and Processes OPEN LAB, which studies innovative materials and efficient processes in order to develop vehicles of the future.
Founding member of the TEAM Henri Fabre Association alongside Airbus Helicopters and EDF. This association develops multithreaded enabling technologies in the field of materials and processes.
Participation in the Renault eco2 process centre for improving the energy efficiency of combustion engines.
Creation of a “smart industries” living lab with KUKA and CITC (Contactless Technologies Innovation Centre).
Research Chairs: