École Centrale Paris

(ECP; also known as or Centrale) was a French grande école in engineering and science. It was also known by its official name . In 2015, merged with Supélec to form CentraleSupélec, a constituent college of the University of Paris-Saclay.

Founded in 1829, it was among the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles. Rooted in rich entrepreneurial tradition since the industrial revolution era, it served as the cradle for top-level engineers and executives who continue to constitute a major part of the industry leadership in France. Since the 19th century, its model of education for training generalist engineers inspired the establishment of several engineering institutes around the world, such as the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, Faculté polytechnique de Mons in Belgium, as well as other member schools of the Ecole Centrales Group alliance in France, Morocco, China, and India. Provided by Wikipedia