The École nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes (French pronunciation: [ekɔl nɑsjɔnal dɛ̃ʒenjœʁ də taʁb]; transl.
The main admission (60%[5]) to the ENIT is made through a selective examination during the year leading to the French “baccalauréat”, most of the successful candidates come from the scientific stream.
[9][10] Following a “common trunk” of 3 years during which the fundamentals sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry and electronics), engineering sciences (mechanics, design, manufacturing, industrial engineering, industrial IT, materials), and humanities sciences (communication, management, economics + English, espagnol, German languages) are taught, students specialize during the next 2 years in 5 different departments:[11] Like most all of the French educational system the ENIT is following the tradition of the Encyclopédistes which focus on breadth rather than depth.
[13] ENIT has signed agreements with universities both in and outside the European Union to promote cooperation in education and research activities.
It's a member of the Lifelong Learning Program with 99 partner universities in 33 countries: Europe (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom), Asia (Japan, Lebanon, South Korea ), North America (Canada), Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico) and Africa (Ghana, Morocco).
[16] Foreign students can also carry out an English language course semester with the European Project Semester (EPS), which is a 16-week industrial project offered to third, fourth and fifth-year engineering students in the fields of mechanical, industrial, electrical/electronic, IT and materials engineering, etc.
scheme and, accordingly, visiting professors and guest lecturers are invited to give courses at ENIT in English each year.