The school is regularly ranked among the best in France in terms of Engineering,[1] Research,[2] and Innovation,[3] according to French Magazines[1] or International ones.

[4] Students are admitted to Phelma after two years of undergraduate studies: the Classe préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles.

The school recruits from the Concours Commun Polytechniques after the CPGE, or the Polytechnic Preparatory Cycle as well as from the dossier, at the bac + 2 level.

This internship focuses on making the students have a genuine technical experience as a non-qualified worker to provide them with this knowledge, given that they may end up being manager in the future.

This is called the Projet de Fin d'Etudes (or "PFE"), and allows students to have a full-time experience to find a job after the graduation, or even to get a professional contract for the following years.

These activities are organized by several student associations: A lot of other associations related to Grenoble Institute of Technology also exist in Grenoble and are available to students from the 6 schools, such as INProd (video editing), Club Oenologie (Wine analysis), Cinétoile (Cinema specific)...