Conservatoire national des arts et métiers

Headquartered in Paris, it has campuses in every major French cities, in overseas France and in every francophone African country,[7] China,[8][9] Haiti,[10] Germany,[11] and Switzerland.

[12][13][14] Founded in 1794 by the French bishop Henri Grégoire, CNAM's core mission is dedicated to provide education and conduct research for the promotion of science and industry.

[16] Under the aegis of the French Ministry of National Education, the National Directory of Professional Certifications and the Accreditation authority for French professional engineers, CNAM provides Grande Ecole and non-Grande Ecole certificates, diplomas, Bachelor's degrees, Master's degrees and PhD's in Science, Engineering, Law, Management (AMBA-accredited[17]), Finance, Accountancy, Urban planning and Humanities, all designed to abide by the European Bologna Process, and thus complying with the European Credit Transfer System.

The CNAM hosts also a museum dedicated to scientific and industrial inventions: Musée des Arts et Métiers (English: the Industrial Design Museum) which welcomed 250,000 visitors in 2018,[18] and is located on the Parisian campus of the French National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts at 292 rue Saint Martin, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, in the historical area of the city named Le Marais.

Founded on 10 October 1794, during the French Revolution,[19] it was then proposed by Abbé Henri Grégoire as a "depository for machines, models, tools, drawings, descriptions and books in all the areas of the arts and trades".

At the present time, it is known primarily as a grand-école and university for: The collection of inventions is now operated by the Musée des Arts et Métiers.

[24] On 25 November 1819, at the instigation of Duke Decazes, newly nominated as Minister of the Interior, a three-Chairs higher education is established at the French National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts: Applied Mechanical Engineering vested in Baron Charles Dupin; Applied Chemistry entrusted to Nicolas Clément; and Industrial Economics left with Jean Baptiste Say.

Shall some specific classes be available only in Paris or at another regionalc centre, the student can attend these courses on-site, shall it be required (for example laboratory sessions in Life Science, Physics or Chemistry).

[16][36] The doctoral college of CNAM comprises two doctoral schools:[37] Doctoral schools in partnership with other French Universities: In 2022, amongst the 4366 curricula in total, the array of the Cnam's academic curricula spans the following[46]: The French National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts is a Grand Etablissment (like the prestigious Collège de France founded in 1530), but is also a Grande Ecole which provides Grande-Ecole degrees, i.e. solely Master's Degrees, MBAs and PhDs (Grande Ecoles do not bestow diplomas lower than a European Master's degree level).

Grandes écoles, like CNAM, are elite academic institutions which enroll students via an extremely competitive process, and a significant proportion of their graduates occupy the highest levels of French society.

Those levels of study include various "parcours" (in English: paths or curricula) based on UE (Unités d'enseignement or Modules, in English: Teaching Units or Modules), each worth a defined number of European credits (ECTS) and thus abiding by the Bologna Process of the European Union.

[53][54] While students prepare for these National Competitive examinations right after their high school diploma (often obtained with a magna cum laude or summa cum laude) during a two-year preparatory programme in high schools proposing such curricula; some other students will start an Undergraduate or Bachelor's degree and prepare for the national Competitive examinations along their studies at Universities or private Colleges in France or abroad.

As CNAM provides remote and continuous education, the access to the Grande Ecole does not require that candidates go through preparatory classes.

[55] Graduates from the Grande Ecole Engineering School: EiCNAM, receive coloured graduation scarf during the diploma bestowal ceremony, depending on the major they belong to: In 1973, the Louis-de-Broglie Foundation was created at the French National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts by Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics Louis de Broglie along with Physics Nobel-Prize Laureate Louis Néel, and Fields Medallist René Thom, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of matter waves.

Tennis Court Oath (1789) by David : the abbot Henri Grégoire, was a founding member of the French Conservatory of Arts and Crafts, and is shown here wearing his clergy black cloth, in the foreground, at the centre of the painting with Dom Gerle on the left and Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne on the right-hand side.
Tennis Court Oath (1789) by David : the abbot Henri Grégoire , was a founding member of the French Conservatory of Arts and Crafts, and is shown here wearing his clergy black cloth, in the foreground, at the centre of the painting with Dom Gerle on the left and Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne on the right-hand side.
For the first time in history, in 1851, the French physicist Léon Foucault used a pendulum in order to prove the rotation of Earth around its own axis. The pendulum is exhibited at the Museum of Cnam on the Parisian campus and at the Panthéon.
For the first time in history, in 1851, the French physicist Léon Foucault used a pendulum in order to prove the rotation of Earth around its own axis. The pendulum is exhibited at the Museum of Cnam on the Parisian campus and at the Panthéon . [ 23 ]
Diderot and D'Alembert's Encyclopedia, as part of the French Encyclopedist movement during the French Enlightenment era, paved the way for the creation of an institution dedicated to arts and crafts.
Diderot and D'Alembert 's Encyclopedia, as part of the French Encyclopedist movement during the French Enlightenment era, paved the way for the creation of an institution dedicated to arts and crafts.
CNAM campus in Reims, Champagne province.
CNAM campus in Reims , Champagne province.
Paris-Saclay University is a partner of Cnam, with which the latter shares a doctoral college. Paris-Saclay University ranks 14 in the world according to ARWU, 1st in Mathematics and 9th in Physics (1st in Europe), with a teaching and academic research staff of 9,000, while catering 48,000 students — which is more than Harvard or Stanford.
Paris-Saclay University is a partner of Cnam, with which the latter shares a doctoral college. Paris-Saclay ranks 13 in the world in 2020 according to ARWU , [ 38 ] 1st in Mathematics and 9th in Physics (1st in Europe), [ 39 ] with a teaching and academic research staff of 9,000, while catering 48,000 students — which is more than Harvard or Stanford. [ 40 ]
Helium–neon laser used at the LNE-CNAM: the National Laboratory of Experimental Metrology, under the aegis of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM), based in Paris and of EURAMET, which conduct research projects in cooperation with the Kastler–Brossel Laboratory, the latter being a shared laboratory of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Grande Ecole École normale supérieure, the Sorbonne University and the Grand Etablissement Collège de France. Specializing in fundamental physics of quantum systems, it was named after Alfred Kastler French physicist, and Nobel Prize laureate and Jean Brossel, French physicist known for his work on quantum optics and Holweck Prize Laureate.
Helium–neon laser used at the LNE-CNAM: the National Laboratory of Experimental Metrology, [ 41 ] under the aegis of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM), based in Paris and of EURAMET , which conduct research projects in cooperation with the Kastler–Brossel Laboratory , the latter being a shared laboratory of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Grande Ecole École normale supérieure , the Sorbonne University and the Grand Etablissement Collège de France . [ 42 ] Specializing in fundamental physics of quantum systems , it was named after Alfred Kastler French physicist, and Nobel Prize laureate [ 43 ] and Jean Brossel , French physicist known for his work on quantum optics and Holweck Prize Laureate. [ 44 ] [ 45 ]
National Convention Altar or also called Republican Altar, inside the Panthéon in Paris. The term grande école originated in 1794 after the French Revolution, upon the creation of the École normale supérieure, of the École centrale des travaux publics (later École polytechnique, France's foremost Grande Ecole of Engineering, abbreviated nowadays as "ℓ'X" in French) by the mathematician Gaspard Monge and Lazare Carnot and of the French National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts by the abbot Henri Grégoire, which all resulted from the National Convention.
National Convention Altar or also called Republican Altar, inside the Panthéon in Paris. The term grande école originated in 1794 after the French Revolution , [ 47 ] upon the creation of the École normale supérieure , of the École centrale des travaux publics (later École polytechnique , France's foremost Grande Ecole of Engineering , abbreviated nowadays as " ℓ'X " in French) by the mathematician Gaspard Monge and Lazare Carnot and of the French National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts by the abbot Henri Grégoire , which all resulted from the National Convention . [ 48 ] [ 49 ] [ 50 ]
Commemorative plaque of Gaston Planté on the Parisian Campus of CNAM, inventor of the first lead-acid accumulator and first reusable lead-acid battery.
Commemorative plaque of Gaston Planté on the Parisian Campus of CNAM, inventor of the first lead-acid accumulator and first reusable lead-acid battery .
Exhibit of the Micral N, at the CNAM Industrial Design Museum, on the parisian campus of CNAM – first micro-computer using a micro-processor in the world, invented by François Grenelle.
Exhibit of the Micral N , at the CNAM Industrial Design Museum , on the parisian campus of CNAM – first micro-computer using a micro-processor in the world, invented by alumnus François Grenelle .
A Colomban Cri-Cri (F-PRCQ) MC-15 Cri Cri (Cricket) exhibited under an Airbus A380 at the 2011 MAKS airshow, the world's first all-electric (CO2-neutral) 4-engine aircraft developed by EADS Innovation Works and manufactured by Aero Composites Saintonge.
The Colomban Cri-cri (Cricket) F-PRCQ exhibited under an Airbus A380 at the 2011 MAKS airshow , the world's first all-electric (CO2-neutral) 4-engine aircraft developed by EADS Innovation Works and manufactured by Aero Composites Saintonge , following alumnus Michel Colomban 's Cri-Cri aircraft series.
Example of Bézier curve, invented by Cnam alumni, engineer and mathematician Pierre Bézier.
Example of Bézier curve, invented by Cnam alumnus, engineer and mathematician Pierre Bézier .