It is under supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research and jointly managed by the chamber of commerce of Rouen, the Society of Engineers in Electrical Engineering (in French: Société des Ingénieurs en Génie Électrique, SIGELEC), and a consortium of private companies.

[1] He named it the Practical School of Industrial Electricity (École Pratique d'Électricité Industrielle) and established it at 53 rue Belliard in Paris.

It was renamed again in 1980, becoming the 'Superior School of Electrical Engineers' (French: École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Génie Électrique; ESIGELEC).

The school relocated to the Technopôle du Madrillet, in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, south of Rouen, an area dedicated to innovation with many companies and three academic institutions.

Eligible applicants are students who have successfully completed the prep school, a two-year Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, or an equivalent university level.

Schools of engineers in France are known to promote student life in order to create strong relations between students and allow them to do things they could not do at Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, the two years of intense study preceding the entry in the engineering cycle.

It consists of second year students of the engineering cycle gathering in lists and campaigning to obtain the management of the union office.

This center, dedicated to electrical systems and mecatronics, reinforces the range of research and teaching capabilities of both ESIGELEC and IRSEEM.