Mines Paris - PSL
Theory and Practice


235 years of history, always at the forefront of technological advances, modernity and heritage are an integral part of the identity and durability of Mines Paris - PSL.
Joining PSL University from 2012, our school offers graduate and post-graduate education programs to 1700 students, holds 18 research centers and is ranked # 1 institute for research partnerships, a unique link with
- Excellence training
190 civil engineers graduated per year and 28 specialized engineers recruited
230 graduates from 19 specialized Masters (including 2 created in 2018)
15 engineers from the Corps des mines
80 new doctoral graduates per year
150 trainees in continuing education
- A school in symbiosis with the corporate world
More than 23 million euros in research contracts per year (in partnership with ARMINES, Fondation Mines ParisTech ...)
1st French engineering school for the volume of contractual research
760 research contracts per year
200 industrial partners representing ¾ direct contracts
25 teaching and research chairs
20 companies created thanks to the School over the past 5 years:
Spotistic, Expliseat, 1Year 1Book, Nest for All, Weezic ...
311 patents and software
7 million euros in software industrialization and marketing activity,
made by Transvalor
- A top research school
2 Nobel Prize winners trained at the School (28 with PSL and 10 Fields Medals)
Maurice Allais (economics, 1988) and Georges Charpak (physics, 1992)
232 teacher-researchers
18 research centers, at the cutting edge in their field
80 theses defended per year
440 A-rank articles or books published each year
Creation of new disciplines: geostatistics, mathematical morphology, flat systems ...
- Open to the world
120 partner universities on 5 continents
30 double-degree agreements
35% of students of international students
52 nationalities represented
15% of teacher-researchers recruited internationally
20% of research contracts carried out with a foreign partner
Numerous research partnerships with French or foreign organizations:
CNRS, Institut Mines-Télécom, ParisTech, Inria, MIT, CalTech ...
Download Mines Paris - PSL presentation
Alma Catala, Director of International Relations, tells us about Mines Paris - PSL (2020)
Students tell us about their experience at Mines Paris - PSL
Jing, a Chinese student from Wuhan University (2022)
and read her interview before arrival in France in 2022 here
Pengyu, a Chinese student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, SPEIT (2022)
Yinuo, a Chinese student from Beijing University of Chemical Technology - BUCT (2022)
Julio, a Brazilian student from University of Sao Paulo - USP (2021)
Federico, a Colombian student from University EIA (2021)
Bo, a Chinese student from Civil Aviation University of China (2020)
Jingya, a Chinese student coming from Sun Yat-Sen University (2020)
Zhihao, a Chinese student coming from Shanghai JiaoTong University (2020)
Francisco, an Argentine student, prepares a double diploma Mines Paris - PSL / University Buenos Aires (2020)
Sebastian, an Argentine student, prepares a double diploma Mines Paris - PSL / University Buenos Aires (2020)