Future Now!

Mines Nancy trains engineers to become leaders with the intellectual and scientific prowess, creativity, responsibility and ethical standards to understand the world and move within it as agile and effective members of companies and organisations.

Its teaching is international, innovative and human-centred, designed to promote action-based learning that is strongly linked to companies and organised in an intercultural and multidisciplinary environment.

Located within an important university region and with strong ties to the business world, Mines Nancy offers its engineering students a scientific education of excellence delivered by passionate teachers who are also researchers at the frontier of current knowledge.

Through its educational philosophy, which aims to develop the person and inform the mind, the school prepares its students for the highest responsibilities, both in France and overseas, by cultivating in them a sense of responsibility, creativity and the ability to work in teams at the juncture of multiple disciplines and cultures.

This ambition is expressed through technological, economic and socially responsible projects that bring together students, teachers, researchers and managers from partner companies and organisations.

In addition, it inspires the Alliance Artem which, for more than fifteen years, has seen future engineers cross paths with students from the Nancy National School of Art and Design and ICN Business School.

The university is also a strategic partner of the Institut Mines-Télécom, the leading group of engineering and management schools in France.

Pursuing a strategy founded on openness to the professional world and cultures around the globe, Mines Nancy contributes to building a future where innovation and entrepreneurship shine.

Key Dates and Figures:

  • 1919: The Institut Métallurgique et Minier was founded and renamed the École Supérieure des Mines et de la Métallurgie a year later.
  • 1960s: The school innovated by developing the concept of a generalist and human-centred engineer open to the world.
  • 1971: The school became a keystone of the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine.
  • 1991: An Engineering course specialising in Materials and Production Management (now renamed Industrial Engineering and Materials) was introduced running parallel with the Civil Engineering programmes at Mines Nancy.
  • 1999: Alliance Artem-Nancy founded following the merger of the Ecole des Mines de Nancy, ICN Business School and the Nancy National School of Art and Design.
  • 2001: Mines Nancy introduced the Engineering course specialising in Design Engineering.
  • 2004: With the Groupe des Écoles de Mines, the school created a graduate school to promote its courses internationally.
  • 2008: The Engineering and Innovation chair was created with the aim of training engineering students in innovation management.
  • 2012: The school moved to its new premises at the Artem campus. The University of Lorraine was founded. The Institut Mines-Télécom was established.
  • 2016: The Artem Stand Up business incubator was launched.
  • 2017: The Artem campus was completed and officially opened hosting ICN Business School, the Nancy National School of Art and Design and the Institut Jean Lamour.
  • 2019: Mines Nancy celebrated its centenary: 100 years of innovation, excellence and openness to the world.
  • 3 Engineering programmes, 4 Post Masters (Mastères spécialisés, 4 Masters, 2 courses taught exclusively in English)
  • 800 students
  • 2 campuses
  • 6 research laboratories

Its Networks

  • IMT: the largest group of engineering and management schools in France. Mines Nancy and 12 other major engineering and management schools together form the IMT (Institut Mines-Télécom).
  • UL: University of Lorraine: an engineering heartland
    Mines Nancy is a flagship institution of the University of Lorraine and its collegium of 10 engineering schools. A community of knowledge proud of its diversity and championing the concept of ecosystem engineering.
  • ARTEM: a pioneering alliance promoting cross-disciplinary education