A new engineering school in Cherbourg for the start of the 2025 school year: what you need to know

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L’Ecam

Louis-de-Broglie (named after the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics) was founded in 1991 by four industrial engineers. She moved to Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine), on the Ker Lann campus, a year later and was recognized by the State in 1994. In the Breton capital, where this year it welcomes 550 students (including 20% ​​women), the school delivers three engineering degrees

• :
• General engineer in initial training;
• Work-study civil engineer;

Work-study engineer in digital systems for industrial innovation (SNII).

Renewable energiesIn Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (Manche), it will initially offer engineering training in digital systems for industrial innovation, under the status ofapprentice and information continue

.^{From 2028, it will welcome students from 3} eyear of the general engineer cycle in initial training, under status of student

for specialized modules with a focus on low-carbon energies, particularly renewables. The establishment also plans to open acycle bachelor

in 2029.

David Margueritte, president of the Cotentin urban community

An investment of nearly 20 million euros If Ecam has chosenCotentin it is because it wishes to diversify “by extending its roots within aeconomic territory with a future and international trade “. Part of the courses will be taught in English

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The identification of two laboratories linked to the themes of future training, Lusac (University Laboratory of Applied Sciences of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin) and Greyc (research laboratory in digital sciences, biomedical imaging and multimedia), has also motivated this Breton school to expand into Normandy.

This establishment is supported by the Normandy Region and the Cotentin Agglomeration. “The Region, whose strategy is extremely proactive in helping the creation and development of new higher education establishments, and more particularly engineering schools, will ensure project management of the construction,” indicates the president of the Agglo. The cost of the investment is estimated atalmost 20 million euros . It will be determined by the choice ofinstallation location

: Les Fourches or the René-Le Bas space? The decision on this is expected to be made in the coming weeks.

In René-Le Bas In a provisional form, Ecam nevertheless plans aback to school in the Cotentinfrom 2025 at the René-Le Bas space, where it also plans to subsequently build astudent residence

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Twelve collaborators, including five teachers and teacher-researchers, are being considered for this opening. In 2030, there should be 24, including 14 teacher-researchers. “This opening was decided in consultation with the University of Caen. We arrive with real enthusiasm, because here, in Cotentin, there is aexceptional economic dynamics

», declared Hubert Maître, the director of Ecam, invited to present his school to elected officials.

*: Ecam is a private higher education establishment of general interest (EESPIG), under the supervision of the General Directorate for Higher Education and Professional Integration (DGESIP).