History
The history of the different ParisTech colleges goes back to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.Four of them were founded in the 18th century to train the technical and military managers for the government’s senior branches (Army, Mines, Civil Engineering, etc.). The most recent were created at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
ParisTech was founded in 1991 under the name, “Grandes Écoles d'Ingénieurs de Paris,” through the voluntary association of nine Paris engineering colleges. Joint actions gradually developed throughout the 1990s, especially in the international field. The name ParisTech, more easily understood internationally, was adopted in 1999.
Three new colleges joined ParisTech over the years. Most of its members are public institutions placed under the supervision of various ministries (Higher Education and Research, Environment, Budget, Agriculture and Defence) as well as the City of Paris or even the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which finance them respectively. Only one is a state-approved private institution.
On 21 March 2007, ParisTech was created by decree as a research and higher education consortium (pôle de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur). Henceforth, it took on the form of a public scientific cooperation institution, the Paris Institute of Science and Technology, called ParisTech.
With this recognition, ParisTech had an institutional framework it could use to strengthen its development.
Foundation of Mines ParisTech in 1783
