Historic milestones

Mines group

1783

Creation of Mines ParisTech

1816

Creation of Mines Saint-Etienne

1843

Creation of Mines Alès

1878

Creation of Mines Douai

1919

Creation of Mines Nancy

1990

Creation of Mines Nantes

1992

Creation of Mines Albi-Carmaux

2007

Creation of Groupe des écoles des Mines (GEM)

2010

An associate school agreement with the Institut Français de Mécanique Avancée (IFMA)

2011

An associate school agreement with the Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Génie Electrique (ESIGELEC). An associate school agreement with the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie (ENSG).

March 1st, 2012

Creation of IMT

Télécom group

1878

The Ecole Supérieure de Télégraphie (EST), created by the Post and Telegraph Administration, became the Ecole Professionnelle Supérieure des Postes et Télégraphes (EPSPT) in 1888 and the Ecole Supérieure des Postes et Télégraphes (ESPT) in 1912.

1904

Invention of the word ‘telecommunication’ by Edouard Estaunié, director of the EPSPT

1912

The Ecole Professionnelle Supérieure des Postes et Télégraphes (EPSPT) becomes the Ecole Supérieure des Postes et Télégraphes (ESPT)

1942

ESPT is splitted into two separate entities :
– l’ENSPTT for administrative higher education
– l’ENST (now Télécom Paris) for technical education for engineers.The school is managed by the Direction Supérieure des Enseignements (DSE) of the DGT.

1977

Creation of ENST Bretagne

1979

The National Institute for Technical Managers became the National Institute for Telecommunications (INT). INT supported the two current schools, Télécom SudParis and Télécom Business School, which have gradually gained their independence whilst sharing the Evry campus.

1990

Creation of subsidiary establishments (Théséus, ENIC now Télécom Lille)

1991

Creation of subsidiary establishment Eurécom

1996

Following the privatisation of France Télécom, The Groupe des écoles des télécommunications (Telecommunications Schools Group) is created by the Government, on 27 December 1996, as a replacement for the operator in the management of the 3 telecommunications schools.

2008

The Telecommunications Schools Group (GET) changes its name to become Institut Télécom.

2 associate school agreements signed with the ISTASE (now Télécom Saint-Etienne) and ENSPS (now Télécom Physique Strasbourg).

2010

An associate school agreement with ENSEIRB-MATMECA located in Bordeaux

2011

2 associate school agreements signed with ENSIIE in Evry and ESIAL in Nancy

Historic milestones

Mines group

1783

1816

1843

1878

1919

1990

1992

2007

2010

2011

March 1st, 2012

Creation of IMT

Télécom group

1878

1904

1912

1942

1977

1979

1990

1991

1996

2008

2010

2011

March 1st, 2012

Creation of IMT

IMT

IMT’s graduate schools

Subsidiary schools

Accreditation and key partners

Historic milestones

Mines group

1783

1816

1843

1878

1919

1990

1992

2007

2010

2011

March 1st, 2012

Creation of IMT

Télécom group

1878

1904

1912

1942

1977

1979

1990

1991

1996

2008

2010

2011

March 1st, 2012

Creation of IMT

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IMT

IMT’s graduate schools

Subsidiary schools

Accreditation and key partners