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
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
March 1st, 2012
Creation of IMT
IMT
IMT is a public institution dedicated to higher education and research for innovation.
It is a key player in the fusion of science, engineering and digital technology, and takes its schools’ skills into the major fields of transformation in digital technology, industry, energy and the environment as well as their impact on the industry of the future, cities, health, and autonomy.