École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées

infobox University
name = École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées


motto = L'intelligence informatique ("computer intelligence")
city = Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
campus= Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Villejuif
country = France
type = French Grande Ecole
president = Fabrice Bardeche
website = http://www.epita.fr/ecole-relations-internationales.html

The École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées (the "Graduate School of Computer Science and Advanced Technologies"), more commonly known as EPITA is a French school specialized in the field of computer science and software engineering. It is a private engineering school, based in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, south of Paris.

Studies

Preparatory class

The first two years of studies are "classes preparatoires" or preparatory class. During these two years, students study mathematics, physics and electronics as well as algorithmics and computer science.

Engineering

The first year

The third year is the first year of engineering studies, where students learn the fundamentals in information technology in software engineering.

Majors

During the fourth and fifth years students have to chose one of the seven majors:

* SRS, Systèmes, Réseaux et Sécurité ("Systems, Networks and Security")
* MTI, Multimédia et Technologies de l'Information ("Multimedia and Information Technology")
* SCIA, Sciences Cognitives et Informatique Avancée ("Cognitive Science and Advanced Computer Science")
* GISTR, Génie Informatique des Systèmes Temps Réel ("Computer Engineering and Real-time Systems")
* SIGL, Systèmes d’Information et Génie Logiciel ("Information Systems and Software Engineering")
* TCOM, Télécommunications ("Telecommunication")
* CSI, Calcul Scientifique et Image ("Scientific Calculation and Image")

External links

* [http://www.epita.fr/ecole-relations-internationales.html Official website]
* [http://www.lrde.epita.fr/ The "Research and Development" laboratory]
* [http://www.sigl.epita.fr/ The "Information Systems and Software Engineering" major]
* [http://srs.epita.fr/ The "Systems, Network and Security" major]
* [http://www.lse.epita.fr/ The "Systems and Security" laboratory]
* [http://www.3ie.fr/ The "Innovation" laboratory]