Arts et Métiers ParisTech

Arts et Métiers ParisTech is a French engineering and research institute of higher education. It is a grande école, recognized for leading in the fields of mechanics and industrialization. Founded in 1780, it is among the oldest French institutions and is one of the most prestigious engineering schools in France.[3] It has been consistently ranked among the top ten French engineering schools and was ranked fifth in France for Mechanical Engineering in the Shanghai ranking 2018.[4]

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Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology

Former names	ENSAM (École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers), École impériale d'arts et métiers, Ecole d'arts et métiers
Type	Public, Grande école
Established	1780; 243 years ago (1780)
Academic affiliations	ParisTech, France AEROTECH, CGE
Budget	€124.6 M (in 2011) [1]
President	Laurent Champaney
Academic staff	600
Students	6200[2]
Location	Paris , France 48.8341°N 2.3575°E / 48.8341; 2.3575
Campus	Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Angers, Lille, Bordeaux, Châlons-en-Champagne, Cluny, Metz
Institutes	Bastia, Chambéry, Chalon-sur-Saône
Colors	Purple & orange
Nickname	Gadzarts
Website	www.ensam.eu

The school has trained 85,000 engineers since its foundation by François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt. It is a "Public Scientific, Cultural and Professional Institution" (EPSCP) under the authority of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research and has the special status of Grand établissement. The École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers (ENSAM), which adopted the brand name "Arts et Métiers ParisTech" in 2007,[5] was a founding member of ParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology), héSam [6] and France AEROTECH.

Arts et Métiers ParisTech consists of eight Teaching and Research Centres (CER) and three institutes spread across the country. Its students are called Gadz'Arts.