École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Brest (ENIB)

ADULT EDUCATION

Within the context of developing a professional activity, it is possible to alternate training periods with employment throughout one’s life.

You may be in work or unemployed and wishing to improve or validate your professional experience;

You may wish to obtain a qualification, return to education or complete studies that might have been interrupted;

You will find the solutions to all of these projects at the ENIB.

With this objective, the ENIB draws on its fields of expertise and offers:

Returning to education via the FONTANET system (website in French);
A nationally-recognised engineering qualification (DPE);
Alternation between academic study and professional placements;
Short training periods.

FURTHER EDUCATION: QUALIFICATION ("FONTANET" COURSE)

Admission Requirements

Candidates must hold a higher diploma in technological fields or equivalent, and have at least 3 years’ high-level professional experience.

Aim of the Course

To obtain an ENIB engineering degree in one of the following three specialisations:

Electronics
Computer Science
Mechatronics

The degree obtained is the same as that issued to students arriving directly from school. The means by which the degree was obtained are not specified on the qualification.

How the Course is Organised

The course is composed of two parts: foundation level and a degree level. Each of these cycles is made up of two semesters each with 430 hours of classes.

1. Foundation Level

The course may be completed either as part-time or full-time study. Following an interview with the candidate and consideration of his/her curriculum vitae, the customised content of the course is decided by the admission jury, taking into account the candidate’s existing skills and desired speciality.

The student also has the option of following an integrated foundation level course during two semesters. The content of these semesters depends on the student’s choice of specialisation. Further details are available in the curriculum (S5E or I or M and S6E or I or M).

2. Engineering degree level:

Direct admission at this level depends on the validation of the foundation level course.

This course is full-time over 3 academic semesters during which students follow classes by modules which correspond to those given to students in the 4^thand 5^th years of arriving directly from school. Each module comprises around 42 hours of teaching.

Teaching in these semesters is made up of:

Semester 1	Semester 2	Semester 3
3 Core Modules 4 common modules from the chosen specialisation 1 optional module from the chosen specialisation ½ module: 1^st language ½ module: management	A 6-week period of 4.5 service-sector modules followed by a 12-week placement within a company.	4.5 optional modules from the chosen specialisation 4 common modules from another specialisation ½ module: 1st language & management

Further details are available in the ENIB curriculum.

Admission

Candidates are admitted after an interview and consideration of their file. The jury evaluates the students’ previous level of education, their professional background and the reasons they want to become engineers.

Candidates may enter the school at either foundation or degree level.

Cost of the Course

Administrative charge: 85 €

Per university year. Tuition fees as fixed by ministerial order: € 550 for the university year 2009/10

Per semester. Costs per semester for adult education as voted by the governing body:

If funded* by a company or other organisation: € 1950 per semester, or € 3900 for the university year 2009/2010;
If not funded* by a company or other organisation: € 450 per semester, or € 900 for the university year 2009/2010 (proof of refusal of request for funding required).

* Funding

This course is recognised by the French state and interns are therefore eligible for remuneration and payment of tuition fees.
- If you are currently in employment:
- Integration into your company's training scheme (upon agreement with your employer). Your salary and tuition fees will be paid by your employer and you will remain an employee of that company.

- Personal leave for training (CIF). All or part of your salary and tuition fees will be paid by your company’s corresponding Fongécif and you will remain an employee of that company.
- If you are currently unemployed:
- Ask for advice at your local Pôle Emploi.

It is the canditate's responsibility to take the necessary steps with the appropriate organisations.

Enrolment

Application forms are available from January.
Deadline for applications: May 31st.
Candidates are selected following interviews in June.

Required Documents

· A photocopy of prior degrees or higher diplomas;

· Proof of previous professional activity certified by your previous employers;

· A photocopy of your passport or identity card;

· Two stamped self-addressed envelopes;

· A cheque to cover administrative charges (see above) made out to "l’Agent Comptable de l’E.N.I.B”.

· One passport photograph.

ACCREDITED ENGINEERING DEGREE (DIPLOME PAR L’ETAT): DPE ENGINEER

The E.N.I.B. is licenced to assemble a jury for the specialisation: ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING

Admission Requirements

The procedure leading to a D.P.E (state-recognised engineering degree) is reserved to those who can give proof of having five years' professional experience performing functions typically entrusted to engineers.

Objective

The aim of this procedure is to enable self-taught engineers to validate their professional skills by obtaining a state-recognised engineering qualification.

Terms

This is not a taught course but rather a procedure, comprising:

An evaluation examining the candidate's experience and professional skills. This takes place in the form of a unique jury of ENIB staff;
Should the candidate achieve the first examination, s/he then goes on to defend a dissertation on the subject of the field in which s/he works, followed by a discussion with the jury;
When the student has achieved the first two examinations, his/her file is then deliberated by a national jury who decides which candidates to accept.

Enrolment

Candidates must submit their application to the higher education and research ministry.
The applications can be found on the website of the higher education and research ministry under the heading “Formulaires administratifs”: www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr
(Applications: 1 June - 4 October 2009).

VALIDATION OF SKILLS

Obtaining an E.N.I.B. engineering degree

Admission Requirements

Experience acquired through working for a combined period of at least three years of paid or unpaid employment or voluntary work may qualify for validation. These skills must provide proof of, in all or in part, the knowledge and aptitudes required to obtain the requested degree (CF. Article 2 of decree N° 2002-590, 24 April2002).

Objective

The VAE enables candidates to obtain the ENIB engineering qualification.

Terms

Within the context of VAE, a partnership is established between the REVA office at the University of Western Brittany, Brest (UBO), and the ENIB's adult education department.

Should the requests by candidates for the ENIB engineering qualification by VAE be successful, they may then begin the skills validation process.

The candidate must pick up a project form (“fiche projet”) and an application at the UBO’s REVA office or at the adult education department (“formation continue”) at the ENIB. S/he must then write an application for validation or further training for his/her desired degree qualification in order to identify and to validate his/her background: professional, self-taught, etc.

The candidate will be required to come for a interview in order to determine his/her current status, and to sign a contract formalizing his/her commitment to the project (this interview will take place at either the UBO or the ENIB).

Having submitted his/her application, the candidate must then enrol and pay the required costs.

The candidate will then be asked to come for an interview with a VAE jury. Following the interview, the jury will grant either a total or partial validation of the degree. If the candidate obtains only a partial validation, the jury will recommend that s/he follows part of the course. If the candidate accepts, s/he must then enrol in courses at the ENIB through the adult education department.

Cost of the Procedure

VAE costs are fixed at:

€ 750 when the VAE is funded** by a company or organisation;
€ 180* if the VAE is not funded** by a company or organisation (proof of refusal of funding request required).

*Exclusive of tuition fees (current rate: € 550 for the university year 2009/2010).
** Funding:

The state authorizes the validation of skills and returning to education and thus candidates are eligible for both the same remuneration as student interns, and for grants (FONGECIF, Objectif Cadres, etc.). However, it is the candidate's responsibility to take the necessary measures and to contact the appropriate organizations.

Furthermore, since the signing of the unemployment agreement (18/01/2006) costs incurred by the unemployed relating to the validation of skills may in some cases be undertaken by the Pôle Emploi or other organisations.

Candidates who apply for a skills validation project (VAE) are entitled to 24 hours paid leave from work.

For further information:
www.education.gouv.fr
www.vae.gouv.fr

SANDWICH COURSE

Professional systems and services sandwich course

This option, available directly after the baccalaureate, can also be studied wwith the adult education department, within the context of either further education or validation of skills.

Discover systems and services (text in French)

SHORT TRAINING COURSES

With the aim of supplementing existing knowledge throughout one’s professional career, the ENIB also proposes short training courses for technicians and engineers.

These courses are organised over 2 or 3 days depending on the number of participants. They can be scheduled at any point during the university year.

The ENIB proposes the following courses in the fields of electronics, power engineering, computer science and mechanical processes:

Electronics

Introduction to Optics
Physical Optics and Lasers
Transmission along Optical Fibres and Optical Communication Systems
Image Analysis and Processing

Power Engineering

Nonlinear Control (oriented towards research and development)

Computer Science

Introduction to Virtual Reality (oriented towards research and development)
Bio-inspired artificial intelligence (oriented towards research and development)

Mechanical processes

Materials and adaptive systems (oriented towards research and development)
Industrial Robotics: Control and Modeling
Supervision of processes

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