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What does love have to do with electrical conductivity? Grenoble’s very own Alexandre Artaud served up a particularly engaging—not to mention entertaining—explanation in the second annual “My 180-second Dissertation” competition. Alexandre’s presentation won him the top slot in the national finals and two awards (second overall and the audience’s choice award) at the international finals […] >>

Six months after graduation, 90% of the 2014 Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma graduates who responded to a career placement survey by a French higher-education consortium (Conférence des grandes écoles) reported having found a job. The majority of these engineers work in industry, and—for 50% of them—in R&D. The top industries employing graduates are energy (31%), […] >>

This summer, INAC once again welcomed a group of high-school and preparatory-program physics and chemistry teachers for the 2015 edition of its Grenoble Physics School (GEPHY). The participating teachers were offered six tours. INAC’s new tour on materials and devices for energy storage garnered well-deserved attention, and the initial group of ten participants quickly grew […] >>

MINATEC played host to the fourteen finalist teams in the Inno’Cup Jr—a competition for innovators aged fifteen to eighteen—arriving from all over France this past summer to present their work. From a device that transforms walking energy into electricity, to antiseptic chewing gum, to a double bass the size of a ukulele, the teams’ innovations […] >>

The 2015–2016 school year is the best yet for Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Phelma engineering school. The school moved up the CCP admissions rankings between 60 and 230 slots, depending on the major. The CCP is a common entrance exam for France’s polytechnic institutes. The incoming freshman class size is similar to the 2014–2015 class, […] >>