| École des ingénieurs de la ville de Paris | |
| Established: | 1959 |
| Coor: | 48.874°N 2.3819°W |
| Campus: | 80 rue Rébeval, 19th arrondissement of Paris |
| Affiliations: | Gustave Eiffel University |
| Website: | EIVP |
The École des ingénieurs de la ville de Paris (Engineering School of the City of Paris) is the only French grande écolewith an emphasis on urban engineering.[1]
The top-level graduate school, which is already actively involved in networks bringing together distinguished schools of higher education, has taken another step by partnering with École des Ponts ParisTech.[2]
Established in 1959 to educate the junior civil servants for the City of Paris, EIVP nowadays also educates young professionals for the private sector.[3] They have to deal with the educational disciplines linked to cities: building, urbanism, transportation and environment.Foreign students are welcomed to train for a one or two year curriculum (via ERASMUS or n+i[4]), or for internships.
The students are recruited through a competitive exam after 2 to 3 years of higher education (equivalent of college), usually in preparatory classes to enter elite schools ("classes préparatoires"). Laureates acquire a status of trainee civil servant, and receive a salary while they are students at the school.
EIVP students are selected through an exacting, highly competitive process and are particularly well trained: 100 students join the school every year.
A new campus opened during fall 2012 at 80 rue Rebeval, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, in the former building of the Ecole d'Architecture Paris-Belleville, which was also a former factory of Meccano model construction system.
EIVP students participate each year in ATHENS Programme.