Teaching area : Physique - Electronique - Micro et nanotechnologies

From materials to advanced technology

The Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Grenoble is located at the heart of Grenoble's science and research cluster. Its 3-year courses train engineers to think innovatively in areas related to physical sciences and technology. It is based on the  Minatec site, Grenoble's micro and nanotechnologies innovation, where training, industry and research works together .

Teaching focus

ENSPG teaches the basics of physics alongside engineering sciences and business studies: energy and nuclear engineering, physical instrumentation for biotechnologies, component physics, functional and nanophysical materials, structural materials. Project-based teaching encourages students to think creatively and take initiative. Modules in project management, safety and risk management, business start-ups and international politics help students develop an interest in workplace and societal issues.

Research-based training

More than half our 3rd year students work on a Masters dissertation, in one of the eleven available specialties and approximately one third continue to doctoral level in France or abroad. ENSPG is part of  HERCULES, the European doctoral school for users of large facilities (synchrotron light sources and neutron sources), as well as the ESONN, the European doctoral school on nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Business opportunities

ENSPG students go on to work in nuclear energy (34 %), materials and physics (23 %), industrial instrumentation and IT (23 %), microelectronics and optoelectronics (20 %). INP Grenoble - ENSPG graduates mainly going to R&D engineer jobs in major industrial corporations or into research. 10 % work abroad.

International experience

30 % of students take the opportunity provided by

relations internationales de l'INP Grenoble to do 3-month to 1-year placements in foreign universities or companies. At the end of the 1st year, ENSPG students can apply for the NANOTECH  Masters set up by INP Grenoble, Politecnico di Torino and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, a engineering degree in micro and nanotechnologies for integrated systems jointly accredited by the three universities.