Key facts and figures at a glance

• Strong connection with the business community
  
• Contractual Reseach Structure, ARTS (organization), awarded with Institut Carnot certification
• 19 laboratories and/or and research teams spread across 11 campuses in France
• 50 university professors, 130 lecturers, 80 full-time-equivalent non-teaching staff
• 3 CNRS research directors and 7 CNRS research managers
• 373 Arts et Métiers and Mines ParisTech doctoral students
• Main fields of expertise : Material engineering, Product design, Process engineering, Fluid systems, Biomechanics, Risk management and decisions making, Electrical engineering, Applied Mathematics, Metrology

Arts et Métiers ParisTech has a policy of knowledge sharing networks, which spans all its research centers in France:

•  Processes Network :
  • Technology Network
  •  Resources Network
• Sustainability, Environment and Energy Efficiency Network
• Health related Technologies Network
• Design and Innovation Network
  • Innovation Theory, Virtual Reality
• Sustainable Design Network
• Industrial Engineering Network
• Transportation Network

A strong connection with the business community 

 The research carried out at Arts et Métiers ParisTech is based on strong ties with the business community. These ties, forged through the engineering students' final projects, date back to when the school was founded, and have contributed greatly to the institution's reputation.

Industrial businesses always look for greater innovation to keep them ahead of their competitors. The strategy of Arts et Métiers ParisTech's laboratories is to meet this demand by seeking the best possible match with the needs of its economic partners.

Managing innovation strategically means developing technologies that are as efficient as possible, and developing and implementing them in line with the economic, social and environmental principles of sustainable development.

 
The goal is to achieve scientific results that will guarantee the best possible solutions, which can then be put to use by companies. This partnership-based approach to research nurtures new ideas and builds up skill levels. It provides a balanced, complementary and fulfilling education for engineering students and postgraduates. The education given to Arts et Métiers engineering students encourages them to develop their sense of initiative, adapt to new technologies, maintain an open outlook on the world and remain constantly alert and responsive. Basing the teaching on research guarantees continuous access to the most up-to-date information.

Contractual Research Structure : ARTS awarded Institut Carnot certification

Arts et Métiers ParisTech has its own Contractual Research Structure, ARTS (organization). ARTS provides logistical support and manages research contracts signed with business partners.

Arts et Métiers ParisTech and ARTS have been awarded Institut Carnot status for their ARTS research structure (Research Activities for Technology and Society).
ARTS Institut Carnot includes 19 laboratories.

Public and private contracts combined amount to about 12 million euros per year, two thirds of which are research contracts and one third technical support contracts.
This structure gives Arts et Métiers ParisTech a powerful, responsive tool able to provide support to a variety of industrial sectors working with cutting-edge technologies.
The human and resource potential of Arts et Métiers ParisTech makes it a leading player both at a national and a regional level.

Moreover, the complementary nature of the expertise found in the institution's various laboratories makes it possible to provide extra resources for large-scale programs such as the operations of competitive clusters.

Focus on sustainable development

All the work on processes and materials carried out in our laboratories now takes environmental issues such as recycling into consideration.

In the research conducted at Arts et Métiers ParisTech, concern for the preservation of our planet for future generations takes the form of sustainable design, and in particular "clean" production and recyclability, optimizing energy consumption, reducing pollution and controlling overall quality and environmental risk.