Historic milestones of the Institut Mines-Télécom

 

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1878 The Ecole Supérieure de Télégraphie (EST), created by the Post and Telegraph Administration, became the  Ecole Professionnelle Supérieure des Postes et Télégraphes (EPSPT) in 1888 and the Ecole Supérieure des Postes et Télégraphes (ESPT) in 1912.
1904 Invention of the word 'telecommunication' by Edouard Estaunié, director of the EPSPT
1912 The Ecole Professionnelle Supérieure des Postes et Télégraphes (EPSPT) becomes the Ecole Supérieure des Postes et Télégraphes (ESPT)
1942 Scission de l'ESPT en deux entités distinctes :
- l'ENSPTT pour l'enseignement supérieur administratif
- l'ENST (devenue Télécom ParisTech) pour l'enseignement technique aux ingénieurs. L'école est gérée par la Direction Supérieure des Enseignements (DSE) de la DGT.
1977 Creation of ENST Bretagne
1979 The National Institute for Technical Managers became the National Institute for Telecommunications (INT)
(INT supported the two current schools, Télécom SudParis and Télécom Business School, which have gradually gained their independence whilst sharing the Evry campus).
1990 Creation of subsidiary establishments (Théséus, ENIC now Télécom Lille1)
1991 Creation of subsidiary establishment Eurécom
1996 Following the privatisation of France Télécom, The Groupe des écoles des télécommunications
(Telecommunications Schools Group) is created by the Government, on 27 December 1996, as a replacement for the operator in the management of the 3 telecommunications schools.
2008 The Telecommunications Schools Group (GET) changes its name to become Institut Télécom.
June 2008 2 associate school agreements signed with the ISTASE (now TELECOM Saint-Etienne) and ENSPS (now Télécom Physique Strasbourg).
January 2010 An associate school agreement with ENSEIRB-MATMECA located in Bordeaux
September 2011 2 associate school agreements signed with ENSIIE in Evry and ESIAL in Nancy
1783 Creation of Mines ParisTech
1816 Creation of  Mines Saint-Etienne
1843 Creation of  Mines Alès
1878 Creation of  Mines Douai
1919 Creation of  Mines Nancy
1990 Creation of  Mines Nantes
1992 Creation of Mines Albi
December 2007 Creation of  Groupe des écoles des Mines (GEM)
January 2010 An associate school agreement with the Institut Français de Mécanique Avancée (IFMA)
February 2011 An associate school agreement with the Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Génie Electrique (ESIGELEC)
September2011 An associate school agreement with the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie (ENSG)
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