Campus
Mines Paris – PSL has a network of four campuses in France, each offering a unique environment for learning, research, student life, and social and environmental engagement.
The various sites host the School’s programs: Bachelor’s, Civil Engineering, Specialized Engineering (work-study), Master’s, Specialized Master’s, Doctorate, Corps des Mines, and Executive Education.
Paris
60, Boulevard Saint Michel, 75006 PARIS
The Paris campus is the historic site of the École Centrale Paris, which moved into the former Hôtel de Vendôme in 1816. Initially renting the ground floor, it moved in permanently when the buildings were bought outright under the July Monarchy in 1837. Over the following decades, the building was gradually transformed to meet its teaching and research needs.
The Paris campus is home to the school’s administration, the main teaching facilities, the library, the mineralogy museum, the Fondation Mines Paris, Mines Paris Alumni, and several research centers:
The site is also home to the Institute for Digital Transformation (ITN).
Campus life in Paris
The campus brings together research, entrepreneurship, student engagement, and alumni involvement in one place, in the heart of Paris. Seminars, conferences, forums, workshops, congresses, and round tables structure academic and scientific life. Major events such as Mines Paris Research Day, as well as events dedicated to artificial intelligence, energy, and major transitions, punctuate campus life. A place of openness to society, it also hosts events for the general public (Open Days, Science Days, Heritage Days, Museum Night) as well as temporary exhibitions at the Mineralogy Museum and events organized by the Library.
Fontainebleau
35, rue Saint Honoré, 77300 Fontainebleau
Since 1967, the Fontainebleau campus has been home to 3 research centres and a training institute.
- Geosciences
- Mathematical morphology (CMM)
- Computer science research (CRI)
- Higher Institute of Environmental Engineering and Management (ISIGE)
The library houses most of the School’s Earth and Environmental Sciences collections. It also houses the “Earth Sciences, Environment and Sustainable Development” collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and UNESCO’s “Man and Biosphere” programme.
Campus life in Fontainebleau
The Fontainebleau campus offers a wide range of educational and cultural activities open to students and the general public. It hosts outings and workshops as part of the Cordées de la réussite program for middle and high school students in southern Seine-et-Marne, exhibitions linked to the Festival d’Histoire de l’Art and the Fête de la Science, as well as popular science conferences at Fablab Moebius. Initiatives such as science-themed classes and summer camps help to educate and raise awareness among young people about science, innovation, and the environment, while promoting cultural openness and knowledge sharing.
Sophia Antipolis – Campus Pierre Laffitte
1, rue Claude Daunesse, 06904 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex
Created in 1969 by Pierre Laffitte, then Director of the School, the Sophia Antipolis technology park brings together large groups and start-ups, research centers, and training organizations. The Pierre Laffitte campus also hosts several specialized master’s programs run by these research centers and regularly welcomes students from the School at different stages of their studies. In the early 1970s, Pierre Laffitte decided to establish several of the School’s research centers there. Today, there are five centers located there:
Campus life at Sophia Antipolis
The Pierre Laffitte campus offers a rich social and sporting life through the MSV (Mines Sport Valbonne) association: yoga, music, water sports, hiking, cultural festivals, and local sports games. Students also participate in corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects: Summer Camp for girls, Clean-Up Day, Mobility Challenge, and initiatives promoting diversity and inclusion. Sports, cultural, and housing facilities complete the student experience on campus.
Versailles Satory
21, allée des Marronniers, 78000 Versailles
The Mines Paris – PSL innovation campus brings together three research centers on a single site:
Campus life at Versailles Satory
The Versailles Satory campus is developing initiatives to raise awareness among young people about careers in science: workshops in middle schools, “Women and Science” presentations, and organization of the Science Festival in collaboration with research centers. These initiatives enable students and researchers to share their expertise and strengthen the campus’s social and scientific commitment.
