University in France
Albi, Occitanie, France
University profile
IMT Mines Albi is a public grande école of general engineering in Albi, in the Tarn department of the Occitanie region of south-west France. It operates under the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry and is a member of the Institut Mines-Télécom, the leading French public group of engineering and management schools. The school is accredited by the Commission des titres d'ingénieur (CTI) to award the engineering diploma and is a partner of the Université de Toulouse. It has trained engineers since 1993, with a focus on responsible engineers who drive the ecological, digital and industry-of-the-future transitions.
The school has 1,125 students, 34% of them women, and 22% of its students are international, representing 38 nationalities. Teaching and research are organised around three training and research centres rather than faculties: the Centre Génie Industriel, the Centre RAPSODEE (UMR CNRS 5302) and the Institut Clément Ader (UMR CNRS 5312), Albi site. Seven areas of expertise structure its work: aeronautics and space; circular economy and environment; energy and energy transition; artificial intelligence and data; logistics, performance and management; advanced materials and structures; and health and pharmaceutical technologies.
The programmes are the three-year general engineering diploma (student and apprenticeship routes award the same diploma), a double pharmacist-engineer diploma for fifth-year pharmacy students, the Mastère Spécialisé® and Executive Master courses, and the doctorate. Engineering students choose one of five options from the second semester of the second year: renewable energies and sustainable production and construction; pharmaceutical, agri-food and cosmetic processes; advanced materials and processes for tomorrow's transport; industrial engineering for organisational performance; and data engineering for information and energy systems. Every student must complete an international placement or academic exchange to validate the diploma.
The 22-hectare campus lies five minutes from the centre of Albi, a UNESCO World Heritage city less than an hour by road from Toulouse. It has a documentation centre, IT and teaching rooms, catering, sports facilities and student housing. More than 40 student associations and clubs, coordinated by the Bureau des élèves, Bureau des sports and Bureau des arts, animate campus life, and the school runs a technology incubator and start-up competitions.
International links include more than 130 partnership agreements with universities abroad, the Erasmus+ charter for 2021-2027, membership of the EULiST European university alliance, and the Bienvenue en France label (2 stars, renewed in 2023). The school also runs a French Summer School for international students.
Engineering diploma: 3,200 EUR per year for nationals of a European Union or European Economic Area state, and 5,700 EUR per year for candidates from outside the European Union. Students on a grant (boursiers) are exempt; students whose resources exceed the social-criteria grant ceiling by no more than 3,000 EUR receive a 50% exemption.
Mastère Spécialisé®: BE+ 7,500 EUR (student rate) or 12,500 EUR (company rate); PRINEC 7,000 EUR (student rate) or 14,000 EUR (company rate). French Summer School: 1,250 EUR, or 950 EUR for students of partner institutions and future students of IMT Mines Albi or another IMT school; accommodation, meals and insurance are not included.
Official pages: engineering diploma, international and Erasmus+.
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View scholarships for IMT Mines Albi →Applicants may apply by one admission route only in a given year. The three-year diploma is entered by the following routes.
Applicants holding a foreign qualification equivalent to Bac+2, +3 or +4 enter the student route on file and tests, either through a partner institution or by individual application.
Fifth-year pharmacy students (industry track) from partner faculties, and international holders of an equivalent Bac+5 or Bac+6 pharmacy qualification, enter the second year of the engineering diploma, in the student or apprenticeship route. After the two years and the defence of the thesis of exercise, graduates receive both the Doctor of Pharmacy diploma of their home university and the IMT Mines Albi engineering diploma.
The Mastère Spécialisé® courses (BE+ Bâtiment à Énergie Positive; PRINEC Materials and processes for the circular economy), labelled by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles, last one year including a semester of placement. Admission is on file and tests with a Bac+4 or Bac+5. International applicants need a foreign qualification equivalent to a CTI engineering diploma, a Master 2, DEA or DESS, a RNCP level 7 title or (for BE+) a postgraduate architecture diploma. The French level required for non-French speakers is B2. Application deadlines for 2026-2027: BE+ 7 December 2026, 28 January, 25 March, 14 May and 21 June 2027; PRINEC 15 November and 10 December 2026, 4 February, 15 March and 3 May 2027. International applicants are encouraged to apply to the first two sessions to allow time for visa procedures. The Executive Master in lean project management and supply chain is run with IMT Business School.
Applicants need a national Master's degree or another diploma conferring the Master's grade (RNCP level 7). The director may grant a waiver for equivalent foreign studies or validation of prior experience. A thesis subject proposed by a research centre must come with funding for the doctoral student, and registration is renewed every academic year. Doctoral students register and defend at IMT Mines Albi within the Toulouse doctoral schools AA (Aéronautique Astronautique), EDSYS (Systèmes) and MEGEP (Mécanique, Énergétique, Génie Civil et Procédés), over three years, and all are paid.
The engineering curriculum is taught in French, with English Track courses available in the third year. A French Summer School (26 July to 20 August 2027) offers French-as-a-foreign-language groups at A2/B1-, B1/B2- and B2+/C1 levels to prepare international students for study in France.
The single campus covers more than 22 hectares, five minutes from the centre of Albi, and hosts teaching, the three research centres and student services.
Eight residences on four sites hold 566 furnished rooms of about 18 m2, each with a bathroom, kitchenette and unlimited internet, and all eligible for housing allowance. The Jarlard residences are on campus; the Gambetta, Jacques Halfon and Temporalité residences are in the centre of Albi. Each has a laundry, TV room and common spaces.
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