Some Figures
Academic staff and researchers:
- 1250 teaching staff (350 permanent)
- 1400 researchers (300 permanent)
- 450 administrative and technical staff
Students: (2004 figures)
- 1,428 degree students
- 3,036 masters students
- 842 doctorate students
The total number of students in 2004-2005 was 5,306 students, including 1,152 international students.
Most of the students enter Grenoble INP after a two-year undergraduate program, the French classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles, the selection being made according to the results of an entrance exam. However a few students (less than 10%) can be admitted at the INPG without needing to take an entrance exam. Such students have to follow another two-year undergraduate program called the CPP Preparatory Course and to have a minimum entrance average at the end of the program. This program has been created by the French INPs in in order to attract even more French high school-leavers as well as students with particular sporting or musical talents.
Each year, Grenoble INP graduates: (2004 figures)
- 1,046 engineers with a "Diplôme d'ingénieur" (five-year curricula)
- 332 DEA (master level)
- 146
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