École Mohammadia d'ingénieurs

Mohammadia School of Engineering
المدرسة المحمدية للمهندسين
Motto Science and Engineering
Type Public School of Engineering
Established 1959
Chairman Pr. M. Larbi ABIDI
Students 500 (FTE, 2013)
Location Rabat, Morocco
Campus Urban
Website www.emi.ac.ma

The Mohammadia School of engineering (Arabic: المدرسة المحمدية للمهندسين; abbreviated EMI) is the first and the best School of Engineering in Rabat, Morocco. EMI was founded in 1959 by the King Mohammed V as Morocco's first polytechnic, it's the largest institution of higher education in technology and one of the leading technical schools in Morocco.

History

EMI became in 1981 under the order of the king Hassan II the first school combining academic and military education. Following the establishment of polytechnical schools in many European countries the early years of the 19th century, often based on the model of École Polytechnique in Paris in 1794.

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Organization

After three years of academic studies and military training the students have to take an oath in front of his majesty the King of Morocco in order to get the 'Grandes Ecoles d'ingénieurs' degree,a Bac+5 in the French education System, and the equivalent of a master's degree . In the military side the students graduate as reserve Officers.The school consists of nine departments :

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Coordinates: 33°59′58″N 6°51′7″W / 33.99944°N 6.85194°W / 33.99944; -6.85194

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