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Corps of Mines (France)
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The Corps of Mines is the foremost of the great technical corps of the French state. It is formed of the State Engineers of the Mines.
The Corps is attached to the French ministry in charge of industry.
People entering the Corps are educated at the École nationale supérieure des Mines de Paris. Most of them are from École Polytechnique; these are known as X-Mines; the rest come from École Normale Supérieure or the regular curriculum of the École des Mines.
Many executive positions in France's industries are held by X-Mines engineers.
Former Students
The following are alumni of the school:-
- Noël Forgeard, CEO of Airbus
- Jean Syrota
- Henri Poincare, Nineteenth century mathematician and scientist.
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