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EFR= École Française de Radioélectricité, now EFREI;
EFREI (École d'Ingénieurs des Technologies de l'Information et du Management)
(lit Engineering School of Information Technologies and Management) is a French
private engineering school, whose courses, specializing in computer science and
management, are taught with support from the state. Students who graduate earn
an engineering degree accredited by the CTI (national commission for engineering
degree accreditation). The degree is equivalent to Master's degree in the
European higher education area. Today, there are more than 4,500 EFREI graduates
working in companies dealing with many different activities: education, human
resources development, business/marketing, company management, legal advice and
so on.
History
EFREI has been founded in 1936, under the name of École Française de
Radioélectricité (EFR). The school's facilities were located at 10, Rue Amyot in
the Ve arrondissement of Paris.
In 1945, an agreement with the government allowed students to receive financial
assistance for the first time.
An engineering department was created in 1947; the EFR qualification was
certified by the commission for engineering qualifications in 1957.
In 1969, the teaching of computer science has been introduced - naturally,
networking also became part of the syllabus.
In 1987, EFREI was the only faculty for those wanting to become engineers. That
year, a second site in Villejuif was opened; student numbers increased from 70
to 160. More extension projects have taken place since, and in September 2001,
EFREI was moved, the entire campus being situated at 30, Avenue de la République,
Villejuif. The faculty of Information Technology and Systems Management numbered
more than 300 students for the first time.
In 2003 its curriculum was made compliant with the Bologna process and is now
delivering a degree that is equivalent to a Master's degree in the European
higher education area. The same year the school stopped renting the building in
Amyot St., all the classes take now place on the Villejuif site.
Since the start of the business year in 2003, EFREI has taken back its lead in
the field of business management as part of IT courses. Subsequently the college
became known as the College for Engineering, Information Technology and Business
Studies.
EFREI's most notable alumnus is André Truong who created the Micral, the
earliest commercial personal computer based on a micro-processor. In France, he
is refered to as the father of the personal computer
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