Apprentice status

At ENGEES, engineering studies can be undertaken either as a student or an apprentice; the degree granted is the same.   

Student status: 

• 2,000 hours of study (tutorials, practical work, lecture courses and group projects)
• 8 to 10 months of work placement:
  • work placement agreement
  • a work placement supervisor
  • a report and an oral presentation for long work placements

Apprentice status

• 1,800 hours of study at ENGEES (tutorials, practical work and lecture courses)
• Alternating 2-week periods in the company or the host community (in France or in Baden-Württemberg, Germany):
  • an apprenticeship agreement
  • a host institution
  • an apprentice salary
  • an apprenticeship supervisor
  • a report and oral presentation about the end-of-studies work placement 

• Cross-border apprenticeship