Nine months of work placement!
During your studies at the École Centrale de Lille you will be required to complete at least 36 weeks of work placement. These experiences will enable you to discover how a company works, to apply and develop technical and project management skills, to gain in autonomy, responsibility and leadership and thus gradually move from a student role to a professional role.
A 4-week work placement is scheduled in the first year. The final work placement must last at least 16 weeks at the end of your course. In addition to these two periods, work placements can be arranged at your convenience during the course.
Trainee pay is calculated according to the length of your placement and the legal hourly rate. Click here for more information.
Work-study training, between company and school…
Training at Ecole Centrale de Lille in the final year enables students to focus on a particular subject or sector as well as an engineering function.
Students on work-study contracts at the school:
- A core curriculum and a more in-depth course (maximum 450 hours face-to-face)
- An “Engineering Law, Ethics and Responsibility” course (50 hours face-to-face): this course is open to all Centrale Lille work-study students and, in addition to responsibility, covers law, ethics, and professional conduct.
- Specific lessons: analysis of experience, follow-up and support (26 hours face-to-face)
They are not required to follow the vocational stream or the common core curriculum.
All periods spent in a company count towards the weeks of work experience required as part of the curriculum. In particular, the full-time period spent in a company constitutes the final year’s work. The employment contract signed with the company can last from 12 to 14 months.
