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.
In the first year, your four-week internship aims to observe, understand and question the organisation you are working in.
At the end of the second year, a 10-week internship will allow you to gradually get to know the business world and learn about the challenges associated with your future career.
At the end of the programme, you will complete a final internship lasting at least twenty-two weeks, which will serve as a springboard for your entry into the job market.
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.
