of the centrepieces of industrial revolution): CentraleSupélec, which is the result of the 2015 merger between École centrale Paris (ECP or Centrale Paris) founded in 1829, and École Supérieure d'Electricité (or Supélec) founded in 1894. École centrale de Lille (ECLi, EC-Lille or Centrale Lille) École centrale de Lyon (ECL, EC-Lyon, or Centrale Lyon) was founded in 1857 as the École centrale lyonnaise pour l'Industrie et le Commerce École centrale de Marseille (ECM, EC-Marseille, or Centrale Marseille) École centrale de Nantes (ECN, EC-Nantes, or Centrale Nantes) École centrale Casablanca 2. ParisTech schools of engineering (however, some of these schools are now part of the new Paris-Saclay University. Also some of these schools teach only a specific area): Arts et Métiers ParisTech (École nationale d'Arts et Métiers previously called ENSAM or les Arts et Metiers or "Les Arts", administered by the French Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research) École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris (Chimie ParisTech) École nationale de la statistique et de l'administration économique (ENSAE ParisTech) – formed by the Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE : French Statistical Authority) and administered by the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance; École nationale des ponts et chaussées (École des Ponts ParisTech, administered by the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, nicknamed les Ponts) – founded in 1747 École nationale supérieure de techniques avancées (ENSTA ParisTech) administered by the French Ministry of Defense École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris (MINES ParisTech, administered by the French Ministry for Industry) – École nationale supérieure des télécommunications (Télécom Paris, administered by the French Ministry of Industry) – part of Institut Télécom École polytechnique (l'X) – Engineering school in France, administered by the French Ministry of Defense; École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris (ESPCI ParisTech) Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS, nicknamed SupOptique); Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l'environnement (AgroParisTech) - administered by the French Ministry of Agriculture 3. Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) network is the largest engineer training group in France, with 16,700+ students, administered by the French Ministry of National Education. It consists of grandes écoles distributed throughout mainland France: Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon – founded in 1957 Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse – founded in 1963 Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes – founded in