These courses offer the advantage of acquiring solid knowledge and methods, while developing skills linked to professional practices that promote employability and the ability to adapt to technological change.

Discover our apprenticeship programmes

diplôme d'ingénieur contrôlé par l'état
Are you a CPGE, BUT2, BUT3, BTS or Licence student? Start your professional experience in the fields of data processing, from capture to visualization, via software architectures, connected objects and artificial intelligence.
Are you a student on a CPGE, BUT2, BUT3, BTS or Bachelor’s degree course? Start your professional career in the fields of image processing, photonics and computer vision, combined with computer science and artificial intelligence.

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Apprenticeship contracts across France

for all types of business (micro-businesses, SMEs, mid-market companies and large corporations)
Dedicated forum with recruiters following successful application.

Putting the knowledge gained in class into practice in the workplace

3 years’ professional experience
A plus point on your CV when looking for a job

Remuneration

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Supporting the apprentice throughout their training

A school tutor and company mentor to support the apprentice’s success and help them develop their skills.

International :

International mobility is a compulsory part of the programme, either through work placements, secondment agreements or work experience placements.

Countries hosting our apprentices include: South Africa, England, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, China, Spain, the United States, India, Ireland, Morocco, Poland, the Czech Republic, Thailand and Tunisia

From technician to engineer.
Skills development over the years

A flexible work-study schedule

  • 15 days at school and 15 days in the workplace over the first 18 months, with a short rotation between the two, to foster a sense of belonging and integration in both settings and to acquire the essential skills, attitudes and knowledge.
  • 1 month at school/1 month in a company, with the remaining 18 months allowing students to reach a milestone halfway through the course and undertake more ambitious projects once they have mastered the basics.

1st year

Acquiring the essential foundations and bringing all learners up to standard, regardless of their previous course of study (Citise, BUT2 or BUT3, BTS, CPGE, L3).

2nd year

A transitional year in which the apprentice must take on a more active role and move away from being merely an observer, shifting from the role of a ‘technician’ to that of an ‘engineer’. The work-study programme is adapted to enable the apprentice to successfully carry out increasingly complex tasks.

3rd year

Maintaining a regular balance between school and work, to develop ‘competent action’—the ability to acquire new skills whilst putting them into practice through a constant back-and-forth between understanding and doing.

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Admissions

Admission to the first year of the engineering programme via apprenticeship, specialising in ‘Imaging and Photonics for Smart Industry’, ‘Computer Science and Electronics for Data Engineering’, and ‘Responsible Digital Technology’, is by competitive examination.

Enrolment

You are under 30 and have completed one of the following courses: CPGE, BUT 2, BUT 3, BTS, vocational bachelor’s degree, or a validated second- or third-year bachelor’s degree,

Apply via the Institut Mines-Télécom apprenticeship platform from 2 February to 10 March 2026.

Admission

If you are provisionally accepted (results on 9 April) to our school, you will then be invited to sit the exams, which will take place on our premises on 25 April 2026:

  • An interview with a panel comprising a lecturer-researcher from the school and a qualified professional who graduated from Télécom Saint-Étienne

You will be notified of your eligibility results on April 28, 2026. Admission will take place once the apprenticeship contract has been signed.

Number of places available: 24 places per engineering programme

Post-baccalaureate training :

Engineering degree (Bac+3 to Bac+5):

Engineering training as a student and then as an apprentice (3–5 years of higher education)

Engineering training as a student and then as an apprentice (one to two years of higher education)

Apprenticeship engineering courses
(Bac+3 to Bac+5):