Mines ParisTech
The EMA is a public national school (Grandes écoles) under the guardianship of the Ministry delegated to the industry. "Les écoles des Mines", are organised together, known as GEM (Groupe des Écoles des Mines) : Mines ParisTech, Albi-Carmaux, Douai, Nantes, Saint-Étienne and Nancy. These schools arrange an organisation to do research together (ARMINES) which contributes a lot to the technological innovation and the industrial development of France.