MINES ParisTech (officially
École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (
MINES ParisTech), also known as
École des Mines de Paris,
ENSMP,
Mines Paris or simply
les Mines), created in 1783 by King
Louis XVI, is one of the most prominent
French engineering schools (see
Grandes écoles) and a member of
ParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology) and
PSL* (Paris Sciences et Lettres).