The Ecole nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes (ENIT), is a French school of engineering leading to the French “Diplôme d’Ingénieur” under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research and part of the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse. Founded in 1963 about 200 students graduate from the ENIT each year. It represents today an active network of 4,200 alumni. The main admission (70%) to the ENIT is made through a selective examination during the year leading to the baccalauréat, most of the successful candidates come from the série scientifique or Bac S. There is however further possibility to join the ENIT later on after 2 years of studies in an IUT or at the University, the selection being on academic records. The ENIT is located in Tarbes in the département of Hautes-Pyrénées, in the Southwest of France 30 km east of Pau and 50 km south of Toulouse. It is about 1 hour 50 minutes drive away from the beach resort of Biarritz and 45 minutes drive away from the main sky resort of the Pyrenées mountain.