It was founded in 1904 and was known until the 1960s as the
Breguet school. Created in 1904, under the patronage of a family whose three generations contributed to the progress of electricity in the nineteenth century, their descendants accepted that the new school be called Breguet School. The school, from its inception, is intended to constitute in the field of science and technology of electricity, the equivalent of what had been for a long time, the National Schools of Arts and Crafts for mechanics, and delivers an engineering degree. Recognized by the State by decree of January 3, 1922, the order of diploma is signed by the Minister of Supervision in 1926. Following the law of July 10, 1934, which specified the conditions of issue and the use of the title of qualified engineer, the Breguet School continues to appear on the list of establishments entitled to issue the title of engineer, after three years of consecutive studies at an entrance examination, aligned with the admission requirements of similar public schools. At the very beginning, in 1904, it was not about electronics, let alone about computers and systems, but about electricity and mechanics. As the technical and technological evolution progressed, the School's teaching was adapted. Terrestrial television and radio courses appeared in the 30s and 40s and were replaced and strongly developed after the war under the general term of electronics. The scientific and technical education, supplemented by a broad general education allowed some 4 000 engineers from the 60 promotions, to adapt to all the circumstances of their professional life. Breguet is found in a wide range of industries, in its first place, obviously, in electrical or mechanical construction, electronics, aeronautics, but also in national services such as
EDF, public works, transport, etc. In 1960, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris, anxious to add to its teaching work a training of engineers, chose Breguet School, which developed from then into a wide collaboration company-school. The last class of engineers from École Breguet was released in 1965. In 1968, the School became known as ''ESIEE - École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Électrotechnique et Électronique''. However, the first engineers with the title of ESIEE engineers came out in 1966. It is presently operated by the
Paris Chamber of Commerce. Some of the students come directly from
high school and graduate after five years while others, who follow the traditional path to the
Grandes écoles, come from a
preparatory classes and graduate in three years. Since 2021, the engineering school is a member of Université Gustave Eiffel since the declaration of the French Prime Minister,
Jean Castex. The school remains a school of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Décret n° 2020-1747 du 29 décembre 2020). ==Academics==