History and Structure

The National Advanced School of Engineering was founded on the 4th of June 1971 with the aim of training technical executives for the scientific and technological development of Cameroon. Two types of trainings were introduced: the first was a Short Training (03 years) sanctioned by a Diploma of Civil Engineer.   The other was a Long Training (05 years) sanctioned by a Master of Engineering Diploma. At that time, the various specialisations were:

•   Short Training: Electro mechanics, Electronics and Civil Engineering.
•   Long Training: Civil Engineering and later on Electro mechanics.

Since 1991, The NASEY has retained only the Long Training in a bid to harmonise its programme with that of other schools of Engineering.

In November 1990, the NASEY opened a four-year (04) Doctorate in Engineering Sciences programme.

Since 1999, the five-year-training programme is divided into two cycles. The first cycle is a two-year (02) common core cycle sanctioned by the DEUG-MPS-SI that offers to students a basic course in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Sciences and Engineering Sciences. The second cycle also known as cycle of specialisation is a three-year cycle which comprises two new specialisations which are Industrial Engineering and Telecommunications Engineering. Today, the NASEY trains Design Engineers in the following specialisations: Civil Engineering, Mechanic Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Electric Engineering and Telecommunications Engineering.

Since 2004, the NASEY offers a two-year Master in Statistics training programme. The programme, which is offered by the department of Mathematics and Physics, trains at least 15 statisticians every year.

In compliance with the government’s wish to introduce the BMD system, The NASEY convened several coordination and programmes’ restructuring meetings which it introduced the new system in the 2007 / 2008 academic year. The particular thing with this school is that it issues the DEUG-MPS-SI at the end of the first cycle. The Design Engineer Diploma is issued upon completion of the five-year-training programme. A diploma of engineer is awarded to any student with the average of 13/20 and above and he or she can enrol in a one-semester Master of Research programme.

In order to meet the ever increasing demand in Telecommunications, The NASEY introduced in the 2007 academic year a Master in Telecommunications’ distance training programme. This training is quite innovative and enrols 25 students 18 of which are Cameroonian nationals and 7 of which are foreigners.

For several years now, the NASEY enrols students from Chad, Central Africa Republic, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, and Benin. It will welcome students from other countries of the sub-region and Africa at large. It plans to further reinforce its regional influence through a University Free Zone which will focus on the training in critical masses of highly qualified specialists in leading subjects.