Working Draft Last Modified 12/09/ :58:38 Romance Standard Time Printed 26/01/ :36:39 Romance Standard Time PARIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Towards International visibility ParisTech April 2009

KEF III – Fontainebleau – 2009/04/30 1 BEFORE PARISTECH, INDIVIDUAL “GRANDES ECOLES” IN PARIS  Several prestigious French “Grandes écoles” of Paris were founded in the 18th century  They recruit students following a highly selective process according to academic records, therefore each promotion has a limited number of students (300 on average per promotion)  The students are trained for top positions in Industry, Research and Management, mainly at the national level

KEF III – Fontainebleau – 2009/04/ Selectivity and high level education 2. Scientific excellence 3. Close links with companies 4. International opening THE FRENCH “GRANDES ECOLES” HAVE SHARED VALUES

KEF III – Fontainebleau – 2009/04/30 3  In the 1990s, 9 schools were federated into an Association, ParisTech, and started developing inter-school activities in a limited range  In 2007, ParisTech became a Public Institute for Scientific Cooperation with 10 schools  The PRES/EPCS status awarded by the government to ParisTech in 2007 allowed to award ParisTech degrees and to get its own budget  A permanent core structure (20 people) proposes and implements initiatives adopted by the Board of Governors and delegated by member schools FROM AN ASSOCIATION IN 1991 TO A PUBLIC INSTITUTION IN 2007

KEF III – Fontainebleau – 2009/04/30 4  2 schools joined ParisTech, leading to a group of 12 of the foremost « Grandes écoles » in Paris  All schools progressively include the brand « ParisTech » in their name and/or logo  The number of students and staff reaches a significant size ( students - 3,500 faculties and researchers)  A powerful network of 165,000 alumni  A President, a Strategic Council, a Governing Board, a Scientific Council SINCE 2007 : An increased attractiveness A new brand A size comparable to that of international universities A centralized governance

KEF III – Fontainebleau – 2009/04/30 5 PARISTECH LEADS TO A BROADER AREAS OF EXPERTISE COVERING THE WHOLE RANGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT Information and communication sciences and technologies Research and Teaching Management Economics and social sciences Life sciences and engineering Earth sciences and environmental engineering Physics, optics Chemistry, physical chemistry and chemical engineering Mathematics and applications ParisTech Material science, mechanics and mechanical engineering Mechanics Energy

KEF III – Fontainebleau – 2009/04/30 6 THE EDUCATION OFFER IS HOMOGENIZED, COMPLETED AND ADJUSTED TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS Diploma delivered  11 Master of Engineering (« Diplômes d’ingénieur », 3200/year)  1 Master in Management (HEC)  123 Master of Science  87 Executive post Master  5 MBA  PhD (500/year)

KEF III – Fontainebleau – 2009/04/30 7 RESEARCH BECOMES MORE INTERDISCIPLINARY, VISIBLE AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AND WITH STRONG INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIPS  126 laboratories (joint with CNRS, INRA, CEA, INRIA or Companies)  faculties and researchers  highly cited scientists  publications per year  350 M€ budget for Research  85 M€ contracts with Industry UniversitIies Research Institutes ParisTech Companies

KEF III – Fontainebleau – 2009/04/30 8 TOWARDS A UNIQUE GATE FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION  ca 100 bilateral agreements signed by ParisTech  30% foreign students from more than 100 countries in the “Ingénieur” curriculum  3 Joint “Ingénieurs”recruiting programmes in China (since 2000, with 9 Univ., 80 students/year), Brazil (since 2006, with 5 Univ., 50 students/year), Russia (since 2008, with 2 Univ., 11 students)  ATHENS programme for mobility in Europe (since 1997, with 15 Univ., >2000 students/year)  A common Office of ParisTech in Shanghai  A common international promotion policy (brochure, leaflets, website, joint participation to international fairs)  Organization of international events (welcoming party for foreign students, ParisTech International Day, etc.)

KEF III – Fontainebleau – 2009/04/30 9 SOME SUCCESS STORIES IN PROGRESS... HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN A GLOBAL WORLD (1)  On line Course catalogue (2200 supports of courses and 2600 Units of lesson)  PASTEL: on line library of PhD theses (2 000 theses on line)  ParisTech Student Pass (mobility among schools, free access to libraries, restaurants of all schools…)  Master in Nuclear Energy (mutualized between 6 schools of ParisTech, other Engineering schools, University, Research Institute-CEA) opened to foreign students  ParisTech Doctoral Institute organizing training for Entrepreneurship and awarding a PhD Prize

KEF III – Fontainebleau – 2009/04/30 10 SOME SUCCESS STORIES IN PROGRESS... HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN A GLOBAL WORLD (2)  Chairs for training and Research jointly launched by several schools, with industrial partnership, on strategic topics (Energy, Bio-Engineering, Sustainable development…)  A Foundation to raise funds for joint projects  One school takes the lead to launch new cooperation programmes (Russia, South Korea, Poland, Turkey) for all schools of ParisTech  Partner of IDEA League excellence Network (Imperial College, Delft, ETH Zurich, Aachen) and partner in clusters for the EIT call for projects  Launching of a Graduate School in Shanghai

KEF III – Fontainebleau – 2009/04/ ,500 18% 5, % 3,000 10,220 27% 3, % 1,700 FIGURES COMPARABLE TO THAT OF THE MOST FAMOUS WORLD CLASS UNIVERSITIES 19, % 3, % 3,500 Key Figures Students Master of Engineering degrees awarded Academic and Research Staff ParisTechMIT Cambridge PhD theses defended every year International Students International PhD Students public information - MIT & Cambridge 2006, ParisTech 2007

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