A global vision and an international mission
International development is now more than ever one of the School’s most important strategic goals.
Centrale Paris has been recognised for its international openings for more than 20 years. The School now incorporates this global approach to the world in a strategic development which is expressed in the form of an international mission that was approved by the School’s Managing Board on October 21, 2008:
- The School is at the heart of a world-wide network of the leading universities in major countries. The School benefits from the excellence of its partners and attracts high-level international students.
- The School prepares its students for international careers by teaching them two or three foreign languages, by their stay in another country for at least six months and through multi-cultural courses and activities.
- The School sets up international research collaboration in order to promote the best of French skills.
- The School cooperates with French and international companies in their development overseas, responding to their requirements in terms of applied research and in training their staff by offering them high-quality engineer-managers.
“It is Centrale Paris’ ambition to become one of the top global institutions, training managers with a scientific and technical culture and who are accustomed to a multi-cultural environment” says Christopher Cripps, Dean of International Affairs.
The Centrale Paris project will lead to the increasing internationalisation of the School and its courses as well as the creation of a network of influential partners.
Christopher Cripps, Dean of International Affairs
Key-figures
- 122 partner universities throughout the world (in 36 countries)
- 74 dual-degree agreements
- 79 ERASMUS agreements with 63 universities in 22 european countries
- 30% of students on campus are international
- More than 50 nationalities represented
- 40% of Centrale Paris' graduates have received dual-degrees
- 6 months (minimum) abroad for each student engineer
- 11 foreign languages taught
- 700 students at the École Centrale Beijing
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Partnerships in excellence, high-level international students. Internationally-oriented courses. Cooperating with companies for their international development. Off-site training programmes.
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- Double Degree
- Summer School
- Semester & Year Abroad
- Master's Program
- Advanced Masters
- Doctorate
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Abroad
To obtain their engineering degree, the School’s student must undertake one of the following:
- an international semester (S8) with an academic exchange, a laboratory or a company;
- a double degree in a partner university which allows for the simultaneous award of the degree in both the home and the host universities;
- a gap year between the second and third years which involves at least six months internationally.
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Engineering for Health International Summer School, Paris
May 24th to July 6th, 2013: Organized by top-level French Engineering Institutions: École Centrale Paris, École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Supélec and Université Paris-Sud for Junior and Senior Year Students.
