PRIME and Arts et Métiers ParisTech announce a partnership with UC Berkeley, CA

Arts et Métiers Paristech has finalized an exchange agreement for graduate students and researchers with the University of California Berkeley.

The agreement will enable the exchange of graduate students, researchers, and faculty between the institutions. Arts et Métiers students are renowned among our faculties for their scientific excellence and their strong motivation. On the other hand, UC Berkeley graduate students will have the opportunity to enroll in one of Arts et Métiers ParisTech Master's programs and to work on high-stake applied research projects in France thanks to Arts et Métiers ParisTech's strong connections to industry.

The partnership is also mutually beneficial through the development of joint research projects. It strengthens both institutions international posture by enabling research collaboration between world-class research teams.

PRIME, an agency that promotes Paris Region's innovation abroad, is working in tandem with Arts et Métiers ParisTech and the Office for Science and Technology at the Consulate General of France San Francisco on this partnership. The Paris Region aims at transitioning its economy towards sustainability. Cross fertilization and technology and researcher exchange are essential to achieve this goal.

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Paris Region mapped out for you :
Seek out the centers of intelligence and excellence throughout Paris Region using the thematic map "Spot talents" on Econovista.com, the interactive Paris Region economic map.

Higher Education. Seven prestigious graduate schools around Saclay (Essonne)

The Plateau de Saclay is set to become a sort of French Silicon Valley with the highest concentration of researchers in France (soon to reach 20% versus 10% today).

From 2012, 670 registered students and lecture attendees at the engineering school ENSTA ParisTech will move to a 20,000 m² campus.
This will be followed by the Paris Graduate School of Economics, Statistics and Finance (ENSAE ParisTech) at the start of the 2013 school year, and École Centrale, Institut Télécom, AgroParisTech and École Normale Supérieure de Cachan by 2015. Part of the University of Orsay ("Paris Sud 11") should also be moving in over the next 10 to 15 years. HEC-INRA, CEA-CEN, CNRS, Supelec and Polytechnique are already established on the campus.


Discover more about higher education in Paris Region on Econovista interactive map

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Higher education : 594,000 students in Paris Region

HEC, Jouy en Josas, 2007

According to the french Ministery of Eduction, Paris Region welcomes 594,000 students in 2006- 2007. 17 public universities, a lot of business schools (HEC, ESSEC, ESCP-EAP, INSEAD, etc.), institutes of engineering education and research (ParisTech, ESIEE, Telecom SudParis, ...), Institutes of Technology, specialised bodies likes Beaux Arts de Paris, ...

With our interactive map of the Paris Region, Econovista, you can create your own map of the French Educational System, download adresses & list of links, ... Click HERE.

More information about the French Educational System:
18 years and older- Higher Education: in France, Higher Education is offered in private institutions as well as in the public establishments. The public institutions include: a) the Facultés grouped in Universities, which are authorized to grant State degrees; b) the University Institutes of Technology are designed to train future high-ranking administrators and technicians in the industry; c) the great scientific and literary institutions and research and study institutions.
More : see the American Chamber of Commerce in Paris (France)