Telecom INT

infobox University
name= Telecom INT


motto= Moving forward, together.
president= Pierre Rolin
established= 1979
type= Public,Grandes Ecoles Grands établissements
students= 700
full-time professors= 180
nationalities= 60
partner companies= 200
foreign students= 30%
city= Evry
country= France
campus= Suburban
15 acre campus
website= [http://www.telecomint.eu telecomint.eu]

Telecom INT is a French state-funded Graduate School for engineers, accredited by the [http://www.cefi.org/CEFINET/GLOBAL/CTI/TITRE.HTM Commission des Titres d’Ingénieurs] . It produces engineers with skills in information and communication science and technology, and expertise in economic, social, and environmental fields. Telecom INT shares its campus with INT Management, a Graduate Business School, and has a research centre in the field of Information and Communication Science and Technology (ICST). Telecom INT is part of GET, along with INT Management, Télécom Paris, Telecom Bretagne, TELECOM Lille 1 and the Eurecom Institute. Telecom INT and INT Management are part of INT (Institut National des Télécommunications)__TOC__

General Engineers

Telecom INT trains general engineers ready to take up technological, economic and social challenges, capable of building their career plan or even starting up their own company. Their cursus include early professional experience following several internships, a sense of teamwork and the know-how and human skills essential for their future activities.

Admission to engineering programs

See [http://www.telecomint.eu the official Telecom INT site]

Foreign students: Dual qualification with partner universities

Admission to Master of Science (MSc) programs

If you have a bachelor’s degree in Science (L) or more: you can join the Master of Science programs delivered in English to develop your expertise and obtain your Master of Science in two years:

*Computer Communication Networks
*Information Technology
*Electrical and Optical Engineering

ummer school

The European Summer School at Telecom INT offers students having completed at least two years of undergraduate studies a unique opportunity to study different aspects of either management, information technology or inter-cultural awareness in France.

Career opportunities

Consultant, auditor, network architect, project manager, marketing manager, analyst, expert, manager, freelancer. A broad range of careers are open to Telecom INT graduates in all sectors of activity including: telecom equipment manufacturers and operators, auditing/consultancy, service industries in ICT, banking, finance.

tatistics

*56% of the year’s students intake secured a job before graduating
*89% of graduates secured a job within 4 months (5 weeks job-seeking on average)
*More than 3,500 job offers received in the first semester of 2006
*€35,000 gross salary, excluding bonus for new graduates. [2006 figures, according to the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles survey conducted by INT Diplômés.]

Customized training programs

Telecom INT’s engineering programs consist of a common-core syllabus along with an advanced studies cycle, with each part lasting three semesters. They include solid business and international experience.

A multidisciplinary and intercultural program

The three-year Telecom INT program leads to a Master degree in engineering.
* Numerous disciplines taught in engineering sciences: mathematics, computing, fixed and mobile networks, etc.
* Courses in management science, introduction to project management and the development of professional skills
* Exposure to the business environment and development of the entrepreneurial spirit
* A broad choice of options for more in-depth studies on themes such as:
** mobile networks and services
** image processing
** distributed computing systems
** design and auditing of information systems
* Common-core syllabus: acquisition of fundamental knowledge and skills in engineering sciences and information and communication technologies
* Advanced studies: the program is tailored on the basis of the aspirations of each student, choice of introductory courses and advanced studies, engineering placement lasting a minimum of five months (10 to 18 months within the context of an “année jeune ingénieur” year-long internship), work or study placement abroad.

Research

* 180 faculty staff
* 140 PhD students
* Teaching and research departments:
**Language and Human Science
**Entepreneurship, Management, Marketing and Strategy
**Economics, Finance and Sociology
**Information Systems
**Advanced Research and Techniques for Multidimensional Imaging Systems (ARTEMIS)
**Communications, Images and Information analysis
**Electronics and Physics
**Computer science
**Networks and Software
**Networks and Multimedia mobile services
**Telecommunications Networks

Group

The school, a member of GET (federation of Grandes Ecoles and research body) is supported by the expertise of 550 teaching research staff and the laboratories of the 6 establishments (Telecom INT, INT Management, Télécom Paris, Telecom Bretagne, TELECOM Lille 1 and the Eurecom Institute.

Research training

In the third year, openings in the field of research are available to students, as well as a range of Master of Science (MSc) and Research Master programs, awarded jointly with partner universities. Doctoral programs offer PhD students a broad spectrum of research themes on the school’s campus.

Key themes

Ad hoc and spontaneous networks (with Wifi, Bluetooth, Wimax)
*Virtual reality
*Image and sound watermarking
*Form recognition
*Automatic data classification
*Semantic web
*System security
*Human behavior modeling
*Design of customer-server systems
*P2P
*Middleware
*Object-oriented design, etc.

International environment

* 40 partner universities
* 10 dual qualification agreements
* 60 nationalities on campus
* 9 languages taught, including French as a foreign language
* 30% of foreign students

Languages

In addition to English, which is compulsory, students must choose a second language: German, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Arabic, Chinese and French as a foreign language. There is an option to learn a third language.

tudying abroad

The school has established multiple partnerships with more than forty universities located in 30 countries.A number of options are available: lasting 1 to 3 semesters, to get an introduction to both culture and the country and obtain a dual qualification.

Campus

32% of professors and almost 400 students are foreign nationals. Altogether more than sixty nationalities are represented on the INT campus, which is shared with the Business School INT Management. Foreign students are enrolled in graduate programs, doctoral programs, “Mastères Spécialisés” Programs (MS) or Master of Science.

Business presence

Business is a core component of Telecom INT’s educational programs: business start-up, student placements, company visits, etc.

Expertise

Telecom INT offers a broad range of training programs at various levels: engineering training, specialized masters, PhD programs, life-long learning programs such as BADGE (“Graduate School Aptitude Assessment”), accredited professional qualification programs. Telecom INT provides tailored support to companies, depending on their needs and development.

Business involvement

School life and the professional development of students are supported by corporate relationships: course involvement, sponsorship, career management assistance ( [http://www.int-diplomes.org INT Diplômés] ), project supervision or placements, student grants, etc.

Entrepreneurship support system

Backed by the Essonne Regional Council, INT’s business incubator supports innovative project leaders in the ICT sector wishing to carry out their activities. Led by a team of experts, its entrepreneurship program is based on a broad range of services and resources: support, project engineering, incubation, information, advice, funding, communication, relational networks, etc.

Research development and transfer

Research conducted at INT is primarily oriented towards application and industrial innovation, without losing sight of fundamental issues and problems. It is exploratory and precompetitive in nature and is conducted in close cooperation with the national and international scientific community. Strong ties have been forged with SMEs, often thanks to the involvement of CRITT (Regional Centers for Innovation and Technology Transfer). INT offers businesses proven expertise in the field of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) from a scientific and technical point of view and also in terms of management, services or usages.

The campus

Telecom INT is located in Evry, the main town in Essonne, a region of excellence and research in the field of cutting-edge technologies. Many laboratories, public and private universities, grandes écoles and innovative companies are located in this area, including [http://www.genopole.org/html/en/home/index.htm Genopole] , Arianespace, the CNES, Snecma moteurs, etc.

Campus life in figures

*6 hectares (about 15 acres)
*730 rooms in the Student Residences (MAISEL): U1, U2, U3, U4, U5, and U6
*1 restaurant
*2 theaters
*More than 21,000 books in 2 multimedia centers
*1 audiovisual center
*1 student’s hall housing the 54 associations and clubs, and a radio studio
*3 tennis courts
*1 basket-ball court
*1 1000m² gym
*1 weights room
*Sports field and park close by

The majority of 1st and 2nd year students, as well as foreign students, live on campus, where 54 associations and clubs are managed by the student life Association (BDE INT, Bureau des Elèves):
* [http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/aiesec Aiesec]
* [http://www.asint.eu Asint (sport association)]
* [http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/bda Bureau des arts]
* [http://www.bde-int.com Bureau des élèves (BDE INT)]
* [http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/dolphint Dolph'int]
* [http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/equiterre Equiterre]
* [http://www.forum-telecom.com Forum]
* [http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/gala Gala INT]
* [http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/inandact In & Act]
* [http://www.int-diplomes.org INT Diplomes]
* [http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/intercom Intercom]
* [http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/intervenir Intervenir]
* [http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/cercle_conference Le Cercle Conférence (political association)]
* [http://www.minet.net MiNET]
* [http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/deCLIC Photo DéCLIC]
* [http://www-eleves.int-evry.fr/promoint Promo INT]
* [http://www.evryone.com Evryone (student radio)]
* [http://www.sprint-je.com Sprint, « junior entreprise »]

Around campus

Cultural life is particularly dynamic around Evry, with the Agora Theater and the National Music Conservatory. It is also one of the greenest towns in France, with 220 hectares of green spaces, 6 parks and walks along river Seine. The town is very accessible, located 30 minutes from Paris and served by RER line D and the A6 highway.

Encouraging and rewarding involvement in community life

Telecom INT encourages students to get involved in community life and gives them the opportunity to capitalize on these experiences through modules in professional skills development projects.Like internships, involvement in community life through associations contributes to the professional integration of future engineers. It gets them used to communicating and collaborating on concrete projects and helps them take on board the broad spectrum of reasoning, cultures and behavior. This type of involvement offers students an opportunity to assume responsibility, assert themselves and put into practice the theories they have learned.

References

External links

* [http://www.int-edu.eu INT]
* [http://www.intmanagement.eu INT Management]
* [http://www.get-telecom.fr GET]