MINES Saint-Étienne

International

Strategy

The international strategy of the École des Mines de Saint-Étienne is threefold:

  • to prepare Master’s, Engineering and PhD students for international careers;
  • to ensure international promotion of our education and research programmes;
  • to support the international development of companies and competitiveness by research and education.

Seven key themes of the strategy, each with an emblematic goal:

  1. Outgoing mobility for Engineering students: 6 months of studies or internship abroad;
  2. Incoming mobility for Master’s students: at least 30% of international students in our Master of Science courses;
  3. International programmes: 7 English-taught Master of Science programmes in our domains of excellence: industrial engineering, biomedical engineering, energy and process engineering, materials science engineering…
  4. Partnerships: to develop balanced relationships with internationally well-ranked universities for research and educational common programmes;
  5. Research: to provide opportunities for faculty members and researchers abroad by research collaborations and research sabbaticals;
  6. Economic development: to develop off-shore training sessions for international engineers;
  7. Staff: to support development of multicultural experiences, to promote international recruitment and staff mobility.