Reaching out internationally

1.A dynamic international policy, innovative and in tune with socio-economic realities

> Benefits for the future!

ENSI Bourges is pursuing an international outlook while keeping its prominence in the European zone as a priority. The School wishes to guarantee increased quality of hosting, and further facilitate the career launch of its students and professors. Last but not least, it wishes to reaffirm its collaboration policy with respect to all its national and international partners.

The School thus provides its students with invaluable assets and opportunities for their future career, whether in industry, research or public service.

The ENSI Bourges international outlook is based in particular on:

• a number of agreements with universities throughout the world (34 agreements/17 countries/4 continents).
• international networks and programs: « n+i », AUF, Socrates /Erasmus.

2.International Exchanges and Partnerships

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> Why?

The richness of an experience abroad is essential today to the career of an engineer. To be mobile, able to adapt to other environments and other cultures, to be able to communicate in another language and learn different work techniques, are all qualities that tomorrow’s engineer must possess. That is why ENSI Bourges is continually reaching out internationally.

> How?

• ERASMUS/SOCRATES exchange programs

These are European Union programs for transnational cooperation in higher education. Students participate in placements of three months to one year.

This period of studying abroad is considered a substitution period and is not sanctioned by foreign diplomas. Teaching modules carried out are accounted for and validated with the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). Assistance is provided with each placement.

Go to www.europe-education-formation.fr

• International networks

- The N+i program: “n+i“ was designed, in particular, to promote international training for French students.

Go to www.nplusi.com

- BRAFITEC: Exchange program between Brazilian university networks and French higher education and research establishments.

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• Cooperation agreements signed with establishments and foreign universities. See the full list of our partners abroad at

• Double international diplomas with partner establishments (UNSW in Australia, University of Tongji in China, University of Puc-Rio in Brazil, etc.). At the end of their studies, students receive two separate diplomas, one from ENSI Bourges and one from the host establishment abroad.

> When?

The School places a premium on international mobility in the engineering student’s curriculum in different forms:

• Internships abroad: within an enterprise or a research laboratory.

• 3rd of training abroad: in a partner university, for one or two semesters. The basics of training are therefore acquired; the student is quite free to choose. We often recommend students specialties that are little taught in the School.

• Double diploma: in the 3rd year, the student can study in a partner university for a period of 15 to 18 months to obtain a second diploma.

The first ten months are validated in the 3rd year and give access to the original diploma, leading to the possibility of obtaining a Master of Science at the host university.

As certain universities are located in the Southern hemisphere, we must take into account differing university school periods.

• Year abroad: taken between the 2^nd and 3rd year of the curriculum, it consists of a minimum eight-month project whose purpose is professional, humanitarian or linguistic. Engineering students retain their student status as they must remain registered at ENSI Bourges.