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Founded in 1878, Telecom ParisTech is one of France’s top graduate engineering schools and the leading French school in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). At Telecom ParisTech we prepare students to meet the challenges of the information society, to manage complexity, to innovate and to work in a multicultural environment.

French ʺGrandes EcolesʺGeared towards economic stakeholders, Telecom ParisTech is a public ̋ Grande Ecoleʺ

of Engineering under the authority of the French Ministry for Industry. Two main types of Higher Education institutions coexist in France: Universities and ʺGrandes Ecolesʺ.

Small to medium size institutions, the ̋ Grandes Ecolesʺ train engineers - ̋ Grandes Ecolesʺ of Engineering - and business executives -ʺGrandes Ecolesʺ of Business-.

The French ʺGrandes Ecolesʺ of Engineering are accredited higher education institutions that are highly selective, provide high quality education and maintain close links with Industry. They have a great ratio between

teaching and administrative staff on one side, and students on the other side.

French ʺDiplôme d’ingénieurʺʺGrandes Ecolesʺ of Engineering deliver the ʺDiplôme d’ingénieurʺ, a highly prestigious degree, which is equivalent to a grade of Master of Science in Engineering. After passing a highly selective entry examination, students can benefit from a high quality curriculum, which brings together scientific and theoretical teaching with an in-depth coverage of social, cultural, economic and management issues. Internships with industry or research laboratories are a mandatory part of the curriculum. Our graduates are highly trained and are recruited for key positions in industry and business.

An engineering degree is granted after a 5-year overall period of study, generally structured as follows: two first years of intensive “Classes préparatoires” outside the ʺGrandes Ecolesʺ (intensive science courses, mostly in mathematics and physics) which lead to competitive examinations for entrance into ʺGrandes Ecolesʺ. three final years of study in the ʺGrandes Ecolesʺ which lead to the delivery of the ʺDiplôme d’ingénieurʺ. The 1st

of these three years provides a basis of fundamental core courses, like mathematics, physics and economic and social sciences. The last two years allow students to choose study tracks in specific engineering fields.

Besides the competitive examinations, alternative admission procedures are available for students who already have a higher education degree or are currently pursuing one within an institution from France or abroad.

The leading Engineering School in ICT in France The word "Telecommunications" was invented here (in 1904)ʺGrande Ecoleʺ of Engineering under the authority of the French Ministry for Industry

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Fields of Teaching and Research

Optimizing information transportNetworks and mobility

High speed links and optical systemsDigital communications

Aeronautic and satellite systemsAlgorithm / Architecture matching

Improving information processingStatistical automatic learningmethodsSpeech, images and audio processing

Multimedia content production and processing

Information system

Bringing servicesLocal access and proximity

communicationsAmbient intelligence

Services creationVirtual communities: games,

education, citizenship

Safeguarding and enriching our cultural heritage

Databases, indexing, consultation, data mining

Signal, images, music, text processing

Virtual reality, creation on-lineArt and information technologies

Establishing and restoring user confidence Regulation

Cryptography, security, biometric identificationPrivate life, sociability, culture, ethics

New technologies and society: electronic trade, teleworking, CAL

Telecom ParisTech’s teaching and research activities tackle the major challenges of the digital society: Big Data, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, System Security and Reliability, Smart Grid, Innovation Fostering, Human-Machine Coevolution, Green IT, Massive Modeling.

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Why Choose Telecom ParisTech ?

Excellence in teaching and research

Telecom ParisTech offers over 250 electives in ICT together with the study of economic and social aspects associated with modern technology as well as the study of foreign languages. Students design their own training programme based on their personal preferences and career aspirations and benefit from a high professor/student ratio of 1/7.

The LTCI (Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l’Information - Information Processing and Communication Laboratory), research unit jointly staffed and driven with the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), is rated as Excellent (A+).

Telecom ParisTech holds the 1st incubator in France in ICT where 3 new start-ups are launched every month.

Close links with Industry and high employability

All through the studies students will have the opportunity to learn from hundreds of professionals who bring their expertise at the School during case studies, company visits, teaching courses and conferences.

Internships are mandatory for Telecom ParisTech students. Allowing students to acquire real work experience is one of the core values of the School.

Thanks to the high quality training and the strong corporate relations of the School, more than 90% of Telecom ParisTech graduates find their job within 4 months of graduation.

An Engineering School open to the World

Internationalization is since a long time a priority for Telecom ParisTech. Today, almost 50% of our students are international, coming from more than 50 different countries.

The School welcomes students on two campuses: the Paris campus where courses are mainly taught in French and the Sophia Antipolis EURECOM

campus where courses are entirely taught in English.

Telecom ParisTech has developed partnerships with more than 100 higher education institutions worldwide, taking part in

international networks of excellence. 35 double-degrees are established with countries in North and South America, Asia,

Africa and Europe.

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A member of the most prestigious French science clusters

Telecom ParisTech is a part of several clusters of excellence: Institut Mines-Telecom, ParisTech and University Paris Saclay. Institut Mines-Telecom is one of the leading higher education and research institutes in Engineering, Information Technology and Management in France. A label of excellence, ParisTech - Paris Institute of Technology - is a consortium gathering 12 of the most famous French “Grandes Ecoles” in Engineering and Management. Telecom ParisTech is a founding member of ParisTech. Bringing together more than 20 research organizations and higher education institutions, including Telecom ParisTech, the University Paris Saclay is conceived to be one of the biggest Scientific and Technological Campuses in Europe and one of the top universities in the world. The University Paris Saclay will welcome its first class in 2015.

More than 1 400 students in Master and PhD studies50% international students

More than 200 full-time professors. High professor/student ratio of 1/7More than 500 lecturers from the corporate world

60 meetings every year with industry representatives Holds the 1st ICT Incubator in France

Member of the future top universities in the world (University Paris Saclay)

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One Degree, Two Campuses

The School welcomes students on two campuses: the Paris campus and the Sophia Antipolis EURECOM campus.

The Paris campus offers courses which cover the full range of information and communication technologies.Its central location in the capital city facilitates close links with research andinnovation.

Students can also study in Eurecom, a subsidiary of Institut Mines-Telecom, in the second and third years of their degree. Founded in 1991, Eurecom is situated on the French Riviera in Sophia-Antipolis, the leading European Technology Park, providing a unique environment in the field of Information Technologies. The campus has a strong international dimension: 70% of professors are international as well as 70% of the students.

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Telecom ParisTech Study Programmes

Programme: This high-level Master’s degree includes theoretical and scientific teaching in ICT (Computer Science, Networks, Communications, Electronics, Signal and Image Processing, Social and Human Sciences) with extensive coverage of social, cultural, economic and management issues and a mandatory industrial or laboratory internship.

Admission: Students entering through the competitive entrance examination (Concours commun) undertake a first year Core Curriculum in Paris. This Core curriculum provides a basis of fundamental courses, like mathematics, physics, foundation in engineering science in ICT and economic and social sciences.International students can directly apply for admission to the last two Graduate years of the ʺDiplôme d’ingénieurʺ. To apply to this Graduate programme, students generally need to have a Bachelor of Science (at least 4 years of study) or a first Master’s degree in Engineering or Science with excellent results.

International students coming from partner universities of Telecom ParisTech can join the Graduate programme as Double Degree students. This means that, if they successfully complete their studies, they will earn the Telecom ParisTech degree and at the same time their home university diploma. To be selected for a double-degree programme, students need to get in contact with the International Relations Department at their home university.

International students can also undertake courses during one or two semesters of study at Telecom ParisTech as visiting/exchange students. They will not be granted the ʺDiplôme d’ingénieurʺ degree. To be selected for an exchange programme, students need to contact the International Relations Department at their home university.

Language of teaching: Students can choose to follow the Graduate programme on the Paris campus, where courses are mainly taught in French or on the Sophia-Antipolis Campus (EURECOM) where courses are fully taught in English.

Duration of the Graduate programme: 2 years, organized in 3 semesters of courses and one semester of internship. An internship of 6 months with industry or a laboratory is mandatory in order to be granted the ʺDiplôme d’ingénieurʺ.

Master of Science in Engineering - ʺDiplôme d’ingénieurʺ

Telecom ParisTech teaching brings together 3 essential features, no matter what year or track: science and technology foreign languages and cultures personal skills and human relations

During the third year of study at Telecom ParisTech, students have the opportunity to undertake joint degree programmes with prestigious partner institutions of Telecom ParisTech (University Pierre et Marie Curie, Descartes, Diderot, Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris-Ouest, Paris-Sud) as well as other members of the ParisTech cluster (HEC Business School, Ecole Polytechnique, Mines ParisTech…). If successful, students can get the ʺDiplôme d’ingénieurʺ and the French ʺDiplôme National de Masterʺ (DNM) at the end of their joint training.

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Programme: The programme trains students through innovative research work and theoretical courses, developing their creative, technical and managerial capacities.The doctoral thesis is made under the supervision of a Professor (the “Directeur de thèse”) in a research Lab. The doctoral student at Telecom ParisTech is a member of the doctoral school “ED 130: EDITE de Paris”, the leading French Doctoral School in the field of Information and Communication Science and Technology.

Four specializations are available for Doctoral students at Telecom ParisTech: Electronics and Communications; Computing and Networks; Signal and Image Processing and Information System Economics.Doctoral studies are frequently done in close collaboration with companies at Telecom ParisTech.

Admission: PhD students are selected among the Master of Science and Master of Engineering graduates of recognized world class master programmes.

Language of teaching: French-speaking as well as English-speaking students can undertake Doctoral studies.

Duration of the programme: The PhD programme lasts about three years. During this time, doctoral courses are held (cross-disciplinary scientific courses, professional training courses, etc.) as part of a system of credits required in order for students to be authorized to defend their thesis. The institution grants the doctorate based on the successful defense of the thesis.

Doctorate

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Programme: A professional-oriented post-graduate certificate open to young graduates and experienced graduates coming from different backgrounds allowing them to acquire or to enhance competencies in one of the core fields of study and research of the School: networks, computer science, digital communication, information systems and multimedia. This programme aims to assist students in further specialization or conversion and reorientation, with a clearly defined professional objective.

Admission: Students need to have a Master’s degree (5 years of study) or a Bachelor’s degree of 4 years supported by at least 3 years of professional experience in order to apply to this programme.

Language of teaching: The Advanced Masters are taught in French on the Paris campus of Telecom ParisTech.

Duration of the programme: The majority of the Advanced Masters are full-time programmes which last between 12 and 14 months. Full-time Advanced Masters comprise 6 to 8 months of courses and 4 to 6 months of corporate internship. There are also Executive Advanced Masters which are part-time programmes lasting from 16 to 18 months, organized as follows: theoretical courses during 10 to 12 months while working in a company, followed by a 4 to 6 months internship.

Telecom ParisTech offers many opportunities for continuing education for graduates looking to accelerate their careers and to adapt to new innovative tools. Courses offered range from non-degree graduate and professional courses to graduate and professional certificates and degrees. In 2014, Telecom ParisTech, Telecom Bretagne and Telecom SudParis (three Schools of Telecommunications members of the Institut Mines-Telecom), united their assets and built up Telecom Evolution, a new structure offering innovative solutions for today’s challenging working environment.

Advanced Masters

Executive Education

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Research and Innovation

Telecom ParisTech’s research activities cover both the fundamental aspects of top-quality upstream research and applied research carried out in close collaboration with the socio-economic sector. Research at Telecom ParisTech is rated as Excellent (A+) and is internationally renowned. The professors regularly receive prestigious awards: CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research) Medals; Academy of Sciences awards; IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) prizes and recognitions, Google Awards, etc.

Bolstered by the skills of its 350 PhD students, linked to the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), and the preferred partner of the key players in the telecommunications area, Telecom ParisTech cooperates with both academic and industrial partners in the framework of bilateral agreements and research programmes at the national level (French National Research Agency [ANR], competitive clusters) and European level (Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development).

Research finds its most useful expression when its results impact on economic and social realities. Teaching and research Chairs are always supported by one or more companies and are regularly created by means of patronage. Within their specific fields, these chairs develop research activities, new training courses and joint events - seminars, workshops and conferences. They create links between the corporate sector and the School, thus stimulating innovation.

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Research Chairs, at the heart of information & communication technologies and sciences

Big Data and Market Insights, in partnership with Telecom Management School and supported by Institut Mines-Telecom, Fondation Telecom, Voyages SNCF, Deloitte and Groupe Yves RocherMachine Learning for Big Data, created with PSA, BNP, Safran, CriteoModelling of Imaginary Environments for Innovation and Creation, established with Orange, Ubisoft, PSA, Dassault Systèmes, Alcatel-Lucent IP and market for technology with Mines ParisTech Complex Systems Engineering chair, designed jointly with Thales, Dassault Aviation, the Weapons Directorate of the French Ministry of Defense, Ecole Polytechnique and ENSTA ParisTechSocial networks: economic and social value creation created with Group La Poste, Pages Jaunes Group, Danone and other Graduate Schools of Institut Mines-Telecom Innovation and Regulation of Digital Services, organized with Orange and Ecole PolytechniqueParisTech Chair of Media and Brand Economics brings together MINES ParisTech and Telecom ParisTechPersonal Data Values and Policies, in partnership with the French National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (CNIL) and supported by Institut Mines-Telecom

Telecom ParisTech structures its research activities in 6 strategic areas:Big Data: Data and knowledge dynamics

Systems and NetworksDigital Security

Real-Virtual Interactions Modelling: Signal, Images and 3D

Interdisciplinary approach towards innovation

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Joint Research Centers are created and managed in partnership with the business world. They bring together Telecom ParisTech, one or more companies, and sometimes other graduate schools and research organizations, around a specific research topic (for example, the center created with EDF in 2007: BiLab: Business Intelligence for industrial applications).

Telecom ParisTech has a strong track record of obtaining competitive external funding, 30% of its budget comes from industrial contracts - proof of the excellent links the School has with industry.

Telecom ParisTech incorporates the socio-economic impacts of its research into its strategic priorities. Their success is measured by the practical integration of the results into products and services.Telecom ParisTech is the French leader amongst graduate schools of Engineering and universities in terms of innovation and technology transfer. The School supports the creation of innovative businesses by its students and graduates, immediately after graduation or later during the course of their career. Within the curricula, the school raises students’ awareness towards business creation. The school also provides its graduates with access to its incubator helping them to turn their ideas into economically sustainable businesses.

With 180 sustainable companies started since year 1999 and more than 45 hosted at any given time on its two sites (Paris and Sophia Antipolis), Telecom ParisTech’s incubator ranks 1st among incubators hosted by French graduate engineering schools. These start-ups represent aggregated earnings of 78 M€ and 2 000 jobs. Telecom ParisTech prioritizes the protection and promotion of its inventions. The current portfolio includes 100 patents. An average of 12 patents is filed in every year by Telecom ParisTech researchers. 3 new start-ups are launched every month.

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Joint Research Centers, stimulating innovation

LINCS: Internet of the future, with Alcatel-Lucent, Inria and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) Identity & Security Alliance, with Morpho (Safran)BiLab: Business Intelligence for industrial applications, with EDFCom’Num: Digital communications, with AltranUbiquitous media, with Alcatel-LucentWhist Lab: Wave Human Interactions and Telecommunications, with Orange LabsSustainable Mobility Institute, with Renault and ParisTech

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Industry Relations and Employability

Telecom ParisTech strives to ensure solid and effective synergies between higher education and research and the business world.

Top professionals bring their expertise to bear on case studies, company visits, teaching courses and conferences. More than 500 supporting lecturers from the corporate world train Telecom ParisTech students to become future top managers in a constantly changing international environment. Companies know that they will find at Telecom ParisTech one of the most talented pools of graduates in ICT in France and that they can work with innovative scientists who continually push the boundaries of knowledge. More than 800 companies have established solid collaboration with Telecom ParisTech.Beginning in the first year of study, students have to spend a 4-to-8 week immersion period in a business or a non-profit organization. One semester in their final year at Telecom ParisTech consists in a mandatory 4-to-6 months internship placement in a company or a research laboratory in France or abroad. These internships enable students to acquire real experience of working in industry. Many students are hired by the company in which they carry out their final mandatory internship.

An ongoing relationship with business

Some of our Class sponsors

Telecom ParisTech benefits from internships in prestigious companies like :

The partnerships Telecom ParisTech has with the corporate world provide our students with invaluable real-world experience. Renowned companies support each year a class of Telecom ParisTech.

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2015

2014

2013

2012

*The corporate partnerships we highlight serve as a small sample of the types of engagements we facilitate.

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Information and Communication Technologies are a fantastic lever for innovation in modern economies; they are used in all sectors and are becoming ever more strategic. Telecom ParisTech Graduates are hired in increasingly varied sectors, with growing interest from energy, automobile, aeronautics and space, broadcasting,etc. When combined with the School’s excellent reputation and the high quality of its graduates, this extreme variety of sectors guarantees excellent employment possibilities after graduation. Most of our graduates sign an employment contract immediately upon graduating from our school. Telecom ParisTech graduates are also building innovative business and becoming successful entrepreneurs.

Careers

Most common professions for Telecom ParisTech alumni

Salaries

More than 90% of Telecom ParisTech graduates have an employment contract within 4 months of graduation.23% of them are working overseas.

Starting salary from € 45 000 (gross annual salary, including variable part and bonuses)

Our Alumni become successful CEOs of:

Successful start-ups founded by Telecom ParisTech Graduates:

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Consulting

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Networks, Intranet, Internet,

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Sales

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International Relations

Highly international: Internationalization is since a long time a priority for Telecom ParisTech. Today, almost 50% of our students are international, coming from more than 50 different countries.

2 campuses, 2 languages of teaching: The School welcomes the students on two campuses: the Paris campus where courses are mainly taught in French and the Sophia Antipolis EURECOM campus where courses are entirely taught in English.

100 partner institutions around the world: Telecom ParisTech has developed partnerships with about 100 higher education institutions worldwide, taking part in international networks of excellence. 35 double-degrees are established with countries in North and South America, Asia, Africa and Europe.

Many opportunities to study and intern abroad: Students are highly encouraged to acquire an international experience. They have numerous occasions to intern or study abroad:

during their personal development training between their first and second year at the School during their mandatory internship in their third year of study during their third year when they can undertake a degree or non-degree programme.

Students can also take part in short exchanges within the Athens network formed by major European technical universities or institutions. 30 hours of scientific courses are provided by host institutions at each of the two sessions organized during the 3rd week in November and March. This training activity is a part of the European Socrates/Erasmus programme.

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International relations built up within prestigious academic and scientific networks: An important part of Telecom ParisTech’s international relations strategy and activities are conceived and developed within the three clusters of excellence to which the School belongs to: Institut Mines-Telecom, ParisTech and Paris Saclay. Joint recruitment activities are organized for several years in Brazil, China, India and Russia.

Close link to the international strategies of the corporate world: The internationalization process of the School is thought up together with representatives from the corporate world in order to prepare students to meet the challenges of today’s working environment.

Exporting French-way of teaching and research - ParisTech Shanghai JiaoTong: Together with three other Schools from the ParisTech cluster and the University of Jiao Tong in Shanghai, Telecom ParisTech contributed to the establishment of ParisTech-Shanghai JiaoTong Institute of Engineering in 2012. Modelled on France’s top engineering Schools, this Institute based in Shanghai offers students outstanding courses with an international scope taught in three languages (French, Chinese and English), and a study period or internship in France. Telecom ParisTech manages the Information and Communication Technologies study track. The Institute currently welcomes classes of 100 Chinese students and gradually opens its doors to international students selected through an international recruitment process.

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Our Partnerships around the World

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Key figures :129 study exchanges with 101 partner universitiesPartnerships in 38 countries on all 5 continentsStudents can also prepare a study plan with a non-partner university (in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, etc.) as along as it is approved by Telecom ParisTech’s authorities.

Telecom ParisTech Welcomes International...... students, professors and researchers

French Language and Culture

French-Language professors help students improve their knowledge of French language and culture, fit in their new environment and prepare for their life in France.Before the start of the academic year, two-week intensive French-language courses are organized for international students. During these weeks, a variety of linguistic and intercultural activities provide a good transition with the start of your scientific education at Telecom ParisTech and help students to get to know the school and its environment, to acquire confidence in French and meet their colleagues from different countries.

Students can also follow French as a Foreign Language (FLE) as a regular class throughout the year.It is also possible to choose another foreign language from among 9 languages on offer at Telecom ParisTech: English, Arabic, Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, or Spanish.

Extra-curricular Activities

Students can find a broad array of cultural, sporting and other extra-curricular activities at Telecom ParisTech. More than 50 clubs and associations offer students the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities in diverse fields such as:

Sports (sailing, badminton, handball, tennis, volleyball, etc.) Culture (theater, improvization, Tivi +, etc.) Music (BDAC, choir, salsa, Télécom Sound & Magic, etc.) Corporate activities (Télécom Étude, Telecommunication Forum, etc.) Information & Communication Technologies and Sciences (Rezel - Student Network, robotics, etc.) Music school

Associative activities are managed by the Bureau des Élèves (Students’ Union).

*An online Guidebook for International Students with practical information is available online.

The School has developed over the years a solid expertise in welcoming international students*. In addition to the services and facilities available to all Telecom ParisTech students, the School also offers specialized support services for international students including international student officers who are available to help them settle into their new study life.

Financial Support and Scholarships

Several financial aid and scholarship programmes for excellence are available for international students.

Student Housing

Finding affordable housing in Paris is more of a challenge, nevertheless Telecom ParisTech’s international students can stay at the Maisel (Maison des Elèves de Telecom ParisTech).Students benefit from affordable rents and may be eligible for an accommodation allowance.The Maisel offers more than 530 beds located across three sites: within walking distance of Telecom ParisTech, within the very close quarter and at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris. On the Eurecom campus in Sophia-Antipolis, the student affairs team help international students in their search for accommodation.

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Jean-François NavinerDirector of International RelationsPhone: +33 (0)1 45 81 78 09Email address: jean-francois.naviner@telecom-paristech.fr

Catherine VazzaDeputy Head of International RelationsPhone: +33 (0)1 45 81 81 49Email address: catherine.vazza@telecom-paristech.fr

Gabriela CaracaleanuIncoming Students CoordinatorPhone: +33 (0)1 45 81 71 96Email address: gabriela.caracaleanu@telecom-paristech.fr

Ana BalavoineIncoming and Outgoing Mobility OfficerPhone: +33 (0)1 45 81 77 12Email address: ana.balavoine@telecom-paristech.fr

The Direction of International Relations is located at46, rue Barrault,

75013 Paris - FranceEmail address: international@telecom-paristech.fr

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