Nearly 400 incoming and outgoing exchanges!
The ATHENS network includes 15 of the top European sciences and technology universities and 8 leading French engineering schools. This initiative offers students a unique opportunity: an intensive week of courses at a partner institution, enriched by cultural activities, with credits validated as part of the ECTS system.
Credits Bethany Cagnol, Télécom Paris (photo 1), Chimie ParisTech (photos 2 to 5), Christine Gallet, Télécom Paris (photos 6 to 10)
Remarkable Growth in International Participation
Télécom Paris reaffirms its leading role within the ATHENS network. Students on our campus come from countries such as Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey.
The top represented partner universities are:
- Warsaw University of Technology (Poland)
- Instituto Superior Tecnico (Portugal)
- Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
- Czech Technical University (Czech Republic)
- Istanbul Technical University (Turkey)
- Technishe Universität München (Germany)
- Technische Universität Wien (Austria)
- Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
A Week of Enriching Academic and Cultural Immersion
The students were welcomed at Télécom Paris by the Teaching Department and the International Relations Office, who introduced them to our campus and the seven courses offered during this immersion week. The 30-hour courses are complemented by socio-cultural activities, enhancing the participants’ experience.
Courses offered in November 2024 at Télécom Paris include:
- Image Processing – Arthur Leclaire
- Social Emergence in Complex Systems – Ada Diaconescu, Jean-Louis Dessalles
- From Cloud Datacenters to Mobile Edge Computing: Architecture, Dimensioning and Energy Constraints – Maurice Gagnaire
- Practice in Deep Learning – Enzo Tartaglione, Attilio Fiandrotti
- User Experience Design Sprint – Samuel Huron
- Mediating International and Scientific Communication – Bethany Cagnol, Melania Burgelis
- Formal Methods: Formal Specification and Verification of Systems – Rabéa Ameur-Boulifa
Significant International Participation by Télécom Paris Students
The ATHENS Week is a highlight of student life at Télécom Paris. We encourage our students to seize the opportunities provided by the ATHENS network, which contributes to fulfilling the international mobility semester requirement of the engineering curriculum.
The most popular destinations are:
- Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic)
- Universidad Politécnica in Madrid (Spain)
- Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon (Portugal)
A significant portion of students remaining in France are international students, who can only take courses within France. They often choose to study at partner schools such as AgroParisTech, Mines Paris – PSL, or École nationale des ponts et chaussées, or they may choose to stay at Télécom Paris.
Télécom Paris is proud to play an active role in this prestigious European network and delighted to welcome students from across Europe for this unique and enriching experience. We are confident that this Athens Week will also allow our own students to make the most of this academic and cultural immersion.
Learn More About the ATHENS Network
The ATHENS program, established in 1997, promotes the exchange of students, researchers, and faculty among leading European institutions. Its flagship activity is a program of intensive one-week courses hosted by each member institution.
Télécom Paris participates in the session held during the third week of November. Each session includes 30 hours of intensive coursework and 10 to 15 hours of cultural activities. The sessions are assessed and validated for 2 or 3 ECTS credits.
