Strategy and partnerships
At the heart of multiple international networks, Mines Paris – PSL enables its students and academic staff to develop a strong international dimension. The engineering school maintains a wide range of partnerships and is actively engaged within highly regarded global networks.
Through these alliances, it mobilizes expertise worldwide and offers students original, high-quality academic programs.
An international development strategy
Strengthening the School’s international attractiveness and reach
The international development strategy of the School is structured around several complementary objectives:
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Strengthening partnerships with leading higher education institutions
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Developing international research collaborations and industry relations
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Enhancing the visibility and attractiveness of academic programs and degrees
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Strengthening partnerships with leading higher education institutions
International academic partnerships
Agreements in over 40 countries and diverse cooperation schemes
Mines Paris – PSL has established agreements with more than 80 institutions across over 40 countries. These partnerships support student and faculty exchanges, as well as joint programs such as double degrees and co-supervised PhD theses.
The School also relies on a broad network of European partner universities within the Erasmus+ framework, facilitating academic mobility across its programs.
Erasmus+ program
A central driver of European mobility
Mines Paris – PSL participates in the Erasmus+ program, which supports academic and professional mobility within the European Higher Education Area. This scheme provides a structured framework for the School’s international exchanges.
Erasmus + Charter
Mines Paris – PSL holds the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE 2021–2027), which formalizes its commitment to the European program and defines the framework for its mobility and cooperation activities.
Our Erasmus commitment
Participation in Erasmus+ is part of a broader internationalization strategy aimed at strengthening mobility, expanding academic cooperation, and contributing to the European Higher Education Area.
European alliance EELISA
Academic cooperation at European scale
Mines Paris – PSL participates, through Université PSL, in the European alliance EELISA (European Engineering Learning Innovation and Science Alliance), alongside several European higher education institutions. The alliance brings together 9 institutions across 7 countries, representing a network of more than 180,000 students, 50,000 graduates per year, 16,000 academic staff, and 10,000 administrative staff.
A joint project for engineering education in Europe
EELISA aims to structure long-term cooperation between institutions around a shared vision of engineering education, based on pedagogical innovation, international collaboration, and engagement with societal challenges.
The objective is to foster a more integrated, cross-border European space for engineering education and research.
A transformation dynamic for academic programs
The alliance strengthens cooperation between partner institutions and supports the development of new formats for education and academic collaboration at European scale.
