Plateau de Saclay Campus

What is the Plateau de Saclay Campus plan?

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The Institut Télécom and the Plateau de Saclay Campus

The Institut Télécom is one of the 23 partners in the Plateau de Saclay Campus project.
In his speech of 29 April 2009 on the subject of Greater Paris, President of France Nicolas Sarkozy announced financial support for the Plateau de Saclay Campus project as part of the Campus Operation launched in 2008 by the Minister for Higher Education and Research.
The announcement came in the wake of the final confirmation by the Ministry, on 24 February 2009, of the application submitted by the 23 partners committing themselves to creating a science and technology campus of worldwide standard on the Plateau de Saclay, as part of a cluster with particularly high economic growth potential.
The Institut Télécom is taking part in the Plateau de Saclay Campus project as part of its growth strategy.
The Institut Télécom therefore plans to base part of the research, teaching and innovation activities of its Télécom ParisTech and Télécom SudParis schools on the campus, providing ideal conditions for students and staff alike.
The Institut Télécom will thus be able to contribute to setting up this ambitious cluster and:

• promote the diversity and wealth of training paths
• boost research and innovation
• produce output of international standard
• fit in with the scientific priorities of the Institut Télécom

The planned site will be in one of the key parts of the Campus, the “CST District”, in close liaison with partners such as the Ecole Polytechnique, INRIA, ENSTA, Digiteo or NanoInnov, thereby facilitating cooperation and consolidating partnerships. More generally, the Institut Télécom will benefit from interactions with all the stakeholders present on the Plateau de Saclay.
By 2014, after transferring the teaching, research and innovation activities currently based in Paris and Evry, the aim of the Institut Télécom is to be organized around three themed campuses in the Paris region:

• Palaiseau (Plateau de Saclay): communication networks and systems
• Paris: multimedia contents, uses and services
• Evry: digital enterprise

These different locations will enhance the Institut’s regional ties, in liaison with the ParisTech and UniverSud Paris PRES, and ensure it continues to interact effectively with economic stakeholders, through the System@tic and CapDigital competitiveness clusters.

The Plateau de Saclay

 

Close up of the area in Palaiseau where the Institut Télécom will be located, in the ICST district