Academic Partnerships

> Partnerships with research organizations
In France, Institut Télécom has established collaboration with the leading research organizations, such as joint laboratories with the CNRS and INSERM. The schools also cooperate with the INRIA, IFREMER, DGA and universities such as Paris 6, Rennes 1, Évry, Western Brittany, Southern Brittany and Nice within the framework of regional programs and competitiveness clusters.
Internationally, Institut Télécom also conducts an active partnership policy with research bodies and institutes.
Here are some examples:
→ TELECOM Paristech, the DLR (Germany) and the CNES have created a joint laboratory with a teaching and research chair in interpreting satellite images,
→ institutional ties have been established with the Fraunhofer Institutes in Germany, in particular within the framework of the Carnot Institutes Association,
→ Institut Télécom signed an agreement in 2005 with the NICT, a Japanese research body in the field of information and communication technologies,
→ EURECOM is international by essence, and conducts a research partnership policy with the leading European teaching and research institutions: Lausanne Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale (Switzerland), Zürich Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale (Switzerland), Politecnico Torino (Italy), Technische Universtät München, Helsinki Technological Institute (Finland)
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> National research policy and ANR projects
Now widely acknowledged in its field, Institut TELECOM is regularly consulted on French ICT research policy.
It is a leading partner of the French National Research Agency (ANR) for the following programs:
→ Telecommunications,
→ Multimedia,
→ and Software Technologies
Other participations :
→ Technologies for health
→ IT security and safety
→ Concepts, systems and tools for global security

Industrial Partnerships

> In liaison with industrial partners
Through framework partnership contracts and the Fondation TELECOM, Institut Télécom and its subsidiaries are in constant liaison with the major international industrial players: France Telecom/Orange, Thales, Alcatel Lucent, Motorola, EADS, ST Microelectronics, Thomson, SFR, Hitachi, Swisscom, Bouygues Telecom, Sharp, Cisco Systems, BMW Group Company, Mitsubishi Electric ITCE, Schlumberger...

>  Institut Télécom partners SMEs
Institut Télécom intends to be a key partner of the small and medium-sized companies that are to be found in very large numbers in this field, on the strength of its expertise and networks in France and abroad.
It has therefore developed a growing network of SMEs that are close to its fields of activity.
Institut Télécom is notably an active member of :
→ The IE Club, the ITech-Economy club of innovative SMEs
→ The School of Innovation created by the National Association for Research and Technology (ANRT) for SMEs.
At the forefront of company creation, the Institut has seen more than 300 corporations come into existence in its incubators since 2000, and acts as a venture capital investor through its Telecom Valorisation fund, a member of I Source.

> The Fondation Telecom
The Fondation Telecom (formerly the Louis Leprince-Ringuet Foundation) gathers together industrial partners from the telecommunications and multimedia world to provide joint financing for training and research conducted by the Institut: grants, innovation prizes, project incubation, chairs, incentive projects or financing of dedicated projects.