International networks and strategic partnerships
Centrale Lille develops and implements its international strategic positioning through active participation in international networks of leading higher education and research establishments.
T.I.M.E. Network Association
Founded in Paris in 1989 and initially focused on Europe, the Top International Managers in Engineering Association (T.I.M.E. Association) is a network of 57 leading science and technology universities and engineering schools in 25 countries whose mission is to support collaborative action between its members to develop the international dimension of higher education and research. Outside Europe, it now has members in Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, and Russia.
Among other activities, a number of double degree agreements have been signed, benefiting both Centrale Lille students and international students from partner universities wishing to continue their studies at our institution.
For Centrale Lille, this is one of the main ways of developing incoming and outgoing student mobility, but it is also a tool for recognising the quality of the institution’s international training.
Franco-German University (UFA)
Founded in 1997 and funded equally by France and Germany, the Franco-German University (Deutsch-Französische Hochschule or DFH in German and Université franco-allemande or UFA in French) promotes Franco-German and European cooperation in higher education and research. .
This international academic institution brings together 208 higher education and research establishments, and its main mission is to initiate, evaluate and participate in the funding of Franco-German courses in various disciplines, including the exact sciences and engineering.
Reaching an audience of more than 6,100 students, its programmes are delivered in more than 140 university towns by the best universities, grandes écoles and Fachhochschulen in France, Germany, and other countries. The UFA represents almost 200 integrated degree courses and 34 Franco-German doctoral schools.
The Groupe des Écoles Centrale works specifically with five German technology universities on double degree programmes supported by the UFA: RWTH, TU Berlin, TU Darmstadt, TU Dresden, and TU Munich.
RMEI (Mediterranean Network of Engineering Schools)
Housed at Centrale Marseille, the RMEI is a global, non-profit organisation dedicated to improving engineering and management education in the Mediterranean region.
The RMEI was created by the need to promote the scientific, cultural, and human wealth of the countries around the Mediterranean, and was originally intended as a response to the Erasmus programme, which did not cover the Mediterranean area.
It works for the benefit of students, higher education institutions, businesses, and public bodies through networking activities, think tanks, workshops and seminars, research missions and programmes, cultural events, etc.
It now includes some sixty engineering and management courses in countries such as Albania, Algeria, Brazil, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey.