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Assisting all international mobility projects

One of the main objectives of the International Relations Department at POLYTECH Montpellier is to actively encourage each and every one of our students to gain some sort of experience abroad throughout their course, from PEIP (18 + school leavers) to 5th year.

Be it a work placement, a study period, or simply a summer job abroad, we guide and assist all international mobility projects. All our students graduate with at least a 2 months experience abroad (summer job, studies or internship).

To reach this target, POLYTECH Montpellier has set up active partnerships with over 100 universities, (70 of which are in Europe), and owns a database of over 600 foreign companies who have offered our students placements or internship opportunities over the years. The school is an active member of various International Programmes:

European Lifelong Learning programmes for Study mobility and Work experience: ERASMUS
Erasmus Mundus partnerships
BCI (Canadian University partnership)
BRAFITEC

In addition, the school has set up Double Degree programmes with prestigious university partners such as Cranfield University (UK), Politecnico di Torino (Italy), l'Université de Sherbrooke (Canada), University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil).

Through these programmes and networks, POLYTECH Montpellier awards and manages 400 000€ of mobility grants each year.

Welcoming foreign students

POLYTECH Montpellier also welcomes an increasing number of foreign students - through exchange programmes or registered directly with the school, either at bachelor or postgraduate level.

To open our course to non francophone students, we have set up a year long "Polytech France Program", enabling International Students to spend a year getting their linguistic and scientific skills up to scratch.
The current percentage of foreign students in the school is approximately 11%.

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Documentation about the school

Ressource guide

Documentation about Montpellier University

Polytech Montpellier is one of the 15 Engineering Schools in the Polytech Group under the authority of the French Engineering Qualification Commission (CTI). It was awarded the title of "Ecole Polytechnique Universitaire de Montpellier".

Polytech Group presentation

Polytech Group's website

As an integral part of the Montpellier University (UM), it benefits from both educational and scientific potential.

Polytech Montpellier welcomes students from all over the world after a stiff selection & examination of candidates, at two possible levels.

One at post Baccalaureate level, to join the selective two year preparatory programme integrated to the classes offered in the University, in the first year of study (PEIP).
The other is for students who have already completed a minimum of two years at University.

The school ensures five years of high quality training which is finalised by the award of the National Degree of Engineering (equivalent to a Master's in Engineering), with obligatory work placements an integral part of the course.

There is a core curriculum of traditional subjects such as Mathematics, Project Management, Human Sciences, Modern Languages, Communication and 9 scientific specialties.

International Relations are an absolute priority at Polytech Montpellier, with all our students graduate with at least a 2 months experience abroad (summer job, studies or internship).

The Polytech network is made up of 15 Graduate Engineering schools, which are each an integral part of their respective university, and each with their own specific departments.

Our school is located in building 31, inside the Triolet campus of the Montpellier University (UM), next to the tramway station "Université des Sciences et des Lettres".

A few figures

50 years of experience
9 000 alumni
1 300 student engineers
300 graduate engineers each year
100 PhD students
180 staff
12 associate research laboratories

Thinking of studying in Montpellier?

Check out this video !
("About UM" - Youtube 3'24'')

Check out this document about studying in Montpellier! COMUE/Crous
(PDF in English, 29 pages)

About Montpellier

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Montpellier is a city which has a long and rich university history

Its university was one of the first established in France, in the XIII^th century, and where famous people, like Rabelais, did their studies.

Montpellier is well-known all around the world

14% of students are international. So Montpellier is really above the national average of 11,9%.

It's also a great city to live in

Montpellier has been voted the best French big city to study in. Figures don't lie: 43% of citizens are under 30 years old.
The New York Times listed Montpellier as one of the top 45 places to go in the world in 2012 - the only French city listed!

As well as the quality of the education and the knowledge which is transmitted, Montpellier has significant advantages. Indeed, the beach is close, and there are a lot of places where students can meet!
Even if you don't have a car, a student from Montpellier is a happy student.
The excellent public transport system offers a large number of options to travel all around the city:

Several tramway lines (open from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m.)
A comprehensive bus network
Bybicle rental service

All these services are affordable, especially for people under 26 years old. For further information, visit the TAM (public transport) website.

For leisure activities you can get the YOOT pass, to have reductions for the cinema (3,90€ per ticket), or reduced price for concerts, from 5€. The YOOT Pass costs only 9€ for one year.

Likewise, Montpellier has a great nightlife, where we can easily find bars and nightclubs (most have free entrance on Thursday).
TaM (public tranport) has a shuttle service available every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, which enable any nightowls to come back home, safe: L'amigo.

Touristic information about Montpellier

Welcome to Montpellier - Campus France (PDF - 7 pages)

Benvenido a Montpellier - Campus France (PDF - 7 pages)