Activity report 2013 ACT | COOPERATE | SHARE RA-180x240-UK.indd 1 17/04/2014 10:53 Table of contents 4 About ParisTech 6 Interview 9 Key fi gures 10 Joint Message from the directors of the member institutions 12 2013 highlights Act 14 International programmes and business partnerships 16 Exporting the French Grande École model 19 Maintaining an ongoing relationship with 14 partner businesses 20 Two fl agship achievements Cooperate 26 Managing inter-institutional projects and playing a leading role in the higher education landscape 28 An innovation-centred approach 29 A strong commitment to diversity 26 Share 34 A dynamic working community that generates synergies and a brand-based identity 36 Numerous well-established initiatives 39 ParisTech increases its presence on social media 40 Financial results 41 Governance 34 ACTIVITY REPORT 2013 - TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 RA-180x240-UK.indd 2-3 17/04/2014 10:53 “The complementary fi elds of excellence of ParisTech’s About member institutions offer ParisTech a unique opportunity for ParisTech is a consortium of prestigious higher cross-disciplinarity.” education institutions, which collaborate on joint training, research and innovation projects in the fi elds of science, technology and management. > Comprising 12 Grandes Écoles based in the Greater Paris area, each of which is a leader in its fi eld, ParisTech works closely with education and research centres worldwide, and has entered into numerous partnership agreements. > ParisTech is driven by its two core values: commitment to the French higher education model represented by the Grandes Écoles, in France and abroad, and to a multidisciplinary approach to business-centred education and research. > ParisTech is established as a public scientifi c cooperation South America: European networks institution. Russia, 15 joint recruitment including ATHENS Central Europe: partnerships, 9 partnerships > Grouped into three campuses (Paris, Saclay and Marne-la- particularly in Brazil Vallée) ParisTech’s member institu tions are actively involved in the site-based structuring of higher education in Greater India: agreements China: 9 major Paris, an approach adopted in line with the strategy developed with 7 IIT universities by ParisTech. ACTIVITY REPORT 2013 - PARISTECH 4 ABOUT PARISTECH - ACTIVITY REPORT 2013 ABOUT 5 RA-180x240-UK.indd 4-5 17/04/2014 10:53 regardless of the geographical location of the institutions concerned. That said, ParisTech has an important role to play. Our primary mission is to design and implement multidisciplin- Interview ary projects in the areas of training, research and innovation to meet business needs. ParisTech has some Perspectives from the two formidable advantages to achieve its aims: the acknowledged excellence of presidents who shared the each of the 12 Grandes Écoles in their leadership of ParisTech in 2013. own fi elds, the wide range of skills represented, our close relationships with business, our experience in man- aging projects involving multiple institutions, our brand recognition One of the main events of 2013 and our Alumni network. was the promulgation of the new French Higher Education and JEAN-PHILIPPE VANOT: I think we can Research Act, which defi ned new continue to develop in a way that ‘communities’ of universities com plements the Communautés and other institutions, known d’Universités et d’Établissements, as Communautés d’Universités rather than competing with them. et d’Établissements (ComUE). In particular, we have an important How do you see ParisTech in this role to play in facilitating cooperation new context? between ComUE within the Greater Paris region. Furthermore, we are YVES POILANE: Not surprisingly, the un usual in terms of our close working act did not off er ParisTech the option relationship with businesses. Accord- of becoming a ComUE, for two reasons: ing to a recent study by McKinsey1, > ParisTech is a consortium of Grandes know-how of this kind is fairly remark- Écoles and does not include any uni- able in the higher education and versities; research sector in France. This is a > with the new Act, the French govern- precious advantage and I will continue ment is organising the higher education to ensure we remain a key partner for landscape at a territorial level, with a businesses. site-based structure. ParisTech takes a different approach, by putting the emphasis on multidisciplinary projects 1 Education to Employment: Getting Europe’s Youth into geared to the needs of businesses, © Télécom ParisTech Work McKinsey Center for Government, January 2014. © François Maréchal ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 6 INTERVIEW - ACTIVITY REPORT 2013 EDITORIAL 7 RA-180x240-UK.indd 6-7 17/04/2014 10:53 What do you think were the most professors. Key Figures outstanding achievements of 2013? The challenge, going forward, will be Y.P.: 2013 was a year in which we com- to bring businesses into the programme pleted numerous projects both in the to encourage the development of new ParisTech interests of the 12 Grandes Écoles and synergies between businesses, aca- to bolster the status of the higher edu- demic institutions and students to cation and research sector in France. drive innovation. We have continued to work on large- scale projects, such as the work we are So 2013 was a busy year. What will doing with Renault in relation to the 2014 bring? Sustainable Mobility Institute, to take J-P.V.: We have a number of assets, as just one example. we mentioned earlier. I think that our Another notable achievement is the strategy in the future will rely on: growing success of our Master’s pro- > developing multidisciplinary train- grammes and the establishment or ing, research and innovation renewal of signifi cant chairs. programmes designed to meet the We also launched a number of major needs of business, with a focus on the 100 defi ning projects: most signifi cant challenges faced by 20,000 > the ParisTech Shanghai Jiao Tong France. I truly believe that ParisTech students partner Engineering School, which was inau- has an important role to play in the gurated by the French President on 26 industrial recovery plan launched by businesses April 2013; the French government; > the Institut Villebon-Georges > promoting the French Grandes Écoles Charpak, which welcomed its fi rst stu- model, both in France, through a more dents in September 2013, socially diverse student body, and > the ParisTeach Innovation pro- internationally, by increasing joint, gramme, launched in June 2013, whose high-quality recruitment in the coun- aim is to raise awareness of the inno- tries that are of most interest to our vation process amongst all our partner businesses. students, and also involves all of our 200,000 130 2,900 alumni laboratories professors Let me end with a fi ne phrase from Saint-Exupéry: 12 21 Grande École degrees “As for the future, your task is not ParisTech labelled 71 teaching and research (11 engineering degrees and one Masters degrees chairs to foresee it, but to enable it.” in 5 fi elds of reference business management degree) JEAN-PHILIPPE VANOT ACTIVITY REPORT 2013 - 8 INTERVIEW - ACTIVITY REPORT 2013 KEY FIGURES 9 RA-180x240-UK.indd 8-9 17/04/2014 10:53 DIRECTORS 1 Gilles Trystram, 6 Julien Pouget, 11 Jean-Louis 1 2 AgroParisTech ENSAE ParisTech Martin, 2 Laurent Carraro, 7 Elisabeth Institut d’Optique Arts et Métiers Crépon, Graduate School ParisTech ENSTA ParisTech 12 Romain 3 Valérie Cabuil, 8 Jacques Prost Soubeyran, Chimie ParisTech then MINES ParisTech 4 Armel de la 9 Jean-François 13 Yves Poilane, Joint Joanny, Télécom ParisTech, Bourdonnaye, École des Ponts ESPCI ParisTech ParisTech President ParisTech 10 Bernard in 2013 5 Yves Demay, Ramanantsoa, 14 Jean-Philippe 3 4 École HEC Paris Vanot, message Polytechnique ParisTech from the directors and the Institut Villebon-Georges Charpak, which welcomed its fi rst of the member institutions cohort of students in September 2013. We have also stepped up academic co- 5 6 operation within ParisTech itself, with A new step that affects us directly was taken in 2013, the signing of several contract-based dual-degree and collaborative agree- with the creation of Communautés d’Universités et ments between individual Grandes d’Établissements under the French Higher Education Écoles. We also decided to create and Research Act. Developing multidisciplinary ParisTeach Innovation, an innovation development programme for our stu- projects that draw on the skills of our member dents and professors. The French 7 8 institutions, regardless of where they are located national industrial recovery programme in the Greater Paris region, complements the new off ers us the opportunity to be a major player in this area. site-based structure. We intend to continue – as members of this consortium of Grandes Écoles and in conjunction with players in the fi eld We have thus underlined our continued August 2013 and for ensuring a smooth of higher education and research – to 9 10 commitment to ParisTech and our inten- operational transition to his successor. run joint and multidisciplinary projects, tion to pursue the line adopted by the Jean-Philippe Vanot has embraced the which represent our major strength and Credits: consortium to further reinforce existing presidency of ParisTech with enthusi- are a crucial part of our quality reputa- 1 © AgroParisTech ; 2 © Stefan Meyer partnerships and spur the development asm and identifi ed new prospects for tion both in France and abroad. – Arts et Métiers ParisTech ; 3 © Laurent Ollier ; 4 © François of joint projects, in particular