"Grand établissement de la technologie au service de l'industrie, notre stratégie européenne et internationale est ancrée dans le projet d'établissement et implique un processus d'internationalisation dans toutes les activités de l'école. Fort de sa réputation en formation, recherche et transfert technologique avec le monde industriel, Arts et Métiers est fortement engagé dans les partenariats internationaux en appui de la stratégie de développement des entreprises françaises et européennes. L’établissement se positionne comme un accélérateur de talents pour l’Industrie du futur en sensibilisant et en formant étudiants, personnels et cadres d'entreprises aux enjeux socio-économiques futurs et en accompagnant les entreprises dans leurs défis d’innovation. Une meilleure articulation entre recherche et formation avec le développement de formations ""à et par la recherche"" constitue une priorité pour sensibiliser étudiants et doctorants aux enjeux de l'espace européen de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche. Nos équipes de recherche développent de nombreux projets internationaux, dimension essentielle pour répondre aux défis de l’industrie du futur. La mobilité étudiante est encouragée lorsque accompagnée par un laboratoire de recherche et en liaison avec des mobilités de professeurs. Nous encourageons fortement les stages longs en entreprise.Les étudiants doivent envisager leur carrière à l’échelle européenne, voire mondiale. Notre ambition est de leur permettre d’acquérir les compétences pour évoluer dans une culture internationale, accompagner les entreprises et être ambassadeurs de l’industrie française du futur. Les expériences acquises par la formation, les stages ou les projets internationaux favorisent le développement de la créativité et permettent une approche multiculturelle, facilitant une adaptation plus rapide. Le présent projet Erasmus+ intègre cette stratégie de développement qui s'appuie notamment sur les partenariats structurants et l’accompagnement des entreprises dans leur développement en Europe et ailleurs dans le monde. Cette stratégie est soutenue en Europe grâce au programme Erasmus+ qui permet des échanges d’étudiants pour des programmes courts ou formations diplômantes ainsi que des départs en stages. La mobilité internationale est obligatoire pour obtenir le diplôme Arts et Métiers. Un de nos objectifs prioritaires est d’accroître la mobilité encadrée comme outil de réussite des étudiants. Ainsi, sur le projet 2018-2020 nous avons enregistré 141 étudiants dont 133 allocataires. Sur ces 141 nous avons eu 99 mobilités études, 42 stages. Cette tendance est amenée à accroître les prochaines années.En général les étudiants effectuent leur mobilité internationale en dernière année d’études sous forme d’un semestre ou une année d’échange, un double diplôme, un stage en entreprise. Un autre de nos objectifs est de consolider nos partenariats, en ce sens le projet nous a permis d'organiser 2 mobilités enseignantes et 4 mobilités de formation. La mobilité du personnel est un facteur clé dans l'internationalisation car elle assure une ouverture internationale permettant de mieux comprendre et intégrer les aspects culturels dans le travail au quotidien. Ceci est essentiel, que ce soit pour la mobilité sortante ou entrante et permet de mieux accompagner les étudiants dans leur projet professionnel international. Le projet 2018-2020 nous a permis de continuer à encourager la mobilité du personnel.Le nombre d’hommes en mobilité est plus important que celui des femmes, ce qui reflète le ratio homme-femme au sein de l’école.Au-delà des objectifs pédagogiques, les engagements de la charte Erasmus+ permettent de donner aux mobilités un cadre linguistique et culturel ainsi que de développer l'ouverture d’esprit. Les résultats de ce projet sont très positifs tant pour les étudiants que pour le personnel. La mobilité leur a permis de mieux comprendre d’autres systèmes éducatifs, de renforcer des actions pédagogiques et de recherche, de développer des compétences interpersonnelles (autonomie, responsabilité, sens de l’initiative, adaptabilité, esprit d’équipe) et de renforcer leur sentiment d’appartenance à la Communauté européenne. La reconnaissance des études et des stages à l’étranger et l’enrichissement personnel par des échanges interculturels sont autant d’éléments qui favoriseront l’employabilité des participants.D’une façon générale nous avons eu plus de demandes que de possibilités de financement. Ceci est en grande partie dû au partage d’expérience après les mobilités et à la prise de conscience de la réalité du marché global de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche dans lequel l'établissement opère aujourd'hui.La participation à ce projet a renforcé notre position en tant qu’établissement reconnu pour la qualité et la pertinence de ses enseignements et ses activités de recherche et d’innovation en collaboration avec les entreprises en science et technologie dans le monde."

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The guiding thread of Arts et Métiers’ international strategy is to become a European flagship Science & Technology Institution by 2020.The European and International strategy is rooted in the institutional project and involves an internationalization of all the school’s activities, from education, research and innovation through to partnerships with companies.Graduates should see their future careers at a European, if not at a global level. International experiences acquired through education, internships, projects favor creativity and a multicultural approach, thereby facilitating their ability to adapt quickly ( professional collaborations, international projects, expatriation).The ERASMUS+ 2014-2016 contract integrates this development strategy which particularly builds on structured partnerships and on accompanying companies in their European and international development.This strategy was supported in Europe thanks to the Erasmus+ program thereby enabling exchange of students in both non-degree exchange programs and degree programs (39 mobility grants were awarded for 43 on offer initially), internships in industry (39 mobility grants were used out of 55), as well as the mobility of personnel (3 teaching mobility grants, 1 administrative training) Mobility generally takes place in the final year of studies (one- semester exchanges, one-year exchanges, double degrees, internships in industry). The male/female ratio is largely in favor of males but this reflects the male-female ratio in the school.Staff mobility is a key factor in the internationalization of an institution, as it gives an international perspective and cultural awareness, thereby allowing staff to better understand and integrate cultural aspects in their daily work - which is essential in the expansion of internationalization in order to accompany students in their professional projects which include international mobility.The commitments of the ERASMUS+ Charter have given a framework over and above pedagogical objectives, particularly language skills, cultural development and open-mindedness, which previously were neglected as difficult to evaluate.We have obtained positive results (quantitatively and qualitatively) for both student mobility (academic semesters abroad and internships) and staff mobility (whether it be administrative or academic staff) – with a better understanding of different academic systems and the reinforcement of pedagogical and research activities). The demand for staff mobility exceeded our expectations, with many more mobility requests than we were able to fund. (16 requests for 4 grants). This was mainly due to the sharing of experience and word of mouth after the mobility as well as growing awareness of the reality of the global higher education market in which we operate.

For several year Arts et Métiers’ international strategy on the Southern shore of the Mediterranean has been to strengthen ties with French industrial partners located in this geographical area through reinforcing its collaboration with local academic partners to train future engineers for the local industry needs. It is within this framework that, over the last 10 years, Arts et Métiers has accompanied Engineering Schools in Tunisia, such as the Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Bizerte (ENIB) and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENSIT) in setting up engineering programmes based on the Arts et Métiers model while adapting it to the socio economic and development needs of the specific country.That is how Arts et Métiers contributed to the creation of the Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Bizerte (ENIB). The help in developing educational programmes started in 2009, with the interest from French aeronautics and space industry (Zodiac, Valeo, Safran, Aerolia) in Tunisia who were to become close partners of ENIB. The aerospace industry, a close partner of the ENIB, expects growth of its activities in Tunisia by around 24% annually. Therefore, there is a growing need for engineers who are highly qualified and open to the international market, particularly to the French culture. This project is funded by the “Agence Française de Développement » (French Development Agency) and the French Embassy and it has funded mobility grants for students in the double engineering degree.The double degree programme in Mechanical Engineering with the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENSIT) has been implemented in 2013 and, since then, we have been exchanging students and staff mobility. ENSAM's reputation is a gurantee of the quality of training for future managers and researchers who, in the course of their professional activities, will strengthen economic links between EU and non-EU countries in the Mediterranean area. The Erasmus + funding allowed us to strengthen our partnership with these institutions with an increase in the number of students who follow a double degree in engineering from ENIB/ENSIT and master/Engineering from Arts et Métiers. The objective of positioning the students on the themes of excellence of Arts et Métiers in symbiosis with the most important research thematics was reached. In this context, 21 students from the ENIB and 15 from the ENSIT benefit from Erasmus+ grants to follow the double degree programmes in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering. Depending on the programme, these students spend one or two years at Arts et Métiers instead of their last year at ENIB/ENSIT. This will validate their double degree (ENIB/ENSIT Engineering degree and Master/Engineering degree from Arts et Métiers).Another objective was to deepen our partnership with the two Tunisian institutions by reinforcing the support in pedagogical engineering by welcoming the teaching and research staff in France to follow training courses on the pedagogical methodologies put in place at Arts and Métiers: tutorials, practical work in our laboratories. It is in this context that 5 teaching & research staff from ENIB and ENSIT were welcomed by research & teaching teams in the different Arts et Métiers campuses and 3 teachers from Arts et Métiers went abroad.The aim of sending teachers from Arts et Métiers to teach at ENIB or ENSIT is to train Tunisian students in our thematic fields of excellence and to forge links between these teachers and their counterparts with whom they work closely for the preparation of the modules. Our aim has been to bring together the researchers of the Arts & Métiers with those of ENIB/ENSIT to support them on different research themes, which ultimately contributes to the creation of research laboratories. The results of the project remain very positive. The feedback from students and teachers is very good. Teacher researchers now have a better appreciation of the research areas and are in the process of identifying common projects for the future. Students having participated have all successfully completed the double degree program. The impact of the project on industrialists, French and Tunisian, is also rather positive.

The guiding thread of Arts et Métiers’ international strategy is to become a European flagship Science & Technology Institution by 2020. The European and International strategy is rooted in the institutional project and involves an internationalization of all the school’s activities, from education, research and innovation through to partnerships with companies. Graduates should see their future careers at a European, if not at a global level. International experiences acquired through education, internships or projects favor creativity and a multicultural approach, thereby facilitating their ability to adapt quickly (professional collaborations, international projects, expatriation).The ERASMUS+ 2016-2018 contract integrates this development strategy which particularly builds on structured partnerships and on accompanying companies in their European and international development.This strategy is supported in Europe thanks to the Erasmus+ program thereby enabling exchange of students in both non-degree and degree programs. International mobility is mandatory to obtain our Engineering Degree. One of our main objectives is to enhance students’ mobility as a success tool. Thus, in the last 2 years the number of our outgoing students in Europe has continuously increased. For the current contract we count 149 students, 136 of whom with financial support from Erasmus EU funds (compared to 108 students in the previous contract). Among the 149 students 97 went abroad for studies and 52 for internships. This reflects the growing mobility needs for the future. Generally students go abroad during their final year of studies for one or two semester exchanges, double degrees or internships. The male/female ratio is largely in favor of males but this reflects the male-female ratio in the school.Staff mobility is a key factor in the internationalization of an institution, as it gives an international perspective and cultural awareness, thereby allowing staff to better understand and integrate cultural aspects in their daily work - which is essential in the expansion of internationalization in order to accompany students in their professional projects which include international mobility.The grants awarded in the 2016-2018 contract, 3 teaching mobilities and 2 training mobilities, enabled us to support also personnel mobility. The commitments of the ERASMUS+ Charter have given a framework over and above pedagogical objectives, particularly language skills, cultural development and open-mindedness.We have obtained positive results for both student mobility (academic semesters abroad and internships) and staff mobility (whether administrative or academic staff), with a better understanding of different academic systems, the reinforcement of pedagogical and research activities, the development or improvement of soft skills such as responsibility, initiative, adaptability, team spirit... Their mobility abroad also reinforced their sense of belonging to the European Community. Moreover, the academic recognition of studies and internships accomplished abroad as well as the self-enrichment by the way of intercultural exchanges boost the employability of the participants. In all, applications for mobility outnumbered the grants awarded. This is due to post-mobility testimonies as well as growing awareness of the reality of the global higher education market in which we operate.