To ensure that the University of Technology of Compiegne is recognized more than ever for the quality of its student life, the creation of a Student Life Directorate (DVE) at UTC-Compiegne represents a major strategic step in the evolution of this unique institutional model.
The Quatrium platform is managed by the CETIM. Its mission is to support investment projects in technologies for the so-called “industry of the future” and the ecological and energy transition of manufacturing companies in the Hauts-de-France region Hauts-de-France Region. An in-depth look with Gabriel Péru, industrial development advisor and lead for the Quatrium platform in Hauts-de-France.
The academic chair for “The Future of Project Management” was established between UTC-Compiegne and SKEMA Business School, with support from the industrial partners the Renault and Saint-Gobain Groups. An in-depth look at its ambition and objectives regarding challenges such as increasing complexity, artificial intelligence, new collaborative methods, and sustainable performance.
Yuxuan Li, a Chinese student at UTC-Compiegne in her final year majoring in UX Design, admits she feels fortunate to have studied in France and to have now reached the peak of her academic journey. With a degree in psychology—a skill she has applied to her research on engineering, the human experience and well-being—the young woman is continuing her path along the cosmopolitan banks of the St. Lawrence River, Canada.
A two-day seminar for apprenticeship supervisors took place in early December at the Pierre-Guillaumat Centre at UTC-Compiegne. The supervisors came from all over France to meet with UTC tutors and work on designing personalized learning paths for their apprentices.
Advancing teaching at UTC-Compiegne by re-examining its courses from a unique perspective, questioning long-established practices, introducing a new approach to content and redefining the very meaning of technology… Since 2025, the course “Exploring the Potential for Sustainable Engineering in a Course” (course code IS21/22/23) has been offered to all engineering students starting in their second semester (other course code name TC02).
The UT Group’s first virtual open days were held on Saturday, February 28, 2026. Online via LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, many internet users were able to ask questions of various speakers from UTBM (Belfort-Montbéliard), UTC-Compiegne and UTT-Troyes.
University full professor Erwann Guénin is a research scientist working at TIMR, a joint laboratory between UTC and ESCOM. He leads a team of lecturer-cum-research scientists from UTC and ESCOM, including Gérald Enderlin, a lecturer at ESCOM and project leader for the TIMR Laboratory. They are members of the CERISEA consortium, coordinated by ResiCare, a subsidiary of Michelin.
Olivier Ginez, Director General of Higher Education and Professional Integration, attended the first summit of the SUNRISE alliance, one of the latest European alliances, on September 23, 20225 These European alliances were established following the French President’s speech at the Sorbonne in 2017.
The annual UTC AI meeting took place on Friday September 26, 2025 at the Daniel Thomas Innovation Centre. This third edition focused on artificial intelligence and the industry of the future. Speakers included Renault Group, Psycle, Alfi and Fealinx addressing the subject of AI for production. The day was also dedicated to SME companies.
On February 2, 2022, a double degree agreement, the BBA in Digital Engineering and Management (BIDM), was signed between UTC-Compiegne and EDHEC on the Lille campus of EDHEC Business School. This is a four-year course designed to develop dual skills in both engineering and management sciences. The programme meets two demands: that of companies for high-level hybrid profiles and that of high school students, hesitating between seeking admission to an engineering school and business school.
During the night, November 5 to 6, 2025, Franck Cammas and Tom Laperche won the Transat Café L’Or (formerly the Transat Jacques-Vabre Trophy) in the category “Ultim”.
Omar Elloumi, 23, has just completed his studies majoring in computer science at Compiegne. Three fruitful years during which he created My Match, a mobile application dedicated to amateur football players, and most recently Cluvo, the first artificial intelligence-based start-up that helps budding entrepreneurs to understand and leverage every customer conversation to build a product that truly responds to the market.
After graduating from UTC with an engineering degree, majoring in process engineering in 2008, Joëlle Huynh-Eyssautier extended her studies with a thesis at IFPEN. She currently works in the Packaging Qualification department at L’Oréal. Here is a portrait of a woman open to the world.
Founder of the start-up Octometha, Vincent Bachet and his team have developed a major innovation for decarbonising agriculture: a slurrybased methanisation process that recovers agricultural residues that are currently little or not at all exploited, such as manure and straw.
On March 28, 2025, the second edition of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Rendezvous Conference was devoted to the issue of AI tools in human resources (HR) management and as a training tool.
Fournival Altesse has been designing and manufacturing hairbrushes for 150 years. The company, employing around 40 people with its long-established know-how, called on UTC to rethink certain processes in order to improve safety, comfort and productivity.
Stéphane Jambois is the family head of Fournival Altesse in Mouy. This company, which has been recognised as part of France’s living heritage since 2017, produces most of its brushes under the Altesse Studio brand, ranging from mass-market products to luxury items and hairdressing brushes. Interactions wanted to meet this character!
Nicolas Damay, lecturer, works at the UTC Roberval laboratory. Khadija El Kadri Benkara, a research scientist in the same laboratory, is responsible for all electrical energy research platforms. Their research focuses on optimizing the life and performance of electric batteries.
Last December, a delegation from UTC made a memorable visit to Brazil, in the state of Paraná. A chance to celebrate the collaboration and define projects for the future.
Théo Masse and Paul Fortin, two “sports elite” students at the top of their game.
A strong partnership between UTC and UPT-Tiraná began in 2008. Over the years, there has been a high level of student mobility from UPT to UTC, on average two per year, at the initiative of Professor Dritan Nace.
Nathalie Sage-Pranchère is a historian and CNRS researcher at the SPHERE laboratory. She was one of the speakers on the round table at 7th Biomedical Rendez-vous at UTC. Her research focuses on the social history of healthcare in the contemporary era, with a particular emphasis on the history of perinatal care, foetal and neonatal illnesses and, more broadly, the history of the healthcare professions. Let the readers appreciate meeting her!
As a tenured university professor, David Flacher has succeeded in his gamble with EPOG+ (Economic Policies for Global bifurcation), an Erasmus Mundus Master’s program launched in 2018, since the European Union (EU) decided to fund EPOG-JM (Joint Master), the new Erasmus Mundus master’s programme, with 5 million euros. A Master’s degree focusing on the theme of the necessary ecological bifurcation.
Thanks to Atelier blam, Joe Kreymati contributed to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with the creation of an electric flame for the impressive Olympic cauldron admired the world over. An innovation supported by EDF with designer Matthieu Lehanneur. Interactions zooms in on this incredible adventure!
Luc Julia, Scientific Director with the Group Renault, is also the author of the book “L’intelligence artificielle n’existe pas” [“AI doesn’t exist”], published by First Editions. In favour of regulating AI, he nonetheless calls for intelligent regulation.
The academic Chair of Hydraulics was created in 2010 to ensure the long-term future of hydraulic power transmission teaching at UTC as part of the engineering curriculum. For the CETIM, viz., the representative of the mechanical engineering professions in France, it was also a question of providing scientific expertise in the field of hydraulics.
Guillaume Bocquet is Director of Regulatory Affairs at Axema, the French association of industrial players in the agri-equipment and agrienvironment sectors. Guillaume graduated from UTC in 1999 majoring in Mechanical Engineering and is also involved in the organization of Agritech Day. Let’s meet him!
Sabine Bensamoun is a research director at the CNRS and works in the CNRS/BMBI joint research unit at UTC. She is also a research associate at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, USA) and a member of the CNRS National Committee (CoNRS). With Dr Fabrice Charleux of ACRIM, she took part in the international liver study that led to the hepatogram.
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