Nabil Hadjaz, who graduated from UTC in 2011, majoring in Mechanical Engineering, used to dream about becoming an astronaut. Today, he works with them, after succeeded in joining the world’s elite in space exploration. He is an engineer for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and works with NASA on the ISS (International Space Station) programme.
Ninon Lizé Masclef is the first artist “in residence” as we say, at the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab, the innovation centre of Dassault Systèmes France. She is simultaneously in charge of scientific research with the UK start-up Ontbo. Her research is specialised in the analysis of emotions and music to develop brain-computer interfaces.
Welcoming foreign students has always been part of the UTC’s DNA and the links with Asia have always been strong, since the first twelve Chinese students were welcomed here in February 1979, through the creation of UTSEUS in 2006. Today, about 20% of UTC’s matriculated students are foreigners, of which a significant part comes from the Asian continent. Students with impressive academic backgrounds, such as Dhivenya Rajarathinam, a Malaysian student who is currently finishing her studies, majoring in Mechanical engineering!
The ET-LIOS project, an acronym for «Enseignements Technologiques de niveau LIcence Ouverts pour une industrie du futur compétitive et Soutenable» [First Degree level Technology-intensive training for competitive & sustainable industry] is a project of ‘hybridization’ of higher education courses dedicated to ‘Industry of the Future’.
UTC is a partner of the development, notably economic, of the local community. It has been an initiator and/or stakeholder in major projects linked to the attractiveness of the territory for many years. Emmanuel Pascual, Municipal and Community Councillor, Delegate for Innovation and Relations with Higher Education, explains.
