Ranked among the 30 best Junior Enter­pris­es in France and affil­i­at­ed with the Nation­al Con­fed­er­a­tion of Junior Enter­pris­es (CNJE), the asso­ci­a­tion is democ­ra­tis­ing the busi­ness of consulting.

‘With its region­al roots, its high, effec­tive ‘fire­pow­er, so to speak, its con­nec­tions to the UTC com­mu­ni­ty through UTeam and the UTC Foun­da­tion for Inno­va­tion, which link the aca­d­e­m­ic and indus­tri­al worlds, and its par­tic­i­pa­tion in the devel­op­ment of strate­gic part­ner­ships with­in the Copil Entre­pris­es UTC, the UTC Junior Enter­prise aka Junior UTC is pro­gress­ing,’ says Samuel Veillerette, Direc­tor of Part­ner­ships and Entre­pre­neur­ship. “The future of engi­neer­ing is linked to that of consulting.”

 Con­struc­tion site man­age­ment through dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion, noise pol­lu­tion reduc­tion through inno­v­a­tive acoustic solu­tions, opti­mi­sa­tion of admin­is­tra­tive process­es with UTC… IT, mechan­i­cal engi­neer­ing, biol­o­gy, urban process­es and sys­tems: the Junior UTC’s areas of exper­tise enable it to meet the needs of small French and local busi­ness­es, as well as large groups such as Dyson, Saint-Gob­ain, Engie, Air­bus, Bouygues, Medtron­ic, Bon­du­elle and even the Direc­torate- Gen­er­al for Exter­nal Secu­ri­ty (DGSE). An eco­nom­ic and edu­ca­tion­al stu­dent asso­ci­a­tion that pro­vides con­sult­ing ser­vices, “Junior UTC con­ducts stud­ies and pro­vides finan­cial­ly attrac­tive ser­vices. It’s fun, friend­ly and very edu­ca­tion­al, like a big fam­i­ly,” says Benoît de Mis­cault, pres­i­dent of Junior UTC and a com­put­er engi­neer­ing stu­dent who hopes to spe­cialise in AI and data sci­ence. Ful­ly inte­grat­ed into the local ecosys­tem, the asso­ci­a­tion pro­motes the Greater Com­piègne Region while enabling stu­dents to take their first steps in entre­pre­neur­ship and con­sult­ing. For exam­ple, we are devel­op­ing sem­i­nars with the Oise Depart­men­tal Cham­ber of Com­merce and Indus­try to raise aware­ness among busi­ness­es about tech­no­log­i­cal chal­lenges and pro­vide AI based solu­tions and build­ing the indus­try of tomor­row.” “The junior Enter­prise com­pa­ny is an enor­mous­ly reward­ing and pro­fes­sion­al­is­ing expe­ri­ence,” acknowl­edges Vic­tor Cristante, mar­ket­ing man­ag­er of the asso­ci­a­tion and a fourthyear mechan­i­cal engi­neer­ing stu­dent. “It pro­vides part­ners with ini­tial con­crete solu­tions. Being part of it is a strong added- v a l u e for future recruiters.” The next goals for its 40 or so vol­un­teer mem­bers, who gen­er­ate up to € 100 000 in rev­enue per year, are to ‘fur­ther devel­op our skills and pro­mote our brand and that of the school,’ says Benoît de Mis­cault. And to main­tain its excel­lence and nation­al ranking.

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