International actions

To develop an international Cnam network

• Center for Cnam representation abroad (Morocco)
• Center in partnership with a local higher education institution (Lebanon, Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, China)

Leader in the transfer of skills and higher vocational training course planning and design

• Expertise: sandwich courses, VAE (recognition of prior learning), FOAD (ODL open distance learning), digital technology, entrepreneurship, skills/business area approach
• Professor training
• Double diplomas
• Mobility programs for students, teaching and institutional staff

1794 – The Cnam was founded
1968 – Creation of Cnam Center abroad (CCE – Centre Cnam à l’Etranger) in Lebanon
1975 – Initiation of the Cnam Intec and INP-HB partnership in Côte d'Ivoire
2002 – Creation of the Institut International du Management (IIM)
2003 - First MBA in English at the IIM
2004 – First international MA in Management at the IIM
2005 – Creation of the CCE (Cnam center abroad) in Morocco
2008 – Creation of the CCE in Madagascar
2010 – Creation of the international relations department of the Cnam
2015 – First international MA in Engineering sciences: Telecom-Network
2015 – Creation of the CCE in Côte d'Ivoire
2016 – Creation of the European Pole within the DDEI (International and European Development Department)
2017 – Creation of the CCE in China
2021 - Creation of 2 other international MAs in engineering sciences: Mechanics and Information Technology

• 29 locations abroad
• 96 partnership agreements
• 149 training courses deployed abroad
• 7 international courses in France
• 7 865 students abroad (14.3% of total number of Cnam students)
• 3 500 international students and foreign students in France
• 116 foreign PhDs
• 35 theses under joint supervision • 9 ongoing European research projects
• 8 ongoing Erasmus projects +

figures 2018

A networking and partnership approach

• Department of European and International development
  Bertrand Commelin, Director
  Address: 292, rue Saint-Martin case 4DREI1
  F75003 Paris

• Regional Cnam Centers: see the directory
• Cnam Centers abroad:
  • China - download center's brochure here
  • Côte d'Ivoire - download center's brochure here
  • Lebanon - download center's brochure here
  • Madagascar - download center's brochure here
  • Morocco - download center's brochure here
• Cnam-Intec Centers abroad: see the directory

A policy for transferring engineering know-how and competencies

• Training course and certification planning and design
• Co-diploma or double diploma systems
• Professor training
• Mobility of students, professor-researchers and staff
• Expertise: sandwich courses, VAE (recognition of prior learning), FOAD (ODL open distance learning), digital technology, entrepreneurship, skills/business area-based approach