University in France
Évry-Courcouronnes, Île-de-France, France
University profile
Télécom SudParis is a public Grande École of digital science and technology, based south of Paris at Évry-Courcouronnes with a second site at Palaiseau. Founded in 1979 as the Institut national des télécommunications (INT), it belongs to the Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT) group and is a founding member of Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris). Its mission is to train engineers and managers who build the digital society, with values of public utility, openness, socio-economic relevance, humanism and the quest for excellence.
The school trains general engineers, specialised engineers, Masters of Science students, scientific executives and PhD candidates. Subjects range from applied mathematics to networks and information systems, electronics, image processing and multimedia, with current emphasis on cybersecurity, digital health, responsible digital technology, complex networks, big data, AI, cloud and the Internet of Things. Teaching is project-based and built around entrepreneurship, and the school was an early adopter of online courses and MOOCs.
The Évry campus covers 7.5 ha and houses classrooms, laboratories, the IMT Starter incubator, a FabLab, sports facilities and association spaces. It is shared with Institut Mines-Télécom Business School, which gives engineering students regular contact with management students. In Palaiseau, less than 20 km from Paris, the school occupies a new building shared with Télécom Paris in the Polytechnique district. The school is organised into a direction, six teaching and research departments and services shared with IMT-BS.
Student life. Around 1,000 students study at the school. Campus life includes more than 60 associations and clubs, an association centre with an auditorium, some 20 artistic and cultural clubs, a student radio station (Evry'One), a junior enterprise and 19 sports. Residential accommodation is run by the not-for-profit Maisel, with 896 beds in seven buildings in and next to the campus. A university restaurant, cafeteria, multimedia library and health service (infirmary, physician, psychologist, social worker, disability assistant) complete the on-site offer.
International students and recognition. The school reports more than 130 partnership agreements worldwide and offers an English Track for international students with little or no French, as well as exchange semesters and dual degrees. The engineering degree is accredited by the Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur (CTI), renewed in 2025 for five years, and carries the EUR-ACE label. The Mastères Spécialisés and Masters of Science are accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE), and the school's training is also labelled by ANSSI for cybersecurity.
General Engineering programme, French, EEA/EU nationals and students admitted through the Concours Mines-Télécom: 2,650 EUR (entry between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2023), 2,900 EUR (entry 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024), 3,200 EUR (entry 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2026), 3,600 EUR (entry after 1 July 2026).
Other students (non-EEA/EU nationals): 4,150 EUR, 4,550 EUR, 4,850 EUR and 5,700 EUR for the same four entry periods respectively. Recipients of a state higher-education grant and wards of the Nation are exempt; students whose income is no more than 3,500 EUR above the social-criteria scholarship ceiling receive a 50% exemption. Students on apprenticeship or professionalisation contracts are exempt.
Masters of Science: 4,000 EUR per year for French and EEA/EU nationals and for non-EEA/EU students from partner universities (excluding dual degrees); 6,000 EUR per year for other non-EEA/EU nationals; 5,000 EUR for the MSc Data Science and Network Intelligence (DANI) joint degree.
Advanced Masters: 85 EUR registration plus tuition of 8,000 EUR for individual students (8,085 EUR total); company-sponsored and apprenticeship rates are higher and set by tri-partner agreement. Auditing students receive a 50% exemption. Dual-degree and mobility students pay the amounts in the applicable agreement.
Needs-based scholarships. Processed by CROUS through the Dossier Social Étudiant on messervices.etudiant.gouv.fr; over one-third of eligible general engineering students receive scholarships each year. Questions: [email protected].
Institut Mines-Télécom Student Social Fund. One-off aid, once per academic year, for students in initial training at an IMT school who face financial difficulty and have paid or been exempted from tuition fees.
Fondation Mines-Télécom scholarships. Around twenty merit and needs-based scholarships a year funded by the annual School Dinner.
Loans and alumni help. Student advances or loans through partner Société Générale, LOCAPASS loans for scholarship students, and one-off loans from the T&MA alumni association, particularly for international mobility.
Eiffel Scholarship Programme. Run by the French Foreign Ministry for Master's and PhD students; the school supports and submits applications to Campus France.
Mobility grants. Erasmus+, Île-de-France mobility scholarships and IMT scholarships support outgoing exchange semesters, dual degrees and internships. Details: official financial aid page and tuition page.
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View scholarships for Télécom SudParis →Students enter in first or second year depending on prior study. Three routes exist: preparatory classes (CPGE) via the Concours Mines-Télécom, with 204 places at the school; admission on academic qualifications; and the IP Paris international competitive entrance examination.
Admission on academic qualifications. First-year applicants hold a Bachelor of Science or equivalent three-year degree in mathematics, physics, electronics, electrical energy and automation, engineering sciences or networks (5 places). Second-year applicants hold a Master 1 or equivalent four-year degree in the same fields (10 places). Applications are made online, followed by eligibility results and oral admission tests.
IP Paris international competitive entrance examination. For students enrolled in higher education outside France in science, engineering or quantitative economics and finance who have not attended a French preparatory programme. Applicants must have completed their fourth year of higher education to be definitively admitted, must show excellent training in mathematics and/or physics, must be under 27 on 1 January of the application year, and need at least B2 in French or English with official test reports. French applicants are not eligible and use the academic qualifications route. Knowledge of French is not required, and procedures and examinations may be completed in English or French. Applications are made on the Polytechnique concours platform (https://dca-concours.polytechnique.fr).
The International English Track is open to students with little or no French; they take French as a Foreign Language and French Civilisation classes and may follow classes in French from the second semester. International students can come as exchange students for one or two semesters or as dual-degree students earning the Télécom SudParis engineering diploma.
All Masters of Science are taught exclusively in English and prepare for doctoral study or industry. The national Masters shared with IP Paris are open to holders of at least a licence from a French institution, a four-year bachelor's degree from a foreign institution, or engineering students at the end of their training. Télécom SudParis engineering students may replace their third year with an IP Paris M2.
Networks and Services, and System and Network Security: taught 75% in French and 25% in English, over two to three semesters, CGE-accredited and RNCP level 7, open to professionals and to students completing an engineering or Master 2 course.
The three-year doctorate follows a Master's in Engineering, within the IP Paris doctoral schools, with doctoral students integrated into the SAMOVAR laboratory. The PhD Track of IP Paris is a five-year programme for students who already hold a bachelor's degree.
Facilities. Multimedia library with 35,000 documents, around 50 print journal subscriptions, 35,000 electronic journals, more than 35,000 e-books, 60 seats and a computer room. Sports: a 1,000 m2 sports hall, three lit tennis courts, a basketball court, a volleyball court, two pétanque courts, an outdoor gym and a weights and cardio room. Restaurant and cafeteria on campus (student entry fee of 1 euro). Maisel residences offer 896 beds (243 individual bedrooms, 613 studios, 13 flat-share apartments) across six buildings on campus and one in central Évry, a 10-minute walk away. Health service with infirmary, physician, psychologist, social worker and disability assistant, open Monday to Friday.
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