- Institut Eurécom
infobox University
name = Eurecom
native_name = Institut Eurécom
established =1991
city =Sophia Antipolis
province =Alpes-Maritimes
country =France
type = Engineering school and research institute
director = Ulrich Finger
affiliations =Institut TELECOM
website = http://www.eurecom.frInstitut Eurécom is an engineering school in the domain of information and communication technology and a research center in communication systems. It was created in 1991 in
Sophia-Antipolis by the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (TELECOM ParisTech ) and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL ), joined since by other European Universities such as thePolytechnic University of Turin ,Helsinki University of Technology , andMunich University of Technology .It has strong industry ties. The current partners are
Swisscom ,Thales ,SFR , Orange, Hitachi,STMicroelectronics , Bouygues Télécom, Sharp,Cisco andBMW Group Research & Technology.The institute has an international orientation in the recruitment of professors and students from many different countries, with its European program and lectures held in English. Eurécom recruits about one hundred students for the Masters level per year and around sixty students for the
PhD program.The research activity of Eurécom is organized around three principal themes:
mobile communication , multimedia communication, and business communication (networks andsecurity ). TwoTELECOM ParisTech laboratories are associated with Eurécom,System on Chip and ICT Usage. [ [http://www.eurecom.fr/research/jointlabo.en.htm Two TELECOM ParisTech labs in Sohpia Antipolis] , Eurécom web site. Retrieved2008-08-04 ]The institute is a major participant in European and national research programs and is associated with the
CNRS as a laboratory in communication systems (FRE 2660).External links
* [http://www.eurecom.fr Eurécom] , official website
* [http://bde.eurecom.fr/joomla/index.php BDE] , the Eurécom student union
* [http://www.eurecometude.com/ Eurecom Etude] , junior consultants of EurécomReferences
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