The T.I.M.E. (Top Industrial Managers for Europe) Network, founded in 1989, comprises 53 of the best schools, engineering faculties and technical universities in Europe and, more recently, in the rest of the world (Brazil, China, Japan).

The network’s member institutions establish double-degree agreements amongst themselves in order to open up their courses to students from other countries and to offer their own students the possibility of studying for degree qualifications at partner universities.

Bicultural courses

The students, selected from the best of their university intake, study for 5 to 6 years and, when they complete their education, receive two Masters level degree from two different countries.In order to emphasise the bicultural nature of the degrees, the exchanges are organised in such a way that the overall curriculum includes elements that represent what is most distinctive and best in each institution’s educational offering. After completing this education, T.I.M.E. graduates are capable of working anywhere in the world and in multicultural environments.

An exchange of good practices

Apart from linking together the best European, Brazilian, Chinese and Japanese universities to establish double-degree agreements, the T.I.M.E. Network provides a platform where members can exchange information and good practices and promote the excellence of their engineering courses more effectively. For example, through the Network, École des Ponts ParisTech is able to publicise the quality of its engineering degree and its status as a provider of one of the best educations in Europe and across the world.

Promoting academic excellence to companies

Membership of the T.I.M.E. Network also helps the School to promote the academic excellence of its programmes to businesses, which are well aware of the very high quality of the engineers and managers who graduate from member institutions. Engineers who are mobile, bicultural and bilingual: in other words, the engineers of tomorrow that businesses need today.