Toulouse INP has obtained the “Bienvenue En France” label A guarantee of quality in welcoming international students In France
The February 20, 2020
Toulouse INP has been awarded the "Bienvenue en France" label with 3 stars, the maximum number issued for this label, which rewards the quality in welcoming international students.
On February 13, 2020, Campus France awarded the "Bienvenue en France" label to 13 higher education establishments, bringing the number of establishments certified to 75.
Submitted by Toulouse INP in December 2019, this labelling approach was piloted and implemented by the Internationals Affairs and Communications department. Obtaining this label is recognition for Toulouse INP which has been committed for years to offer a qualitative greeting to its international students. A label which confirms the policy implemented to guarantee this quality of reception at the best level.
"Bienvenue en France" Label
Its goal is to make France more attractive to international students and to increase the visibility of French higher education system abroad. The "Bienvenue en France" label is issued by Campus France to higher education establishments wishing to make visible the efforts made to improve the reception of international students. The "Bienvenue en France" label is part of an overall quality approach for establishments, within which it finds its place as a tool for measuring, describing and promoting their systems and their actions dedicated to international students.
Issued for a period of 4 years, this label gives to the establishment better visibility internationally. The label meets requirements standards established by the Ministry and defined by the following criteria:
- The information’s quality and accessibility
- Welcoming facilities
- Training offer
- Accommodation
- Campus life
- Post-graduate follow-up
Welcoming foreign students, an important issue at Toulouse INP
Toulouse INP welcomed, in 2018-2019, 967 international students from the INP Prepa to the doctorate, passing through the engineering and master's cycle, which represents 23% of the workforce.
The establishment is strongly involved in welcoming and supporting foreign students and offers various concrete actions such as:
- Welcome days: festive events where students from our schools and the President of Toulouse INP welcome new students.
- Welcome Desk: a multiservice desk set up by the University of Toulouse, it helps students to finalise administrative formalities.
- Websites in English: Toulouse INP and its schools ENSAT, ENSIACET and ENSEEIHT have websites in English dedicated to an international audience, students, teachers and researchers. These sites are composed to meet the specific needs of this audience.
- The Etudes en France platform is completely dematerialised and manages all of the enrolment procedures for an institute of higher educationup until the visa request.
- Student Guide: available for international students, with the presentation of the territory, the study environment, cultural and sports offers, a calendar of campus life and a detail of current services.
And many other tools and actions that international students will discover throughout their journey and in particular access, like all students, to the "Planete" work environment.
International students photo on the Welcome Day INP in october 2019.
