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EURECOM THROUGH THE years....

2022
  • December 2022: EURECOM, EDHEC and IMT launch the Tech Forward incubator, which works alongside leaders of transformative technological projects.
  • September 2022: The first promotion of EURECOM engineering students in 3 years begins their academic year, sponsored by SAP.
  • January 2022, David Gesbert, Head of Communications Systems Department at EURECOM 2011-2021 becomes director of EURECOM. He takes over from Ulrich Finger who held this position for 21 years.
  • EURECOM celebrates its 30th anniversary.

2021

 

     Two new academic members join the EURECOM consortium in January 2021:

  • EDHEC Business School, based in Lille, Nice, Paris, London and Singapore, and counting 100 nationalities on its campuses and partnerships with 280 leading universities around the world,
  • Liège University (Belgium), and more particularly its Electrical and Computer Engineering department (EECS)

2020
  • Since January 2020, TU WIEN (Austria) is a new academic member of EURECOM consortium. As one of the major European Universities TU Wien is a new key partner for EURECOM's prestigious academic network.
  • ITMO St. Petersburg (Russia) join the Consortium in July 2020.

2015

 

  • Czech Technical University (Czech Republic) join the consortium.

2014

 

  • Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) becomes a member of EURECOM consortium.

2013

 

  • IABG becomes a member of the EURECOM Consortium as well as the Principality of Monaco as institutional member.

2012

 

  • EURECOM celebrates its 20th anniversary and moves to campus STIC.

2009
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technolgy, NTNU Trondheim, one of the most prestigious European universities, becomes a member of EURECOM consortium.
  • Two new industrial members in the EURECOM consortium : Symantec and Monaco Telecom.

2008
  • The company AMADEUS, global leader of technology solutions for the suppliers travel industry, launched a research partnership with EURECOM.

2007
  • The German company SAP, world’s leading provider of business software, has launched a research partnership with EURECOM.
  • Technische Universität München TUM, one of the most prestigious European universities, becomes a member of the GIE.

2006
  • Cisco Systems and BMW Group Research and Technology become members of the GIE.
  • Graduation of the first class of the Master of Science curriculum.

2005
  • Texas Instruments and Fondation Hasler leave the GIE.
  • Graduation of the first 2-year curriculum class.

2004
  • Sharp becomes a member of the GIE.

2003
  • Motorola leaves the GIE.
  • EURECOM's curriculum adopts the new European standardized system with the three-level organisation of post-secondary education (called LMD) and the European Credits Transfer System (ECTS).

2002
  • EURECOM celebrates its 10th anniversary. Eurecom enters the Concours Commun Mines-Ponts labeled on "TELECOM ParisTech cursus Sophia Antipolis".

2001
  • Three new partners for EURECOM : Bouygues Télécom, STMicroelectronics and l'Helsinki University of Technology.

2000
  • Ulrich Finger becomes director.

1999
  • IBM France leaves the consortium.

1998
  • Texas Instruments becomes a GIE member.
  • EURECOM houses its first start up.

1997
  • France Télécom, Motorola and Hitachi become GIE members.
  • Mobile communications unit set up the open software radio platform.

1996
  • Cegetel (now SFR) becomes a GIE member.

1995
  • IBM France joins the GIE.
  • Constantinos Papadias, phd student, becomes the first "EURECOM Doctor".
  • DEA "Réseaux et Systèmes Distribués" is created.

1994
  • Thomson-CSF (Thales) and Politecnico de Turin enter the GIE.
  • EURECOM receives the "IEEE Major Educational Innovation Award", it was the first time this prize was granted to a school outside the United States.
  • The 56 k/s modem patent is sold to Motorola.
  • EURECOM experiments the first trans-European ATM platform.

1993
  • First graduation ceremony.

1992
  • EURECOM welcomes its first class of students.

1991
  • L'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunication and l'Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) jointly found the EURECOM consortium (GIE in french).
  • Swisscom and Fondation HASLER (Group Ascom) join the GIE.