University Institute of Technology in Reims-Châlons-Charleville (IUT)

Presentation

Active and evolutive pedagogy

• 13 DUTs (A levels +2) can be prepared.
• Teaching is equally divided between general and professional subjects.
• Hands on training course and tutored projects play an important part.
• Training is opened to sport and culture.
• 17 foreign universities are partners of the IUT.
• Release or apprenticeship programmes.
• Further training possibilities: transversal retraining, validation of learning through experience…

Study at the IUT

• Classes are restricted in size, hands-on classes from 12 to 28 students, and for a lesser part in the form of lectures in amphitheatres.
• The aim of the training, matching theory and practice, individual or team work and personal thinking is to make students autonomous and operational in the companies.
• Presence is compulsory and progress is evaluated by continuous assessment.
• Degrees are delivered after inspection of results obtained throughout the training course.

Means to success

• 200 permanent teachers.
• 100 administrative staff, engineers, technicians, agents and workers.
• Educational control fosters proximity and continuous assessment.
• The IUT is located on three sites in the Champagne-Ardenne Region.
• More than 40 years’ experience in professional training.
• Over 25,000 graduates from IUT of Reims-Châlons-Charleville.
• A network of 115 IUTs in France (www.iut-fr.net).
• Reputation: our degrees are well recognised on the employment market, thus ensuring fast professional integration (under 3 months).
• The IUT of Reims-Châlons-Charleville is not only the oldest in France but also the first for the number of available specialities.

Proximity of the professional environment

• More than 2,000 partner companies.
• Participation of companies in training course: 350 professional temporary trainers.
• Visits of companies, conferences, study workshops and IUT-Companies Meetings.
• National educational programmes designed and updated together with representatives from various economic domains.
• Daily job offers.
• 96% of company heads surveyed consider the IUT as a good training centre.
• 56% of them claim that it is the best on-the-job training for the job market, compared to “Grandes Ecoles” with 33%.

Numerous opportunities for further training, with high success rates.

• 15 Professional Bachelor degrees, after DUT or BTS, at the IUT of Reims-Châlons-Charleville.
• B.A. – M.A.
• Engineering School.
• Management School.