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Thales Academia
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11.07.08 : The new Thales Academia 2008-2009 grant students online!
22.05.08 : Thales Academia students visit TRT
March 4th 2008 : Press Conference in China.
March 1st 2008 : Visit of Château de Versailles.
February 29th 2008 : "Thales Academia's Welcome Convention" in Thales University's Campus.
February 22nd-23rd 2008 : Thales participates in the festival "France in Manipal", the event specially dedicated to the knowledge of the French culture.
November 13th 2007 : Welcome of the new Thales Academia Promotion by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, B. Kouchner, and Thales President and CEO, D. Ranque.
October 12th 2007 : At Deauville for the "Sci Tech Girls" programme during the Women's Forum
June 22th 2007 : Students at the Paris Air Show 2007
March 15th 2007 : Visit of Thales Research & Technology centre
November 7th 2006 : First intake of Thales Academia students arrive in France!
 

May 2006: France's foreign minister Philippe Douste-Blazy and Thales CEO Denis Ranque officially launch the Thales Academia programme at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A partnership between the Thales Group, leading French engineering and business schools and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • Are you an INDIAN, CHINESE, RUSSIAN or BRAZILIAN student thinking of studying for a masters degree?
  • Do you want to study for a Post-Master Professional Certificate or MASTER OF SCIENCE degree at a leading engineering or business school in France?

Since May 2006, Thales has been working with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and several leading engineering schools, business schools and university to make your stay in France as successful as possible. The result is a scholarship programme known as Thales Academia.

What is Thales Academia?

Thales Academia is a comprehensive support package for highly-qualified overseas graduate students wishing to study in France. The programme was developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Thales Group, and a formal agreement was signed on 15 May 2006 by France's foreign minister Philippe Douste-Blazy and Thales Chairman and CEO Denis Ranque. Students from China and India will be arriving in France in time for the start of the 2006-2007 academic year to take part in the first year of the scholarship programme.

The partner schools – several members of the ParisTech group of engineering schools, including Ecole des Mines de Paris, TELECOM ParisTech, Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole Centrale Paris and ENSIETA, the HEC and ESSEC business schools, and The University Paris-Dauphine – have undertaken to provide the students with top-quality teaching and services.

Thales Academia programme

Before you leave

  • French Embassy support for administrative formalities (visa, residence permit, etc.)
  • Intensive French-language training provided by the French Embassy and the Alliance Française network

In France

  • Post-Master Professional Certificate (engineering science, business or management) or Master of Science degree from an internationally renowned graduate school in France (Grande Ecole)
  • Thales Academia scholarship (13,000 euros)
  • Official welcome from the Thales Group attended by all programme partners
  • Benefits package and accommodation support provided by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Intensive French-language training provided by the French Embassy and the Alliance Française network
  • Personal mentoring by a manager from the Thales Group and help in the internship' search