EURECOM is a French Graduate school (Grande École) and a research center in digital sciences. It is part of the Institut Mines-Télécom and it is a founding member of the SophiaTech Campus in Sophia Antipolis, the largest Science and Technology Information campus in the Alpes-Maritimes. It was created in 1991 as a Groupement d'intérêt économique with French and foreign academic and industrial members. The Institut Mines-Télécom is a founding member of EURECOM consortium. Current members of the consortium are listed below:
EURECOM provides graduate and post graduate courses including doctoral programs. All courses are taught in English and are accredited by the French State, Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur.[12]
EURECOM awards 4 Master of Science Degrees, co-delivered by Institut Mines-Télécom and accredited by the French State:
Master of Science in Data Science and Engineering;
Master of Science in Digital Security;
Master of Science in Mobile Computing Systems;
Master of Science in Internet of Things.
In 2012, EURECOM was accredited by the CTI (French Accreditation Agency for Engineering Education) to deliver two post master's degrees (Diplôme d'ingénieur spécialisé), open to applicants with a completed master's degree, in:
Communications for Intelligent Transport Systems - Connected Vehicles;
Security for Computer Systems and Communications.
Both degrees were awarded the EURACE[13] label, delivered by ENAEE (European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education).
EURECOM has currently 26 faculty members and around 70 PhD students. Its contractual research is recognized across Europe and contributes largely to its budget.
EURECOM's research was rewarded with three ERC grants in three years attributed to Prof. Davide Balzarotti,[16] Prof. Petros Elia[17] and Prof. David Gesbert.[18]
EURECOM received the label of "Carnot Institute" since 2006.[25] Moreover, it has a two-year double degree programme under Erasmus Mundus Master Label and it is part of the two EIT Digital Masters in Autonomous System (AUS) and Cyber Security (CSE).
