A University of Technology (UT) in China

UTSEUS is desi­gned to bring well-pre­pa­red Chi­nese stu­dents (more than 130 per year) into the engi­nee­ring cycle of the UT net­work. Stu­dents com­plete a four-year bache­lor cycle at Shan­ghai Uni­ver­si­ty in one of three majors — Génie Infor­ma­tique (Com­pu­ter Engi­nee­ring), Génie Méca­nique (Mecha­ni­cal Engi­nee­ring) and Science et Ingé­nie­rie des Maté­riaux (Mate­rials Science and Engi­nee­ring) — and then pur­sue their engi­nee­ring cycle at one of the French Uni­ver­si­ties of Technology.

UTSEUS aims to train talen­ted engi­neers and high-level indus­trial lea­ders in an inter­na­tio­na­li­sed set­ting: always rea­dy to serve socie­ty and equip­ped with for­ward-loo­king, inno­va­tive thin­king, our gra­duates show a remar­kable capa­ci­ty to solve com­plex problems.

By dra­wing on the fun­da­men­tals of French engi­nee­ring edu­ca­tion from the UT net­work and on the suc­cess­ful expe­rience of modern uni­ver­si­ties, by enga­ging the indus­trial world and ser­ving socie­ty, UTSEUS seeks to build an inter­na­tio­na­li­sed and inno­va­tive trai­ning model — exem­pla­ry and sca­lable — to become a facul­ty of inter­na­tio­nal renown with its own identity.

Shanghai University (SHU)

Shan­ghai Uni­ver­si­ty, foun­ded in 1922, is the result of a 1994 mer­ger of four ins­ti­tu­tions — Shan­ghai Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­no­lo­gy, Shan­ghai Uni­ver­si­ty of Science and Tech­no­lo­gy, the for­mer Shan­ghai Uni­ver­si­ty, and Shan­ghai Ins­ti­tute of Science and Tech­no­lo­gy — with a total enrolment of over 38,000 stu­dents across all cycles, inclu­ding more than 2,500 inter­na­tio­nal stu­dents from over 160 coun­tries and regions. Fun­ded by the Shan­ghai Muni­ci­pal Govern­ment, it belongs to both the natio­nal Pro­ject 211 and the Double First-Class Construc­tion Ini­tia­tive, ran­king as the 22^nd best uni­ver­si­ty in Chi­na and within the top 300 worldwide.

This mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­na­ry ins­ti­tu­tion (28 col­leges or schools and 1 inde­pendent depart­ment, seve­ral key State labo­ra­to­ries and many dif­ferent ins­ti­tutes) was selec­ted by the French UT net­work for its geo­gra­phi­cal loca­tion, its proxi­mi­ty to French and Euro­pean com­pa­nies esta­bli­shed in Shan­ghai, and its deve­lop­ment dynamics.

Shan­ghai, with approxi­ma­te­ly 25 mil­lion inha­bi­tants, is a major eco­no­mic area, hos­ting many of the lar­gest Chi­nese com­pa­nies and attrac­ting the most renow­ned inter­na­tio­nal firms. It is also a city that encou­rages inno­va­tion and entre­pre­neur­ship, in Chi­na and across Asia more broadly.

Courses & innovation tracks

Courses catalogues

Exchange stu­dents at UTSEUS fol­low two com­ple­men­ta­ry course blocks. The first is a man­da­to­ry IE2 core: scien­ti­fic and tech­ni­cal fun­da­men­tals, Chi­nese lan­guage modules and aca­de­mic immer­sion at Shan­ghai Uni­ver­si­ty. These courses car­ry ECTS equi­va­lence reco­gni­sed by the French Uni­ver­si­ties of Tech­no­lo­gy network.

The second block is the TC inno­va­tion track: an elec­tive set focu­sed on digi­tal prac­tices, urban engi­nee­ring, applied AI and inter­cul­tu­ral pro­ject mana­ge­ment. Stu­dents com­pose their sche­dule accor­ding to their home spe­cial­ty and the research axis they want to explore.

Student contest

UTSEUS Inno­va­tion Contest

An indus­try play­ground: since 2020, stu­dents and part­ner com­pa­nies have tack­led real engi­nee­ring chal­lenges together.

2020

crea­ted

1200+

par­ti­ci­pants

300+

teams

5 months

Decem­ber to April

Orga­ni­sa­tion

A contest run with the ins­ti­tute and companies

Laun­ched in 2020, the UTSEUS Inno­va­tion Contest is run by the ins­ti­tute, with Eaton (Chi­na) Invest­ment as core spon­sor from edi­tion 2 onwards — sup­plying briefs, men­tors, fun­ding and the Eaton-UTSEUS Career Club. SHU’s Engi­nee­ring Trai­ning Centre and the Shan­ghai Chief Engi­neers Asso­cia­tion co-host, pro­vi­ding venues and indus­try links.

Two tracks

Crea­ti­vi­ty to start, sprint to accelerate

Open to bache­lor and mas­ter stu­dents, the contest runs two paral­lel tracks: a crea­ti­vi­ty track for youn­ger under­gra­duates focu­sed on pro­ject ini­tia­tion, and a sprint track for upper-year and gra­duate stu­dents ite­ra­ting toward higher-level com­pe­ti­tions such as the Chi­na Inter­na­tio­nal Col­lege Stu­dents’ Inno­va­tion Com­pe­ti­tion. Briefs come from Eaton, Aliyun, Saint-Gobain, Pan­thro­nics AG and others — real indus­trial pro­blems in AI, IoT, new ener­gy, auto­ma­tion and health. From edi­tion 4, pro­jects like the “Micro­grid digi­tal solu­tion” and the “Rege­ne­ra­tive-bra­king ener­gy reco­ve­ry stra­te­gy” have ente­red indus­trial pilots.

Eva­lua­tion

Pro­jects jud­ged on fea­si­bi­li­ty and impact

Each edi­tion runs Decem­ber to April — five months in five stages: brief release, team for­ma­tion, men­tor coa­ching, sub­mis­sion and review. Double-blind writ­ten eva­lua­tion pairs with a live defence, sco­ring on tech­ni­cal fea­si­bi­li­ty, ori­gi­na­li­ty, busi­ness value and team col­la­bo­ra­tion. Awards: Grand Prize, first / second / third prizes and an Outs­tan­ding Indi­vi­dual prize. Cumu­la­ti­ve­ly: 1,200+ par­ti­ci­pants, 20+ SHU col­leges, 300+ teams.

Campus life

Student clubs

UTSEUS Crea­tion Club

Foun­ded in 2007, the Crea­tion Club is joint­ly sup­por­ted by UTSEUS and Shan­ghai University’s Engi­nee­ring Trai­ning Centre, with its own maker lab. Mem­bers build robots, exchange mecha­ni­cal-desi­gn and pro­gram­ming skills, and visit inno­va­tion events toge­ther — buil­ding auto­no­my and team­work through hands-on engineering.

French Club of UTSEUS

Foun­ded in 2005 along­side UTSEUS itself, the French Club is a mee­ting point for the institute’s French lear­ners and Fran­co­philes. Each semes­ter it runs a pic­nic (autumn or win­ter), a ball (spring), city-wide trea­sure hunts and a Christ­mas eve­ning — and shares Sino-French event briefs, stu­dy-abroad accounts, mini French les­sons and French poe­try on its WeChat channel.

Partner companies

French engi­nee­ring edu­ca­tion enjoys world­wide renown; its essence lies in the deep inte­gra­tion of theo­ry and prac­tice, and university–industry part­ner­ship is the bridge that turns this prin­ciple into reality.

To train for­ward-loo­king engi­neers who can solve real-world pro­blems, the Sino-Euro­pean Ins­ti­tute treats close ties with com­pa­nies as one of its defi­ning features.

ACTIA

French group spe­cia­li­zing in embed­ded elec­tro­nics and auto­mo­tive telematics.

Aden Group

Sino-French inte­gra­ted faci­li­ty mana­ge­ment group, head­quar­te­red in Shanghai.

Air Liquide

French world lea­der in indus­trial and medi­cal gases and hydrogen.

Aki­la

Digi­tal twin plat­form for sus­tai­nable buil­dings and infrastructure.

Ali­ba­ba Cloud

Alibaba’s cloud arm, Asia’s lea­ding cloud ser­vices provider.

Alstom

French glo­bal lea­der in rail trans­port and sus­tai­nable mobi­li­ty solutions.

Dassault Systèmes

French publi­sher of 3D desi­gn, PLM and indus­trial expe­rience platforms.

Decathlon

French glo­bal retai­ler of acces­sible sports gear and equipment.

Eaton

Ame­ri­can indus­trial group spe­cia­li­zing in intel­li­gent power management.

ENGIE

French ener­gy group com­mit­ted to the rene­wable ener­gy transition.

Faurecia (Forvia)

French auto­mo­tive sup­plier, now part of the For­via group.

La French Tech Shanghai

Offi­cial com­mu­ni­ty of French star­tups and inno­va­tion in Shanghai.

Hanjie

Chi­nese UTSEUS part­ner active in clea­ning and envi­ron­ment services.

InHand Networks

Chi­nese spe­cia­list in indus­trial IoT rou­ters and edge com­pu­ting solutions.

Micropole China

Qiantang Telecom

Chi­nese enter­prise com­mu­ni­ca­tions ope­ra­tor and HD video­con­fe­ren­cing pio­neer; full-ser­vice autho­ri­sed agent of Chi­na Tele­com Shan­ghai and East-Chi­na core dis­tri­bu­tor for Life­size, Poly­com and Tandberg.

Saint-Gobain

French world lea­der in sus­tai­nable construc­tion mate­rials and light habitat.

Sanyou

Chi­nese indus­trial part­ner enga­ged with UTSEUS.

Schneider Electric

French glo­bal lea­der in ener­gy mana­ge­ment and automation.

S‑Chuang China

Sino-French plat­form for student inno­va­tion and entrepreneurship.

Siveco China

French-in-Chi­na publi­sher of CMMS and indus­trial main­te­nance software.

Valeo

French auto­mo­tive sup­plier, lea­der in elec­tri­fi­ca­tion and ADAS technologies.

Yanfeng

China’s top auto­mo­tive inter­iors sup­plier, glo­bal part­ner of major OEMs.

ZTE

Chi­nese tele­com­mu­ni­ca­tions and 5G net­work equip­ment group.

Contact and documentation

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