A few reasons to participate in training engineers

• Because educating students is preparing for the future
  Whenever anyone speaks of training, they’re speaking of the future. To educate tomorrow’s decision makers is to invest in sustainable regional development—creating businesses and jobs, commercial and technical ties, and a reputation as a good place to do business.
• Regional authorities can help their engineering schools attract the best international students by offering them grants and scholarships (to cover living expenses, for example) or by defraying the cost of intensive French courses, transition semesters, or special “n+i” training.
• To keep pace with business. Whatever their scale, today’s businesses must look across borders for new markets and new partners. In a word, they must internationalize. Through the “n+i” network, regional authorities can help their small and medium-sized businesses and industries try out internationally oriented engineers, on site and in real work situations, before offering them employment.
• For efficiency’s sake. “n+i” stands for innovation in education—innovative in its network approach, innovative in the programs and experiences that it offers. With EduFrance, “n+i” shows French education in a clear, coherent, and attractive light, thereby drawing talented students to the regions of France.
• Out of a sense of economic realism. More than 90 percent of the support provided by regional authorities is spent locally on courses, equipment, local travel, and so on. To that must be added the economic activity generated by students and other spin-offs of the "n+i" program, notably the substantial international marketing of regional institutions that neither the institutions nor the region would be able to finance alone.
• For strategic reasons. The program is flexible. It allows businesses and students alike to choose their preferred path (academic discipline, country, site and subject of internship, level of training, and so on). Its flexibility extends to respecting the policies and prerogatives of participating educational institutions. Strategic decisions concerning international cooperation remain squarely within the purview of the regional authorities and the educational institutions in the region.
• For higher quality. The program emphasizes joint-degree arrangements that respect and preserve the integrity of the degree systems in each country. On the practical side, joint-degree programs provide an assurance of quality. While expanding international relations, they maintain instruction and research at high levels. By emphasizing joint-degree programs “n+i” promotes French engineering education (and the regions of France) throughout Europe and around the world.
• For greater equity. No amount of money will ever be enough to allow all students to engage in international exchange. But by drawing more international students to France, “n+i” creates opportunities for more French students to study abroad. At the same time, the international students at French institutions provide a measure of international exposure—through conversation, athletics, and social events—for the many French students who elect to stay at home.