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Key statistics: a university open to the world

The University of Tours is open to the world and its diverse cultures, and invests in the international scene.
 

  • Cooperation agreements and international partnership degree

- 300 Erasmus bilateral agreements in 26 European countries, with 200 partner universities

- about 100 cooperation agreements outside Europe (North America, Asia, Australia…)

- 7 offshore degrees

- an international relations programme

- 4 programmes in English

- 8 double /multiple degrees

- 1 Erasmus Mundus Master’s Programme : Information Technologies for Business Intelligence (IT4BI)

 

  • Incoming students

- about 2.700 foreign students (120 nationalities) are welcomed each year (i.e. more than 10% of students), among which 300 Erasmus students and 400 exchange students from partner universities outside Europe

- 200 students in the university offshore degrees
 

  • Outgoing students

- about 500 students from the university go abroad each year ; among them, 350 are Erasmus students

- about 350 students go abroad each year for a training period

In a ranking published by the French agency 2E2F on outgoing mobility in 2008-2009, Tours was listed on the 7th position, among 720 French higher education institutions having an Erasmus University Charter.

At the international level, France is the 3rd host country for foreign students, just behind the USA and Great Britain.