One programme, two consortia, one method.
PFIEV is run by four Vietnamese universities and supported by nine French institutions. This cooperation takes shape in jointly designed curricula, mixed juries, teaching missions and shared projects.
The people behind PFIEV.
Four Vietnamese universities deliver the programme. Nine French institutions bring scientific and teaching expertise, sit on juries and host students.
THE FOUR VIETNAMESE UNIVERSITIES
THE NINE FRENCH INSTITUTIONS
CentraleSupélec
Mechanical Engineering
École nationale des ponts et chaussées
Civil Engineering · Mechanical Engineering
ISAE-ENSMA
Mechanical Engineering
IMT Atlantique
Electrical Engineering
INSA Lyon
Civil Engineering · Mechanical Engineering
Toulouse INP
Electrical Engineering
Grenoble INP - UGA
Civil · Electrical · Mechanical Engineering
Polytech Marseille
Computer Engineering
Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Preparatory cycle
What the French consortium does
Each specialisation is backed by a group of French institutions, and the preparatory cycle on the four campuses benefits from the support of Lycée Louis-le-Grand.
Contributing to the design and development of the curricula.
Taking part in final-year project defences and programme monitoring.
Hosting students for mobility, double degrees and final-year projects.
Organising teaching missions and exchanges of practice.
Cooperating on teaching, research and accreditation.
Working with PFIEV.
Access a pool of engineers selected from among the country’s best students, trilingual and trained in the methods of the French grandes écoles. Five ways to partner with the programme.
An internship or a final-year project
One month minimum or six months of work on a real topic, by a motivated and supervised student.
Recruitment
Outstanding, work-ready profiles, able to work in French and English.
Teaching involvement
Your engineers teach, supervise projects or host visits: your brand becomes familiar to future graduates.
An applied research partnership
Joint projects with the Vietnamese and French laboratories of the network.
Supporting the programme
Equipment, scholarships or sponsorship, with visibility on our media and involvement in programme events.
A school–industry model
Companies founded by programme graduates now sign agreements with PFIEV, particularly in civil engineering. It is the sign of a full circle: the programme trains engineers who, a few years later, come back to recruit and teach.
Lecturers on the move, a living programme.
Every year, French lecturers travel to Vietnam and Vietnamese lecturers are hosted in France. These exchanges enrich curricula, teaching practices and research projects.
Teaching and expertise missions
By French lecturers at the four Vietnamese universities.
Stays of Vietnamese lecturers in France
Research, teaching observation and course preparation at French institutions.
Jury participation
Final-year project juries, mixed Franco-Vietnamese.
Training of trainers
And exchange of practices between teaching teams.
Seminars and thematic schools
On emerging topics in both countries.
A programme steered by two voices.
PFIEV is not a collection of bilateral agreements. It is a Franco-Vietnamese programme with joint governance shared with the French consortium, which meets every year to assess results and decide on changes.
The four universities
They run the programme under the authority of the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).
Nine supporting institutions
Represented by a spokesperson, with the support of the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space (MESRE) and the Embassy of France in Vietnam.
Programme Review Board
Review, curriculum updates, mobility, cooperation and strategic direction.
PFIEV is based on a memorandum of understanding between the French and Vietnamese governments and on an agreement on the recognition of degrees. The conclusions of each Programme Review Board are published as a news item.