The 2025 edition of “L’Étudiant” s ranking of engineering schools highlights Télécom Saint-Étienne as a leading engineering school. The school ranks among the top 10 engineering schools in France, a position that attests to the excellence of its training and the recognition of its technological expertise.
A leading school in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Télécom Saint-Étienne occupies a prime position:
✔ 1ʳᵉ public engineering school in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes offering a five-year curriculum, providing comprehensive training tailored to market needs.
This distinction testifies to the strength of the school’s academic model and its ability to effectively prepare its students for technological and industrial challenges.
Nationally recognized training in photonics
Télécom Saint-Étienne’s photonics training program stands out in particular, with rankings that reinforce its position of excellence:
🔹 2ᵉ best photonics school in France, just behind the University of Strasbourg, proof of its cutting-edge expertise in this rapidly expanding field.
🔹 1ʳᵉ school in photonics in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, confirming its driving role in regional and national innovation.
The school draws on top-level research laboratories and industrial partnerships to train engineers capable of meeting the technological challenges of tomorrow.
A school with an international outlook
Télécom Saint-Étienne makes it a point of honor to offer its students a truly international outlook, enabling them to acquire internationally recognized skills.
A strong commitment to double degrees: the school achieves an excellent score of 8/10 in the L’Étudiant ranking for the percentage of graduates who have obtained a double degree with a foreign partner institution. This performance underlines Télécom Saint-Étienne’s ambition to offer its students the opportunity to pursue a bac+5 course of study abroad, thus enhancing their employability and expertise.
Academic partnerships with prestigious universities in Europe, North America and Asia, paving the way for enriching experiences and international recognition of acquired skills.
A high level of international mobility, encouraged by Erasmus exchange programs and high-level academic collaborations.
As a school accredited by the CTI (Commission des Titres d’Ingénieur), Télécom Saint-Étienne requires its students to spend a compulsory 12 weeks abroad to validate their engineering degree. This requirement ensures that each graduate benefits from international immersion, essential for their professional development and cultural openness.
Thanks to this dynamic approach, Télécom Saint-Étienne offers its students the keys to success in a global professional environment, where adaptability and international experience are major assets.
Training focused on work-study and professionalization
Télécom Saint-Étienne also stands out for its commitment to the professionalization of its studentsby offering them concrete opportunities to enter the world of work while continuing their studies. The school has set up work-study and internship programs, guaranteeing rapid and successful integration of its graduates.
Strong corporate involvement: More than 150 companies took part in the corporate forums organized by the school in 2023, offering internship, work-study and employment opportunities to students. Télécom Saint-Étienne scored 7.5/10 for its ability to mobilize companies at these events, underlining the importance and effectiveness of these meetings between students and recruiters. These forums enable future graduates to meet leading companies and apply for jobs directly related to their academic career.
These forums are not limited to simple company presentations, but offer direct interaction and proposals for real jobs, internships and work-study schemes, reinforcing the bridge between training and employment.
Thanks to solid partnerships with leading companies in the telecoms, digital and engineering sectors, Télécom Saint-Étienne graduates are highly employable. The professional integration rate of the school’s alumni testifies to the relevance of the training offered, with over 90% of graduates hired within six months of graduation.
Télécom Saint-Étienne continues to strengthen its links with the professional sector to offer its students a complete career path, combining theory and practice, and guaranteeing smooth and successful integration into the world of work.
A strong commitment to social openness and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Télécom Saint-Étienne also stands out for its commitment to social openness and social responsibility. Every day, the school works to promote the integration of diverse profiles from all backgrounds, while encouraging a culture of commitment to actions with a strong social and environmental impact.
Télécom Saint-Étienne is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion within its training programs, by implementing specific actions to support students from less privileged backgrounds. The school scored 8.5/10 in the L’Étudiant ranking for its social openness, reflecting its effectiveness in welcoming students from all backgrounds and offering them the same opportunities for success.
Télécom Saint-Étienne integrates strong values of social responsibility into its curriculum, encouraging students to participate in projects with a social and environmental impact. The school supports initiatives such as partnerships with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), solidarity projects and actions aimed at reducing the ecological footprint.
The school also implements ecological initiatives, such as waste reduction actions, the promotion of sustainable mobility, and the integration of the energy transition into teaching.
This social and CSR component is a key focus for Télécom Saint-Étienne, which strives to prepare engineers who are not only technically competent, but also responsible and aware of tomorrow’s social and environmental challenges. In September 2026, a new FISA Numérique Responsable apprenticeship program will open.
An ongoing commitment to excellence
L’Étudiant’s 2025 ranking reaffirms Télécom Saint-Étienne ‘s key role in the French engineering school landscape. Its expertise in photonics, its international reach and its high-performance work-study model make it a benchmark institution for future engineers.
By pursuing its efforts in educational innovation, research and professional integration, Télécom Saint-Étienne prepares its students to meet tomorrow’s technological challenges and to make their mark on the job market, both in France and internationally.
