UTC × SHU
A Sino-French engineering institute at Shanghai University
A long-running partnership between the French Universities of Technology network and Shanghai University.
A student community moving between Shanghai, France and the UT network.
Computer, mechanical, biological and materials engineering paths.
Founded in 2005, UTSEUS is a Sino-French engineering institute jointly run by the French Universities of Technology (UTBM, UTC, UTT) and Shanghai University (SHU). A versatile platform for initial engineering education, research and innovation, UTSEUS has grown rapidly, training on average more than 1,200 students per year, split between Shanghai and the UT campuses.
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, 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 22nd 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.
Chinese students
Four years of bachelor studies at Shanghai University in one of three majors — Génie Informatique, Génie Mécanique or Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux — followed by the engineering cycle in one of the French Universities of Technology, leading to a double engineering degree.
Incoming exchange students
An incoming-mobility track from bachelor to master level, weaving together Sciences and Humanities in China, the International Engineer semester and a Language, culture and innovation immersion: professional courses, company projects and language immersion focused on smart, connected cities.
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.
Detailed catalogues for both blocks are available as PDFs below.
Student contest
An industry playground: since 2020, students and partner companies have tackled real engineering challenges together.
Organisation
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
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
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.
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.
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.
At UTSEUS, your topic is not a textbook exercise but a real engineering problem set by a partner company. From course projects to your graduation project, you work in teams co-supervised by an academic mentor and a company engineer — from problem analysis to implementation. This is where you sharpen engineering thinking, teamwork and project-management instincts. You can also join the institute’s industry forums, innovation bootcamps, project pitch days and innovation & entrepreneurship contests — bring your work to a wider stage and meet the peers who are building, too. Joint labs and innovation bases co-built with industrial partners open a direct channel: you use equipment from leading companies, join ongoing R&D, and put what you learn in class to work on the industrial frontline.
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.
French group specializing in embedded electronics and automotive telematics.
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Sino-French integrated facility management group, headquartered in Shanghai.
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French world leader in industrial and medical gases and hydrogen.
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Digital twin platform for sustainable buildings and infrastructure.
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Alibaba’s cloud arm, Asia’s leading cloud services provider.
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French global leader in rail transport and sustainable mobility solutions.
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French publisher of 3D design, PLM and industrial experience platforms.
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French global retailer of accessible sports gear and equipment.
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American industrial group specializing in intelligent power management.
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French energy group committed to the renewable energy transition.
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French automotive supplier, now part of the Forvia group.
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Chinese UTSEUS partner active in cleaning and environment services.
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Chinese specialist in industrial IoT routers and edge computing solutions.
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Official community of French startups and innovation in Shanghai.
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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.
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Sino-French platform for student innovation and entrepreneurship.
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French world leader in sustainable construction materials and light habitat.
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Chinese industrial partner engaged with UTSEUS.
French global leader in energy management and automation.
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French-in-China publisher of CMMS and industrial maintenance software.
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French automotive supplier, leader in electrification and ADAS technologies.
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China’s top automotive interiors supplier, global partner of major OEMs.
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Chinese telecommunications and 5G network equipment group.
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Soraya Kadra
The quality, diversity and reputation of the IE2 programme's faculty were decisive factors, along with the diploma awarded on completion. I'm very satisfied with the course content, teaching quality and human connections. Through the IE2 programme we were introduced to Shanghai's entrepreneurial network, and on a personal level it helped me sharpen my career path toward the circular economy. Joining UTSEUS was an excellent decision!
Yang XIANG
UTSEUS is an innovative international programme: you live Chinese and French student life and teaching models side by side, and Shanghai University offers an ideal setting to build international engineering skills.
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