ATHENS Programme

European higher education systems

The ATHENS Programme (for Advanced Technology Higher Education Network/Socrates[1]) is a 1-week exchange session, held twice a year (in March and in November), by a network of European higher education institutions (universities, universities of technology, Grandes Ecoles...).

The programme is coordinated by ParisTech.

## History

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Created in 1996, it was initially supported by the European Union through the Socrates programme (from 1997 to 2001). It is now self-funded by the member institutions.

It is a merger of the 'Semaine Européenne' ('European Week') held by ParisTech from 1992 to 1999, and the Leuven Network ERASMUS Programme held by European institutions from 1990 to 1997.

## Courses

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The courses proposed during sessions cover not only the spectrum of the members' fields, but also an opening on arts and humanities.[2]

## Activities

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During the week, the host university is supposed to organize activities for the foreign students in the city, to help them discover another culture. Most often, it will consist in a tour of the city a 5-day course on a specific subject and some nights with the local students.

## Members

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* AUTh Thessaloniki
* BME Budapest
* TU Delft
* KU Leuven
* UCLouvain
* IST Lisbon
* UP Madrid
* Politecnico di Milano
* TU Munich
* CTU Prague
* KTH Stockholm
* NTNU Trondheim
* TU Wien
* Warsaw University of Technology
* ITU Istanbul
* ParisTech:
* Chimie ParisTech (ENSCP)
* Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)
* AgroParisTech
* Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC)
* Ecole des ingenieurs de la Ville de Paris (EIVP)
* Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE)
* Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts et Métiers (ENSAM)
* Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris (ENSMP)
* Télécom ParisTech
* Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA)
* École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris (ESPCI)

Note: Not all members participate in both sessions.

## Notes

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1. ^ "ParisTech - ATHENS Programme". Archived from the original on 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
2. ^ "The ATHENS Programme - index". Archived from the original on 2018-07-14. Retrieved 2014-05-16.

## External links

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* The ATHENS Programme website: link ATHENS Programme