Created by the associations Agires Développement – which represents 100 higher education institutions (Établissements de l’Enseignement Supérieur – ESRs), and Synergie Campus Entreprises – which brings together 28 school leaders and employer brands from French and international groups, these awards aim to assess and highlight the impact of relations between these two types of players.

Every year for the past five years, it has spotlighted existing synergies, best practices and the most outstanding initiatives taken in different areas. The aim is to continuously strengthen the ties between the economic and educational worlds in order to increase the quality of interaction.

Higher education institutions are invited to vote for companies… and vice versa!

ESRs are assessed by companies in the following categories:

  • Best business relations – Management schools category
  • Best business relations– Engineering schools category
  • Best business relations– Other institutions / specialties category
  • Favourite best school action.

It was in this context that Centrale Lille was ranked in the top ten engineering schools in the category “best business relations” among the 60 engineering schools in contention this year.