Martin Setzer

The Technische Universität (TU) Darmstadt is one of Germany’s leading technical universities. Its around 300 professors, 4,500 scientific and administrative employees and 26,000 students devote their talents and best efforts to the significant future research fields energy, mobility, communications and information technologies, housing and living conditions. The wide variety of disciplines represented are all focused on technology, as viewed from the vantage point of engineering, the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences, and cover the full range of academic endeavor, from the origination of basic concepts to practical, everyday applications. The TU Darmstadt is Germany’s first autonomous university and has a state-funded budget of 200 million Euros (2012, incl. building funds). Its capacity for innovation is evidenced inter alia by the high level of annual funding received from outside sources. The 144.8 million Euros (2012, incl. LOEWE) contributed i.a. by industry, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and the European Union for 2012 make it one of Germany’s leading academic recipients of outside funding. In renowned rankings by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, and the Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung, as well as polls of the personnel directors of major corporations, it has consistently corroborated its leadership in research, academic excellence, and its qualification of graduates for top jobs and successful careers.

Technical University of Dortmund is a school.

Heir to both the Sorbonne and the Faculty of Law of the Pantheon, Paris 1 is one of the leading universities in the field of humanities and social sciences, as in the law and economics. Since its incorporation in 1971, Paris 1 has consistently expressed its commitment to a university model that combines open and pursuit of excellence, with responsibility to host the student audience the most numerous and diverse among French universities, but also to position such as one of the top research institutions in its field, as evidenced different indicators. Paris 1 was constantly present in the development of new industries. It was one of the first to adopt a mission in charge of overall relations with companies. The Paris-specific strategic directions are intended to strengthen the role of major player in Paris 1 in research and teaching in the humanities and social sciences. For this Paris 1, founding member of PresHésam, intends to structure and boost its research, enhance the attractiveness of its degrees and success of its students and its position as an international player. Paris 1 registered its commitment to the inclusion in the context of an overall device made towards "Joint Enterprise and Workforce Development." This device allows a decisive improvement of the monitoring of the insertion, to promote access of students and graduates to offering internships and jobs.