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Strate Collège Designers
Founded in 1993
HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION
President Jean-Rene Talopp
ADDRESS
27 avenue de la division Leclerc, FR-92310 SEVRES, France
Phone +33 1 4642 8877, Fax +33 1 4642 8887
Website http://www.stratecollege.fr/
CAMPUSES
CONTACT PERSON
Head of international relations Luis Perez-Simon
27 avenue de la division Leclerc, FR-92310 SEVRES
Phone +33 1 72 29 52 76, Fax +33 1 72 29 52 06
E-mail l.perez.simon[at]stratecollege.fr
OTHER CONTACT PERSONS
Mr Maurille LARIVIERE (Director), +33 1 46 42 88 77, ml[at]stratecollege.fr

Ms Karine Contrastin (Pedagogical Coordinator)
k.contrastin[at]stratecollege.fr
GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE MEMBER UNIT
A. ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION
FACULTIES AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE MEMBER UNIT
Industrial design, which includes:
- Product design
- packaging design
- transportation and mobility design
- luxury design
- interactive systems & products design
Modelling
AVAILABLE BACHELOR LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAMS AND THE ESTIMATED DURATION OF STUDYING
BA in modelling (traditional and digital)
Industrial design (the first three years of the MA in industrial design
AVAILABLE MASTER LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAMS AND THE ESTIMATED DURATION OF STUDYING
Master in Industrial Design
CONTACT PERSON(S) FOR INQUIRIES ON DIFFERENT STUDY PROGRAMS
Luis PEREZ-SIMON, l.perez.simon [AT] stratecollege.fr, Tel. +33 146 428 487
MAIN FOCUS IN EDUCATION
Industrial design
Design is the art of creating daily life objects, for as many people as possible, in the framework of sustainable development.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY AND MAIN RESEARCH AREAS
The department of research in design and innovation: every year, around ten companies submit prospective design subjects to the school to develop new concepts and products in the fields of product, transportation, packaging, luxury, sport, household appliances, space...
B. AIMS, PHILOSOPHY AND COLLABORATION
SUMMARY OF MISSION STATEMENT
In the process of design of a project, the designer is man’s advocate, his role is to make life easier thanks to new scenarios, requiring new services, giving birth to new products. The training at Strate relies on social sciences, creativity, technology and on the artistic tools as means of expression (drawing and volume), without forgetting the links with the industry and all the professions in the fields of design and innovation.
THE ROLE OF THE MEMBER UNIT IN INTERNATIONAL SECTOR AND ITS COLLABORATION WITH PARTNER UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS
Strate has participated in the Erasmus programme since 1999 and has since then developed many partnerships with international schools and universities, especially for student exchanges.

Strate is also developing some relations with African partners, schools and an NGO, in order to promote design and help these countries to develop their own design.
THE ROLE OF THE MEMBER UNIT IN NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SECTORS AND IN HOME CITY AND ITS COLLABORATION WITH PARTNER UNIVERSITIES, ASSOCIATIONS, INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS CONNECTIONS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
Strate is one of the founders and co-president of France Design Education, association of the French schools of design. Its role is to promote the best schools of design and to organize great design exhibitions like European Way(s) of Life (in Paris in 2002 and in Nantes in 2006).

Strate also collaborates with great schools of engineering and marketing in France (Ecole Mines de Paris, Ecole Polytechnique, Ponts et Chaussées, ESTACA, EPF, ESCP-EAP, ESC Grenoble).

Strate is a member of the Club 92, association of the Conseil General des Hauts de Seine, in which higher education schools, universities and companies of the Département collaborate.

Finally, Strate is a member of the APCI (Agency for the promotion of industrial design) and of the IFD (French Institute of Design).
INFORMATION ON STUDENT EXCHANGES
SUBJECT AREAS FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS
Industrial Design
DEADLINES TO APPLY FOR AN EXCHANGE PERIOD
15 April (Fall)
15 November (Spring)
TEACHING LANGUAGES
French (most students and some teachers also speak English though French remains the teaching language)
BEGINNING AND ENDING DATES OF THE SEMESTER
Fall semester: October to end January
Spring semester: February to June
FIGURES
NUMBER OF DEGREE STUDENTS
Bachelor: 15
Master: 350
Doctorate: n/a
NUMBER OF INCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENTS
20
NUMBER OF OUTGOING EXCHANGE STUDENTS
40
NUMBER OF OTHER STUDENTS (continuing education, post-experience courses, other)
10
NUMBER OF TEACHING STAFF
Professors: 10
Lecturers: 20
Other permanent teachers: n/a
Part-time teachers: 80