About us

Polytech Nice Sophia is the graduate school of engineering of the University Côte d’Azur, accredited by the Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur* (CTI), the French institution awarding engineering degrees.

Polytech Nice Sophia is :

A diploma certified and recognized by companies with an international scope
A network of 15 university schools : Polytech Network
An Alumni network of over 80,000 members

and also, a school with

An economic and scientific center within the technopole of Sophia Antipolis
An idyllic setting between sea and mountains under the sun of the French Riviera
A privileged cultural and international influence

* The Commission des titres d’ingénieur(CTI) was established by Law in 1934 (French Education Code, Article L.642-2 and following).In France, the CTI is the relevant body incharge of carrying out evaluation procedures that lead to the accreditation of the institutions to award the engineeringdegree “titre d’ingénieur diplômé”.CTI is an active participant within the European Higher Education Area; it has been a full member of ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) since 2005 and has been registered in EQAR (European Quality Assurance Register) since 2010. CTI is also a founding member of ENAEE (European Network for the Accreditation of Engineering Education) and is one of the agencies authorized to deliver the EUR-ACE label (a quality accreditation label for engineering programmes, developed by ENAEE). CTI also partici-pates in the work of ECA (European Consortium for Accreditation).
Since 1997, all French engineering programmes must be accredited every six years by CTI. [CTI website]