What EURECOM does

EURECOM is a French graduate engineering school and research center founded in 1991 and headquartered at the SophiaTech campus in Sophia Antipolis (Biot) on the French Riviera, operating under the GIE (Groupement d'Intérêt Économique) consortium structure within the Institut Mines-Télécom system. It admits 58 engineering students per year through the national Mines-Télécom competition across five streams, plus international Master's (Computer Science, Networks & Telecommunication, with European double-degree tracks), and a three-year doctoral program of which 24% of PhDs are co-funded via CIFRE conventions with industrial partners. The student body spans 40+ nationalities, taught in English.

Research is organized across five departments — Data Science, Communication Systems, Digital Security, Telecom Paris Labs (including LabSoC and the DEIXIS-Sophia team) — and produces widely adopted open-source assets, most notably OpenAirInterface for 5G/6G prototyping (with EURECOM professor Raymond Knopp serving as President of the OAI Software Alliance), the SymQEMU/SymCC/LibAFL hybrid fuzzing suite in cybersecurity, and TTool for SoC design. The institution leads or contributes to flagship projects including the €26.5 million Orange ME/CT PART France 2030 OpenRAN program, ERC Consolidator Grant CARAVEL on AI for neurovascular imaging, Horizon Europe DEFORM (audio deepfake detection), and CoreNext (6G disaggregated computing).

Revenue is generated from industrial consortium membership fees (Orange, SAP, BMW Group, Norton LifeLock, IABG, plus the Government of Monaco as institutional member), competitive research grants and contracts (ERC, Horizon Europe, ANR), tuition within the Mines-Télécom fee framework, corporate continuing education (Formation Continue), and the French apprenticeship tax. The GIE consortium model with 8 academic and 5 industrial members is the core commercial mechanism, packaging curriculum influence, talent access (godfather programs, Companies' Corner, Industry Forum drawing 200+ students and 17+ companies), and preferential IP for collaborative research.

Name

EURECOM

Legal name

EURECOM

Website

https://eurecom.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

EURECOM is a French graduate school and research center in digital sciences, located in Sophia Antipolis, that trains engineering, Master's, and PhD students from 40+ nationalities and runs research programs in AI, cybersecurity, and 5G/6G communications for an industrial consortium of Orange, SAP, BMW, and others.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Engineering and Digital Sciences Research

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Telecom, Unified Communications & VoIP (EDAOAIAN)

Keywords

• Graduate engineering education
• Digital sciences research
• Telecommunications research
• Digital security research
• 5G software research

Headquarters

HQ city

Sophia Antipolis

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition Fees (Engineering Degree): EURECOM charges tuition fees for its engineering degree program, with financial support available through scholarships. Fee information is set within the framework of the Mines-Télécom competitive examination system.
2. Research Contracts and Grants: EURECOM generates revenue through research contracts with industrial partners, national ANR projects, European Horizon Europe/ERC grants, and CIFRE doctoral conventions where companies co-fund PhD positions. The school also participates in RNRT-type French national and EU-funded research projects.
3. Consortium Membership Fees: Industrial and academic members pay to join the EURECOM GIE (Groupement d'Intérêt Économique) consortium. Members benefit from preferential access to research, student recruitment, curriculum influence, and IP arrangements. Industrial members include Orange, SAP, BMW Group, Norton LifeLock, and IABG.
4. Continuing Education (Formation Continue): EURECOM offers custom training programs to corporate partners and member companies in digital security, communication systems, and data science. Programs are priced based on duration and number of participants, delivered at EURECOM or on-site.
5. Apprenticeship Tax (Taxe d'Apprentissage): EURECOM is authorized to receive the apprenticeship tax balance (solde de la taxe d'apprentissage), a French mandatory levy paid by companies, which funds pedagogical equipment and student recruitment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EURECOM is a graduate school and research center in digital sciences located in Sophia Antipolis, France. It offers engineering degrees, Master's programs (including European Double Degrees), and doctoral programs in Computer Science, Networks and Telecommunications, Data Science, and Digital Security, while conducting research in communication systems, data science, and digital security. The institution operates as a consortium (GIE EURECOM) of academic and industrial members and is part of the Institut Mines-Télécom network.

Product overview

EURECOM is a graduate school and research center in digital sciences, not a product company. It offers engineering degree programs, Master's programs, and doctoral programs across specialized tracks including Data Science, Embedded Systems, Digital Security, Internet of Things (IoT), and Intelligent Communication Systems. EURECOM conducts research in communication systems, information processing, signal/image processing, and digital security. The institution maintains consortium partnerships with industrial members (Orange, SAP, BMW Group, Norton LifeLock, IABG) and academic institutions for double degree programs and research collaboration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Engineering Degree Program 3-year integrated engineering program in digital sciences for students entering via the Mines-Télécom competitive entrance examination; taught in English and open to day students (civil) and apprentice (work-study) students. Leads to a state-recognized engineering degree.
• Master's Programs in Digital Sciences Master of Science programs covering Computer Science, Networks and Telecommunications, Data Science, and Digital Security; taught in English and structured to the Bologna MSc standard (120 ECTS, 3 semesters). Some scholarships are sponsored by industrial members.
• European Double Degree Master's Programs European Double Degree Master's programs delivered with partner institutions, providing academic mobility across European universities while specialising in digital sciences.
• Doctoral Program Doctoral program in digital sciences offered in research areas including Communication Systems, Data Science, and Digital Security; doctoral students are employed by EURECOM with a 3-year contract. Over 97% of doctoral graduates find employment in the digital sector.
• Continuing Education Programs Continuing education modules in digital sciences (e.g., 5G, cybersecurity, AI) taken individually as short training programs; can be paid via the apprenticeship tax (contribution à la formation professionnelle).
• TechForward Incubator Academic incubator co-founded by EDHEC, EURECOM, and Institut Mines-Télécom that supports tech and deeptech startups at Sophia Antipolis, providing incubation services to entrepreneurial teams.
• OpenAirInterface (OAI) Software Platform Open-source 5G software platform developed at EURECOM in partnership with the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance, providing a 5G New Radio implementation in collaboration with the broader open-source community.

Quantifiable outcome

• 24% of PhD students funded through CIFRE industrial conventions, creating direct R&D links between EURECOM and industry.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

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AI capability14 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Government of Monaco (Gouvernement de la Principauté de Monaco)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2013The Government of Monaco joined the EURECOM GIE as an institutional member in June 2013, primarily in the context of launching a digital security research laboratory in Monaco.
• OrangecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrange is a historical industrial member of the EURECOM GIE consortium. The collaboration includes joint research on 5G/6G open-source networks using OpenAirInterface, student recruitment, curriculum influence, and participation in the IPCEI Connectivity Ecosystem project (€26.5M funding) for sovereign OpenRAN networks under France 2030.
• SAPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSAP is an industrial consortium member co-funding a €5,000 excellence scholarship for female engineering students at EURECOM in partnership with Fondation Sophia Antipolis. SAP also participates in EURECOM's TechForward incubator, Industry Forum, and Companies' Corner recruitment events.
• BMW GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBMW Group is an industrial consortium member providing student mentorship through its godfather program, hosting the BMW Summer School with EURECOM faculty (Prof. Maria A. Zuluaga), and participating in recruitment events. Dr. Céline Laurent-Winter (VP Connected Vehicles) represents BMW at EURECOM, discussing AI, 5G connectivity, and cybersecurity.
• Norton LifeLockminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorton LifeLock is an industrial consortium member participating in EURECOM's digital security research programs and benefiting from preferential access to student recruitment and research collaboration in cybersecurity.
• IABGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIABG is an industrial consortium member with involvement in EURECOM's research and education programs in digital sciences, particularly in the technology and telecommunications services sector.
• EDHEC Business SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEDHEC is an academic consortium member collaborating with EURECOM on multiple initiatives: the TechForward incubator (co-founded with IMT), the Engineer-Manager dual degree, the Nice Entrepreneurship Festival, and a Joint Lab in Quantum Technologies. EURECOM Director David Gesbert and EDHEC Dean Emmanuel Métais signed the dual-degree agreement in 2023.
• Politecnico di TorinocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolitecnico di Torino is a historical academic consortium member offering double-degree programs with EURECOM. EURECOM student Mathieu Henry is completing a double degree in cybersecurity at Politecnico di Torino. EURECOM and PoliTO won the best paper award at MICCAI 2025 for joint research on breast tumor segmentation.
• Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMT is the parent institution for EURECOM within the Mines-Télécom system. EURECOM participates in IMT's national programs including IMTfor5G+ (with Orange, Thales, Ericsson France), Up To Start competition (up to €20,000 funding), and the TechForward incubator. IMT oversees the national entrance examination through which EURECOM recruits engineering students.
• Aalto UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAalto University (Helsinki University of Technology) is an academic consortium member. Ms. Eeva Halonen met EURECOM Director to exchange on mobility exchanges, cooperation, and European programs, and presented mobility opportunities to first-year engineers.
• Technische Universität München (TUM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTUM is an academic consortium member. The Technical University of Wien hosted the 2023 EURECOM Assembly of Members, with TUM among the academic partners present.
• NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNTNU is an academic consortium member participating in EURECOM's European academic network and student mobility exchanges.
• Chalmers University of TechnologyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChalmers University of Technology is an academic consortium member participating in EURECOM's European academic cooperation and student exchange programs.
• Czech Technical University (CTU) PragueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTU Prague is an academic consortium member participating in EURECOM's European academic network and double-degree programs.
• Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTU Wien is an academic consortium member that hosted the 2023 EURECOM Assembly of Members. TU Wien, TUM, EURECOM, and ETH Zurich co-organize an annual International Seminar on Wireless Communications as a high-level research summer school.
• OpenAirInterface Software AlliancecoreTechnology or IntegrationEURECOM is a leading member of the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance, developing open-source 5G/6G software for network prototyping. EURECOM professor Raymond Knopp serves as President of the Alliance. EURECOM advances OAI to integrate hardware accelerators including DPUs and RISC-V architectures for disaggregated 5G/6G networks.
• ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEURECOM participates in ETSI's OpenOP initiative for open-source Telco Cloud platforms, integrating its open-source 3GPP Network Exposure Function for CAMARA Location and QoD APIs into the ETSI OpenOP Release 1 platform. Eight EU-funded projects contribute to the OpenOP ecosystem.
• HUAWEIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHUAWEI funds a EURECOM PhD position (Reference: CS/DM/DistComp/032026) on distributed computation over communication networks, focusing on fundamental limits of distributed computing and trade-offs between computation, communication, and learning.
• IMRA (International Research Institute for Materials and Analysis)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMRA co-funds a CIFRE PhD position at EURECOM (Reference: DS/JLD/event/062026) on event-based vision for autonomous systems navigation, with the doctoral candidate employed by IMRA under French CIFRE convention.
• Barkhausen InstitutminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBarkhausen Institut leads the CoreNext Horizon Europe project on 6G disaggregated computing architectures, with EURECOM as a partner developing OpenAirInterface software for integration with hardware accelerators and RISC-V architectures.
• European Association for Biometrics (EAB)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEAB co-organized a workshop with EURECOM on November 13, 2025 addressing voice deepfakes and adversarial attacks detection for biometric security and AI applications.
• ThalesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThales is a partner in the IMTfor5G+ national program alongside EURECOM, Orange, and Ericsson France, focused on transforming 5G/6G training in France with €26.5M funding under France 2030.
• Ericsson FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEricsson France partners with EURECOM in the IMTfor5G+ project (with Orange, Thales) under France 2030, developing open-source 5G training platforms using OpenAirInterface and exploring energy-efficient solar-powered 5G networks.
• Grenoble Institut des NeurosciencesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrenoble Institut des Neurosciences collaborates with EURECOM's CARAVEL project (ERC Consolidator Grant) on modeling the brain vascular network from multimodal medical imaging data.
• King's College LondonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKing's College London collaborates with EURECOM's CARAVEL project on AI for neurovascular imaging, contributing to interdisciplinary research alongside clinical partners CHU Nice and Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• INRIA: France's national research institute dedicated to digital sciences. Operates closely parallel research themes (AI, cybersecurity, communication systems, distributed computing) and overlaps significantly with EURECOM in Horizon Europe and ANR funding pursuits as well as PhD supervision.
• Télécom Paris: French grande école in digital sciences and part of the same Institut Mines-Télécom network. Offers comparable engineering degrees, Master's, and doctoral programs in computer science, networks, and digital security, competing for the same Mines-Télécom entrance cohort and industrial consortium partners.
• CEA-Leti: French research institute focused on microelectronics, digital systems, and communication technologies. Conducts comparable applied research in semiconductors, 5G/6G hardware, and embedded systems, and competes with EURECOM for industrial R&D partnerships and European funding.
• Télécom SudParis: Sister école within the Institut Mines-Télécom network focused on digital sciences, networks, and software engineering. Competes directly with EURECOM for the same Mines-Télécom engineering intake and serves a similar industrial consortium with comparable curriculum and research scope.
• Aalto University: Finnish technical university and EURECOM academic consortium member. Strong research profile in communications, AI, and cybersecurity, and an active partner in EURECOM's European mobility and double-degree programs serving the same Nordic and broader European talent pool.
• ENSEA: French grande école specializing in electronics, embedded systems, and digital signal processing. Comparable in scale and positioning as a small, specialized French engineering school recruiting from CPGE, with overlapping research themes in communications and embedded digital systems.
• Politecnico di Torino: Italian technical university that is both an EURECOM academic consortium member and a true peer. Delivers comparable graduate engineering and doctoral programs in computer science and telecommunications, and collaborates with EURECOM on joint research (e.g., MICCAI 2025 best paper) and double-degree pathways.
• TU Munich (TUM): German technical university and EURECOM academic consortium member. Offers comparable graduate-level programs and world-class research in communication systems, AI, and security, with a much larger scale but similar research-intensive positioning in European engineering education.

Broad incumbents

• ETH Zurich: Swiss federal institute of technology with substantially larger resources and brand. Comparable in combining engineering graduate education with cutting-edge research in digital sciences, and competes with EURECOM for ERC grants, industry consortium mindshare, and European top-tier talent.
• EPFL: Swiss federal institute of technology with significantly larger scale but directly comparable research-intensive graduate education in digital sciences, communication systems, and cybersecurity. Competes with EURECOM for ERC funding, faculty talent, and top international graduate students.

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Competitive moat5 records

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