Commission des titres d'ingénieur

What Commission des titres d'ingénieur does

The Commission des titres d'ingénieur (CTI) is an independent French government commission established by law in 1934, headquartered at 44 rue Cambronne in Paris. It is the sole French body legally mandated to evaluate and accredit engineering schools, granting schools the right to award the legally protected 'titre d'ingénieur diplômé'. CTI operates under the supervision of multiple French ministries (Higher Education and Research, Armed Forces, Economy, Ecological Transition, and Agriculture) and has approximately 125 employees organized through a Plenary Assembly, Bureau, Strategic Orientation Committee (COS), permanent staff, and a registry.

CTI's core offerings consist of accreditation evaluation services built around the R&O (Références et Orientations) framework, the central reference document that defines engineering degree quality criteria. The evaluation process involves self-evaluation reports (capped at 60 pages), on-site audit missions by expert panels, and plenary decisions. CTI also administers the EUR-ACE European quality label (via ENAEE membership) and the CeQuInt internationalization label (via ECA participation), and processes foreign degree recognition through the Admission par l'Etat procedure. Supporting infrastructure includes an internal extranet for experts, a monthly newsletter (Lettre de la CTI, distributed to ~2,000 recipients since 2014), and an annual February colloquium. CTI holds full ENQA membership (since 2014) and is registered with EQAR.

CTI does not operate a commercial revenue model. As a public statutory body, it is funded through state appropriations, and accreditation decisions, reports, and certified data are published openly on its website and to European databases (DEQAR, ENAEE, ECA). International activities include bilateral cooperation with Canada, Tunisia, and Morocco, and participation in EU projects (MEDACCR, LIREQA, DEQAR CONNECT). Current governance is led by Présidente Claire Peyratout, who succeeded former president Laurent Mahieu.

Name

Commission des titres d'ingénieur

Legal name

Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur

Website

https://cti-commission.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1934

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Commission des titres d'ingénieur (CTI) is a French government commission, established in 1934, that exclusively evaluates and accredits engineering schools in France, administering the engineering degree title and the EUR-ACE and CeQuInt quality labels.

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Product category

Higher Education Accreditation Services

NAICS

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Assessment Policy, Benchmarking & International Comparability Authorities (EDADAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

National/State Examination Boards & Testing Agencies (EDADAFAA), Career & Technical Education (CTE) Standards Authorities (EDADAEAE)

Keywords

• Engineering school accreditation
• Higher education quality assurance
• EUR-ACE label certification
• Engineering program evaluation
• Qualification framework assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CTI evaluates and accredits French and foreign engineering schools against established quality standards, enabling them to award the legally-protected 'titre d'ingénieur diplômé' degree. It administers European and international quality labels including EUR-ACE and CeQuInt, and publishes the R&O (Références et Orientations) reference framework that defines engineering education standards in France.

Product overview

CTI (Commission des titres d'ingénieur) is a French governmental accreditation body, not a technology product company. It operates as a single unified service offering engineering school accreditation evaluation against established quality frameworks. The core service includes evaluating schools through self-evaluation reports, on-site audits, and expert reviews against the R&O (Références et Orientations) criteria framework. CTI administers quality labels including EUR-ACE (European engineering degree quality mark) and CeQuInt (internationalisation quality mark), and processes foreign school applications through Admission par l'Etat. Supporting services include an internal extranet for experts, monthly newsletters, annual colloquiums, and certified data collection from engineering schools. The organization publishes audit reports and decisions to European databases (DEQAR, ENAEE, ECA) and maintains reference documents, criteria procedures, and thematic factsheets for engineering education quality assurance.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and notable.

• ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTI is a full member of ENQA, the European association of quality assurance agencies whose practices conform to the ESG (European Standards and Guidelines). CTI participates in ENQA activities and general assemblies.
• EQAR (European Quality Assurance Register)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTI is registered with EQAR, the European register of quality assurance agencies whose practices conform to the ESG.
• ENAEE (European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTI is a member of ENAEE, the association that manages the EUR-ACE label. CTI awards EUR-ACE labels to accredited engineering programs.
• Hcéres (Haut conseil de l'évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHcéres is the independent public authority for evaluating higher education and research in France. CTI cooperates with Hcéres since its creation. A cooperation framework convention was signed in September 2016.
• France CompétencesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFollowing 2020-2022 work between France Compétences, CTI and Hcéres, engineering schools evaluated by CTI and Hcéres can use the Qualiopi label from 2023, in addition to other organisms on the single list.
• INRS (Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTI signed a tripartite partnership agreement with CDEFI and INRS to publish the INRS reference framework 'Bases essentielles en santé et sécurité au travail (BESST)' for engineering schools, aimed at developing occupational health and safety competencies in engineering curricula.
• CDEFI (Conférence des directeurs des écoles françaises d'ingénieurs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDEFI represents all directors of public and private engineering schools accredited by CTI. Created by decree in 1976, CDEFI's mission is to represent engineering schools before the French government, EU, and international organizations.
• BNEI (Bureau national des élèves ingénieurs)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBNEI is the association of engineering students, a major stakeholder of CTI. Participates in selection and training of student experts, contributes to working groups, and intervenes at CTI's annual conference.
• Campus FrancemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCampus France promotes international student mobility to France. CTI sits on the Steering Committee for the 'Bienvenue en France' label awarded by Campus France for the French government.
• FrAQ-Sup (Réseau des agences d'assurance qualité francophones)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrAQ-Sup is the network of Francophone quality assurance agencies. CTI participates actively in working groups, including translating European reference frameworks into French.
• ECA (European Consortium for Accreditation)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTI participates in ECA activities. The CeQuInt (Certificate for Quality in Internationalisation) labels awarded by CTI are published in the ECA database.
• IESF (Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTI partners with IESF for the annual survey of engineering graduates and for visibility of the National Engineering Days, an annual IESF event.
• CGE (Conférence des Grandes Ecoles)notableOthersCGE is an association of nearly 300 grandes écoles including engineering, management, architecture schools. CTI coordinates with CGE on engineering education matters.
• ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)notableTechnology or IntegrationABET is the American accreditation agency. CTI maintains relations and participates in international cooperation activities with ABET.
• ANEAQ (Agence nationale d'évaluation et d'assurance qualité de l'enseignement supérieur et la recherche)notableTechnology or IntegrationANEAQ is the Moroccan quality assurance agency. CTI participates in the France-Morocco 'Light Twinning' project to strengthen ANEAQ.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Hcérès (Haut conseil de l'évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur): Hcérès is France's broader independent public authority evaluating higher education and research institutions. It is comparable as a French quality assurance peer, but its scope extends well beyond engineering, and it formally cooperates with rather than competes against CTI under the 2016 framework convention.
• Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA): QAA is the UK's independent quality body for higher education, EQAR-listed. It is broader than CTI in scope (all higher education rather than engineering-specific), but it is comparable as a European quality assurance agency operating in the same ESG-compliant framework.
• NCEES (National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying): NCEES administers engineering licensure examinations in the U.S. rather than accrediting programs. It is comparable as an adjacent quality assurance player in the engineering profession pipeline, complementing (not overlapping with) ABET's accreditation role that parallels CTI.

Direct peers

• JABEE (Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education): JABEE accredits Japanese engineering and applied science programs to international standards and awards the EUR-ACE label via ENAEE. It is a direct peer operating the same engineering program accreditation model as CTI in an Asian jurisdiction.
• ASIIN: ASIIN is Germany's leading accreditation agency for engineering, computer science, and natural sciences programs. Like CTI, it is registered with EQAR, awards the EUR-ACE label via ENAEE, and serves as the German counterpart to CTI for engineering program accreditation.
• Engineers Canada: Engineers Canada accredits Canadian undergraduate engineering programs through its Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) and is a bilateral cooperation partner of CTI (e.g., the February 2017 CTI observation mission). It is the closest direct peer in French-language engineering accreditation in North America.
• Engineering Council UK: Engineering Council UK regulates the engineering profession in the UK and accredits undergraduate and postgraduate programs. It is a direct international peer to CTI, with comparable statutory-style authority over engineering degree recognition.
• ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology): ABET is the U.S. non-governmental accreditor of college and university programs in engineering and applied science. It is the most direct international peer to CTI in terms of mission (engineering program accreditation), evaluation framework, and stakeholder community, with whom CTI explicitly maintains cooperation.

Emerging players

• ANEAQ (Agence nationale d'évaluation et d'assurance qualité): ANEAQ is Morocco's national quality assurance and evaluation agency for higher education and research, currently being strengthened through CTI's 'Light Twinning' France-Morocco project. It is an emerging player that CTI is helping to mature.

Regional players

• AEQES (Agence pour l'Évaluation de la Qualité de l'Enseignement Supérieur): AEQES is Belgium's French-speaking quality assurance agency for higher education, EQAR-listed, and operates in a comparable regulatory tradition to CTI. It is a regional peer rather than direct competitor due to different national jurisdiction.

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Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

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