ESTACA and Valeo Commit to the Mobility of Tomorrow

2 October 2024

ESTACA, a post-baccalaureate engineering school specializing in sustainable transport, and Valeo, world leader in technologies for the mobility of tomorrow, have joined forces to sign a framework agreement to match the School’s courses to Valeo’s needs in the fields of mobility, particularly in the automotive sector. This new partnership is in response to the combined desire of the major French industrial group and ESTACA to maintain strong links in three main areas: initial training, vocational training, and research. This partnership will cover a period of three years.

« This partnership with Valeo aligns with our ESTACA 2030 strategic plan. It confirms the School's strategy and ambition to play a close, active role with industry, to develop new modes of transport through training and research. With this agreement, ESTACA is joining forces with a key player in the automotive sector, who will help us build for the future by giving us the benefit of their expertise and ability to project future skills requirements. »

Jean-Michel Durepaire

Managing Director, ESTACA

« This alliance with ESTACA makes perfect sense, especially today, at a time when the automotive industry is undergoing a profound transformation like never before in its history. By working with a school specializing in automotive technology, Valeo experts, researchers, teachers and students will be able to work on solutions and skills for the mobility of the future, including in the rail, naval, aeronautical and space sectors »

Clément des Roberts

Vice-President HR Thermal Systems, Valeo

Contribute to Initial and Vocational Training of Engineers to Meet Industrial Needs

Student engineers and apprentices benefit from the scientific and technical knowledge of Valeo experts: proposals for industrial study projects, themed conferences and debates, teaching staff, visits to the company’s premises, participation in company days, regular exchanges with Valeo engineers, supply of equipment, etc. This partnership enables Valeo to introduce students to the company and recruit “budding” engineers.

To prepare them for their entry into working life, Valeo offers advice and HR coaching on their career plans, and with mock recruitment interview workshops. Engineering students also benefit from easy access to internships in France and abroad, work-study or professionalization contracts, and open engineering positions within the Group.

The scope of this partnership also applies to vocational training. Valeo is working with ESTACA to train its employees as part of its skills development plan, and the school can call on the company’s expertise to co-construct its training modules.

Developing Research into the Mechanics of Composite Structures and Embedded Systems and Energies for Transport

By signing this partnership, Valeo and ESTACA have embarked on a joint initiative to advance research in the field of transport and sustainable mobility. Through the ESTACA’Lab laboratory, the School conducts research into innovative technologies for transport and mobility, focusing on four main themes: air quality, energy, embedded systems and weight reduction. ESTACA can thus provide Valeo with its expertise in the management and supervision of industrial projects, offering the know-how of its teacher-researchers. In the future, this cooperation could be extended, according to emerging knowledge or new disciplines identified, to the creation of specialized Research Chairs.

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