Polytechnique Montréal and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology sign memorandum of understanding

L. to r.: Tor Grande, Acting Rector, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Maud Cohen, President, Polytechnique Montréal.  

Polytechnique Montréal and the public teaching and research institution NTNU (Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, or Norwegian University of Science and Technology) have signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate academic and research co-operation.

On February 13, 2024, at the 2024 edition of the annual Science|Business network conference in Brussels, Belgium, the two institutions signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen the many strategic connections that they already share, notably via the Top International Managers in Engineering (T.I.M.E. Association) network of excellence and the Science|Business network, which brings together industry, research and public policy organizations.

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology was founded in 1910; its motto is “Knowledge for a better world.” It is home to some 44,000 students, a little over half of whom are women, including around 4,000 international students from more than 120 countries.

NTNU is considered to be Norway’s leading technological university. It boasts an enviable strategic position in the heart of Europe, thanks in particular to its membership in the Nordic Five Tech network, comprising the five leading Nordic technical universities, which included Aalto University (in Finland) as well as the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Chalmers University of Technology (both in Sweden), with which Polytechnique Montréal has long-standing partnerships. NTNU is part of the European Universities initiative, a strategic alliance of European higher learning institutions, as well as the ENHANCE Alliance, made up of 10 leading science and technology universities on the continent, and it has a satellite office in Brussels, enabling substantial commitments to several major European initiatives.

The signing of this agreement heralds the start of a new chapter of collaboration, and the prospect of a long and productive relationship between the two institutions. In addition, by positioning Polytechnique Montréal for the first time in Norway, NTNU is expanding the range of partnerships for our engineering university in Scandinavia.