During their third year in Chimie ParisTech - PSL’s engineering cycle, students have the opportunity to continue their studies in France or abroad through an academic stay period.
They can complete a non-degree-earning semester outside the school. This stay period can be supported by an Erasmus agreement when it comes to staying in a European partner university.
Chimie ParisTech - PSL has also signed many national and international dual-degree agreements. In this case, the curriculum is usually extended for another 6 to 12 months and the students obtain two diplomas, one from Chimie ParisTech - PSL and one from the host school or university.
Internationally
Chimie ParisTech - PSL has signed about fifteen international dual-degree agreements.
Dual-degrees in France
This degree is for students who want to move on to industries dealing with life-sciences and the environment. Chimie ParisTech - PSL students integrate AgroParisTech in the 2nd year of the engineering cycle and get a degree from both schools when they validate their third year at AgroParistech.
They have the choice between several fields of study: agronomy, sustainable production, food engineering, environment and health.
Chimie ParisTech - PSL students integrate the ESPCI in the 2nd year of the engineering cycle. Several of the ESPCI - PSL’s fields of study may interest them, such as physics, especially the physics of soft matter such as fluids, polymers and mesoscopic physics.
Engineers who have just graduated from Chimie ParisTech - PSL can join the Université Paris Cité in the third year of the Pharmacy program to study pharmaceutical and biological sciences. This original pharmacochemist profile will allow them to work in research or in engineering teams to work on the production of new drugs.
This dual-set of skills represents a significant advantage for engineering students who want to work in the pharmaceutical industry.
This dual-degree is for engineering students who wish to work in the media or communications industry; they will be able to hold positions of information officer, scientific mediator, journalist, etc.
Chimie ParisTech - PSL’s students admitted to this dual-degree follow one of the engineering programs from Chimie Paristech - PSL coupled with a hands-on program at the IPJ. They then follow IPJ’s journalism program for two years.
This dual-degree allows engineering students to learn all areas related to energy, such as energy transition or the transformation of petroleum products. The Chimie ParisTech - PSL students admitted to this dual-degree follow a 22-month apprenticeship program.
A formal dual degree agreement was signed in 2025 between Chimie ParisTech - PSL and CentraleSupélec, reflecting a shared commitment to developing even more comprehensive engineering education programs grounded in academic excellence and the complementary pedagogical approaches of both institutions.
This agreement aims to provide new career opportunities for engineering students from both schools by promoting interdisciplinarity, mobility, and exposure to complementary scientific and technical fields.
Students from Chimie ParisTech - PSL will thus have the opportunity, after completing their first and second years at Chimie ParisTech - PSL, to join the CentraleSupélec curriculum for two additional years. There, they will benefit from a generalist approach and courses focused on innovation, complex systems, and digital technologies.
Conversely, students from CentraleSupélec may, after their first year, pursue their second and third years at Chimie ParisTech - PSL, immersing themselves in a scientific environment closely linked to research, before returning to CentraleSupélec to complete their third year as part of the dual degree program.
A dual degree agreement has been established between Chimie ParisTech - PSL and École Polytechnique, with the objective of broadening academic pathways and strengthening the integration of materials science and process engineering into the education of Polytechnique students.
As part of this agreement, students from École Polytechnique may undertake an 18-month program at Chimie ParisTech - PSL, allowing them to deepen their knowledge in chemistry, process engineering, and engineering sciences through direct engagement with research laboratories and major contemporary industrial challenges.
This partnership enables Polytechnique students to benefit from Chimie ParisTech - PSL’s expertise in materials transformation, sustainable processes, and advanced materials, while complementing their general scientific education with a high-level applied specialization.
This agreement reflects the shared ambition of both institutions to foster individualized and excellence-driven educational paths, closely aligned with research and the socio-economic environment.
A dual degree agreement has been established between Chimie ParisTech - PSL and École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay to offer a training program that combines research, engineering, and innovation management perspectives.
Under this agreement, students from ENS Paris-Saclay may join Chimie ParisTech - PSL for an 18-month period, enabling them to complement their research-oriented academic background with a strong foundation in applied engineering and innovation management.
This dual curriculum allows ENS students to acquire skills in engineering sciences and technologies directly related to industrial challenges, while maintaining a high level of scientific and analytical rigor.
The partnership aims to train hybrid profiles capable of bridging fundamental research, technological development, and strategic business challenges—profiles that are increasingly sought after in high value-added sectors.
Partnership agreement
Under agreements signed with the Gay-Lussac Federation (FGL), students have the opportunity to complete their 3rd year in one of the Federation’s 20 member schools. Some of these schools are specialized in a specific field: water, textiles, environment, etc. It may therefore be interesting for some students to finalize their curriculum there, depending on their professional project.