Launch of France Alumni
Lancement de la plateforme le 26 novembre 2014

400 participants for the France Alumni launch

On November 26th, French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Laurent Fabius officially launched the website francealumni.fr. He stressed the innovative aspect and ambition of the project: France Alumni is the first tool capable of unifying alumni from all over the world and networking them with public and private players.

French Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research Geneviève Fioraso highlighted how alumni contribute to France's intellectual and scientific influence.

Campus France Chief Executive Antoine Grassin presented the website and its most significant functionalities.

Testimonials from high-profile alumni

France Alumni has been launched under the tutorship of three high-profile personalities. Each of them was introduced by Sophie Béjan, President of Campus France, and gave a testimonial on their experience as alumni.
Tunisian Minister for Public Health Mohamed Salah Ben Ammar studied medicine in Paris in the 1970's. He stressed the values that France represented for him: defence of human rights, and particularly the rights of women, and health designed as a public service.
Head of the FIAC Jennifer Flay, from New Zealand, discovered in Paris new approaches to art history. Today, she is at the head of a key event in the contemporary art field and she hopes to give back to France what the country has offered her.
Former Bristol University and HEC Paris student John Parkes is in charge of the French branch of Ubisoft. He emphasized the interest that the France Alumni network represented for both users and employers.

Each year, nearly 300,000 foreign students pursue their studies in France. France Alumni, established and operated by Campus France, is aimed at helping them remain in touch with our country after their studies. This new website is also an opportunity for the international development of our businesses and universities, to facilitate new economic and academic partnerships with these former students.