Sometimes cooperation starts from a language ability, sometimes from unplanned meetings. French institutions are ready to go quite far in their internationalization. Sometimes 50 percent or even higher is reached. In comparison, prestigious German institutions do not manage to go beyond the 5 percent level. Recently mobility has been developed in Europe, although relationships with North America still represent a quarter of the total.
French institutions raise few formal obstacles to mobility.
There is a clear consensus that any arrangement can be made in the curriculum in order to overcome formal obstacles. Nobody is frightened by true internationalization. French engineering schools are open to discussion. The mastery of foreign languages is recognized as an obligation. A second foreign language is the common rule.