UTC has permanent agreements to host undergraduate and graduate students as well as post-doctoral and foreign visiting scholars from around the world. To facilitate the scientific work and cultural experience of international visitors, UTC offers an in-house, integrated French language course.
Student clubs promote extra-curricular activities and contacts with international students.
The City of Compiegne has an international friendship club. Dr. M.A. Vijayalaskshmi, Professor at the Technical University of Compiegne, is a collaborator of Dr. Roberto Guzman, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arizona. Dr. Guzman spent the summer of 1995 working in Compiegne with Dr. Vijayalaskshmi. In 1999, Dr. Vijayalaskshmi worked in Dr. Gozman's lab in Tucson and had extensive interactions with UA students. During the summer of 1999, Carmen Pacheco, a senior in Chemical Engineering, worked in Dr. Vijayalaskshmi's lab.