APAIE 2023: Campus France brings together a delegation of 32 french higher education institutions

Organized in Bangkok, “hub” of the Asia-Pacific region, the APAIE Conference and Exhibition brings together the most important higher education actors in the region, and is hosted every year by one of its member countries. The 2023 edition marks the return to an in-person event following the health crisis that had an especially negative impact on the flow of students from and to the Asia-Pacific region. This year, the Conference and Exhibition will feature more than 350 stands and 2500 participants from 55 countries.

The Asia-Pacific Region: A Priority for French Higher Education and Research

With 32 institutions in attendance and 120 participants, the strong French presence at the Conference and Exhibition confirms the importance of the Asia-Pacific region in French higher education’s international development strategy, echoing the priority given to the Indo-Pacific region on the road map of French diplomacy. The Pavillon France will therefore be the 2nd most important stand at the APAIE Conference and Exhibition.

Following a decrease of 9% between 2020 and 2021, the number of students from Asia attending higher education in France stabilized in 2022, and a rebound is now underway: The number of students from this region who were accepted by French institutions showed an increase of approximately 50% for the start of the school year in September 2022 (source: MEAE, Etudes en France). Within this region where the health crisis has had the strongest impact on mobility, the challenge is to help with this restart.

“A Sustainable Future” Post COVID-19

This year the APAIE aims to focus on the interaction between higher education and sustainable development, the objective being to develop a common understanding of “a sustainable future” and the role that each of us can play in its implementation. At the same time, many workshops and conferences will address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the region’s higher education and research, the main disruptions, as well as the priorities for a post-health-crisis world

French Representation

The Pavillon France will cover 150 m2 of space, and will celebrate Campus France’s new publicity campaign “Rendez-vous in France: Skills and friends for life.”

10 Universities

• CY Cergy Paris University

• University of Caen Normandy (UNICAEN)

• University of Upper Alsace, Mulhouse (France)

• University of Rouen Normandy

• University of Technology of Compiègne

• Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University

• Paris Cité University

• Paris-East Créteil University (UPEC)

• Paris-Saclay University

• University of Clermont Auvergne & associates (“Study in Clermont”)

14 business schools 

• Burgundy School of Business

• EDC PARIS Business School

• Emlyon Business school

• EM NORMANDIE Business School

• ESSCA School of Management

• EXCELIA

• ICN Business School

• ISC PARIS

• KEDGE Business School

• Paris School of Business

• Rennes School of Business

• SCBS - Y SCHOOLS

• SKEMA Business School

• TBS EDUCATION

5 engineeing schools

• CESI Graduate School of Engineering

• ESAIP – engineering school

• INSA Toulouse

• Mines-Télécom Institute (IMT)

• Polytechnic Institute of Paris

3 specialized schools

• EICAR, The International Film & Television School, Paris

• Inalco (National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations)

• Paul Bocuse Institute Management school for hospitality and culinary art

   

Asia-Pacific : Key Figures

Download the note on Asia-Pacific (August 2022-in French)

• Number one region of origin in the world for mobile students with 2.3 million students in degree programs abroad in 2020.

• 42% increase in mobile students from Asia-Oceania region over five years

• 3rd most popular destination region for international students with around 1 million international students enrolled in degree programs in 2020

• 43% increase in enrolled international students over five years

• France is the 10th most popular destination country for degree program students coming from the Asia-Oceania region.

• 18% of international students completing degree programs in France come from the Asia-Oceania region.

Every year, Campus France coordinates more than 50 events related to promoting higher education throughout the world. Among these are NAFSA (USA), EAIE (Europe), EURIE (Eurasia), and even FAUBAI (Brazil). During these events, the agency brings together a great number of important higher education institutions under a single banner: the France brand.