Grenoble and its setting

The scientific environment is also amongst the most attractive in France and throughout the world.

The Grenoble region  

• 3 national parks within easy striking distance
  Tourism in Isère : www.isere-tourisme.com
• 3 mountain ranges
  Tourism in Grenoble : www.grenoble-isere.info
• Sports and open air activities 
  Website : www.grenoble-montagne.com

Exceptional scientific community

Grenoble has an exceptional scientific and technological environment and Grenoble IT is a founding player. The town has become a leading centre for European science, with electronics and IT, physics and nuclear studies, materials and hydraulics, chemistry and papermaking engineering.  Several thousands researchers and engineers work in the town. Grenoble IT offers first class research opportunities in all these areas, with  laboratories, focusing on six main sectors :

• information and communication 
• materials  
• energy
• environnment  
• production systems 

In heart of the Alps

• 1 hour from Lyons
• 1, 5 hours from Geneva
• 2 hours from Turin
• 2,5 hours from Marseilles
• 3 hours from Paris onthe TGV high speed train
• 3 international airports (Grenoble,  Lyon  et Geneva)