The Copernic Alumni Association is dedicated to the promotion of the Copernic Diploma, the professional development of its graduates and building a strong alumni network around the world. The association was established in 2006 and is know under the name of  “Cercle Copernic”.

Our mission is:

-  To support the personal and professional development of the Cercle Copernic’s members through the exchange of knowledge and skills within a dynamic intellectual community bringing together Copernic alumni and graduates of the Copernic Program’s  partner universities, whose interests span Central, Eastern Europe, and France.

-  To support and promote the activities and initiatives of the association and its members, to ensure the program’s representation in international, public organizations, and the private sector.

- To promote the values of the association: solidarity, intellectual exchange, entrepreneurship and initiative, tolerance and respect particularly towards cultural, ethnic and religious differences, and an ethical and professional attitude.

-  To manage and develop the community of the former students of the Copernic Program.

- To promote the French language within the framework of its local and international activities.

- To promote the image and the cultural diversity of the home-countries of our alumni.

- To offer counselling services to international, public organizations, and the private sector in the conception, search for financing, and realization of projects with objectives aligned with that of the association.

The association offers career and education services to its alumni and organizes regular meetings among its members.

We would like to multiply these initiatives and carry out projects on an international scale concerned with building strong professional partnerships among our members. We invite you to visit our site often to insure you don’t miss any upcoming events and programs available to you. If by chance you can’t find the information you need here, please contact our web editor.

Our team :

Kateryna Korotetska - President
Oksana Yurchyshyna - Secretary
Tomek Burdziak - Treasurer
Justyna Drozdzal - Website content management
Iuliana Nalatan - Website administrator
Tihomir Tsenkulovski - English version of the website

The Copernic Program offers annually rigorous management training to more than 30 engineers, economists, managers and lawyers from Central and Eastern Europe countries. COPERNIC was created in 1990 by four prestigious French universities:

L’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris
L’Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris
Le Collège des Ingénieurs

COPERNIC comes to fruition owing to the joint efforts and support of several parties. Programme participants receive grants from the French government for the 12 months of their training. The three prestigious Parisian universities offer tailored curriculum and academic guidance. French multinational companies support the COPERNIC program by recruiting graduates of the program to take on leadership positions in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Turkey.

The French administration, universities and companies thus offer joint support to the COPERNIC program. The program is held every year in Paris from October 1 to September 30 (December 31, respectively).

The objective of the program is twofold. On the one hand, it seeks to augment the expertise of junior managers who already hold diplomas at a very high level of education. It concurrently aims to facilitate the successful cultural integration of graduates at French companies.

The COPERNIC diploma is awarded by the three partnering universities at the end of each year. The academic training is followed by a six-month internship at a partnering company. This professional experience is a major stepping stone towards full-time employment.

Two out of three participants in the program are extended an offer of employment by one of the partnering companies at the end of their course.

No matter if you graduated from the Copernic program recently or years ago, joining the Copernic Alumni Association is worthwhile for the following reasons:

Extensive alumni network
-To remain in contact with former colleagues and fellow-students;

-To be able to exchange and discuss new ideas;

-To obtain information on the graduates, their professional course, the value of the diploma

Handy web-based point of reference

-To provide voluntary support and involvement in the activities of the Association

- Regular updates and a source of abundant and relevant information

A wealth of stimulating activities

-Social activities to share good moments with other Copernic graduates

-High-quality guest lectures

-Worldwide presence and opportunities for social activities

Professional opportunities

-Networking opportunities

-Personalized profile linked to Linkedin, Facebook and other social networks

-Seeking employment or recruiting an employee (by means of prompt online communication)

-Keeping abreast of industry trends

-Peer recognition of professional achievements

The Association is entirely at your disposal. We look forward to hearing your opinion and suggestions about the activities of the Association.

Join us now

It is as simple as sending us an email with your name and the year of your Copernic class at inscriptions.cc@gmail.com

You will subsequently receive a membership application. After submitting your application, you will receive an email confirmation and once the application has been processed, you will be included in our alumni database with full access to the privileges of the Association.

To help defray the cost for the activities of the Association, we kindly request a symbolic contribution of 10€ per year.

The payment of the contribution can be made by cheque to the order of the Copernic Alumni Association, by credit card, or via PayPal