Vélizy University Technical Institute
division of the University of Versailles in France
The Vélizy University Technical Institute (IUT de Vélizy, French: Institut universitaire de technologie de Vélizy) is one of the French university technical institute.
It is part of University of Versailles and located at Vélizy-Villacoublay. It trains students in two or three years after the Baccalaureate. It allows the preparation of a two-year undergraduate technical and vocational diploma called a Diplôme universitaire de technologie (DUT) and a three-year undergraduate technical diploma called a Licence professionnelle (professional bachelor's degree).
History
The Vélizy University Technical Institute was created in September 1991 as a component of the University of Versailles.
Faculties
This IUT has seven faculties located on two campuses :
Vélizy-Villacoublay : Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Computers - option Computer Engineering, Telecommunications and Networks, Services and Communication Networks.
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