{{Short description|European higher education systems}} The '''ATHENS Programme''' (for Advanced Technology Higher Education Network/Socrates<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paristech.fr/index.php/eng/Mobility/ATHENS-Programme |title=ParisTech - ATHENS Programme |accessdate=2012-04-18 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125085728/http://www.paristech.fr/index.php/eng/Mobility/ATHENS-Programme |archivedate=2012-01-25 }}</ref>) is a 1-week exchange session, held twice a year (in March and in November), by a network of European higher education institutions (universities, universities of technology, Grandes Ecoles...).
The programme is coordinated by ParisTech.
== History == Created in 1996, it was initially supported by the European Union through the Socrates programme (from 1997 to 2001). It is now self-funded by the member institutions.
It is a merger of the 'Semaine Européenne' ('European Week') held by ParisTech from 1992 to 1999, and the Leuven Network ERASMUS Programme held by European institutions from 1990 to 1997.
== Courses == The courses proposed during sessions cover not only the spectrum of the members' fields, but also an opening on arts and humanities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.athensprogramme.com/catalog |title=The ATHENS Programme - index |access-date=2014-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714214217/http://www.athensprogramme.com/catalog |archive-date=2018-07-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Activities == During the week, the host university is supposed to organize activities for the foreign students in the city, to help them discover another culture. Most often, it will consist in a tour of the city a 5-day course on a specific subject and some nights with the local students.
== Members == *AUTh Thessaloniki *BME Budapest *TU Delft *KU Leuven *UCLouvain *IST Lisbon *UP Madrid *Politecnico di Milano *TU Munich *CTU Prague *KTH Stockholm *NTNU Trondheim *TU Wien *Warsaw University of Technology *ITU Istanbul *ParisTech: **Chimie ParisTech (ENSCP) **Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS) **AgroParisTech **Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) **Ecole des ingenieurs de la Ville de Paris (EIVP) **Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE) **Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) **Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris (ENSMP) **Télécom ParisTech **Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA) **École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris (ESPCI)
Note: Not all members participate in both sessions.
== Notes == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *The ATHENS Programme website: [http://www.athensprogramme.com link ATHENS Programme]
{{Coord missing|France}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Athens Programme}} Category:Universities and colleges in France Category:Educational institutions established in 1996 Category:1996 establishments in France