With four new Erasmus+ projects secured in 2025 (CircLean, IDT4EU, DigiReady2 and LF4VET), Arts et Métiers confirms its desire to become a key player in training in Europe. Two of these are coordinated by the institution and are managed by the European Projects Service of the Deputy-Directorate General for Research and Innovation, in collaboration with the Deputy-Directorate General in charge of Evolutive Learning Factories (ELF).
A strategy geared towards European cooperation
With four new Erasmus+ projects secured in 2025 (CircLean, IDT4EU, DigiReady2 and LF4VET), Arts et Métiers confirms its desire to become a key player in training in Europe. Two of these are coordinated by the institution and are managed by the European Projects Service of the Deputy-Directorate General for Research and Innovation, in collaboration with the Deputy-Directorate General in charge of Evolutive Learning Factories (ELF).
These projects, financed under Erasmus+ Key Action 2, aim to develop innovation in training. They also enable good pedagogical practices from the ELF programme — notably the JENII project, completed this year — to be disseminated at European level.
IDT4EU: amplifying the legacy of JENII
The project IDT4EU (Immersive Digital Twins for European Universities), coordinated by Arts et Métiers, builds on the JENII project. With funding of approximately €400,000 over three years, it aims to disseminate immersive digital twin technologies — for example the one of the forge on the Metz campus — to European partners, especially the Warsaw University of Technology and the Politecnico di Milano.
The project will also train teachers in the use of these digital twins, aligning with the European strategy of Virtual Worlds. They constitute a genuine collaborative learning ecosystem, where students can experiment, interact and learn in new ways.
CircLean: training in sustainable and circular competencies
The second project coordinated by Arts et Métiers, CircLean (led by researcher-teacher Anthony Quenehen and doctoral candidate Anna-Sofia Goncalves at Lille campus), develops learning modules around circular manufacturing and digital technology. It combines Arts et Métiers, the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden).
With an exploratory and immersive pedagogy, the goal is to co-create course modules for our students, but also available for lifelong training. The themes of lean manufacturing, circular economy and digital integration will be addressed in a cross-disciplinary way to identify synergies and reflect them in pedagogical sequences.
Two other partnership projects: DigiReady2 & LF4VET
Arts et Métiers is also partner in two other projects: DigiReady2, coordinated by the Greek Universities Network with partners in France, Spain, Greece and Cyprus; and LF4VET (Learning Factories for Vocational Education and Training), coordinated by the Basque centre IESFP Migel Altuna.
- LF4VET prolongs work on “learning factories”. Aimed at supporting the digital and ecological transformation of vocational training through the learning factory approach. Mobilising a multidisciplinary team, at the Institute of Chambéry with the I2M laboratory, the project has a budget of approximately €94,000 for 30 months, and aims three main objectives: design and analyse interdisciplinary learning situations based on ELF, produce concrete pedagogical cases for teacher appropriation, share the ELF experience with European partners using learning-factories, and complete the work started through national projects (like École de la batterie, ConfluencES and RéClasSIF).
- DigiReady2 aims to evaluate and strengthen the digital maturity of universities by means of artificial intelligence. It’s a wonderful opportunity for Arts et Métiers to reinforce its data-driven governance, experiment with advanced digital steering tools and shine in a European ecosystem of excellence. It benefits from funding of around €53,000 and contributes to the development of a quality assurance model adapted to the realities of higher-education institutions in France and Europe. The goal is to validate robust indicators and deliver concrete recommendations to improve the digital governance of the institution. Arts et Métiers will participate in the scientific valorisation and dissemination of results: writing case studies, producing evaluation reports and sharing insights through international conferences and seminars.
Erasmus+ at Arts et Métiers
Erasmus+ is the major European programme supporting training. Its ambition is to educate and innovate for a more inclusive, connected and sustainable society.
For Arts et Métiers, this programme represents an opportunity to collaborate with European partners, share expertise and experiment with new pedagogical approaches. The four projects launched this year fall under Key Action 2 of the programme, dedicated to cooperation between organisations and institutions. It encourages the creation of innovative European partnerships, whether in research, training or skills development.
