You are here : Home > International Relations > ENGAGE.EU > Course offer > Online Exchange Initiative
Online Exchange Initiative (OEI) - ENGAGE.EU - Incoming students - Semester 2
Course Catalogue - Spring Semester -
Course Catalogue Toulouse Capitole University
Applications from 24 November to 14 December 2025
Courses: Spring Semester
Courses: Spring Semester
All levels
Interacting in French in cross-cultural contexts
ECTS : 2
Language of instruction : French
Mode of Delivery: Online
Hours: 9h
Planning: TBD
Description: Participants should have at least B1 level in oral comprehension and expression in French as a foreign language. You will learn about current issues concerning the French language including its inventivity and cultural connotations by hearing, listening or reading documents. You will compare French idiomatic expressions, cultural codes with yours and those of other participants. The aim is also to give you links to resources and tips to continue your learning by yourself.
Leaning Outcomes: To acquire greater self-confidence in communicating in French by
- Improving skills in oral comprehension and expression in different speech acts and contexts.
- Enhancing fluency in interactions through lexical and grammatical activities.
- Managing linguistic and cultural communication in a context of diversity.
- Enhancing mediation skills: interpretation, paraphrasing, summarizing, reformulating, equivalence.
Learning Activities and teaching methods: This 6-week course aims to develop skills in French language and culture through simulations, discussions, - practical activities: listening and production exercises. The activities will offer participants the opportunity to practice an authentic language. Collaborative work and an inductive approach will help to favorite positive exchanges.
Prerequisites : at least B1 French Level
Assessment : Participation
Lecturer : Isabelle KAWA-TOPOR
Language of instruction : French
Mode of Delivery: Online
Hours: 9h
Planning: TBD
Description: Participants should have at least B1 level in oral comprehension and expression in French as a foreign language. You will learn about current issues concerning the French language including its inventivity and cultural connotations by hearing, listening or reading documents. You will compare French idiomatic expressions, cultural codes with yours and those of other participants. The aim is also to give you links to resources and tips to continue your learning by yourself.
Leaning Outcomes: To acquire greater self-confidence in communicating in French by
- Improving skills in oral comprehension and expression in different speech acts and contexts.
- Enhancing fluency in interactions through lexical and grammatical activities.
- Managing linguistic and cultural communication in a context of diversity.
- Enhancing mediation skills: interpretation, paraphrasing, summarizing, reformulating, equivalence.
Learning Activities and teaching methods: This 6-week course aims to develop skills in French language and culture through simulations, discussions, - practical activities: listening and production exercises. The activities will offer participants the opportunity to practice an authentic language. Collaborative work and an inductive approach will help to favorite positive exchanges.
Prerequisites : at least B1 French Level
Assessment : Participation
Lecturer : Isabelle KAWA-TOPOR
Law - Master 1 level
Internal Market
ECTS : 5
Language of instruction : English
Mode of delivery: Hybrid
Hours: 30
Planning : TBD
Description: Internal Market-the class aims at giving students a broader knowledge on the substantive aspects of European Law, with a focus on the four economic freedoms shaping the continuous development of the internal market. Teaching method involves the analysis of jurisprudence and practical cases.
Assessment : Oral Exam
Lecturer : Oana Andreea MACOVEI
Language of instruction : English
Mode of delivery: Hybrid
Hours: 30
Planning : TBD
Description: Internal Market-the class aims at giving students a broader knowledge on the substantive aspects of European Law, with a focus on the four economic freedoms shaping the continuous development of the internal market. Teaching method involves the analysis of jurisprudence and practical cases.
Assessment : Oral Exam
Lecturer : Oana Andreea MACOVEI
Digital Governance
ECTS : 3
Language of instruction : English
Mode of delivery: Hybrid
Hours: 12
Description:
This course explores the major issues involved in the legal governance of digital practices and technologies. It is not an e-commerce or data protection course, which are also taught as part of the LL.M. IEL program at the European School of Law - Toulouse Capitole University. While these issues may be discussed incidentally in this course, it focuses more specifically on the institutional, procedural and normative issues involved in adapting the rule of law to the digital age.
The course focuses on four main themes:
1) constitutionalism and digital democracy, regulated at state and international scales;
2) the protection of international human rights in cyberspace;
3) blockchain technology and the fight against organized crime;
4) the use of digital technologies in cultural heritage law.
These four themes are studied in 3-hour sessions, and will necessarily include specific sub-themes and case studies.
Planning : TBD
Language of instruction : English
Mode of delivery: Hybrid
Hours: 12
Description:
This course explores the major issues involved in the legal governance of digital practices and technologies. It is not an e-commerce or data protection course, which are also taught as part of the LL.M. IEL program at the European School of Law - Toulouse Capitole University. While these issues may be discussed incidentally in this course, it focuses more specifically on the institutional, procedural and normative issues involved in adapting the rule of law to the digital age.
The course focuses on four main themes:
1) constitutionalism and digital democracy, regulated at state and international scales;
2) the protection of international human rights in cyberspace;
3) blockchain technology and the fight against organized crime;
4) the use of digital technologies in cultural heritage law.
These four themes are studied in 3-hour sessions, and will necessarily include specific sub-themes and case studies.
Planning : TBD
Assessment : The course will be assessed by a final exam, the details of which will be determined at a later date.
Lecturer : Philippe Gout
Lecturer : Philippe Gout
Management - Master 1 Level
Digital growth and intellectual property
ECTS : 6
Language of instruction : English
Hours: 24
Planning:
The lecture is organized around six core issues (building blocks)
Description: The aim of this course of to introduce students to the challenges of corporate growth in modern digital economies, in particular with regard to accessing and developing digital assets and intellectual property. The course is organized in two parts. A first part focuses on the recent developments of the strategic management of patents in modern digital economies. Participants will discover the emergence and the role of the patent system in modern economies and how technological companies try to protect their innovations and to use their patent portfolios in service of their business strategies in a digital era. It covers internal strategies and ways to organize for managing patent and licensing strategies as well as patenting in collaborative arrangements.
A second part addresses then more specifically external growth strategies to access patents but also more generally digital solutions and assets. It addresses in particular the strong increase in technology acquisitions and alliances in past years and introduces students to the particular strategic and organizational challenges that external digital growth induces (i.e. integrating and leveraging acquired intellectual property, transferring knowledge between companies and teams of engineers, implementing co-innovative practices between R&D departments from merging companies, etc.).
The course provides students with the relevant knowledge and perspectives to understand the management of intellectual property and growth strategies implemented by firms in modern digital economies.
Assessment: Group presentations
Prerequisites: None
Lecturer : Jamal AZZAM and Nicola MIRC
Language of instruction : English
Hours: 24
Planning:
- Friday 6th February 2026 9h-12h / 14h-17h
- Saturday, 7th February 2026 9h-12h / 14h-17h
- Friday, 13th February 2026 9h-12h / 14h-17h
- Saturday, 14th February 2026 9h-12h / 14h-17h
The lecture is organized around six core issues (building blocks)
- Patents and the protection of innovation
- Patenting strategies
- Internal organization for managing patenting strategies
- Patent and licensing strategies
- Patenting in collaborative arrangements
- Patent and other appropriation strategies for digital innovations
Description: The aim of this course of to introduce students to the challenges of corporate growth in modern digital economies, in particular with regard to accessing and developing digital assets and intellectual property. The course is organized in two parts. A first part focuses on the recent developments of the strategic management of patents in modern digital economies. Participants will discover the emergence and the role of the patent system in modern economies and how technological companies try to protect their innovations and to use their patent portfolios in service of their business strategies in a digital era. It covers internal strategies and ways to organize for managing patent and licensing strategies as well as patenting in collaborative arrangements.
A second part addresses then more specifically external growth strategies to access patents but also more generally digital solutions and assets. It addresses in particular the strong increase in technology acquisitions and alliances in past years and introduces students to the particular strategic and organizational challenges that external digital growth induces (i.e. integrating and leveraging acquired intellectual property, transferring knowledge between companies and teams of engineers, implementing co-innovative practices between R&D departments from merging companies, etc.).
The course provides students with the relevant knowledge and perspectives to understand the management of intellectual property and growth strategies implemented by firms in modern digital economies.
- First, the course provides students with a managerial and strategic vision of patents, to raise awareness and inform decision-making in this area.
- Second, students will learn about managerial and strategic challenges of acquiring patents and digital assets in general and how to address them.
Assessment: Group presentations
Prerequisites: None
Lecturer : Jamal AZZAM and Nicola MIRC
Economy and Social - Master level
Principles and Challenges of Circular Economy
ECTS : 3
Language of instruction : English
Mode of delivery: Hybrid
Hours : 15h
Planning:
Description:What is the circular economy? In a nutshell, the way our current economy works is that materials are taken from the earth to make products and these products are eventually thrown away as waste. This process is said to be “linear.” By contrast, in a (perfectly) “circular” economy (CE), waste is stopped being produced in the first place. It is based on three principles driven by implementation, namely, minimize waste and pollution, circulate products and materials at their highest value, and regenerate nature. Simply said then, CE is a model of production and consumption involving sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing, and recycling existing materials and products as long as possible.
CE is strengthened by the transition to renewable energy and materials and the decoupling of the economic activity from the consumption of finite resources. It provides a framework of solutions to global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution. CE is a resilient system that should be beneficial for people, business, and the environment.
This course is an introduction to CE. Its main purpose is to make students familiar with the theoretical underpinnings of CE and its role in providing solutions to global issues faced by society as suggested by national and international organizations. The course will help students to be acquainted with the terminology of CE, to understand the relationships between various associated concepts and models, and to discuss some issues that are at the forefront of research in the area.
Prerequisites:Basic principles of economics and strong interest in environmental issues.
Assessment : There will be a one-hour final exam in the form of multiple-choice questions.
Lecturer : Farid GASMI
Language of instruction : English
Mode of delivery: Hybrid
Hours : 15h
Planning:
- Monday 4th, May 2026 9h30-12h30
- Tuesday 5th, May 2026 14h-17h
- Thursday 7th, May 2026 15h-18h
- Monday 18th, May 2026 9h30-12h30
- Friday 22nd, May 2026 14h-17h
Description:What is the circular economy? In a nutshell, the way our current economy works is that materials are taken from the earth to make products and these products are eventually thrown away as waste. This process is said to be “linear.” By contrast, in a (perfectly) “circular” economy (CE), waste is stopped being produced in the first place. It is based on three principles driven by implementation, namely, minimize waste and pollution, circulate products and materials at their highest value, and regenerate nature. Simply said then, CE is a model of production and consumption involving sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing, and recycling existing materials and products as long as possible.
CE is strengthened by the transition to renewable energy and materials and the decoupling of the economic activity from the consumption of finite resources. It provides a framework of solutions to global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution. CE is a resilient system that should be beneficial for people, business, and the environment.
This course is an introduction to CE. Its main purpose is to make students familiar with the theoretical underpinnings of CE and its role in providing solutions to global issues faced by society as suggested by national and international organizations. The course will help students to be acquainted with the terminology of CE, to understand the relationships between various associated concepts and models, and to discuss some issues that are at the forefront of research in the area.
Prerequisites:Basic principles of economics and strong interest in environmental issues.
Assessment : There will be a one-hour final exam in the form of multiple-choice questions.
Lecturer : Farid GASMI
Application
The Application Period is between 24 Nov. and 14 Dec. 2025.
To apply for and select the courses, please register via the following form:
Form will be available from November 24th
