Institute of Intercultural Management and Communication

1957: establishment of ISIT (Institut Supérieur d’Interprétation et de Traduction – Higher Education Institute of Translation and Interpreting) as part of the Catholic University of Paris, in the same year as the Treaty of Rome. The goal was to train professionals to act as mediators of understanding and culture.

1981: ISIT became a member of CIUTI (International Permanent Conference of University Institutes of Translators and Interpreters), which brings together the world's top educational institutions; then of FESIC (French Engineering and Business Management Schools Network), in 2005.

2006: ISIT's diploma became a 5-year diploma, accredited by the French government.

2008: ISIT changed names, becoming the Institute of Intercultural Management and Communication. This better conveys the range of areas in which its graduates find work. Over the years, the school indeed expanded its programmes to adapt to the transformations of the professional world and companies’ needs. Since then, ISIT has offered programmes in intercultural management and communication. Nonetheless, the school had retained its original initials: ISIT.

2009: ISIT's accreditation was renewed. The school joined the network of European Master's in Translation (EMT), set up by the European Commission.

2010: ISIT and the United Nations signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to encourage access for ISIT students to linguistic careers within the UN. The schools joined the CGE (Conférence des Grandes Ecoles) and signed a protocol to participate in the Banque d’épreuves littéraires (arts and literature examinations) given by the Écoles Normales Supérieures.

2011: ISIT launched the first international Cordée de la Réussite, a French initiative to encourage access to higher education for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The school signed a "double degree" agreement with Beijing Language and Culture University, and teamed up with HEDAC (a law school at the Versailles Court of Appeal) to create a customised training course in intercultural legal communication.

2013: ISIT's accreditation was renewed for the postgraduate diploma programmes in translation (the specialisations in Intercultural Communication and Translation and in Intercultural Management) and conference interpretation. Accreditation was also renewed for the language & legal studies degree.

Location

ISIT in Arcueil, outside of Paris.

Some lectures and research seminaries as well as continuing education sessions take place in Paris.

To meet the growing number of ISIT students, a new building (Campus ISIT Arcueil) was opened in Fall 2015 at 23 - 25 avenue Jeanne d'Arc (94110 Arcueil) and includes classrooms, the head office, administration and finance department, library, lecture halls and the IT department.

Research

Through its research centre, the CRATIL (the Centre for Applied Research in Translation, Interpreting and Language), ISIT takes part to small research projects in the areas of translation science, multilingual communication and intercultural management.

Language & Legal / Lawyer linguist studies

This programme is for students wishing to pursue a career in international law.

ISIT offers a four-year foreign language programme, culminating in a Language & Legal Studies degree. At the same time, students pursue a law degree at Sceaux or FACO.

ISIT has a partnership with the Faculté Jean Monnet in Sceaux and the FACO (Faculté Autonome Co-gérée).