From the beginning, Strate has developed relations with other design schools all over the world. Today, the international development is based around two poles : - Academic Exchange - Industrial Partnerships These poles are linked together by the schools’ fourth year programme. The fourth year programme is split into two distinct parts: The first semester: from August to December, when all students go abroad. They have three different possibilities: International Academic Exchange Internship in a company On a Study Trip Study Trip can be organized around a theme proposed by a company in the part of the world they choose. The second semester: from January to June, Industrial partnership projects with different companies are realized in France as well as abroad. The company proposes to the school, a prospective reflection on a market products or tendencies etc. The projects last three to six months.