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Sovereignty has lost its nationalistic connotation to emerge as a necessity on the French and European agenda. It is a search for autonomy through the ability to choose through the mastery of key sciences and technologies, the ability to build complex digital systems, and by being a player in the writing of global rules that organise competition, security and the use of soft power. France’s industrial sovereignty has been undermined by globalisation, with digital European sovereignty short after the dynamics of global oligopolies GAMAM and BAIDU. The IMT is at the nodal point of sovereignty, it trains the design, engineering and management frameworks to carry the digital transformation of the economy and society and produces knowledge on technologies, architectures, security, uses and transformation of companies. IMT is a source of innovation through the support of companies and the incubation of start-ups.