The Conference of Deans of French Schools of Engineering (CDEFI) is a non-profit association of deans of French public and private schools of engineering and universities of technology authorized by the CTI (a French accreditation agency) to deliver the French engineering degree.
Created in 1976 by a decree issued by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, CDEFI is the local, national and international political and public voice of French schools of engineering and universities of technology.