IOGS is a research and higher-education institution specialized in Optics, Photonics, and AMO physics. One of the French “Grandes Ecoles”, IOGS has 500 students in optical engineering in close contact with both a scientific and industrial context, with a long tradition of fundamental and applied research in photonics, quantum physics, biology, nanotechnologies, and aerospace engineering. IOGS gave birth to several successful spin-off companies, like TreeFrog, MuQuans, and PaSQAL.