TIMC-IMAG collaborates with foreign universities under different forms: cooperations within the european research framework (integrated projects, networks of excellence, etc.) o within international exchange programs, co-direction of PhD theses, collaborations with former doctoral or post-doctoral students, etc. The laboratory also collaborates with foreign industrial companies.

The recent or on-going collaborations are with :
 Departments of Mechanical Engineering (Pr A. Hogdson) and Electrical Engineering (Pr T. Salcudean), University of British Columbia Vancouver,(Canada)
 CogWorks Laboratory (W. Gray) of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (New-York, USA)
 Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (A.L. Veutey)
 Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul (Pr J. R. Iglesias), Porto Alegre, (Brazil)
 CMM Laboratory of Santiago University (Chile)
 UAEM (A.Vilchis and J.C. Avila) Mexico,
 Research Center Fernand Seguin, Lafontaine Hospital, Montreal (Canada)
 International Fondation PACE 2000 , Ottawa (Canada)
 Québec University of Montreal (Canada),
 Technological University (Pr Srovnal and Lyons) of Ostrava (Czech Republic)
 LBUM (Pr Cloutier) Montreal University Hospital (Canada)
 Symbios Center (Pr Chaplain et Anderson), Dundee University (Scotland),
 Mathematics Department, Auburn University (Dr Madzvamuse) USA
 Mechanical Engineering Department, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research, Zaragosa (Spain)
 Center for Neuroscience (Pr Bach-y-Rita), University of Wisconsin, USA
 Rui-Jin Hospital of Shanghai (China)
 McGill University, Montreal (Canada)
 Agricultural university of Norway (J. Swenson), Uppsala University (S. Janson), Sweden
 Computing Science and Mathematics Department, (Dr McLean), Stirling University (Scotland)
 PTI Research, Inc., USA