institut national des sciences appliquÉes de lyon - france insa lyon

INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUÉES DE LYON - FRANCE

INSALyon

INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUÉES DE LYON - FRANCE http://www.insa-lyon.fr

Understanding the French systemUnderstanding the French system

Scientific "Baccalauréat" A-Level

IUT (2 y)Technician degree

University (3-5-8 y)Bachelor (3 y)

Master (5 y)

PhD (8 y)

Grandes Ecoles (3y)Engineer Degree

Scientific prepa (2 y)

INSA Lyon

French Engineering "Grandes Ecoles" (University of Sciences & Technology)

• Very hard selection• High scientific background

+ practical skills + human & management skills


INSA-Lyon: a school of excellenceINSA-Lyon: a school of excellence

Founded in 1957 by Capelle, Rector of the educational district of Lyon

INSAINSALyon



Situated on the Doua Science and Technology park INSA LyonINSA Lyon is part is part of a nation wide network of a nation wide network of 5 schoolsof 5 schools (Lyon, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg,Toulouse) which confers nearly 10% of all French engineering diplomas.



In 2001 INSA-Lyon celebrated its4040thth graduation graduation

that is more than 25 000 25 000 qualified qualified engineeringengineering graduates from INSA.



In the year 2001-2003, INSA’s outstanding level of performance was acknowleged in 4 prestigious publications:

- Voted top 5-year French engineering school by “L’Etudiant” magazine

- Ranked 2nd among French engineering schools in terms of Research and Development turnover (more than 1,050 industrial contracts with a total turnover of more than 15.3 Million Euros) by the monthly

“Industries et Technologies” magazine

- Ranked 4th among Europe’s non-university institutions for the number of Socrates exchange programme by the National Socrates-Leonardo agency.

- Ranked in the top 10 French engineering schools by “Le Nouvel Economiste” magazine


A 5-year programmeA 5-year programme

INSA-Lyon trains highly qualified engineers over a period of five yearsof five years (1st and 2nd cycles) and doctoral students in a 3rd cycle.

• • A multidisciplinary schoolA multidisciplinary schoolOver 800 qualified engineers per year in 10 different specialised fields

• • Open to the professional worldOpen to the professional world - In-company work placements throughout the course of study- Projects in partnership with industry- Extensive research activity



• • Multi-skilled training integrating Multi-skilled training integrating Science, Technology, Art, Culture Science, Technology, Art, Culture and Managementand Management

- a Humanities Department

- Art Studies sections (music, dance, theatre, plastic arts)

- an “Engineer-Entrepreneur” section

- A High-Level Sports section

- Numerous student clubs and associations



22 Doctoral programmes offered

5 specialised Master’s courses• Management of the Environment • Computer Science

• Internet Engineering • Technical Director of Live Shows • Industrial Engineering

SCIENCE-BASEDSCIENCE-BASEDA ’-LEVELSA ’-LEVELS

1st CYCLE 2 YEARUNGRADUATE LEVEL INCLUDING

3 INTERNATIONAL SECTIONSASINSA, EURINSA AND AMERINSA

2nd CYCLE 3 YEARGraduate Level

ENGINNEERING DEGREE

11

10 Specialized engineering fields10 Specialized engineering fields• Bioengineering • Civil Engineering and Urban Development • Electrical Engineering • Energetics and Environmental Engineering • Mechanical Engineering -Manufacturing • Mechanical Engineering-Development • Materials Science Engineering • Industrial Engineering • Computer Science • Telecommunication

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33

44

55

Entrance at Bachelor level foreign students

1 Year post-graduate

Course

PHD

PROFESSIONNAL LIFE

Equivalent to a

Masters

5 Advanced Masters


A dynamic international policyA dynamic international policy

• Very high mobilitymobility rates for engineering students with 70% spending time abroad

• More than 180 partner 180 partner universitiesuniversities throughout the world

• • Increasing numbersIncreasing numbers of foreign students on campus:- 72 different nationalities present- 21% of all students are foreign


A dynamic international policyA dynamic international policy

• • International Sections:International Sections: EURINSA, ASINSA, AMERINSA

• • Specialist linguistic groupsSpecialist linguistic groups

• • Teaching available Teaching available in 10 languagesin 10 languages

• Possibility of completing the 1the 1stst cycle in Germany or Spain cycle in Germany or Spain


A centre for research A centre for research and socio-economic development and socio-economic development

29 research laboratories29 research laboratories- 575 research faculty and permanent researchers

- 450 doctoral students

- 240 postgraduate students of which 94 are engineering students

- 1250 publications and international correspondence

- 130 theses defended each year


October 2002 : INSA was ranked 2nd among French engineering schools in terms of Research and Development turnover by the monthly magazine ‘Industries et Technologies’.

INSAVALOR: a subsidiary encouraging INSAVALOR: a subsidiary encouraging industrial application of researchindustrial application of research


(1,050 industrial contracts worth more than 15.3 Million Euros in turnover per year) and a centre for industry and innovation which works with 25 companies.


Technological research focused on Technological research focused on engineering sciences:engineering sciences:


• • Materials :Materials : Functional Materials, Structural Materials,

Civil Engineering, Metals, Ceramics, Polymers

• • Mechanics :Mechanics : Solid Mechanics, Structural Mechanics,

Tribology, Vibrations-acoustics

• • Energy and the Environment:Energy and the Environment: Systems Security, Clean Working

Practices, Waste Management and Purification, Thermic Energy, Urban Engineering, Management, Communication Engineering and Epistemology of Engineering Sciences

• • Science and Technology of Communication Science and Technology of Communication and Information:and Information: Electronic Components and Systems, Computer Science,

Robotics, Micro and Nanotechnologies, Telecommunications, Data Processing

• • Biology and Health:Biology and Health: Health Care Engineering, Biotechnology,

Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Interaction Biology, Bimolecular Synthesis, Ethics


INSACASTINSACAST has forty years of expertise in running adult education courses. INSACASTINSACAST trains 2,500 people per year through more than 350 programs. (Annual turnover is more than 3m euros).

Continuous training with INSACASTContinuous training with INSACAST

• • INSACAST offers a wide variety of courses :INSACAST offers a wide variety of courses :• 300 short tailor-made internships.

• • These recognized courses cited above comprise :These recognized courses cited above comprise :

• • As part of its range of courses, INSACAST also offers :As part of its range of courses, INSACAST also offers :

• Training INSA engineers (post DUT level), in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Civil and Urban Engineering.• Access to the engineering qualification DPI.

• Masters’ courses specialized in Computing, Internet Engineering, Environment Management, Industrial Engineering and Performing Arts Management.• Specialized certificates.

• The possibility of running à la carte courses.

• One-to-one coaching.

• Distance-learning modules (including one master’s).

• An approach to teaching based on engineering practice and pedagogical methods.

• 15 certified programs to meet the needs of industry.

• 15 diploma courses according to demand.


INSA-Lyon: all the facilities INSA-Lyon: all the facilities of a town on a campus of a town on a campus

A tradition of quality and excellence focusing on:A tradition of quality and excellence focusing on:

• • Residence facilitiesResidence facilities

- A large students building run by the students union since 1997 which co-ordinates around 100 student clubs and associations

- 3,200 beds/1,000,000 meals per year

• • Active student life: associations, Active student life: associations, sports and social clubssports and social clubs

- 4 restaurant options

- 80% of students from outside the Lyon area

- 80% of accommodation facilities renovated with the help of the local housing office

- 2,500 students (60% of all participants) make use of these facilities



• “The INSA 24 Hours”- a large cycle race attracting over 15,000 visitors

• • Student association highlights:Student association highlights:

• FORUM ORGANISATION – an exposition with the participation of over 200 companies

• ETIC – a student-run company, regularly ranked first among junior companies at a national level

• The Humanitarian carnival – a week of solidarity events

• • Clubs by theme:Clubs by theme:



- A highly active sports section, present in the majority of French university championship finals

Sport: an integral part of the study programmeSport: an integral part of the study programme

- Participation of INSA students in the Olympic Games

• • Well organised cultural activities Well organised cultural activities encouraging strong links with the encouraging strong links with the town and local area:town and local area:- an active cultural service- Combined art-study sections:

• Music/Science Studies

• Plastic arts/Science Studies

• Dance/Science Studies

• Theater/Science Studies

- "La Rotonde des Humanités"A cultural centre with 400 seats/20,000 spectators per year.

- A High-Level Sports-study section

INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUÉES DE LYON - FRANCE

Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon20, avenue Albert Einstein - 69621 Villeurbanne cedexTél. (+33) 04 72 43 83 83 - Fax : (+33) 04 72 43 85 00 http://www.insa-lyon.fr - http://insanet.insa-lyon.fr

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