Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon

The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon or INSA Lyon is a French grande école and engineering school. The university is located on the La Doua – LyonTech campus, in a cluster of science and technological universities and Grandes Écoles. La Doua is located in Villeurbanne, a suburb of Lyon. The school was founded in 1957 to train highly qualified engineers, support continuing education, and conduct research. The five-year curriculum aims at training engineers who possess human qualities and are well versed in the primary areas of science and engineering. Students may pursue a PhD upon completion of the 5-year curriculum. Graduates from INSA Lyon are called Insaliens. The five-year academic curriculum starts with a two-year preparatory cycle where students focus on fundamental sciences such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, mechanics and computer science. This cycle aims to provide INSA engineers with a wide range of skills and competencies, thus allowing them to redirect their careers independently of their initial specialization. Several special sections are available: EURINSA, with half of the students coming from other European countries AMERINSA, with half of the students coming from Latin American countries (mainly Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and Colombia) ASINSA, with half of the students coming from Asian countries (mainly China, Vietnam, and Malaysia) SCAN, with students coming from all over the world, and in which courses are taught in English. SHN, a section for high level athletes 5 art sections (Music, Plastic Arts, Theater, Dance and Cinema) For the past ten years, INSA Lyon has been consistently the most desired Engineering school by French high school students who express their wishes through a national portal The second cycle lasts 3 years and trains students in 9 departments of engineering: Biosciences Biochemistry & Biotechnologies Bioinformatics and Modelling Civil Engineering & Urban planning Computer science Electrical engineering Energy and environmental engineering Industrial engineering Mechanical Engineering Materials science and Engineering Telecommunications engineering INSA Lyon has a policy of encouraging international education.