The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (; "Lyon National Institute for Applied Sciences") or INSA Lyon is a French

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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

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, a suburb of

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

. 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''.

Preparatory level

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

Second cycle (Masters of Engineering)

The second cycle lasts 3 years and trains students in 9 departments of engineering: * Biosciences **

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& Biotechnologies **

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and Modelling *

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

Urban planning Urban planning (also called city planning in some contexts) is the process of developing and designing land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportatio ...

Computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

Electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

* Energy and environmental engineering *

Industrial engineering Industrial engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, an ...

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

* Materials science and Engineering *

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International

INSA Lyon has a policy of encouraging international education. * Students are required to spend at least 6 months of their curriculum abroad, either during an internship or as an exchange student. INSA Lyon has over 200 partner universities around the world, 36 double degrees and 7 international laboratories. *There 10 different languages taught at INSA Lyon, and students must study at least two foreign languages. * There are 30% of foreign students at INSA Lyon, with over 90 nationalities represented. *INSA Lyon's Preparatory Level offers 4 international sections (EURINSA, ASINSA, AMERINSA, and SCAN) with extra language and culture classes.

Research

INSA Lyon is blessed with the largest research funding among

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in France. It features 23 laboratories. In 2016, INSA Lyon had 613 PhD students and supported 155 theses. The school also offers 10 Masters of Science for students interested in research careers.

Student life

Since its creation, INSA Lyon has offered its students the possibility to live on-campus and provide various facilities including various clubs, library, restaurants...

Yearly events

* February : Le Gala. After the graduation ceremony, a dinner and a celebration party are organized at the Palais des congrès de Lyon. *

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: Le Karnaval, a student-run carnival * April : Le Bal, a prestigious party open to all students * May : Les 24 heures de l'INSA, France's largest student festival

Student associations

Over a hundred associations have been registered so far, such as:
Le Bureau des Élèves (BDE)
INSA Lyon's student office
Alumni INSA Lyon
INSA Lyon's alumni association
Forum Rhône-Alpes
France's largest engineering job fair
Etic INSA Technologies
2016 and 2019 France's best junior enterprise
La K-Fêt (ARGIL)
student pub
L'insatiable
student newspaper
Le Karnaval

carnival association
Objectif 21
sustainable development association
Exit
LGBT association
BEST Lyon
European association
CLES FACIL
rocket club
Clubelek
mechatronics club
Ciné Club
movie club
La Mouette
video club
Graines d'Images
photography club
Club BD Manga
comics club
CLUJI
board games club
Insa Talks
club organizing the yearly TEDxINSA event Most of the departments also have a student association (Adege for electrical engineering students, AEDI for computer science students).

Rankings

Sports

The LyonTech campus offers many sports facilities that are also available to INSA students. INSA was awarded the title of the best sports university in France. The "Centre des Sports" (sports centre) is run by 18 specialised sports teachers and has four objectives: to supervise sports practices, to run the “Association Sportive” (Sports Association), to supervise students in the top athletes sports section, and to coordinate technological research applied to sports equipment. This association brings together students who wish to specialise in the practice of a particular sport. It runs on the basis of one or more training session per week and participates in the French University Championships Approximately one third of INSA students are licensed with the Sports Association. The Association's achievements are excellent, with many French Championship titles being won every year. INSA Lyon students are frequently selected to represent the French National University team at the various University World Championships and in the “Universiades”, participating in many of the Olympic Sports. Top athletes Since 1981, INSA has been entrusted by the Ministries of National Education and

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with the administration of a sports section called SHN (''Sportifs de Haut Niveau'', literally High Level Sportsmen). 11 students from this section have participated in the Olympic Games. 2 World Champions have graduated from INSA. François Gabart is a French professional offshore yacht racer who won the 7th Vendée Globe race in 2013 and established a new record.

References

External links

INSA Lyon
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