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International Outreach
An international campus: 30% foreign students representing 92 nationalities
✔️ QS World University Ranking 2024
- In the world's top 400 universities;
- 75th in Europe;
- 13th in France for all disciplines;
- 2nd in Lyon (behind ENS) for all disciplines.
✔️ Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2023
- Among the top 200 schools in the world for sustainable communities;
- Among the top 300 schools in the world for climate action and reducing inequalities.
✔️ Shanghai Ranking by Subject 2023
- Among the world's top 75 institutions for mathematics;
- Among the world's top 100 institutions in mechanical engineering.
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High-Quality Teaching Programmes
An engineering curriculum integrating a multidisciplinary approach, including humanities
• 9 engineering departments.
• Strong links to industry, including internship opportunities
• Project-based pedagogy
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Student Services and Support
French lessons are provided all year, including summer and winter schools.
• Each department has an international academic advisor and the International Relations Office is there to help too.
• Halls of residence available for all international students -
Vibrant Campus Life
Great place to study, enjoy many cultural and sporting activities
• More than 130 student associations: INSA Lyon encourages students to actively participate in community life on campus: a good way to make friends and foster leadership and project management skills
• Located on 2 sites: Lyon Tech-La Doua campus (Technopolis of 100 ha, 25,000 students, 80 laboratories) and Oyonnax (Plasticampus)
• BdE (Student Union), “24h de l’INSA” biggest student festival in France, “Un Doua de Jazz” festival, ETIC INSA Technologies
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Idyllic Location
2nd best French city for the quality of student life - L’Etudiant.fr 2021-2022 (renowned French media for education).
• 2nd most dynamic digital sector (robotics, programming, big data, etc.). Over 7000 companies in the digital sector are based in the Lyon area. The city supports start-ups in the digital sector via growth accelerators such as Lyon French Tech (Aderly.com)
• 2nd largest City in France and leading industrial region
• Major cultural events: Les Nuits Sonores (electro music festival - 140,000 people), Les Nuits de Fourvière (performing arts festival - 130,000 people)
• Vieux Lyon listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site