INSA Group, the leading French group of engineering institutes
We are INSA, the National Institutes of Science and Technology.
A distinctive French group of graduate engineering schools that promotes the core values of the INSA model such as diversity, humanism, excellence, innovation and strategic foresight.
INSA Rennes is a founding member of the INSA Group, which comprises:
7 Graduate Engineering Schools
CENTRE VAL DE LOIRE | HAUTS-DE-FRANCE | LYON | RENNES | ROUEN | STRASBOURG | TOULOUSE
6 associated Engineering Schools
> ENSIL-ENSCI Limoges;
> ISIS Castres;
> École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse (ENSCMu);
> École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs Sud Alsace (ENSISA);
> École Supérieure d'Ingénieur-e-s en Technologies Innovantes de Rouen (ESITech);
> Sup'ENR - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD).
Collective consciousness
The INSA Group consists of seven INSAs and six partner schools. This is the first network of major French public engineering schools.
We only see advantages in being more.
More numbers means more strength to face the challenges of the future.
Together, in a forward-looking approach, with a collective ambition, more open, more responsive, more active.The challenge of schools like ours is to convey the imperative of developing lasting, sustainable and fair solutions for society.
Asking ourselves if it is humanly desirable is more important than asking ourselves if it is technically possible.
This is why we decide to take an enlightened look at the world together and to choose our future.This is how we interpret today the notions of humanism and foresight, the foundations of our INSA model of which we are the guarantors and promoters.
Our missions
Public establishments under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, INSA are authorized by the Engineering Qualifications Commission (CTI) to issue the engineering diploma. Their missions are:
- ensure the training of engineers and doctors;
- actively participate in scientific and technological research;
- develop continuing education for engineers and technicians and disseminate scientific culture;
- contribute to the performance of the French economy through the training of innovative executives.
Common values
- Scientific excellence to deliver high-level teaching, backed by cutting-edge research;
- Social and cultural openness to promote access for deserving students of all social origins, without distinction of sex, physical condition or nationality;
- Humanism to train responsible, committed and supportive citizen engineers.