Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon
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The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon or INSA Lyon is a French grande école and engineering school.[1] 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.
Motto | L'imagination technologique |
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Motto in English | Technological imagination |
Type | Grande École |
Established | 1957 |
Endowment | €162.3 millions |
President | Frédéric Fotiadu |
Academic staff | 718 |
Administrative staff | 677 |
Students | 6,300 |
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Location | , France |
Campus | LyonTech – La Doua |
Website | www.insa-lyon.fr |
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.