Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse


The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse or INSA Toulouse is one of the 210 Grande Ecole d’Ingénieurs, an engineering school, under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research. Situated in Toulouse, this school is one of the 6 state engineering institutes that compose the INSA's network. Created in 1963, it has been a founding member of the University of Toulouse since 2007.
Every year, 500 engineers graduate and in 2017, the alumni network is formed by 17,852 engineers. Thanks to the diversity of the specializations, these engineers are now present in all economic sectors. Apart from this degree in Engineering, INSA Toulouse's missions are to foster continuous training and scientific research. It also offers various master's degrees and PhD.
Diversity and international openness are two values to which INSA Toulouse gives priority: the school is composed of 34% female students, 30% of students are scholarship holders and one out of five students comes from a foreign country. In 2018, INSA Toulouse was ranked 3rd out of 81 French engineering schools offering a 5-year curriculum.

Teaching

Diplômes d'Ingénieur

New European program

In 2002, INSA Toulouse decided to reform its structure to adapt to the European 3/5/8 system. The Engineering degree is obtained after five years of studies. The new programme, better adapted to the social and economic environment, includes a one-year common core, two years of pre-specialization and two years of specialization.
The selection level at INSA Toulouse has greatly increased since the European reform, and it now makes the INSA Toulouse one of the most elitist universities in France, with an average grade at the Baccalauréat exam of 16,6/20, equivalent to the grades 1.0 or A in Anglo-Saxon countries.

Specializations

INSA Toulouse offers master level degrees in the following 8 specializations:
Note that other specializations are possible in the other INSAs ).

Research Masters

In parallel of the regular Masters in Engineering, students may also follow one of the research masters, taught in French:
INSA Toulouse delivers three Mastères Spécialisés, also called post master's degree] for students already holding a master's degree. These masters are taught in English in the following subjects:
Doctoral studies are managed together with other universities and engineering schools of Toulouse. PhD candidates can study in one of the following "écoles doctorales":
INSA Toulouse conducts research in the following subjects:
The research programmes are run with partner institutions; the 8 research laboratories are:
During their study, each student must spend a minimum of 12 weeks abroad, either as part of a semester in a partner university or during an internship, but some stay longer or spend considerably more time in a foreign country.
In Europe, exchanges take place in the framework of the Erasmus programme, with partnerships in UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Scandinavian countries, in Eastern countries and so on
INSA Toulouse also offers double-degrees with 20 foreign institutions, including: Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Seoul National University, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, etc.
In addition to receiving short-term exchange students, INSA Toulouse set up several years ago three special programmes and now welcomes foreigners willing to study integrally in France. These programmes are NORGINSA for Norwegians, ASINSA for Asians and the newest is IBERINSA, for Spanish speaking students.

INSA culture

The campus of INSA Toulouse is very active and flourishes with cultural activities. L’Amicale des Elèves and its over 70 students clubs offer a wide range of activities that will suit all tastes: outdoors and indoors sports, arts, events, social actions, leisure and so on. There is also a student hall and a party hall in where insaïens can organize events and the school's newspaper informs student about the campus life. The web radio, “Radio Insa Toulouse”, created in 2007, aims to facilitate communication between students and the staff. Every year, an annual race around the campus called “Les 100 tours de l’INSA”, gather every student association during two days in a festive atmosphere.
In September 2000 was created Les Enfoiros, a student association, which aims to help Les Restos du Coeur collecting money through various concerts and other events all along the year. Since then, Les Enfoiros have raised around €250,000 for this association.
Moreover, the AIIT, the INSA Toulouse students association, is very active as well and aims to:
The Toulouse Ingénierie Multidisciplinaire is a state of the art student association whose objective is to conceive and build very low consumption prototype cars. Founded in 1995, the association takes part every year ever since in the Shell Eco Marathon, a European competition whose winner is the vehicle able to run the longest distance with one litre of gasoline equivalent. As a matter of facts, the TIM is one of the best teams in the world, breaking several world records throughout its history, such as:
is located in the south of France. The INSA is more precisely on the Rangueil Campus along the Canal du Midi.

Notable alumni