Founded in 1894, ENSCL is a public engineering grande école specializing in chemical engineering and process chemistry. It is part of the Gay-Lussac Federation.
Address: Cité Scientifique, Avenue Mendeleïev, CS 90108, 59652 Villeneuve d’Ascq, Hauts-de-France, France
Chemical Engineering, Sustainable Chemistry & Processes, Formulation Chemistry
Domains taught:
- Bioengineering, Chemistry, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Statistics, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Part of Université de Lille. Member of Gay-Lussac Federation. Partnerships with chemical industries (e.g., Roquette, Total, Arkema).
Research:
Catalysis and green chemistry, Polymer science and engineering, Process engineering and optimization, Formulation and colloid science.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
150
Current students***:
400
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
6000
Pros
Strong education in chemical engineering, good research facilities, links with regional chemical industry.
Cons
Highly specialized in chemistry, located in Villeneuve d’Ascq.
Best For
Engineering school specializing in chemical engineering and process chemistry.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Also strong in quality, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier makes a sensible second look at home; it covers bioinformatics and life sciences as well, and is slightly larger, at about 450 students against roughly 400 here.
- École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes overlaps with this school on quality, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, so the two are easy to compare, and it covers bioinformatics and life sciences as well, and has almost the same size, at about 400 students.
- Chimie ParisTech - PSL overlaps with this institution on quality, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, so the two are easy to compare, and it teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral, and covers optics as well.
- ESCOM Chimie takes a similar route through quality, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, and it is larger, enrolling about 600 students against roughly 400 here, and is private, whereas this institution is public.
- ESPCI Paris - PSL follows much the same lines as this school, with nanotechnologies, microbiology and genetics and fluid dynamics as common ground, and it teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral, and covers bioinformatics and optics as well.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- For nanotechnologies, microbiology and genetics and fluid dynamics outside the home country, Wuhan Institute of Technology in China is a natural reference; it also offers bachelor's programmes and covers food science and bioinformatics as well.
- Looking internationally, Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland is where quality, nanotechnologies and fluid dynamics get a comparable treatment; it covers metrology and astroscience as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 300 students against roughly 400 here.
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación, in Spain, takes a similar route through nanotechnologies, fluid dynamics and bioengineering; it covers astroscience and agriculture as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 300 students against roughly 400 here.
- Empa - Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt brings a Switzerland setting to the same core fields, quality, nanotechnologies and fluid dynamics, and it teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral, and covers metrology and signal processing as well.
- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in India pursues a similar profile in nanotechnologies, microbiology and genetics and fluid dynamics, and it teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral, and covers life sciences as well.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Innovation, Process Optimization
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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