Founded in 1919, ENSCR is a public engineering grande école focused on chemical sciences and engineering, with strong research in sustainable chemistry, materials, and life chemistry.
Address: 11 allée de Beaulieu, CS 50837, 35708 Rennes, Bretagne, France
Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis, Materials Science & Engineering, Chemistry for Life Sciences
Domains taught:
- Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Life Sciences, 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 Rennes. Member of Gay-Lussac Federation. Collaborations with research labs in Rennes (ISCR) and chemical industries.
Research:
Green chemistry and catalysis, Solid-state chemistry and materials, Organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry, Environmental chemistry.
Famous Alumnis:
Yves Chauvin (honorary doctorate)
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
120
Current students***:
400
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
5000
Pros
Strong research environment in chemistry, focus on sustainable chemistry, located in a dynamic research hub.
Cons
Highly specialized in chemistry.
Best For
Engineering school dedicated to chemical sciences, with a focus on sustainable chemistry and materials.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier works in much the same fields, chiefly quality, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies, and it runs the same master's and doctoral programmes, and is slightly larger, at about 450 students against roughly 400 here.
- École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille works in much the same fields, chiefly quality, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, and it has almost the same size, at about 400 students, and is also a public institution.
- Chimie ParisTech - PSL shares the core fields of this institution, namely quality, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics; it is also a public institution and runs the same master's and doctoral programmes.
- ESPCI Paris - PSL works in much the same fields, chiefly bioinformatics, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, and it is also a public institution and runs the same master's and doctoral programmes.
- Another national school that puts quality, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics at the centre is ESCOM Chimie, and it does not run the doctoral programmes found here, and is larger, enrolling about 600 students against roughly 400 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Paul Scherrer Institut offers an international parallel to this institution, with quality, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies as common ground; it is slightly smaller, at about 300 students against roughly 400 here, and is also a public institution.
- If this school is on your list for bioinformatics, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, University of Łódź in Poland deserves a comparison, because it covers astroscience and optics as well, and is far larger, with about 26,000 students against roughly 400 here.
- For quality, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies outside the home country, Eawag - Eidgenössische Anstalt für Wasserversorgung, Abwasserreinigung und Gewässerschutz in Switzerland is a natural reference; it is smaller, enrolling about 150 students against roughly 400 here, and is also a public institution.
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación in Spain is the nearest foreign match on bioinformatics, nanotechnologies and fluid dynamics; it is slightly smaller, at about 300 students against roughly 400 here, and is also a public institution.
- If this institution is on your list for quality, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies, Hoshi University in Japan deserves a comparison, because it is far larger, with about 1,500 students against roughly 400 here, and is private, whereas this institution is public.
*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, Clean Technologies, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Impact, Greenhouse, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Materials
*: 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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