Founded in 1893, ENSCI Limoges (now part of ENSIL-ENSCI) is a public engineering grande école specializing in ceramic materials, glass, and surface treatments. This entry assumes it might still present a distinct identity for its ceramic focus.
Address: Centre Européen de la Céramique, 12 rue Atlantis, 87068 Limoges, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Ceramic Materials & Engineering, Glass Science & Technology, Surface Treatments & Coatings
Domains taught:
- Bioengineering, Chemistry, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Statistics, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Merged with ENSIL to form ENSIL-ENSCI, part of Université de Limoges. Strong links with ceramics industry (IRCER lab).
Research:
Advanced ceramics for technical applications, Glass for optics and packaging, Surface engineering and functional coatings, Biomaterials and bioceramics.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
100
Current students***:
300
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A (ENSIL-ENSCI alumni pool is larger)
Pros
World-renowned expertise in ceramics, strong research environment (IRCER), located in a historic ceramics region.
Cons
Highly specialized in ceramics, part of a larger merged entity.
Best For
Engineering school specializing in ceramic materials, glass, and surface treatments.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Both schools build their programmes around quality, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, and Chimie ParisTech - PSL is the one to compare first within the country, since it is larger, enrolling about 500 students against roughly 300 here, and is also a public institution.
- Also strong in quality, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier makes a sensible second look at home; it is larger, enrolling about 450 students against roughly 300 here, and is also a public institution.
- Another national school that puts quality, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics at the centre is École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral.
- On content, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes and this school are close, as both teach quality, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics; it is slightly larger, at about 400 students against roughly 300 here, and is also a public institution.
- ITECH Lyon shares the core fields of this institution, namely quality, nanotechnologies and optics; it is private, whereas this institution is public, and teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Empa - Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt in Switzerland is the nearest foreign match on quality, nanotechnologies and fluid dynamics; it is also a public institution and runs the same master's and doctoral programmes.
- Seen from abroad, Paul Scherrer Institut (Switzerland) is a close relative on subject matter, since quality, nanotechnologies and fluid dynamics are central to both, and it has almost the same size, at about 300 students, and is also a public institution.
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación offers an international parallel to this institution, with nanotechnologies, fluid dynamics and bioengineering as common ground; it has almost the same size, at about 300 students, and is also a public institution.
- For a study option in Japan with a comparable spread of quality, optics and thermodynamics, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology is the reference point: it teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral, and covers ergonomics and UX and logistics as well.
- Seen from abroad, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (the United States) is a close relative on subject matter, since microbiology and genetics, bioengineering and statistics are central to both, and it covers bioinformatics and life sciences as well, and is larger, enrolling about 576 students against roughly 300 here.
*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.
- Biomaterials, Ceramics, Engineering, Manufacturing, Product Development, Surface Treatment
*: 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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