ESIROI is the engineering school of the University of La Réunion, established to provide engineering education adapted to the tropical and insular context of La Réunion, focusing on agrifood, sustainable construction, and IT.
Address: Parc Technologique Universitaire, 2 rue Joseph Wetzell, 97490 Sainte-Clotilde, La Réunion, France
Agrifood Engineering, Sustainable Construction & Environment, Computer Science & Telecommunications
Domains taught:
- Agriculture, AI and Machine Learning, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Food Science, Life Sciences, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Process Control, Project Management, Software Engineering, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Part of Université de La Réunion. Partnerships with local industries, research centers focused on tropical environments, and regional authorities.
Research:
Valorization of tropical agrifood products, Eco-construction in tropical climates, ICT for insular development, Renewable energies for islands.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
80
Current students***:
400
Foreign students***:
Cumulative former students***:
1000
Pros
Focus on engineering for tropical and insular environments, unique specializations, contributes to regional development.
Cons
Remote island location, limited range of highly specialized industrial engineering options locally.
Best For
Engineering for tropical environments, focusing on agrifood, sustainable construction, and IT.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- ISTOM follows much the same lines as this university, with agriculture, food science and microbiology and genetics as common ground, and it runs the same master's programmes and covers logistics and quality as well.
- École d'Ingénieurs Paoli Tech works in much the same fields, chiefly civil engineering, structural engineering and thermodynamics, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely master's.
- École des Métiers de l'Environnement is the closest domestic counterpart for food science, microbiology and genetics and civil engineering; it runs the same master's programmes and covers transportations and quality as well.
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of agriculture, civil engineering and structural engineering can consider ENSTIB, and it has almost the same size, at about 400 students, and is also a public institution.
- Both schools build their programmes around microbiology and genetics, structural engineering and bioengineering, and EPISEN is the one to compare first within the country, since it runs the same master's programmes and covers logistics and bioinformatics as well.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Hochschule für Forstwirtschaft Rottenburg in Germany is the nearest foreign match on agriculture, food science and civil engineering; it is larger, enrolling about 1,000 students against roughly 400 here, and is also a public institution.
- The closest overseas parallel on agriculture, food science and microbiology and genetics is State Higher Vocational School in Sulechów, located in Poland; it is far larger, with about 1,800 students against roughly 400 here, and is also a public institution.
- Hirosaki University, based in Japan, is built around agriculture, food science and microbiology and genetics much like this university, and it is also a public institution and also offers bachelor's and doctoral programmes.
- In Germany, Hochschule Neubrandenburg teaches much the same core subjects, agriculture, food science and microbiology and genetics, and it is far larger, with about 2,000 students against roughly 400 here, and is also a public institution.
- The closest overseas parallel on civil engineering, structural engineering and bioengineering is HES-SO Valais-Wallis – Haute Ecole d’Ingénierie, located in Switzerland; it also offers bachelor's programmes and covers metrology and quality 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.
- Agriculture, Eco-Friendly Manufacturing, Environmental Engineering, Food Safety, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Materials, Sustainable Practices
*: 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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