Founded in 1885, HEI is a private (EESPIG label) general engineering school, part of JUNIA. It offers a broad engineering curriculum with various specializations, including mechanics, IT, energy, and construction.
Address: 13 rue de Toul, 59000 Lille, Hauts-de-France, France
General Engineering, Mechanical & Production Engineering, IT & Digital Technologies
Domains taught:
- Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Ergonomics and UX, Fluid Dynamics, Food Science, Geotechnics, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Logistics, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Master
Status:
- Private
Partnerships:
Part of JUNIA and UCLille (Université Catholique de Lille). Numerous international partnerships and industrial collaborations.
Research:
Smart cities and sustainable buildings, Advanced manufacturing and robotics, Medical engineering and health technologies, Big data and AI.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
400
Current students***:
2500
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
20000
Pros
Broad general engineering education, strong emphasis on innovation and project-based learning, international opportunities.
Cons
Private institution with tuition fees.
Best For
General engineering school with a wide range of specializations and a focus on innovation.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of logistics, food science and transportations can consider JUNIA, and it covers agriculture and bioinformatics as well, and is larger, enrolling about 6,000 students against roughly 2,500 here.
- Among national alternatives, EPF École d'Ingénieurs stands out for its focus on aerospace, transportations and optics, and it has almost the same size, at about 2,500 students, and is also a private institution.
- EIGSI La Rochelle works in much the same fields, chiefly logistics, aerospace and transportations, and it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely master's.
- École Centrale de Lille works in much the same fields, chiefly aerospace, transportations and nanotechnologies, and it also offers doctoral programmes, and is slightly smaller, at about 2,000 students against roughly 2,500 here.
- Both schools build their programmes around logistics, aerospace and transportations, and ESME is the one to compare first within the country, since it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely master's.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- For a study option in Japan with a comparable spread of aerospace, transportations and nanotechnologies, Shibaura Institute of Technology is the reference point: it also offers bachelor's and doctoral programmes, and is far larger, with about 9,000 students against roughly 2,500 here.
- On content, Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Japan and this institution are close, as both teach aerospace, food science and transportations; it is also a private institution and also offers bachelor's and doctoral programmes.
- Constructor University in Germany is the nearest foreign match on logistics, aerospace and transportations; it is smaller, enrolling about 1,600 students against roughly 2,500 here, and is also a private institution.
- In Germany, SRH Hochschule Berlin teaches much the same core subjects, ergonomics and UX, logistics and aerospace, and it covers sound engineering as well, and has almost the same size, at about 2,500 students.
- Seen from abroad, Silesian College of Computer Science in Katowice (Poland) is a close relative on subject matter, since ergonomics and UX, logistics and transportations are central to both, and it also offers bachelor's programmes, and has almost the same size, at about 2,500 students.
*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.
- Engineering, Information Technology (IT), Innovation, Product Development, Project Management, Robotics, Sustainable Development
*: 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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