INSA Centre Val de Loire was created from the merger of ENIVL and ENSI Bourges. It is a public engineering school with campuses in Blois and Bourges, specializing in industrial risk, mechatronics, and energy.
Address: 88 boulevard Lahitolle, CS 60013, 18022 Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Industrial Risk Management & Safety, Mechatronics & Systems Engineering, Energy & Environmental Engineering
Domains taught:
- Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Chemistry, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Part of INSA Group. Partnerships with industries in aerospace, defense, energy, and automotive sectors.
Research:
Industrial safety and cybersecurity, Embedded systems and robotics, Energy efficiency and renewable energy, Environmental engineering.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
400
Current students***:
1700
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
8000
Pros
Specialized expertise in industrial risk management, campuses in two historic cities, good industry connections.
Cons
Smaller INSA, more specialized focus areas, multi-campus structure.
Best For
Engineering school specializing in industrial risk, mechatronics, and energy in the Centre-Val de Loire region.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Where this school leans on transportations, quality and fluid dynamics, INSA Rouen Normandie does the same, and it teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral, and covers logistics as well.
- INSA Hauts-de-France overlaps with this institution on transportations, quality and signal processing, so the two are easy to compare, and it is also a public institution and runs the same master's and doctoral programmes.
- Another national school that puts signal processing, fluid dynamics and structural engineering at the centre is INSA Rennes, and it covers nanotechnologies and optics as well, and is slightly larger, at about 2,000 students against roughly 1,700 here.
- A good alternative in the same country is INSA Strasbourg, which likewise covers transportations, fluid dynamics and industrial design; it has almost the same size, at about 1,900 students, and is also a public institution.
- Université de Technologie de Troyes is the closest domestic counterpart for transportations, quality and fluid dynamics; it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Abroad, Kochi University of Technology (Japan) covers aerospace, transportations and signal processing in a comparable way, and it is also a public institution and also offers bachelor's programmes.
- Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, in Germany, takes a similar route through aerospace, transportations and signal processing; it is slightly larger, at about 2,500 students against roughly 1,700 here, and is also a public institution.
- On content, Kitami Institute of Technology in Japan and this institution are close, as both teach transportations, signal processing and fluid dynamics; it is slightly larger, at about 2,000 students against roughly 1,700 here, and is also a public institution.
- Kielce University of Technology, in Poland, takes a similar route through transportations, quality and signal processing; it also offers bachelor's programmes and covers geotechnics and optics as well.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on transportations, quality and signal processing is The Main School of Fire Service in Poland, and it has almost the same size, at about 1,500 students, and is also a public institution.
*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.
- Cybersecurity, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Design, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Renewable Energy, Risk Management, Robotics
*: 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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