Founded in 1963, ISA Lille is a private (EESPIG label) engineering school, part of JUNIA, specializing in agricultural sciences, food science, environmental management, and agribusiness.
Address: 48 boulevard Vauban, 59000 Lille, Hauts-de-France, France
Agricultural Engineering, Food Science & Bioengineering, Environmental Science & Management
Domains taught:
- Agriculture, AI and Machine Learning, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Food Science, Geotechnics, Life Sciences, Logistics, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Doctor, Master
Status:
- Private
Partnerships:
Part of JUNIA and UCLille. Extensive partnerships with agrifood companies, agricultural cooperatives, and research institutions (e.g., INRAE).
Research:
Agroecology and sustainable farming systems, Food innovation and processing, Environmental engineering and circular economy, Agribusiness and international development.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
300
Current students***:
1500
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
10000
Pros
Leading school for agricultural and food sciences in Northern France, strong focus on sustainability and innovation, international dimension.
Cons
Private institution with tuition fees, specialized in agri-food and environment.
Best For
Engineering school specializing in agricultural sciences, food science, and environmental management.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Where this institution leans on logistics, agriculture and food science, ISARA Lyon does the same, and it runs the same master's and doctoral programmes, and is smaller, enrolling about 1,000 students against roughly 1,500 here.
- Where this school leans on logistics, agriculture and food science, UniLaSalle does the same, and it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral.
- Where this institution leans on logistics, agriculture and food science, Institut Agro Montpellier does the same, and it runs the same master's and doctoral programmes and covers marine science and fluid dynamics as well.
- Think of AgroParisTech when logistics, agriculture and food science is the priority: it covers marine science and optics as well, and is larger, enrolling about 2,500 students against roughly 1,500 here.
- On content, École d'Ingénieurs de Purpan and this school are close, as both teach logistics, agriculture and food science; it does not run the doctoral programmes found here, and is slightly smaller, at about 1,200 students against roughly 1,500 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Kumamoto Prefectural University brings a Japan setting to the same core fields, agriculture, food science and quality, and it also offers bachelor's programmes, and has almost the same size, at about 1,500 students.
- Seen from abroad, Poznań University of Life Sciences (Poland) is a close relative on subject matter, since agriculture, food science and quality are central to both, and it covers aerospace and transportations as well, and is far larger, with about 8,000 students against roughly 1,500 here.
- Beyond national borders, Shizuoka University of Science and Technology stands out as a comparable school for food science, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies; it is slightly larger, at about 2,000 students against roughly 1,500 here, and is also a private institution.
- University of Agriculture in Krakow in Poland shares the agriculture, food science and quality orientation of this institution, and it also offers bachelor's programmes and covers aerospace and transportations as well.
- For agriculture, food science and bioinformatics outside the home country, Universität Hohenheim in Germany is a natural reference; it is far larger, with about 9,000 students against roughly 1,500 here, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
*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, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Impact, Food, Food Safety, Sustainable Development, 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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