Founded in 1999 from the merger of two engineering schools, UTBM (formerly “IPSé”) is a public engineering school and research university, part of the UT Group, specializing in engineering, energy, transport, and IT.
Address: Rue Ernest Thierry-Mieg, CS 20424, 90010 Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Energy & Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Ergonomics, Computer Science & IT
Domains taught:
- Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Chemistry, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Ergonomics and UX, Fluid Dynamics, Industrial Design, Logistics, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Part of the UT Group. Cross-border collaborations (Switzerland, Germany). Partnerships with local industries (e.g., GE Energy, Stellantis).
Research:
Hydrogen energy and fuel cells, Ergonomics and industrial design, Embedded systems and IoT, Advanced manufacturing and materials.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
400
Current students***:
3000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
10000
Pros
Strong focus on energy and transport technologies, good industry connections in the region, project-based learning.
Cons
Located in a smaller industrial region, multi-campus structure (Belfort, Montbéliard, Sevenans).
Best For
Technology university specializing in energy, transport, computer science, and mechanical engineering.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Also strong in logistics, transportations and quality, Université de Technologie de Troyes makes a sensible second look at home; it has almost the same size, at about 3,000 students, and is also a public institution.
- A good alternative in the same country is INSA Centre Val de Loire, which likewise covers aerospace, transportations and quality; it is smaller, enrolling about 1,700 students against roughly 3,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- École des Ponts ParisTech is the closest domestic counterpart for logistics, aerospace and transportations; it is smaller, enrolling about 2,000 students against roughly 3,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- INSA Hauts-de-France is the closest domestic counterpart for logistics, transportations and quality; it is slightly smaller, at about 2,500 students against roughly 3,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- INSA Rouen Normandie overlaps with this university on logistics, transportations and quality, so the two are easy to compare, and it covers life sciences as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 2,000 students against roughly 3,000 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on ergonomics and UX, aerospace and transportations is Kyushu University in Japan, and it covers astroscience and marine science as well, and is far larger, with about 19,000 students against roughly 3,000 here.
- Looking internationally, Koszalin University of Technology in Poland is where transportations, quality and fluid dynamics get a comparable treatment; it is slightly larger, at about 4,000 students against roughly 3,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Beyond national borders, Muroran Institute of Technology stands out as a comparable school for aerospace, transportations and fluid dynamics; it has almost the same size, at about 3,000 students, and is also a public institution.
- The closest overseas parallel on logistics, transportations and quality is State University of Applied Sciences in Nowy Sącz, located in Poland; it has almost the same size, at about 3,000 students, and is also a public institution.
- In Germany, Technische Universität Clausthal teaches much the same core subjects, transportations, quality and fluid dynamics, and it is slightly larger, at about 4,000 students against roughly 3,000 here, 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.
- Additive Manufacturing, Energy, Environmental Engineering, Ergonomics, Fuel Cell, Hydrogen, Industrial Design, Information Technology (IT), Project Management
*: 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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