INSA Strasbourg

The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Strasbourg (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃stity nɑsjɔnal de sjɑ̃s(z‿)aplike də stʁasbuʁ]; "Strasbourg National Institute for Applied Sciences") or INSA Strasbourg is a Grande École d'Ingénieurs with selective admission criteria. INSA Strasbourg is one of the 210 French Engineering School entitled to deliver the "Diplôme d’ingénieur". It is currently under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research and part of INSA's network, the leading French group of engineering institutes.

The school was founded in 1875, under the name of Technische Winterschule für Wiesenbautechniker. In 2003, the school joins the INSA's group regrouping six French engineering schools and takes its current name. The five-year curriculum aims at training engineers and/or architects who possess humane qualities and are well versed in the primary areas of science, engineering and/or architecture. The school accommodates 1,700 students in engineering and architecture. Graduates from INSA de Strasbourg are called "Insassiens".

INSA Strasbourg trains architects and engineers in 7 specialities (mechanical engineering, plasturgy, mechatronics, civil engineering, surveying engineering, HVAC and energy engineering, electrical engineering), 2 "sandwichcourse" specialities and 4 research units. Most significantly, it awards the only architect degree course within an engineering school in France. INSA Strasbourg has been working hand-in-hand with industry for over a hundred years and hosts large business forums with more than 100 companies.

In 2009, INSA Strasbourg was ranked 7th out of 67 French engineering schools offering a 5-year curriculum (L'Etudiant magazine) and is to date the only engineering school in France that also provides a curriculum for architects.