INSA Hauts-de-France

The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Hauts-de-France (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃stity nɑsjɔnal de sjɑ̃s(z‿)aplike də o d(ə) fʁɑ̃s]; "Upper France National Institute for Applied Sciences") or INSA Hauts-de-France is one of the 210 Grande Ecole d’Ingénieurs, an engineering school, under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research. Situated in Valenciennes, this school is one of the public engineering institutes that make up the INSA's network.^[1]

National Institute for Applied Sciences (INSA Hauts-de-France)

Institut national des sciences appliquées Hauts-de-France
Type	Grande école d'ingénieurs (public research university Engineering school)[1]
Established	2019; 6 years ago (2019)[1]
Parent institution	Institut national des sciences appliquées (INSA)[1]
Academic affiliations	Conférence des Grandes écoles[1]
President	Armel DE LA BOURDONNAYE[1]
Students	1,111[2]
Location	Valenciennes , France
Campus	Campus Mont-Houy, Valenciennes 59313, France
Language	French-only instruction[3]
Website	www.insa-hautsdefrance.fr

INSA Hauts-de-France

INSA Hauts-de-France, Valenciennes, France

Academics

INSA Hauts-de-France is one of several engineering schools within the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) network under the supervision of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance (France) (French: Ministre de l'Économie et des Finances.^[1] All INSA engineering schools are Grandes Écoles, a French institution of higher education that is separate from, but parallel and connected to the main framework of the French public university system. Similar to the Ivy League in the United States, Oxbridge in the UK, and C9 League in China, Grandes Écoles are elite academic institutions that admit students through an extremely competitive process.^[4][5][6] Alums go on to occupy elite positions within government, administration, and corporate firms in France.^[7][8]

Although INSA engineering schools are selective and can be more expensive than public universities in France, Grandes Écoles typically have much smaller class sizes and student bodies, and many of their programs are taught in English. International internships, study abroad opportunities, and close ties with government and the corporate world are a hallmark of the Grandes Écoles. Many of the top ranked schools in Europe are members of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE), as are INSA engineering schools.^[9][10] Degrees from INSA are accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles^[11] and awarded by the Ministry of National Education (France) (French: Le Ministère de L'éducation Nationale).^[12]

INSA Campuses

France

• INSA Lyon
• INSA Rennes
• INSA Rouen
• INSA Strasbourg
• INSA Toulouse
• INSA Centre Val de Loire
• INSA Hauts-de-France

Morocco

• INSA Euro-Méditerranée

References

1. "INSA Hauts-de-France - CGE". CGE (in French). Conférence des grandes écoles. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
2. "INSA Hauts-de-France". Groupe Institut National des Sciences Appliquées. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
3. "International student and so much more +". calameo (in French). Groupe Institut National des Sciences Appliquées. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
4. "France's educational elite". Daily Telegraph. 17 November 2003. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
5. Pierre Bourdieu (1998). The State Nobility: Elite Schools in the Field of Power. Stanford UP. pp. 133–35. ISBN 9780804733465.
6. What are Grandes Ecoles Institutes in France?
7. Monique de Saint-Martin, « Les recherches sociologiques sur les grandes écoles : de la reproduction à la recherche de justice », Éducation et sociétés 1/2008 (No. 21), p. 95-103. lire en ligne sur Cairn.info
8. Valérie Albouy et Thomas Wanecq, Les inégalités sociales d’accès aux grandes écoles (2003), INSEE
9. "Listings Archive". Conférence des Grandes Écoles. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
10. "Higher Education in France". BSB. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
11. "Conférence des grandes écoles: commission Accréditation". Conférence des grandes écoles. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
12. "Etablissements dispensant des formations supérieures initiales diplômantes conférant le grade de master". Ministry of France, Higher Education. Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

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