Research at the service of society’s major challenges

INSA Lyon is characterised by a dynamic policy of collaborating with businesses to work on the major issues facing tomorrow’s society.

6 poles of competence

On one of the largest higher education and research sites in France, more than 500 researchers work in 21 laboratories organised into 6 poles of competence.

• Chemistry-Biology-Health
• Energy-Environment-Sustainable Urbanisation
• Materials
• Mechanics
• Micro-Nano Electronic Technologies
• Information Technology Sciences

These 6 INSA Lyon centres of excellence are encouraged to work beyond the borders of their disciplines and are supported by the naturally cross-disciplinary Mathematics Unit.

Pooled laboratories

The INSA Lyon laboratories’ research activities are part of the resources pooled with the main research and higher education bodies of the Université de Lyon.

Research partnerships

Firmly anchored in the needs of the socio-economic world both within the context of regional competitiveness clusters and collaborative European projects, our laboratories’ activities are primarily funded
through partnerships: 70% from public funding and over 30% from industrial contracts.

Research at INSA Lyon: a mark of quality

INSA Lyon is a member of 8 doctoral schools jointly accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. The institute is home to over 650 PhD students (12% of those studying at the Université de Lyon).

Solutions-focused research

INSA Lyon is home to an ever-increasing number of PhD students, with 140 theses presented in 2008. Research topics related to modern socio-economic issues are favoured for this scientific work which will see them awarded by INSA Lyon the title of Doctor of the Université de Lyon.

High level student-researchers

There are 250 Research Masters students with varied profiles working in INSA Lyon’s 21 laboratories, around one hundred of these students have graduated from engineering courses.

An active member of the scientific community

Beyond the LyonTech La Doua campus, INSA Lyon’s research teams share the results of their research work with the international scientific community. Every year, INSA Lyon has 700 publications in the very best scientific journals and 1,300 communications are made on an international level.