INSA Lyon was the 4th-ranked engineering school in Research and Development – Industry and Technologies –  2013.

INSAVALOR was created in 1988, as one of the first research valorisation subsidiaries set up in the university environment in order to support the research and development effort.
Its field of action

•  Identification of skills related to industrial issues,
   
• Implementation of collaborative work: confidentiality management and industrial property,

• Establishment of framework agreements and housing of innovative companies in the Company and Innovation centre,
   
• Transfer engineers: transferring their knowledge and expertise.