International

03 Sep
03/Sep/2018

International

INNOV@INSA, More and more popular for International students

For the 3rd consecutive year, INSA Lyon welcomed 2 groups of international students from partner universities to participate in its summer schools INNOV@INSA. This year shows an increased enthusiasm with larger and more diversified groups:
  • 13 American students from the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State University and the IIT Chicago were on campus from May 18th to June 15th
  • 25 Students from NTU and NUS (Singapore) ; City U and Poly U (Hong Kong) ; University of Newcastle (Australia) ; KAIST (South Korea) ; Tsinghua (China) and UCD (Dublin) were here from June 26th to July 20th.

Based on a 4-weeks schedule, INNOV@INSA summer schools offer intense and varied activities, among which this year: a cooking class, a city-rally downtown Lyon with BEST Board of European Students of Technology, visit of the city of Annecy (the Northern Venice), going up to the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix ...
Students attend several classes: French language, Cross-cultural and Awareness, Industry and Society as well as Project management or Connected Devices. They work in multicultural teams, on various subject linked to the local environment : the use of bicycles downtown Lyon, how to make the city centre car-free, food trucks with french gastronomy, or how to improve the experience on the Saône river banks.