Nancy, France

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Nancy, France
Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine
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3 INSTITUTS NATIONAUX POLYTECHNIQUES
21 Departments (schools)
Nancy
Grenoble
Toulouse
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Downtown Nancy
6 km
INPL campus site
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Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine

• The INPL is the equivalent of a US institute of
  technology .
• There are 7 Ecoles dingenieurs (Colleges of
  Engineering), some of them being over 100 years
  old.

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INPL in Figures
EDUCATION
RESEARCH
4000 Students 800 Engineering
degrees 180 Theses yearly
560 Professors and researchers
26 Hightech Laboratories
430 administrative and technical staff
OVERALL BUDGET 120,000,000
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INPL Research

• 180 PhD theses per year
• 26 Hightech Laboratories
• 560 Faculty
• 450 Contracts with industry
• 140 Contracts with government
  institutions
• Overall budget 60,000,000

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Selected research fields and competences

• Agronomy Food Industry
• biotechnological processes
• fermentation, microbiology
• food science and engineering, rheology, transport
  phenomena
• Geology, Civil Engineering geochemistry
• applied mineralogy
• environmental impact

• Computer Sciences
• images, modeling, simulation
• man-machine communication
• neural networks, parallelism
• Software
• Management Engineering
• human resources
• safety
• innovation management

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• Electrical and Electric Power Engineering
• modelling and control of converters
• images and signals biomedical applications
• automation
• Material and metallurgy
• solidification, moulding
• synthesis, nanophase transformation and
  properties
• quasicrystals
• polymers, composites and ceramic materials
• surface treatment

• Chemical Engineering
• chemical reactor engineering
• electrochemistry
• process control
• polymerisation, rheology
• Mechanical Engineering
• incompressible fluid mechanics, mixing
• two-phase flows
• non-newtonian fluid mechanics
• porous media
• Architecture

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Masters Degree

• 4,000 students
• 7 departments (schools)
• 400 staff members
• Overall budget 60,000,000

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ADMISSIONafter 2 or 4 years at university
10 Academic results jury After Bachelor
85 High selection after 2 years at CPGE
5 after CPP
few places after DEUG/DUT
4th Year
3rd Year
Admission
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International Relations

• Visiting faculty
• Student exchange programs
• Research with foreign partners
• PhD theses with foreign faculty co-advisors

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With ...
Europe Leeds, Bath, Manchester, Imperial College,
University College and SBU of London Edinburgh,
Glasgow Karlsruhe, Kaiserslautern, Berlin,
Mannheim, Sarrebrück Madrid, Barcelona,
Valencia Brussels, Wageningen, Lulea Larissa,
Wroclaw, Olsztyn, Bratislava...
America Laval, Quebec McGill, Montreal Western
Ontario Florida, Miami Rochester, New York
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign KSU, Manhattan Georgia
Tech, Atlanta Wisconsin, Madison Sao Paulo,
Campinas, Natal
non exhaustive list
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The ENSAIA

• Ecole Nationale Supérieure d Agronomie
• et des Industries Alimentaires
• (Since 1896)

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ENSAIA is like a college of agriculture in the USA
2 departments 2 diplomas
Ingénieur Agronome (Dept Agronomy) Ingénieur des
Industries alimentaires (Dept Food Science and
Technology)
These diplomas are at a level similar to the
Master
Number of students 150 per year
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Unit 1

• UNIT 1. ENGINEERING METHODS (20-40 ECTS)
• 1.1 Applied thermodynamics, chemistry and
  physics
• 1.2 Process engineering in agriculture, food
  science and biotechnology
• 1.3 Data acquisition and analysis

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Unit 2

• UNIT 2. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS
  (30-50 ECTS)
• 2.1 Basic biology
• 2.2 Environmental sciences
• 2.3 Plant science
• 2.4 Biotechnology
• 2.5 Animal science and nutrition
• 2.6 Human nutrition

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Units 3 and 4

• UNIT 3. ECONOMICS AND HUMAN SCIENCES (30 ECTS)
• 3.1 Economics and management
• 3.2 Corporate world
• 3.3 Foreign languages
• 3.4 Sports
• UNIT 4. INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES AND TRAINING
  PERIODS (30 ECTS)

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Masters Program
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ENGINEERING
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
AGRICULTURAL RURAL ENVIRONMENT
NUTRITION
DAIRY PRODUCTS QUALITY CONTROL
9 Majors
BIOTECHNOLOGY
FOOD MANAGEMENT PACKAGING
CONSUMER ECONOMICS MARKETING
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FORMULATION
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Job opportunities
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Job opportunities
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ENSAIA prepares to the Doctorate level (similar
to the PhD)
PhD in Agriculture Sciences PhD in
Biotechnological and Food Processes
Number of students 40 per year
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The research at the ENSAIA
Laboratoire Sols Environnement
Dynamics of pollutants in the soil-plant-water
system
Laboratoire Agronomie et Environnement
The rhizosphere Plant secondary
metabolites Ecophysiology of forage plants
Laboratoire des Sciences Animales
Milk and meat quality
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Laboratoire des Sciences du Génie Chimique
Cell and metabolic engineering Enzymatic
engineering Process optimization
Laboratoire Bioprocédés Agroalimentaires
Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie et Génie
Alimentaires
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Research resources
Public funds 60 Private funds 40 Teaching
and Research human resources Faculty members
60 Administration and technical 80 Laboratory
4000 m2 Pilot plants 2000 m2 Greenhouses
400 m2 Experimental farm 200 ha