A Unique Academic Project Dedicated to Major Transitions
The Lyon–Saint-Étienne Engineering College is today an unparalleled educational and scientific project. It was born from the shared desire of four major public engineering schools – Centrale Lyon, ENTPE, INSA Lyon and Mines Saint-Étienne – to jointly build an ambitious response to major contemporary challenges.
Since 2022, these institutions have chosen to pool their resources, expertise and research capabilities in order to unite around three major transition challenges:
- decarbonized industry and society,
- the circular economy,
- responsible digital society.
An ecosystem of expertise dedicated to the public good
The Engineering College embodies the structuring of an academic ecosystem of excellence, dedicated to the training of engineers and scientists, to research, to innovation and to the production of knowledge and concrete solutions.
Its ambition is clear: to actively contribute to building a more sustainable, more responsible and more inclusive society, by providing scientific and technological responses to future economic, industrial and societal challenges.
Strong founding values
The actions of the Engineering College are based on five cardinal values that guide all its missions:
- academic and scientific excellence,
- the transmission of knowledge,
- collective action,
- diversity,
- commitment to the common good.
These values reflect a shared conviction: major schools have a significant responsibility in generating a positive and lasting impact on society.
Concrete commitments to support transitions
In this regard, the Engineering College acts decisively in the public interest, through several structuring commitments:
- to engage closely with socio-economic stakeholders to anticipate their needs in Academics and research;
- to make its knowledge, resources and technologies available to support major transitions;
- to increase the number of graduates in the region, notably by creating new programmes, diversifying recruitment pathways and strengthening the validation of prior learning and experience (VAE);
- to support companies in their industrial transformations;
- to support public policies on transition issues.
Four major structuring missions
1. Academics
The Engineering College develops an ambitious and inclusive academic offering, from Bac to Bac+6, aligned with the needs of local areas and industrial sectors:
- creating new programmes;
- enhancing the attractiveness of international master’s programmes;
- rolling out lifelong learning;
- opening up new pathways to the engineering qualification, notably through VAE.
2. Research and innovation
The Engineering College supports high-level research focused on societal challenges:
- supporting laboratories in responding to European calls for projects;
- cross-funding clusters of PhD theses on transition themes;
- supporting companies’ research and development.
3. Scientific culture
Convinced of the importance of sharing knowledge, the Engineering College works to promote the dissemination of scientific culture:
- producing scientific content;
- organising meetings and events;
- science outreach initiatives for all audiences.
4. Entrepreneurship
Lastly, the Engineering College encourages entrepreneurial innovation:
- strengthening links between students and local companies;
- supporting technology entrepreneurship and the creation of start-ups.