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 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 training and research;
- to make its knowledge, resources, and technologies available to support major transitions;
- to increase the number of graduates in the region, particularly through the creation of new programs, the diversification of recruitment channels, and the strengthening of the validation of acquired experience (VAE);
- to support businesses in their industrial transformations;
- to support public policies regarding transition.
Four Major Structuring Missions
1. Academics
The Engineering College develops an ambitious and inclusive educational offering, from Baccalaureate to Bac+6, in line with the needs of regions and industrial sectors:
- creation of new programs;
- strengthening the attractiveness of international master’s programs;
- deployment of lifelong learning;
- opening new pathways to the engineering degree, particularly through VAE.
2. Research and Innovation
The College supports high-level research focused on societal challenges:
- support for laboratories in responding to European calls for projects;
- cross-funding of thesis clusters on transition themes;
- support for corporate research and development.
3. Scientific Culture
Convinced of the importance of knowledge sharing, the Engineering College acts in favor of promoting scientific culture:
- production of scientific content;
- organization of meetings and events;
- scientific outreach activities for all audiences.
4. Entrepreneurship
Finally, the Engineering College encourages entrepreneurial innovation:
- strengthening ties between students and local businesses;
- support for technological entrepreneurship and the creation of startups.