ENSAIA at a glance
Presentation
Located in Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy (above the city of Nancy, one of the most favourite student city in France), ENSAIA (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires), component of the University of Lorraine and INP-Collegium, is an engineering school of Agronomy, Environment, Food Sciences and Bio-technologies.
Each academic year, ENSAIA enrolls 550 students and 170 engineers are awarded, placing it second in the French "grandes Ecoles" rank in this sector. ENSAIA proposes 3 degrees accredited by CTI (national accreditation comity for engineering schools) with 3 specialities:
- Agronomy
- Food Industry
- Food production (apprenticeship)
At the same time, ENSAIA also offers Master and Doctorate programmes, which are recognized by the European System.
The programmes at ENSAIA are taught by 70 Teachers-Researchers who work closely with the 5 research laboratories housed within the school. Moreover, there are currently 9 start-up hosted at school. These guarantee a high-level scientific environment.
Structure of the ENSAIA engineering programme
A 3 years programme (semesters S5-S10) for 2 sectors, Agronomy & Environment (Agro) or Food Industry (IA):
- S5: Core Curriculum (Tronc Commun)
- S6-S7-S8: Initial programme in the chosen sector (Agro or IA)
At the end of semester S8, students will have to choose an option (pre-specialization) which carry on into semesters S9-S10.
Semester 8 is followed by a 13 weeks pratical training abroad.
- S9-S10: Year of specialization:
Semester 9: academic programme specialize in a selected domain
Semester S10: 5 to 6 months work placement in a company