National School of Engineers of South Alsace
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A school that's on the move, serving information sciences and technologies and engineering
A school with two centres
12 rue des Frères Lumière
68093 Mulhouse Cedex
tél. +33 (0)3 89 33 69 00
fax +33 (0)3 89 42 32 82
11 rue Alfred Werner
68093 Mulhouse Cedex
tél. +33 (0)3 89 33 63 20
fax +33 (0)3 89 33 63 39
scolarite.ensisa@uha.fr
www.ensisa.uha.fr
ENSISA (National School of Engineers of Southern Alsace) is an engineering school accredited by the French Commission for engineering qualifications (C.T.I). A state-run school, ENSISA is part of the Université de Haute-Alsace.
ENSISA is located on the university campus in Mulhouse and offers graduate students (two years post-secondary education) degree courses in engineering in five areas:
- Mechanical engineering
- Systems & Signals (control systems)
- Textile & Fibres engineering
- Computer science and networks
- Production systems (sandwich course)
Admission can also be obtained through the school's own preparatory classes, immediately after the Baccalaureate
ENSISA teaching staff are all involved in research and transfer of technology. The courses are founded on considerable experience of working in industry.
With its internationally recognized research teams, ENSISA plays an active part in the generation of new knowledge and enjoys partnerships with over 20 foreign universities..
Degree courses
/ Textile and fibres engineering
/ Mechanical engineering
/ Systems and signals (control systems)
/ Computer science and network
/ Production systems (sandwich course)
(5 stand-alone courses)
Curriculum
The ENSISA engineering degree is accredited by the French Commission of engineering qualifications and offers four separate courses right from the 1st year.
Mechanical engineering
/ The course covers the various functions of mechanical engineering in design and computer-integrated manufacturing.
Computer science and networks
/ The course focuses on engineering of complex software systems and distributed and internet applications.
Systems and signals
/ Focuses on the optimization and control of dynamic systems and on the instrumentation and processing of signals and images.
Textile and fibre engineering
/Students are trained to become engineers capable of mastering the knowledge and know-how essential for tomorrow’s textile industries.
2 majors in the 3rd year: design, production, treatment and technical textiles / Apparel
A third major, "Eco-design and eco-production" was introduced in 2008.
Production systems (sandwich training) -in partnership with ITII-Alsace
/ The course teaches engineers to manage and optimise the production system to drive performance within the company. This course is also open to applicants following an apprenticeship or on vocational training.
Research master's , professional Master's and specialist Master's
ENSISA also offers 3 Master's and specialist 1 Master's degree within the new European framework of Higher Education:
/ Master's in mechanical engineering: vehicle engineering and assembly
/ Master's in industrial information and automatic systems, with 2 majors : Automatics, signals and images or On-board and communicating systems
/ Master's in Fibre mechanics and sciences
and
/ Master's specialised in textile engineering .
ENSISA students are also eligible to do these Masters degrees, which can lead on to a PhD.
Admissions
For the classic courses :
1st year
Entrance exam
/ MP, PC, PSI, TSI written tests of the Concours Commun Polytechnique, PT tests, results of the ATS concours commun
Admission by right
/ For students who have followed the school's "classes préparatoires", provided they have 120 ECTS credits and have met the required course-work standards.
Record and interview
/ 2nd or 3rd-year BSc students or DUT graduates.
2nd year
/ Students who have successfully followed a 1st year Master's course (60 ECTS credits) in any of mathematics, and computer science, physics and chemistry, control and electrical engineering and mechanical engineering
/ Graduate engineers may be admitted according to the number of places available.
Sandwich courses :
Initial training through apprenticeship for :
/ BTS, DUT, L2 and Professional degree (Licence Pro) students in specialties relating to mechanical engineering and production systems.
/ graduates who were awarded their degree less than two years before,
/ aged under 26 at the signature of the apprenticeship contract
Admission in 4 stages :
/ shortlist (based on record)
/ tests in mathematics, physics, French, languages, etc.
/ joint admission panel
/ interview (companies).
Employee vocational training :
/ DUT, BTS graduates or holders of a degree representing 2 years post-secondary education in subjects relating to mechanical engineering and production systems. ,
/ with under 3 years professional experience as a qualified technician
/ and with the agreement and financial backing of their company.
Research laboratories
The school has 2 laboratories that ae integrated into the currricula :
- Laboratory of Textile Physics and Mechanics (LPMT) UMR CNRS 7189
Find out more - Laboratory of Modelling, Intelligence, Processes, Systems(MIPS) EA 2332
Find out more
Career opportunities
Career opportunities depend on the subjects chosen by the students.
Textile and fibres engineering:
This course provides opportunities in the textile industry, from the fibre to the finished product.
Jobs in textile engineering range from the design of new fibres to new product design, and also include the development of new processes, both in the technical (high strength fibres, artificial arteries, geotextiles, composites, etc.) and traditional (furniture, apparel, fashion) sectors.
Typical management jobs involving ENSISA engineers include: production, quality, R&D, purchasing, marketing, raw materials purchasing, products, Consultant Engineer, Eco-design engineer.
Mechanical engineering:
The ENSISA mechanical engineer is able to use innovation skills in the design and manufacture of new products. He/she is also at home in optimising and developing new production methods.
His/her skills extend to the design, simulation, manufacture, metrology, and organisation of production systems and incorporate man management.
The ENSISA engineer can fulfil R&D functions, work in a design and engineering or planning department, in product quality or, using cross-sectorial skills, as a product or project manager.
Control systems :
The Control Systems engineer: R&D design engineer, control and optimisation of dynamic systems. Engineers graduating from this course are specialists in control systems. The wide-ranging studies (automatic systems, signal processing, mechanical engineering, industrial computer science, electrical and electrotechnical engineering) means they are trained for both design and control tasks.
Instrumentation engineer :
As an expert in instrumentation, measuring and signal analysis, career opportunities fall either side of system-based jobs and signal engineering. ENSISA instrumentation engineers are able to instrument systems either at the design stage or later, come up with new types of sensor and process signals from their instruments.
Signals and Images engineer :
R&D engineer analysing, processing and transmitting signals and images.
Graduates from this course are clearly ICT specialists, able to detect, analyse, process and transmit signals and images.
Computer science and networks :
Network applications and Internet engineer
Engineer specialised in the development and implementation of internet-based services
System software engineer"
Engineer specialised in the design, development and implementation of on-board systems and technical informatics.
Engineer specialising in the design and implementation of complex software systems based on objects, distributed architectures and components
Networks
/ ENSISA works with the Fibres competitiveness cluster of the East of France, the Vehicle of tomorrow competitiveness cluster and the Alsace BioValley competitiveness cluster
International
/ Plays an active role in international theme-based networks (AUTEX Association in textile)
/ Option of following a full year of studies abroad.
/ Six-month placements abroad. Partner universities: Australia, United States, Finland, Great Britain, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Japan.
/ ENSISA is a member of the N+i network
Student life
/ Student life is organised by the Student Bureau (BDE): parties and outings, sports events, tourism, gala evenings, the inter-ENSI tournament (TIE), lthe French robotics cup (E=M6), the 4L Trophy.
/ ENSIA student life and associations
