Institut National des Sciences Appliquées

Level of qualification

Diplôme d'Ingénieur accredited by the Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur, 5 years of study in higher education leading to a Master degree

Mode of study

• Initial training

Main field(s) of study for the qualification

Automatic Control and Electronics

Langage(s) of instruction/examination

English

Official length of programme

10 semesters

Admission requirements

Baccalauréat or equivalent for admission into first year
Admission on record possible for years 2, 3 or 4

Programme requirements

Full time : semestrialization and capitalization of credits
Modules or units and number of credits
Each unit is assessed with a minimum of two grades for oral or written examinations, reports, projects?The scale for grades is 0 to 20 and a minimum of 10 is required to validate the unit.
The number of graduates and/or different grades is insufficient to provide a significant distribution of grades.

Targeted competences

The Automatic control-Electronics engineering course focuses on the concepts, methods and techniques of automatic control and also develops the competences required to design the implementation of methods and techniques for real-time control and electronic circuit design. Two major topics are developed: automatic control systems, electronic and micro-electronic systems with their associated IT techniques. An important aspect of the specificity of A-E engineers and of the course itself is the demonstration of how the integration of the three disciplines, Automatic control, Electronics and Computer science makes it possible to meet the needs and demands of industry in the context of complex systems.
It provides
Cross-disciplinary competences: capacity to manage the economic, financial, human, organisational and technical aspects of a project in the sphere of activity of a generalist engineer for the:
Design and Management of automatic systems: including the systems theory and the techniques of electronics: logic and analog circuits, electronics of power, optoelectronics, micro-electronics. Moreover, sound training in the basic computer techniques stressing Real-Time for control reinforces the ability to design and implement automatic systems.
Development of integrated automatic systems: today, whatever the sphere of activity, a large number of tasks require, in what is called a "systems approach", the integration of varied concepts and techniques. The piloting of simple or complex industrial systems passes in general by the knowledge of the process, the design of efficient control rules, the command of electronic tools and digital calculators, making it possible to manage and enable communication between the various components of the system. This requires a generalist engineering course at the crossroads of the three disciplines: automatic control, electronics and computer science.

In addition to the general competences of computer engineers able to work in all sectors of activity, the course leads to two different engineering profiles, depending on the specialization chosen in the final year:

Electronic Systems: Capacity to design, produce and implement electronic or micro-electronic devices (cards, chips,?) using the concepts of integration (embedded electronic systems, communicating sensors or micro-systems)
Real Time and Systems: Capacity to design, produce and implement estimation systems, monitoring, diagnosis, real-time advanced control taking into account critical time constraints and safety as for all embedded systems.

The five-year engineering programme is organized in semesters as follows:
- a common core programme in the first year
- 2 years of pre-specialization (4 pre-specializations)
- 2 years of specialization (10 specializations)
25% of the course is devoted to human sciences (economics-management, languages, communication, sports)
Compulsory internships for a total of 36 weeks
Compulsory period of 12 weeks abroad
Compulsory minimum level in English required (TOEIC 750), 2nd language
Courses with capitalizable credits
Requirements to enter next year of study : 60 ECTS validated, distributed in 20 units

Professional status

The diplôme d'ingénieur confers, in France, the professional status of engineer

Access to further study

Possible access to doctoral studies

Course fees

550€

Additional information

The full programme for the 5 years of engineering studies is available on :
http://www.insa-toulouse.fr/fr/programmes.html