INSA Strasbourg campus

Engineering

Diplôme d'ingénieur INSA Strasbourg, Génie mécanique at INSA Strasbourg

INSA Strasbourg, France

Programme overview

The mechanical engineering specialty gives a solid base in mechanics with scientific (simulation), technological (design, production) and management skills, for transport, consumer goods, capital goods and biomechanics. It shares platforms and about 60% of modules with mechatronics and plastics engineering and offers a Franco-German DeutschINSA route towards double degrees with Hochschule Karlsruhe and Offenburg.

Department: Génie mécanique (département mécanique)  |  Duration: 5-year engineering cycle from the baccalauréat (common first year, then four years in the specialty); a bachelor-level establishment diploma is awarded after year 3  |  Study mode: full-time (French, some courses in English)  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Strasbourg, Grand Est, France

What you will study

Seven projects from year 2 to year 5 (product optimisation, design and building of a mechanical system, automated system design, technical deepening and a technological research project in semester 9). In years 4 and 5 four pathways are offered: innovative and eco-friendly materials; numerical mechanics; production systems analysis; design for robotics.

Career pathways

Manufacturing industry broadly, notably automotive, steel, aerospace, machine tools, consumer goods and food processing.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Entry by competitive selection on file and possible interview. Direct entry at bac level (common first year STH 1, via Parcoursup for French and European baccalaureates or the Groupe INSA portal for foreign baccalaureates), bac+1, bac+2/bac+3 (including CPGE second year) or bac+4 (concours sur titres with 240 ECTS in a scientific field and a motivation interview). Application fee 105 EUR per entry year (free for grant holders). Foreign applicants outside the EU first register on the Études en France (Campus France) portal; French language ability is checked at interview.

Domestic applicants: EUR 630 a year (2026/2027). Diplôme d'ingénieur, years 1 to 5, main enrolment, French and EU students; reduced rate 420 EUR for complementary enrolment or gap year. Students on a CROUS grant are exempt. Source

International applicants: EUR 2,902 a year (2026/2027). Non-EU students under differentiated fees: years 1 and 2, main enrolment (1,934 EUR reduced rate). Source

Intake: September

Duration: 5-year engineering cycle from the baccalauréat (common first year, then four years in the specialty)

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