Centrale Lille

About Centrale Lille
Our vocation at the École Centrale de Lille is to train engineers at the highest level in disciplines across the board, professionals with strong scientific and technical specializations and the ability to find innovative solutions for the widening range of challenges faced.

In 2017, to best address not only the changes sweeping through the world around us, but also the aspirations of a new generation of students, the École Centrale de Lille completely overhauled its curricula to deliver the skill sets defined by guidelines shared by all GEC schools.

Choosing the École Centrale de Lille means accepting daily challenges, sharing, working on projects, and acquiring experience in the corporate environment. It places strong emphasis on individualization, a search for purpose, adaptation, and a “test-and-learn” approach, through new educational formats, novel learning methods, and alternation between short and long academic periods. We have redesigned activities, revised course content, and redefined links between our programmes in accordance with our main objectives. Our vision is to serve the future by developing new talent; to contribute to true well-being while upholding social responsibility, for a better world; and to pass on tools to help resolve life’s problems.


Research

The research at Centrale Lille is structured around 7 laboratories in the fields of Chemistry, Mechanics, Material Science, Fluid Dynamics, Informatics, Microelectronics, Nanotechnologies and Power Electronics, which are in cooperation with University of Lille, ONERA and CNRS.

Programme

Core courses give you scientific foundations that will serve you when taking specialized and multidisciplinary elective courses in fields that interest you. Electives let you personalize your curriculum and gradually refine your professional plans. During semester 6, you will take six specialized elective courses. You must select one elective from each of the five academic areas. The sixth elective may be chosen from any of the five areas.
During semester 8, you will choose another six electives, from any area you like, to broaden your knowledge and build up your profile as a multidisciplinarian, or delve deeper into a particular area. First- and second-year students are offered the same range of electives, and some are taught in English.

For semester 7, you will select two multidisciplinary electives that will expose you to the complexity of interactions between multiple subject areas. Faculty from several departments jointly contribute to the syllabi for these elective courses. Every four weeks, course work alternates with intense challenges completed under the guidance of teaching staff: Imagine&Make projects, business-focused serious games, and activities building leadership in extreme situations.

The multidisciplinary electives offered encompass diverse and high-potential fields, including:
 

  • Architectural design and sustainable development
  • Energy transition and electrical networks
  • Creation of hi-tech start-ups
  • Biomedical engineering
  • Eco-design for positive energy habitats
  • Connected objects
  • Construction 4.0
  • Preliminary rail link projects
Student Life

École Centrale de Lille warmly encourages students to join any of the 70+ clubs that enliven extracurricular life on campus. The sports and musical groups, cultural and culinary happenings, and Junior Enterprise activities on offer are an invitation for students to apply their talents or discover new passions. At the start of the academic year there is a wide range of clubs to choose from.





 
Published on December 7, 2023 Updated on February 6, 2024