Various information

Other features of the teaching offered by the I.U.T. include :

• 2600 hours' tuition or 2400 hours'tuition plus internship periods in companies of 22 to 26 weeks, over 3 years
• the varied backgrounds from which students and teaching staff originate: holders of all types of Baccalaureat (High School Diploma) or equivalent diplomas, students with work experience or wishing to change careers, vocational training or in-work training, teacher-researchers, teachers and lecturers from industry.
• tuition given mainly in small groups leading to a high pass rate (12 - 14 students in specialised subjects)
• teaching methods combining induction, deduction, experimentation, continuous assessment, supervised project work, interdisciplinarity, work placement, work-release.

Industry is at the heart of the I.U.T. : its representatives

• sit on the Board of Governors
• participate in teaching through lectures
• organize visits in industry
• accept students for work placement

The students' work placement projects are profitable to all those involved. Each year, approximately 10 % of second year students take training abroad

After the Bachelor Diploma holders may :

• start work
• take further courses at an I.U.T. or other establishment
• continue studies in the 2nd cycle (School of Engineering, Degree diploma etc.)

I.U.T.'s offer a wide range of services. An I.U.T. can within the fields it specializes in, assist in studies, analysis, production or give advice.