About GLOBALINSA (ex SCAN)

The GLOBALINSA section (formerly named SCAN for SCiences en ANglais), changed its name in 2025 to better match the multicultural sections of the other INSA: Hauts de France, Centre Val de Loire, Rennes and Toulouse. It is an international section that covers the first two years of the Preparatory level (see About INSA page). GLOBALINSA offers a solid grounding in general scientific and technical education allowing the students to join, afterwards, a three-year graduate course to finally obtain the internationally recognized INSA MSc in Engineering diploma.

As a Science and English section, GLOBALINSA adds the intercultural experience to the scientific excellence provided at INSA Lyon. Indeed, GLOBALINSA students are both English-speaking foreign students and French students who have acquired an very good level in the language during high school. The intercultural experience is made possible by the GLOBALINSA life and events : integration weekends, trips, SCAN options … or even BBQs are the perfect recipe to benefit from this intercultural mix.

This international program welcomes three groups of 25 students each year. About 80% of the lessons are taught in English and 20% in French. French speakers can study another foreign language among Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic.