HEI is a JUNIA program.
For more than 130 ans, HEI has been renewing its expertise everyday in order to train generalist engineers capable of meeting the societal and environmental challenges of today and tomorrow.
For two years now, HEI has been an integral part of the JUNIA engineering school alongside the ISA and ISEN (Lille) programs.
Whether it is in its pedagogy, in the training offered, in the research activities or in its major objectives, JUNIA is committed to contributing to the following major transitions:
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Proud of its history our program is now resolutely turned towards the future.
With its two modern campuses in Lille and Châteauroux, its fab labs and its innovative teaching methods (flipped classes, e-learning, serious games, site visits, meetings with engineers, etc.), HEI strives to be at the forefront in various fields.
Our teaching teams do everything possible to enable each student to build their professional and personal project in line with the expectations of companies.
They are the basis of the various engineering professions and are the common thread of the subjects taught. Each of the HEI courses offers students solid skills in the sciences, techniques and technologies in general.
They are taught in both lectures and tutorials, but students also develop their knowledge of these subjects by experimenting in projects and group work.
In order to ensure the employability of our students, a focus on relations with companies is put in place. Project-based teaching plays an important role in the training program, involving subjects entrusted to us by the company whenever possible. Visits to construction sites or companies may also be part of the program.
The link with the business world is also established through internships or work-study programs, depending on the HEI program chosen.
Associations and student services also work to promote the professional integration of students. This is particularly true of the Prog’HEI junior company and the Career Center service.
All of our courses aim to offer students a profile that is largely international in scope. This is why the pursuit of learning two modern languages is essential. Some courses are taught 100% in English!
International experience is also valued and even mandatory. They can take the form of university exchanges for a semester or a year, internships, humanitarian projects or even student jobs.
The HEI program also welcomes students from all over the world: an unstoppable way to promote cultural openness.
Throughout their studies, students are required to make choices to personalize their career path and thus make them unique in the eyes of employers. By following the HEI program, you will be able to build a career path and a professional project that reflects you.
This personalization of your career path is done from the start, by choosing your internship companies, by getting involved in associations (sports, cultural, humanitarian…) or by carrying out projects that are close to your heart. The colorization of your curriculum also takes place in the 4th year when you will have to choose a professionalization field.
You are unique, your studies will be too.
In addition to the traditional courses, tutorials and practical work, HEI is committed to developing innovative teaching methods: role-playing, flipped classes, e-learning, serious games, use of digital tablets, site visits, company presentations, engineering meetings, European classes, MOOCs, etc.
Make students work before the course, to devote the time of the course to other activities: deepening certain concepts, answering students’ questions, exchanges… Thanks to this reversed pedagogy, students often better appropriate the content of the course.
HEI has two fablabs. Saws, drills, but also laser cutters, and of course 3D printers. Open and collaborative workshops, the fablabs are full of various tools allowing students to imagine and create prototypes. Students come to make objects as part of their courses.
Video games are no longer reserved for leisure activities: they have entered the world of higher education in recent years, in the form of serious games. These games illustrate theoretical lessons with concrete cases.
Student associations, housing, university restaurants, social security, health insurance and local shops: students have access to a wide range of services. HEI makes it a point of honour to ensure that its students feel at home on the campus that welcomes them.
Our campuses provide students with multiple technological resources and an exceptional work environment. Educational laboratories, a Fablab, a Codesign center and co-eLAB project platforms, many places are dedicated to learning, creativity and technological innovation.
HEI campuses also have a rich community life. There are many associations to help students develop their skills. Arts, sports, music, oenology, radio, humanitarian aid, school support, entrepreneurship club, junior enterprise, the themes are varied. Associative commitment is strongly emphasized at HEI because it encourages students to take on responsibilities, to become independent, to exchange ideas, to be open to others and is an excellent preparation for life in the corporate world.
Historically, HEI is located on the campus of the Catholic University of Lille. “La Catho” is composed of 6 faculties, 20 schools and institutes and more than 35,000 students. It is a dynamic campus from which our students benefit, with fully equipped university residences, a university restaurant (open for lunch and dinner), a sports complex, a health center, a digital library…
Learn moreThe Fédération des établissements d’enseignement supérieur d’intérêt collectif brings together 25 leading French engineering and management schools in the humanities and social sciences. Its mission is to share experiences and practices, to promote all the schools and to represent them before public authorities. FESIC members share common pedagogical requirements: academic excellence, internationalization of curricula, development of research, cooperation with companies and the various players in higher education, and human and social training for all students.
Learn moreThe JUNIA ALUMNI community is a strong network, based on a history of more than 130 years and composed of graduates from the Junia programs (HEI, ISA, ISEN lille). This network grows year after year with the integration of new graduates from our campuses.
Learn moreJUNIA has privileged relationships with partner institutions in France and around the world.
Learn moreHEI's birth
First accreditation by the CTI (Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur)
Recognition by the State
Création of the HEI campus in Châteauroux with apprenticeships
Grouping of HEI with ISA and ISEN Lille under the name Yncréa Hauts-de-France
Renewal of the HEI diploma by the CTI (Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur) for a maximum period of 5 years
Yncréa Hauts-de-France becomes JUNIA