Established in 1898 by two industrialists from the Nord region, the Icam campus in Lille is the flagship of the Icam Group.
Icam began as early as 1908 to offer professional training courses, extending the influence and reach of the school of engineering and its associated production workshops and ensuring social diversity, two goals that remain key parts of the school's ethos. In the same spirit, in the early 1990s, Icam began offering engineering degrees through apprenticeship.
An on-site residence hall provides housing for students and facilitates exchanges among students from different institutions.
The school is a 15-minute walk from the center of Lille on the campus of the Université Catholique de Lille, with its 20,000 students.