Set up in 2003, the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Strasbourg (INSA de Strasbourg) is a French Grande Ecole with selective admission criteria. A national public institution, INSA Strasbourg trains architects and engineers in 7 specialities, 2 sandwichcourse specialities and 4 research units. Most significantly, it awards the only architect degree course within an engineering school in France. It also proposes double degrees in architecture and civil engineering.