Double degree in architecture and engineering

The combination of architecture and engineering, two complementary cultures, makes it possible to design a project in its entirety and combine technical and aesthetic thinking. The ability to understand technical constraints, to know and comply with standards, while retaining design freedom and great creativity, make this double degree a strong added value on the job market.

type formation Formation initiale
diplôme Diplôme d'Études en architecture et ingénierie
durée 7 years
emploi du temps 8 supervised hours/week approx.

Points forts de la formation

Débouchés
Entraide
Ouverture
Persévérance
Réseau
Rigueur

Certification

Admissions

Seuls les étudiants, admis en Licence 1, titulaires d'un baccalauréat avec les spécialités « Mathématiques » et soit « Physique-Chimie » soit « Sciences de l'Ingénieur » sont autorisés à postuler pour la préparation au double cursus architecte-ingénieur. 

Durant leurs deux premières années à l’ENSAL, les étudiants qui souhaitent suivre cette formation bénéficient d’enseignements renforcés en mathématiques et physique.

À l’issue de leur deuxième année de premier cycle, les étudiants peuvent se porter candidat au double cursus, dès lors qu'ils ont validé la L2 avec 120 ECTS. Ces étudiants présentent, lors d’un entretien, un dossier constitué d’une lettre de motivation et des résultats obtenus au cours de la préparation, à un jury composé des représentants pédagogiques de l’ENSAL et des écoles d’ingénieurs partenaires (INSA, ENTPE et ECL).

Presentation

The dual architect-engineer/engineer-architect curriculum is a course of study that leads to the award of two diplomas, in seven years: the State Diploma in Architecture conferring the grade of Master and the Diploma in Engineering.

Target skills

  • technical skills (hard skills) related to engineering sciences and architecture
  • work skills: being able to take on a heavy workload
  • relational skills (soft skills)

Training objectives

Training unique professionals

Developing coping skills

Be able to respond to complex orders with multiple constraints

Training locations

ENSAL

3 rue Maurice Audin
69120 Vaulx-en-Velin

Ecole centrale de Lyon
École Centrale de Lyon

36 Av. Guy de Collongue
69134 Écully

ENTPE
ENTPE

3 Rue Maurice Audin
69120 Vaulx-en-Velin

INSA Lyon
National Institute of Applied Sciences

20 Av. Albert Einstein
69100 Villeurbanne

Program

During the third year of the first cycle and the entire second cycle, students validate 450 hours of teaching specific to engineering studies. These courses are provided by INSA, ENTPE and ECL, and as such are validated according to the institutions' internal rules.

The courses are specific to each institution:

  • INSA Lyon: courses in mathematics, general mechanics, mechanics of continuous media, introduction to structural analysis, linear algebra, building thermics, introduction to numerical analysis, structural analysis methods, heat transfer, geotechnics and fluid mechanics.
  • école centrale de Lyon: courses in mathematics, computer science, fluid and energy, electrical energy and systems control and materials engineering.
  • ENTPE: courses in mathematics, physics, analysis, continuum mechanics, probability, scientific computing, soil mechanics and ecology

"Students are exempt from a maximum of 120 hours of teaching each year. The architectural design project course cannot be exempted. The list of exempted courses is defined for each graduating class and communicated to students in the pedagogical contract.

At the end of the three years, if they have obtained their State Architect Diploma - DEA, and validated their engineering school curriculum, students can apply to the engineering school where they followed their dual curriculum and complete their engineering studies in two years.

The three partner schools offer different specializations: development engineering or civil and environmental engineering at ENTPE, civil engineering and urban planning at INSA Lyon, and general engineering at ECL.

Career opportunities

Openings are very broad, with the possibility of dabbling in everything. The dual curriculum allows for international recognition, as in other countries, architectural training includes engineering.

agency architect
works manager
works engineer
project management assistant
real estate program manager
design engineer

Further studies

PhD

diplôme Doctorat en architecture

Authorization to act as prime contractor in its own name

diplôme Habilitation à la maîtrise d'œuvre en son propre

Teacher's voice

"This is the recasting of a shared expertise separated by history"

Jean-François Perretant, teacher, co-leader of the double-curriculum.

Contact

Teachers in charge

Gilles Desevedavy

gilles.desevedavy@lyon.archi.fr

Jean-François Perretant

jean-francois.perretant@lyon.archi.fr

Administrative referent

Corinne Leclercq-Blondel

corinne.leclercq-blondel@lyon.archi.fr