Job placement

Every year, 700 French and foreign companies enter into partnership with INSA-Rennes to enrich their professional competence through a work-placement programme.

Conferences, company visits and work-experience programmes serve as an introduction to the professional environment. Students are required to accumulate at least 10 months of on-the-job experience during their studies ( in France or abroad).

The job-training-programme agreement is based on the full participation of the student in the activities of the company, through which the acquisition of valuable know-how and professional experience are acquired.

Job-placement calendar

• First placement (obligatory)
  1st year: 4 weeks minimum (June 15 - September 15)
  Objective: to discover the world of the company
• Job placement - Complementary to studies (optional)
  3rd year: 4 to 8 weeks
• Job placement - Complementary to studies (obligatory)
  4th year: 8 weeks minimum (June 15 - end of September)
  Validated upon submission of a written report and an oral presentation
• End-of-Studies Project (obligatory)
  5th year: 4 months minimum (February - June) followed by an oral presentation to a jury.
  Necessary to validate the INSA diploma.

Advantages of a successful work placement

• For the company
  Services provided by the trainee
  Prestige associated with the training of an INSA engineer
  Enhancement of the company’s public profile through its spirit of openness and policy of receiving trainees
• For the engineering student
  Discovery of the world of the company (1st year)
  First approach to his/her future professional environment
  Acquisition of knowledge and know-how. Confrontation with technical and social issues (4th year)
  Guidance in seeking first employment (PFE)
  

Administrative procedure

Two documents are required to formalise a training course:

• The training course agreement (obligatory)
  This agreement guarantees that the student benefits from Social Security coverage throughout the training period, in the event of illness or industrial accident.
• The work-placement certificate 
  Every student must have his/her work placement validated in order to obtain the INSA Engineering diploma. This certificate, specifying the nature and duration of the training, is given to the student by the host company or organisation by the end of the placement.