Job placement

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

Engineering students are introduced to the professional environment via conferences, company visits and training courses. During their training, they are required to carry out at least 10 months of the placement in France and abroad.

The training course programme involves discovering the professional world as well as the acquisition of know-how, and is based on an active participation of engineering students in the activities of a company.

Calendar of job placements

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

Advantages of a successful training course

• 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
  Discovering the world of the company (1st year)
  First approach to his or her future professional environment
  Acquisition of knowledge and know-how, confrontation with situations involving 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
  This is obligatory. With it, the engineering student benefits throughout the training course from Social Security cover in the event of illness or industrial accident.
• The training course certificate
  The training course must be validated in order to obtain the INSA Engineering diploma. This certificate, specifying the nature and duration of the training course, must be given to the engineering student by the host company or organisation before the end of the training course.