Introductory word

Our future graduates, and more generally, our society, have immense challenges to meet. The global population explosion, the climate emergency and the over-exploitation of natural resources are all strong signals that call for our involvement, immagination and innovation to implement the necessary environmental, food and energy transitions.

In this context, research is being questioned to identify solutions to these challenges, with a focus on the system approach, and technological and organizational innovations.

Its activities, structured within 5 units, are internationally recognized for their expertise in the fields of life sciences, geology and the environment. The research, carried out on its 3 campuses, relies on its academic and industrial networks, its national network of Chambers of Agriculture and its international Lasallian network to develop its activities in line with the world around us and the expectations of professionals and sectors. This connection with societal demand is reinforced through the strong anchoring of the teams in their territories, in coherence with the strategic policies of sustainable development of the Regions.

The Institute has facilities that are sometimes unique in the region or even in France, guaranteeing both original research programs, but also long-term industrial partnerships on highly applied issues.

Research is widely shared with students, who benefit both from the latest scientific advances through the knowledge provided by the associate professors, but are also full-fledged players in this dynamic when they are welcomed within the laboratories, in engineering training or in the context of pursuing a doctoral program.

At the center of our missions: to understand the functioning of natural and anthropized systems, to transmite and promote knowledge and know-how, to innovate for the sectors and territories.

As such,our research and development activities are fully integrated into the 17 sustainable development goals defined by the United Nations in 2015.

Karine LAVAL
Director of Research and Development UniLaSalle and Rouen Campus

Abdoulaye KANE
Director of Research and Develoment - Rennes Campus

Michel-Pierre FAUCON
Director of Research and Development - Beauvais Campus

Jean-Pierre Gadonna
Director of Valorization UniLaSalle

Training through research

Training through research takes place throughout the engineering curriculum of the students thanks to internships in our different research units, but also through initiation to the scientific approach through practical teaching modules (laboratories, fields,...) and educational projects. At the same time, each year the laboratories welcome more than twenty PhD students from all horizons, who are trained to become highly specialized scientific executives in the R&D departments of companies or universities, in France or abroad.

The doctoral program offered by the institution via the dual degrees of Engineering and Masters, particularly at the national and international levels, opens up the prospect of a dual skill that is increasingly popular with companies and the opportunity to benefit from a cutting-edge technological environment.

In connection with the doctoral schools of the UTC, the UPJV, the University of Rennes 2 and Normandy University, UniLaSalle offers multiple PhD funding opportunities.

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Infrastuctures of excellence at the service of training, research and innovation

Our state-of-the-art technology platform

UniLaSalle benefits from technological platfomrs, located on its Beauvais and Rouen campuses. Equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, these unique infrastructures allow the conduct of high-level research programs, including in collaboration with industrialists.

• Geology & Hydrogeology Platform
• Normand Serre Experimental Station for agro-ecology, agronomy and biotechnology
• Ozone platform dedicated to ozone applications in the fields of agro-industry, agri-food, environment and plant chemistry.
• Agro R Tech Center, dedicated to the valorization and characterization of agroresources and biosourced materials
• AgriLab, innovation and industrial transfer center dedicated to agriculture.
• GeoLab, geoscience modeling center
• Two experimental farms providing researchers with field devices

I engineering unit : PANASH, dedicated to research in Food & Health