Imagine being at the forefront of industrial innovation, where AI and cutting-edge problem-solving techniques come together to transform how we tackle real-world challenges. In this challenge, you’ll dive into the powerful TRIZ methodology, enhanced by advanced AI technologies, to develop practical, industry-ready solutions. TRIZ stands for the ‘theory of inventive problem-solving’ and has been integrated by companies such as Samsung to promote innovation and dynamic problem-solving.

Using the FINDER platform, you’ll learn how to apply tools like GPT-4, deep learning, GANs, and NLP to solve complex problems. You’ll work on real industrial cases, collaborating with peers and industry experts from around the globe. This hands-on experience will not only help you master innovative methodologies but also give you a taste of how AI and large language models (LLMs) are reshaping industrial research and development.

Backed by an internationally renowned industrial partner and part of the AIARD initiative, this challenge is your chance to gain practical skills and build a strong foundation for working with AI-driven innovation.

Are you ready to push the boundaries of what’s possible?

CV (Curriculum Vitae) is a document that summarizes your educational and professional history. It must provide a detailed overview of your academic and work experience, skills, achievements, and qualifications.

Motivation letter is a personal statement and it might include a brief introduction of yourself, explanation why are you interested in the learning opportunity you are applying to, any relevant experience or skills that you have, your goals and how this opportunity will help you achieve them, This document should not be more than 400 words.

Motivation Letter

INSA Group

Inventive Design and AI-Driven Innovation

Unlock Advanced Problem-Solving at the Intersection of Inventive Design, AI, and Industrial Revolution

Transport and Mobility

Entrepreneurship, technology and innovation

Critical and innovative thinking

**What Does It Mean to Be an Engineer – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow?**

When you hear the word *engineer*, what image comes to mind? Is it someone building machines, designing complex systems or solving global challenges? How is engineering different from science? What makes someone truly an *engineer*?

In this course, you will explore and challenge your own ideas about what engineering is—and who gets to be an engineer. Through engaging discussions, videos and short readings, you will discover how engineering has evolved across time, cultures and disciplines. You will learn about real engineers—past and present—from different backgrounds and walks of life, including those who took unexpected career paths along the way.

This journey will help you build your own, updated vision of what it means to be an engineer today—and what kind of engineer *you* might become in the future.

**Course Highlights:**

- Discover how engineering is practiced in different fields, countries and contexts
- Reflect on your own motivations and future path as an engineer
- Develop cultural awareness and communication skills
- Learn in English, but with a focus on ideas—not perfect grammar!

Rethinking the Engineer

A Personal, Cultural, and Critical Exploration for Future Engineers

Inter-personal skills

Are you eager to navigate the rich tapestry of European languages and cultures, enhancing your communication skills and intercultural competence? If so, this micro-module is designed for you!

In this engaging and dynamic course, you will explore the fascinating **concept of intercomprehension** – the ability to understand a language without having studied it formally. This skill is invaluable in our interconnected world, where grasping multiple languages opens doors to diverse opportunities. **You’ll delve into 12 languages**, including French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, Romanian, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish, tailoring your learning to match your linguistic background.

But it’s not just about languages. This module immerses you **in the cultural nuances that shape communication and worldviews**. Working in multilingual and multicultural teams, you will gain hands-on experience in collaborative projects, enhancing your intercultural awareness. You’ll also get the chance to participate in **a unique escape game** that will challenge you to apply everything you've learned in a fun, interactive setting.

Throughout the course, you’ll maintain **a reflective journal** to track your progress and insights, enhancing your self-reflection skills. This practice will help you critically evaluate your learning process and adapt your strategies for better outcomes.

By the end of this module, you will have strengthened your linguistic abilities and your capacity to work effectively in diverse teams, a skill highly valued in today’s globalised job market. **Join us and embark on a journey that will expand your horizons**, deepen your cultural understanding, and equip you with practical skills for the future.

Transcript of Records is an official document issued by your home university. It specifies the name of the institution, the academic programme you are enrolled in, the list of courses taken up until the current period, the exams or tests you passed, the grades and the credits you earned. 

Transcript of Records

Intercomprehension Made Fun

Play Your Way to Understanding Romance and Germanic Languages

Intra-personal skills

Have you ever wanted to know more about how blood sugar, blood pressure and heart rate are measured ?

This micro‑module focuses on digital health, uses innovative teaching tools and concentrates on connected health devices, remote medical monitoring and the surveillance of human health at home or in a medical environment. It will enable a wide audience to discover digital health, which is particularly interesting for students who will have links with the health field in their future professional life and also for everyone interested in health.   
You will work in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams and explore medical monitoring systems, assemble a virtual‑reality object (electronic card), and transmit and analyse medical data. Volunteers will be equipped with a blood‑glucose device to interpret their own data.

You will produce 3D scans of the device and learn the basics of 3D modelling and printing. Sensors for measuring blood sugar, blood pressure and heart rate will be disassembled in virtual reality (CAVE and headset).

Most of the work will be carried out with your small, international group, but a mobility week is compulsory so you can get to know your partners from the beginning of the micro‑module and carry out the practical work onsite at INSA Toulouse. You will also take part in intercultural exercises and activities, listen to experts and visit hospitals and research laboratories. What is more… You can also follow the micro-module in Spanish or German if you wish!

You will, of course, experience the wonderful city of Toulouse and its surroundings, such as the Pyrenees and/or the Mediterranean.

CARE

Discover how medical connected sensors work and disassemble them in virtual reality

This international challenge invites students to contribute to the design and testing of a **Digital Key system** that enables smart, secure vehicle access using wireless technologies. Proposed by ACTIA, an international company with strong ties to universities and engineering schools, the challenge reflects real-world project workflows and offers a valuable entry point into the mobility sector.

The challenge is divided into two main assignments, each focused on a different wireless technology:

**Assignment 1 – BLE Subsystem**  
Students will develop a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)-based subsystem that detects and connects to nearby authorized devices, such as smartphones or smartwatches. When a moving object (BLE source) is detected and validated using a whitelist, a secure connection is established. The system then estimates proximity based on predefined zones around the vehicle (e.g., front, rear, left, right). Once the user is close enough, the system hands over to the UWB subsystem for more precise tracking.

**Assignment 2 – UWB Subsystem**  
The second assignment involves developing a UWB-based positioning system that activates after BLE handover. UWB allows for high-precision real-time tracking and can determine whether a user is inside or outside the vehicle. Students will build upon results from a previous CDIO collaboration, which identified key areas for improvement: system robustness, real-time operation, and vehicle-level integration.

**Real-World Application**  
Throughout the project, students will test their subsystems using real hardware (development kits provided by ACTIA) and evaluate their performance in both lab and real-world environments. Security, especially in the context of post-quantum threats, is a critical consideration.

Although the two sub-projects are technically independent, the final objective is to deliver a coherent, integrated system. Teams will need to coordinate at key milestones to ensure their components work together.

**Why It Matters**  
Wireless access and positioning systems are rapidly evolving across the automotive industry and beyond. Understanding their technical, security, and usability dimensions is crucial for engineers working in connected and autonomous vehicles, smart cities, or the Internet of Things (IoT). This challenge provides direct experience with these technologies while simulating how cross-functional teams operate in international, industry-driven contexts.

**Student Benefits**  
Participants will develop technical skills in wireless communication, embedded systems, real-time algorithms, and system integration. They will also gain experience in project management, teamwork, and intercultural collaboration. The challenge includes industry feedback and offers visibility with potential employers—making it not only a rich learning opportunity but also a professional springboard into the industry.

Multiple Wireless Technologies for Vehicles

A Concrete Use Case for Smart Cars

Global citizenship

During a previous challenge (VESACCO) followed by internships in which students worked on the needs analysis and prototyping of a ‘health véli’, the students validated algorithms linking the electric assistance of the vélis to the users' heart rates.

In this challenge, with the support of the challenge provider, the University Hospital of Toulouse, you will also study the influence of physical activity on mental health.

Several vélis on the INSA campus are now ready for testing with volunteer patients, and the influence on their physical as well as their mental health will be surveyed. As mentioned, you will also work on the specific case of the 4-year-old child with specific needs.

You will conduct these surveys in cooperation with prescribers (doctors, physiotherapists, etc.) and patients (potential users) in order to refine the needs analysis and propose modifications to existing vélis to adapt them for use in the health sector.

However, before beginning this work on the challenge itself, work on interculturality will be carried out at the beginning of the course (defining one's strengths and weaknesses in the intercultural field and areas for improvement by establishing one's intercultural profile, tutorials on interculturality with theories and the Iceberg model) in order to facilitate cooperation between students with different profiles.

At the end of the challenge, each international student team will formulate proposals for adapting existing velis for use in the health sector. You will develop ideas to have velis recognised as a medical device for combating sedentary lifestyles, for using velis as a means of rehabilitation and for promoting mental health.

With your group, you will give presentations on the main results of your surveys and analyses in front of a jury and you will present your results in a report.  What is more… You can follow the challenge in Spanish or German if you wish!

Healthcare and Sustainable Mobility (HASMO)

Design the future mobility for rehabilitation and fight against sedentary lifestyle

This challenge will introduce you to the essential steps of a frugal construction project, from initial design to hands-on implementation. It is structured in three parts:  
•    First, you will begin with online sessions to learn about the challenge, the project's teaching methodology, and online activities to form teams and get to know each other. You will also learn more about the concepts of bioclimatic design, eco-materials and energy efficiency.   
•    In a second phase, you will work in small groups to explore specific topics in more depth, carrying out independent research and reflecting how you may apply your findings.  
•    Finally, you will take part in a real-world renovation project in a high school in Rennes, where you will be expected to draft your own construction proposal and gain direct experience with materials and techniques.  
•    Throughout the challenge, you will explore examples of innovative projects from around Brittany, where local authorities are supporting sustainable building as part of the region’s ecological transition.

Participation in all three phases is required. You will collaborate with students from INSA Rennes and the National School of Architecture in Brittany (ENSAB), working in multidisciplinary teams.  
  
You will be supported by faculty members with expertise in eco-design, bioclimatic architecture, sustainable urban planning, eco-materials, and home automation. During the on-site phase, you will also work alongside professionals from the construction industry, gaining valuable insights into how theory translates into practice.

Frugal building - from design to construction

Energy and sustainability

In a world shaped by rapid innovation, global markets, and cross-cultural collaboration, having a brilliant  idea is only the beginning. Entrepreneurs must communicate clearly, network and negotiate effectively, and inspire others to believe in their vision. Startup! is designed to help you develop those skills.

In this ECIU micromodule, you will work with
experts from INSA Toulouse, Lodz University, and Linköping University, and
external experts who understand the realities of launching a venture. Together,
you will explore the fundamentals of the startup ecosystem through personal and
group work and develop a concept with real product–market fit.

But this module goes beyond business theory. You
will strengthen essential professional skills: pitching your ideas
convincingly, negotiating with stakeholders, networking strategically, and
collaborating in intercultural teams.

During the mobility week, you will face real
communication challenges, iterate your concept, and pitch your startup to a
panel of judges. You will learn by doing — testing, adapting, and refining your
ideas in a supportive but demanding environment.

By the end of Startup!, you will not only
understand how startups are born and work — you will have experienced the
process yourself.

If you are ready to challenge yourself, think
entrepreneurially, and turn ideas into impact, Startup! is for you.

Member universities may require additional information from applicants. Please read the application information section carefully and include any extra required information in this section.

Other

Startup!

Communication ⚡ Innovation in fast-paced business.

Language learning

In this course, you will program an embedded system for real-time audio signal processing applications. By doing so, you will learn the basics of audio software architecture, audio signal processing, and embedded system programming (C++).

The course will start with lectures on embedded real-time audio signal processing, during which you'll be guided through the architecture of a real-time audio DSP system (e.g., audio callback, buffering, sampling, etc.). You will also learn various basic techniques for audio signal processing (e.g., filters, oscillators, sound synthesis techniques, sound processing techniques, sound analysis techniques, etc.) using a very practical approach. After this period, various project ideas will be suggested to you. Working in pairs, you will address a given project. Each group will be given the opportunity to present their achievement through a final 10-minute oral communication.

A modular synthesizer covered in colorful patch cables and glowing LED lights.

Embedded Real-Time Audio

Digital Signal Processing for Embedded Applications

In a unique online environment, combining 50% synchronous and 50% asynchronous learning, you will collaborate in French with learners from different countries on two projects:

- *Discovering Lyon, France, and many other cities*
- *Studying here and there*

A French tutor will guide you through a variety of activities designed to support your group projects and encourage you to use French actively.

For example, you will be invited to talk about yourself, describe a city, share your interests, present your learning environment, discuss your studies and friends, and even exchange about food, nightlife, and other aspects of daily life.

The course takes an intercultural approach, helping you put things into perspective, and will also provide you with tools to prepare for a future international experience or exchange.

Language Studies - French (A2 Level)

Participate in an interactive online A2 level French class

Codes of ethics and research integrity frameworks are designed to promote trust, guide professional conduct, and ensure the quality and credibility of results. They help create confidence among citizens, institutions, and society at large. However, breaches of these frameworks not only occur—they're becoming more frequent, yet harder to identify, in a world marked by complexity, crisis, and the rapid spread of information across diverse and sometimes unreliable channels.

Misconduct can take many forms, and its motivations vary widely. In some cases, ethical lapses arise from ignorance or pressure; in others, from deliberate manipulation or blurred boundaries. Whatever the cause, navigating these situations requires more than just knowledge of the rules. It requires the ability to reflect critically, to connect actions with consequences, and to develop a personal ethical perspective that is both informed and resilient.

In this challenge, you’ll investigate real and hypothetical cases of misconduct, learn from experts in different fields, and begin to build your own framework for ethical reasoning—one that can guide your professional choices in an increasingly uncertain world. You'll work with IRAFPA (Institut de Recherche et d’Action sur la Fraude et le Plagiat Académiques), a French nonprofit organisation, to create a deliverable that will have an impact on young professionals currently working in the field.

But what that deliverable is will be up to you! Guided by your teamcher, you'll design and craft an output that you think will best serve early-career workers regarding their own professional and research ethics at a crucial moment in their fledgling careers. Put your ideas into practice by helping IRAFPA develop clear, compelling messages that resonate with young professionals navigating today's complex world.

A cartoon girl trying to choose between right and wrong

Rethinking Professional Ethics : Deconstruct and Reconstruct Your Approach

Building Personal Integrity by Understanding Ethical Risk and Navigating Misinformation, and Polarization in a World of Complexity and Crisis

Media and information literacy

Territories face growing pressure to provide safe, affordable water while reducing energy use and pollution. This micromodule offers a practical, systems view of the water scarcity (causes, impact and solutions) and water cycle (from drinking-water production and wastewater treatment to resource and energy recovery)—Join us and   propose solutions to face water challenges for Society.   
Across online foundation courses, you will build a shared vocabulary: quality targets, treatment trains, circularity principles, risk and regulation, and stakeholder mapping. You will then travel to Toulouse (France) for a focused mobility week (23–27 February 2026) to visit operational sites, meet practitioners, and analyse local constraints and opportunities.   
The experience concludes with your team’s participation in the Water4Future Student Hackathon (26–27 February 2026), a 48-hour international challenge hosted by the UNESCO ICIREWARD Water Centre. In cross-disciplinary teams and with coaches, you will frame a challenge, scan evidence, and co-design a concise, context-aware concept that balances treatment performance, energy use, recovery potential, and social acceptance. You will pitch your concept to a jury at the end of the event.   
What will you gain? A clear understanding of how circular approaches can strengthen water security; hands-on practice in problem framing, systems mapping, and rapid concept prototyping; and communication skills for non-specialist audiences. You will leave with an evidence-based concept, expert feedback, and teamwork experience valued by utilities, engineering firms, and public agencies.   

**Intended audience:** late-Bachelor and Master students from any discipline; prior water coursework is not required (recommended English level: B2).

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Innovation for sustainable water engineering and management

This challenge is designed to give you both cutting-edge insights and practical skills in the fast-evolving field of advanced manufacturing.

You’ll develop a solution, using the tools given by the teamchers, to be able to do smart machining, preparing you to engage with the future of industrial innovation.

This challenge is part of a learning pathway co-offered by INSA Toulouse and the University of Trento.

Part I(a) is a micromodule and this Part I b, the challenge, is delivered by INSA Toulouse.

Micromodule runs from October to November 2025 and Challenge from December 2025 to January, 2026.

Part II, delivered by the University of Trento, follows from January to May 2026.

Each section includes asynchronous online lectures, interactive assignments, and opportunities for guidance during designated class hours. Assessment is based on your performance in quizzes, assignments, and mini assignments.

Multi-Agent Systems for Smart Machining II

Reduce Energy Consumption in the Manufacturing Process

Travel is more than just moving from point A to point B; it is a gateway to discovery, connection, and growth. However, in an era of climate urgency and social disparity, the way we explore our world must be fundamentally reinvented. Traditional transport systems and tourism models face a double challenge: they must drastically reduce their carbon footprint while becoming truly accessible to everyone, regardless of physical ability, age, or economic background.

This is where our challenge comes in. Stepping into the role of creative engineers, students will collaborate with local stakeholders to develop innovative solutions for "Inclusive & Sustainable Ways to Travel." How can we design seamless travel experiences that allow people with mobility restrictions or sensory impairments to travel with dignity? How can a city ensure that green mobility reaches all its citizens, making low-carbon travel the most attractive and affordable option? How can we reduce the environmental impact of tourism while preserving the beauty of our destinations?

Over just a few days, student teams will tackle these critical questions, combining creativity, technology, and user-centered design to develop concrete, practical solutions. Their work will not only offer fresh perspectives but also provide actionable strategies for local decision-makers.

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Engineering Solutions for Inclusive & Sustainable ways to travel

CREATHON INSA HAUTS-DE-FRANCE 2026

Resilient communities

In today’s fast-paced, competitive world, innovation is not just a buzzword; it’s a necessity. But how can you consistently deliver breakthrough ideas and solutions? Enter TRIZ, the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, a globally recognized methodology that has helped industries tackle their toughest challenges for decades. This micromodule is your chance to dive into this transformative approach and unlock its potential for your academic and professional journey. 

What makes this course unique? Unlike traditional innovation methods, TRIZ provides a systematic way to think creatively and solve problems effectively. Enhanced by Artificial Intelligence, this course offers a modern twist to a timeless methodology, giving you a competitive edge in today’s AI-driven industries. 

By studying this micromodule, you’ll gain: 

• A clear understanding of TRIZ principles and their practical applications. 

• Problem-solving skills that will distinguish you in your field. 

• The ability to approach challenges with confidence and structure. 

This course is designed for learners who want to maximize their innovation capabilities. Whether you’re an engineering student, aspiring entrepreneur, or a curious mind, the skills you gain here are invaluable for standing out in an increasingly demanding job market.

Invest in yourself and your future. Join this micro-module to explore the cutting-edge world of TRIZ and Artificial Intelligence. Equip yourself with tools that turn challenges into opportunities.

Ready to start your journey? Access an online AndroïdApp that will be used in this course here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.netlify.trizapp.twa&pcampaignid=we b\_share 

Don’t just keep up with innovation—lead it.

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INSA Group

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INSA Group

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