ITECH comes from the fusion in 1988 of ESITL and EFT, two higher-level education establishments created from the industrials' initiative.
EFT (The French School of Tannery), created in 1899, was a branch of the Industrial Chemistry Institute of the University of Lyon in the fields of Leather and Plastic Manufacturing (with the CNAM) before acquiring the department of Paints, Inks, and Adhesives in 1969, and becoming in 1983 the ESCPEA, The School of Leather, Paints, Inks, and Adhesives.
The absorption of ESITL in 1988 gave rise to ITECH and brought about the creation of the Department of Textiles.
Having kept the professional expertise of its two founding institutions, ITECH has successfully made the most in associating its teaching and strong partnerships with the industry that it has maintained over the years. One of its assets is an ever-evolving education, of which the curriculums systematically integrate new tools and technological developments.
Nowadays, ITECH is the European School of Paints, the World School of Leather (recruitment of post-graduate leather engineers from the most significant international firms as well as SMEs) and the School known and recognized for its applications in chemistry (paint, inks, adhesives, and cosmetics) and textile techniques.
Students have on many occasions been rewarded through competitions: Campus Création, Prix UGEI, Prix Rotary, Prix CNRS (Colloque FGL)… and through the diversity which is characteristic of the school: teachers coming from academia and the industry, over 50% of pupils are women, over 30% with government loans per Year.
If education is the first vocation of ITECH Lyon, its relations with industrials are vital points. These translate through strong partnerships in the fields of research and development.
ITECH Lyon and its subsidiary, ITECH Entreprises, use their expertise and technical means to the benefit of companies through different sub-contracting forms.
These services are carried out in annual or multiannual research linked with the University, industrial studies, analyses, trials, advice, renting of material with personnel (permanent teacher-researchers), and professional vocational training.
Admission is made by studying the student's file records of results obtained in the last two years of Secondary School (1ère and Terminale), from recommendations of last year professors and the Head of the School.
Formulation Chemistry allows for the creation of complex combinations of polymer solutions to create adhesives, inks, paints, cosmetics, and other formulated products. This field finds its applications in the heart of everyday life. The job opportunities of chemical engineer n formulation are vast: in upstream production with raw material and chemical product companies, within the conception-manufacturing units, and in downstream industries using the products (transport, packaging).
ITECH distinguishes itself from other chemistry schools through its engineers' mastering of creating materials in manufacturing facilities and conceiving parts, on top of their knowledge of plastic materials. The ITECH plastic manufacturing engineer develops his or her skills with those of their companions of the other specialties: formulation chemistry with the coating of materials with colors associations with textiles creating composites used in the leisure field. From health and safety to the aeronautical industry via the packaging, automotive, and sporting industries, many sectors use plastic engineering, working as much with suppliers of raw materials as with "formulators" and plastic materials users.
The training offered at ITECH is fully adapted to the needs of the textile sector. It is based on the chain supply functioning for all jobs linked to textiles (textile material chemistry, spinning, milling and texturization, weaving, knitting, non-woven dyeing, printing, and finishing) and for all other applications (clothing, furnishing, technical textiles).
The skills are developed through teaching in close collaboration with companies located in the technological hub of Roanne.
ITECH is the only institute in the world delivering engineering degrees in Leather Manufacturing for tanneries and taweries and their uses (shoes and leather goods). The ITECH Leather Engineer's craft revolves around transforming the raw skin into leather, bringing it the essential part of its added value. Lab and practical work dominate the program, and numerous qualities are required: observation, feel, the "look," sense of practicality, rigorous, sense of aesthetic. He or she works in large chemical firms, tanneries, taweries, and users (leather goods and shoe manufacturers…). The leather market extends worldwide and requires extreme mobility, multitasking, and adaptability.
Students prepare for a Masters in Research during their third and final year. This Masters entitled "Materials – Polymer Materials" is part of the ITECH training program and thus is an optional specific "research" module of this 3rd Year.
The ITECH engineering degree has by right the Masters' level grade. This allows students to pursue their studies with a Ph.D. without necessarily doing a Masters in Research in another institution.
ITECH is part of the Doctoral School of Polymers of Lyon and can welcome Masters of research students in its laboratories.
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