INRS (Institut national de la recherche scientifique) ranks first in Canada in terms of research intensity. It brings together professors, researchers, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows in its four research centres in Montreal, Quebec City, Laval, and Varennes. INRS operates with an annual budget of $115 million and receives $65 million in research grants and contracts.
In recent years, INRS has signed more than 50 international collaboration agreements with academic institutions in some 15 countries, including France, Italy, Morocco, Tunisia, Mexico, and Vietnam.
INRS has been a member of Venice International University (VIU) since April 2, 2014. It is the first and only Canadian institution to join this unique consortium of 18 universities and institutions from all over the world.
INRS has 70 partnerships agreements in some 20 countries.
Conducting applied and fundamental research essential to the advancement of science in Quebec and around the world, our research teams play a critical role in finding solutions to problems facing our society. Since 1969, INRS has contributed to science and the training of highly qualified students in sectors of great strategic importance for our society: water, earth, and environment; energy, materials, and telecommunications; human, animal, and environmental health; and urbanization, culture, and society. Our 150 professors favour a thematic and multidisciplinary approach to training and research in order to advance scientific knowledge. Students are integrated into research teams from the start, which greatly facilitates the acquisition and development of knowledge and skills. Professors are frequently looking for students eager to contribute to the advancement of science through innovative research projects. Every year, INRS welcomes close to 700 students (40% master’s and 60% doctorates). Nearly 50% of its students are women. Every year, it welcomes about 100 postdoctoral fellows. As of 2013, INRS awarded more than 2,540 degrees. INRS is open to the world: More than 40% of its students are foreign nationals from forty countries including France, Morocco, Tunisia, Italy, Germany, India, China, Vietnam, and Mexico. INRS offers 25 distinct and highly specialized programs (14 master’s and 8 doctorates, 2 short programs an DESS) with research or without. It also offers programs with professional profiles.
