In accordance with its creation decree dating from 1956, the INSTN is administered by the CEA and is placed under the joint administrative supervision of the ministry in charge of industry and the ministry in charge of universities. A higher education institution and a continuing professional development organization, the INSTN has specific Administrative Public Institution status, conferring the right to issue its own diplomas and certifications.
Two bodies are consulted by the director of the INSTN: the orientation council and the education council.
Education council
The education council formulates its observations on the annual report submitted by the director and proposes the measures relating to education and to the teaching staff which it deems necessary for the development of the INSTN’s activities. It meets once yearly.
Its members are as follows :
- Director of higher education or his representative
- General manager of energy and raw materials or his representative
- Head of the research mission at the ministry in charge of universities or his representative
- General manager of the National Center for Scientific Research or his representative
- Four personalities appointed by the minister in charge of universities among the staff of the higher education and research institutions
- Four personalities from the relevant industries, appointed by the minister in charge of industry
- One personality appointed by the minister in charge of Health
- One personality appointed by the minister of Defense
- One personality appointed by the minister of Agriculture
- One personality appointed by the secretary of state for Research
- Four personalities appointed by the CEA,
- Director of the INSTN
The education council members are appointed for a period of 3 years renewable, except for the ex officio members.
Orientation council
The orientation council, chaired by the chairman of the CEA or his representative, expresses views about INSTN’s organisation, the action plan for the coming year and its execution during the year, the budget and, if appropriate, its amendments, the employment plan and the annual report, before their presentation to the education council. It meets once or twice yearly.
The members of the orientation council are as follows :
- Chairman: chairman of the CEA or his representative
- A CEA representative appointed by the chairman of the CEA
- A representative of the ministry in charge of Higher Education
- A representative of the ministry in charge of Energy
- A representative of the ministry in charge of Industry
- Three representatives of the industrial players in the nuclear sector, appointed by the chairman of the CEA
- An INSTN staff member
- A students’ representative
- Director of the INSTN
The members of the orientation council are appointed for a period of 4 years renewable, except the ex officio members, the member of staff, according to the unit council elections, and the the students’ representative, appointed for a period of one year.
