AMJE Lille | La Junior-Entreprise de l'Industrie du Nord

What AMJE Lille | La Junior-Entreprise de l'Industrie du Nord does

AMJE Lille (Arts et Métiers Junior Études ENSAM Lille) is a non-profit Junior-Entreprise (loi 1901 association, registered under number W595027035 at the prefecture of Nord) founded in 2000 and headquartered at 8 Boulevard Louis XIV, 59000 Lille, on the ENSAM Lille campus. The organization operates a student-run consulting model in which volunteer engineering students from Arts et Métiers deliver five service modules: Conception (design and mechanical engineering studies), Accompagnement (project management and client advisory), Informatique (IT studies using licensed software tools), Fabrication (manufacturing studies leveraging campus workshops), and RSE (CSR and sustainability assessments). Operational access to campus facilities — including machining (tours, fraiseuses, perceuses, plieuses), foundry, materials, and metrology laboratories — combined with proprietary software licenses, underpins service delivery.

The business model is a professional-services, project-based engagement: clients initiate contact through a website free-quote form, Chargés d'Affaires scope and match projects to qualified student intervenors, work is monitored through regular client meetings and quality-assurance checkpoints, and deliverables are submitted at agreed milestones. Revenue funds operational activity and student remuneration; pricing is not publicly disclosed. AMJE Lille is federated by the CNJE and maintains training partnerships with ALTEN and PwC. The organization was a finalist for the BNP Paribas Prix du Meilleur Espoir in 2023.

AMJE Lille serves regional (Lille-area) companies and organizations seeking cost-effective industrial engineering studies, with horizontal segmentation across use cases. Its go-to-market motion is community-led, relying on the ENSAM Lille reputation, the ALUMNI Gadz'Arts network, and CNJE federation affiliation rather than outbound sales or paid marketing. Customer logos are not publicly named, suggesting a long-tail of project-based engagements rather than concentrated anchor accounts.

Name

AMJE Lille | La Junior-Entreprise de l'Industrie du Nord

Legal name

Arts et Métiers Junior Études ENSAM Lille

Website

https://amje-lille.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

AMJE Lille is a non-profit student-run Junior-Entreprise on the ENSAM Lille campus, offering five engineering and consulting service modules — Conception, Accompagnement, Informatique, Fabrication, and RSE — to regional companies through volunteer engineering students with access to campus workshops and licensed software.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Systems Engineering & Technical Program Management (BPAHAIAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Product Lifecycle, NPI & Industrialization (Design-to-Operate) (BPAHAHAK)

Keywords

• Engineering consulting services
• Industrial design studies
• Student consultancy
• Manufacturing engineering
• Corporate social responsibility consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Lille

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Engineering Studies and Consulting Services: AMJE Lille generates revenue by providing engineering studies and consulting services to external companies. Student consultants complete projects across five service areas: Conception, Accompagnement, Informatique, Fabrication, and RSE. The association operates as a non-profit (loi 1901) with revenue funding operational activities and student development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

AMJE Lille is a non-profit Junior-Entreprise (student-run consulting firm) affiliated with ENSAM Lille that delivers engineering studies and industrial consulting services to external clients. Student engineers from Arts et Métiers execute projects across five service modules: Conception (mechanical design and prototyping), Accompagnement (project management support), Informatique (IT/software studies), Fabrication (workshop-based manufacturing studies), and RSE (corporate social responsibility studies).

Product overview

AMJE Lille is a non-profit student-run junior enterprise (Junior-Entreprise) affiliated with ENSAM Lille (Arts et Métiers), offering five structured consulting and engineering study services: Conception (design and mechanical engineering), Accompagnement (project management and client support), Informatique (IT studies), Fabrication (manufacturing and workshop-based studies), and RSE (CSR/sustainability assessments). The five modules are coordinated through a managed process: client inquiry analysis, qualified intervenor recruitment from ENSAM students, regular project monitoring, and quality-controlled deliverable delivery. Clients engage the service via a free quote request.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conception Engineering design and conceptualization services delivered by ENSAM Lille student engineers, covering mechanical product design, conception, and prototyping studies for external client companies.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ALTENcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerALTEN provides training programs to AMJE Lille members across various poles, enhancing skills and experience of student consultants through discussions, presentations, and simulation workshops.
• PwCcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPwC delivers training programs to AMJE Lille members across various poles, developing competencies and experience through workshops and simulation exercises.
• CNJE (Confédération Nationale des Junior-Entreprises)coreOthersNational federation of French Junior Enterprises. CNJE organizes national congresses with training sessions and facilitates professional insertion of students through enterprise connections.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Junior Centrale Lille: Student-run Junior-Entreprise affiliated with Centrale Lille, also based in Lille and providing engineering studies by student consultants to external companies. Directly comparable in GTM model, service packaging, and CNJE federation status, and competes head-to-head for the same regional industrial clients.
• AMJE ParisTech (Arts et Métiers Junior Études Paris): Sister Junior-Entreprise at the ENSAM Paris campus under the same Arts et Métiers brand. Shares the AMJE identity, methodology, and access to similar campus workshops, making it the closest structural analog and the most direct competitor for clients seeking AMJE-quality engineering studies.
• Arts et Métiers Junior Études Aix-en-Provence: ENSAM campus-level Junior-Entreprise in Aix-en-Provence providing the same five-pole industrial engineering study offering to regional clients. Operates under identical CNJE rules with the same Arts et Métiers training methodology, making it a direct functional peer.
• INSA Junior Entreprise: Junior-Entreprise of INSA, one of France's leading engineering school networks, providing engineering and IT consulting studies by student volunteers. Comparable in business model (student-led, CNJE-affiliated, professional services for SMEs) and competes for similar study mandates.
• Polytech Lille Junior Entreprise: Junior-Entreprise of Polytech Lille, another major engineering school in the Lille metropolitan area. Same regional market, same CNJE federation rules, same student-consultant delivery model, and overlapping client base in Hauts-de-France industrial firms.
• Junior CentraleSupélec: Junior-Entreprise of CentraleSupélec, offering engineering and IT consulting by student engineers through the same CNJE federation structure. Comparable in service packaging (conception, IT, project support) and in targeting enterprise clients seeking cost-effective engineering studies.

Broad incumbents

• ALTEN: Major European engineering and technology consulting firm that partners with AMJE Lille for training. Provides the same industrial engineering and IT consulting services at professional scale, setting the quality and pricing benchmark that AMJE's cost-arbitrage model undercuts.
• PwC France: Big-Four professional services firm that also delivers training programs to AMJE Lille members. Competes with AMJE for management consulting and RSE engagements, and represents the higher-margin end of the market where AMJE's student-led model cannot compete on scale.

Others

• CNJE (Confédération Nationale des Junior-Entreprises): National federation that charters and audits AMJE Lille and ~200 other French Junior-Entreprises. Acts as the standards-setter and quality mark that legitimizes the JE model and the network through which AMJE sources best practices, training, and peer benchmarking.
• Arts et Métiers ParisTech (ENSAM): Parent engineering school network whose Lille campus hosts AMJE Lille and supplies the bulk of its student consultants. Although not a commercial peer, ENSAM's reputation, faculty support, and alumni network are direct inputs into AMJE's competitive positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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