·          Student Office

The Student Office, which co-ordinates the clubs and associations, is also responsible for the integration of new students. This takes place over the first two weeks of the university year, with around twenty student "families" which welcome new recruits. The families have various centres of interest and comprise students of all year groups. Integration also means parties, sports activities, pool competitions, and a long weekend away. The practice of hazing is not part of IFMA culture.

·          Associations

3R (Relais-Rallye-Raid) organises Volcane Evasion each year; IFMA Robotik (E=M6) participates in the annual national competition of the same name with its robots. Through the club, students apply the knowledge acquired in various classes – mechanics, computing, electronics, mechatronics; Mécaction is a group which restores old trucks and utility vehicles (a 1935 Berliet, a Michelin-liveried C4); Edeli is the business end of IFMA associations, whose mission is to find markets for student services such as technical studies and projects; ACTIS (ACTion Ifma Sciences)   explains basic mechanics to schoolchildren by using models, and disseminates scientific and technical culture; SOUC (SOlidarité Université de Clermont) runs a project to send a truck full of medical supplies, clothing and school stationery articles to Mali; Team IRS (Team Ifma Rallye Sport) prepares, enters and maintains a rally car (Saxo VTS) in the regional championship.

La Nuit de l'IFMA organises the Institute's prestigious annual gala; Sicom uses sophisticated equipment (digital video editing console, digital cameras) and provides services in all fields of communication; Le Club Musique, with a dedicated rehearsal room equipped with instruments, provides students with facilities to play rock 'n roll, jazz, reggae, funk, etc.; Le Club chant has a varied repertoire, from negro spirituals to Vangelis or Pow Wo; l'Atelier Artistique is the clubs' graphic communication workshop; Le Club Œnologie enables members to learn about wine-tasting in a gastronomic context.

·  Sports Office (BDS)

The BDS covers sports as varied as football, rugby, handball (including a ladies' team participating in the university championship), water-polo, basket ball, volley-ball, fencing, ski and surf, climbing, ping-pong, tennis and karting. Every year, men's and ladies' football teams participate in Supfoot, an inter-schools' tournament in Grenoble. Two weeks of sports competitions are organised beween the first-year groups at the end of the university year in mid-June.