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With nearly three centuries of history, ENSTA occupies a leading position in the French higher education and research landscape.

A multidisciplinary engineering institute offering excellent training programs, ENSTA (École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées) is a founding member of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, which brings together six leading educational and research institutions in France and internationally.

Under the supervision of the French Ministry of Armed Forces, ENSTA is a public institution with EPSCP-GE status. The Institute serves many sectors of activity corresponding to its areas of excellence, such as defense and security, engineering for health, marine engineering, digital engineering, and transport and mobility.

ENSTA has two campuses. The headquarters, located in Palaiseau on the Saclay plateau, is in close proximity to many renowned scientific establishments and institutions. The Brest campus is located near the sea and leading institutions in the field of marine science and technology.

Research is one of the Institute's main missions. It is structured around six training and research units and involves around ten laboratories.

 

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DyNNamo, AI for the benefit of people with disabilities

While artificial intelligence is gradually being deployed in all areas of mobility, the field of disability presents particular challenges in terms of robustness, reliability, and adaptation to a wide variety of situations.

DyNNamo, AI for the benefit of people with disabilities

While artificial intelligence is gradually being deployed in all areas of mobility, the field of disability presents particular challenges in terms of robustness, reliability, and adaptation to a wide variety of situations.

Formation | Innovation | Student Life
Two ENSTA teams take part in the FWC international challenge dedicated to floating wind turbines

In July, two teams of ENSTA students (from the Paris-Saclay and Brest campuses) will be in Zeebrugge, Belgium, to test their floating wind turbine prototypes. The two projects were selected as finalists in the international Floating Wind Challenge...

Two ENSTA teams take part in the FWC international challenge dedicated to floating wind turbines

In July, two teams of ENSTA students (from the Paris-Saclay and Brest campuses) will be in Zeebrugge, Belgium, to test their floating wind turbine prototypes. The two projects were selected as finalists in the international Floating Wind Challenge...

Research
Ensuring the reliability of electronic chips at the heart of many strategic digital systems

As the brains of electronic devices, semiconductors or microchips are essential components in every computer, smartphone, car, airplane, MRI machine, and more. At the heart of our daily lives, their reliability is essential to ensuring that systems...

Ensuring the reliability of electronic chips at the heart of many strategic digital systems

As the brains of electronic devices, semiconductors or microchips are essential components in every computer, smartphone, car, airplane, MRI machine, and more. At the heart of our daily lives, their reliability is essential to ensuring that systems...

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