Mobility opportunities

The Institute offers several opportunities to study abroad, and the key moments are as follows:

International exchange semester

ENSTA has forged special ties and signed institutional agreements with prestigious universities around the world.

Engineering students can complete an exchange semester during their studies, depending on their program. Each year, nearly 80 students participate in exchange programs.

Selected for their level of excellence and their consistency with the various specializations taught at ENSTA, these partnerships enable engineering students to acquire, in a different academic context, the knowledge necessary to integrate one of the specializations of the third year of the ENSTA engineering program.

International double degree programs

ENSTA has established links and signed institutional agreements with prestigious universities around the world. ENSTA also offers engineering students the opportunity to apply for high-level degree programs outside of the institutional dual degree program.

Selected for their level of excellence, as well as their consistency and complementarity with ENSTA's engineering program, this type of program replaces the third year of the general engineering cycle, with an extension of the duration of studies by a minimum of one semester, and allows students to obtain a dual degree at the end of the program.

Internships

International exposure can be validated through internships. In this context, general engineering students can choose one of the following formats, bearing in mind that international internships are compatible with academic mobility.

• Operational internship and research internship: a stay of at least four weeks abroad at the end of the first year, followed by a stay of at least ten weeks abroad at the end of the second year.
• End-of-studies internship: this internship is carried out at the end of the third year and lasts a minimum of five months.
• Gap year internship with international validation: this internship of at least five months abroad allows for the validation of international exposure, subject to prior approval by ENSTA. Validation is granted following review of the application submitted by the engineering student, in which they present their gap year project and its relevance to their academic and professional development.

Students in general engineering programs with apprentice status are strongly encouraged to validate their international exposure by completing their first-year internship (research internship) abroad.

Students in work-study programs (embedded systems and mechanical design) can do an international internship at the end of the first year, but also at the end of the second year with the employer's agreement.

Students with military status in the IETA program can do their second-year internship abroad.