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The Institut Polytechnique de Paris’s back-to-term press conference took place on Tuesday 29 September. In particular, it provided an opportunity to highlight ENSTA’s specific contributions and new developments in education that benefit the Institute.

One afternoon in September, in the lecture theatres at ENSTA, groups of around ten students are discussing ideas whilst gathered around large sheets of white paper. Together, with the help of a facilitator, they are placing cards relating to climate...

It has already been several years since, following a highly successful career in engineering, Catherine Delcroix could have retired to the Mont Blanc massif to enjoy a well-deserved retirement. But as one of the first women to graduate from ENSTA, she is...

Marking the completion of the merger that officially began on January 1, 2025, ENSTA’s 2026 academic year was the first to take place simultaneously and via a dual-campus format between the Paris-Saclay and Brest campuses. August 31 was a doubly historic...

As the 2026 academic year approaches, ENSTA once again confirms its international appeal by welcoming students from many countries to its Paris-Saclay and Brest campuses. Gradually, the first international students are arriving at the school to prepare...

About 40 IETA military students marched on July 14, 2026, on the Champs-Élysées on behalf of ENSTA and the DGA. For the past three weeks, they had been preparing together for this major event for the French armed forces, whose theme was “Europe’s...

Having always been passionate about sailing and the maritime world, Gaspard Carfantan has built his professional and personal life around this passion. At 23, he divides his time between competitive sailing and his engineering studies at ENSTA.

A recent recipient of the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize, Maïmouna Bocoum began her distinguished academic career at ENSTA. While she has come a long way since then, she still occasionally consults her class notes when she needs to familiarize herself with a...

Édouard Berthelon, a sophomore at the ENSTA Paris-Saclay campus, received the special prize for scientific fiction at the 17th annual Nouvelles Avancées contest on May 20, 2026, during a ceremony at the Panthéon.

Noise pollution generated during the installation of offshore wind turbines is attracting increasing attention. An engineer trained at ENSTA in the specialty of “mechanical modeling of materials and structures,” Jeanne Cavoit wrote her thesis on the...

How can we best promote renewable energy production in France? That was the question posed by the 6th edition of the Energy4Climate – Agorize Challenge, to which a team of ENSTA students provided an answer that was both innovative and well-reasoned.

A recent graduate of a work-study engineering program in mechanical design with a specialization in naval architecture, Teys Cocset founded BALCO Boats with Antoine Ballot: a shipyard based in Brittany that combines tradition and innovation.