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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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Ralph Florian Ngonga has his say

Every weeknight, he makes headlines on France 2 as the current champion of the game show “Tout le Monde a son mot à dire” (Everyone Has Their Say), hosted by Bruno Guillon and Sidonie Bonnec. The rest of the time, he is a diligent student in the...

Ralph Florian Ngonga has his say

Every weeknight, he makes headlines on France 2 as the current champion of the game show “Tout le Monde a son mot à dire” (Everyone Has Their Say), hosted by Bruno Guillon and Sidonie Bonnec. The rest of the time, he is a diligent student in the...

Press release | Innovation | Research
LARIAD, laboratory of the future for defense robotics

On Wednesday, February 18, Estelle Iacona, Director General of ENSTA, and Bertrand Rondepierre, Director of AMIAD, signed the agreement to create LARIAD, the Robotics and AI Laboratory for Defense. Aimed at developing the research programs of both...

LARIAD, laboratory of the future for defense robotics

On Wednesday, February 18, Estelle Iacona, Director General of ENSTA, and Bertrand Rondepierre, Director of AMIAD, signed the agreement to create LARIAD, the Robotics and AI Laboratory for Defense. Aimed at developing the research programs of both...

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Robotics at the heart of new pollution control devices

A container falls into the sea, spilling its contents and releasing pollutants of unknown nature. To anticipate such a crisis situation and respond as quickly as possible, teams from CEPPOL and CEDRE, with the help of researchers from ENSTA, collaborated...

Robotics at the heart of new pollution control devices

A container falls into the sea, spilling its contents and releasing pollutants of unknown nature. To anticipate such a crisis situation and respond as quickly as possible, teams from CEPPOL and CEDRE, with the help of researchers from ENSTA, collaborated...

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