Our research strategy

ENSTA's research, focused on applications in synergy with industrial needs, is structured around priority themes that correspond to the historical expertise of its Paris-Saclay and Brest campuses, as well as crucial challenges for the future: maritime, security and defense, sustainable energy, transport, and health. Digital technology accompanies and supports each of these areas.

The research conducted at ENSTA aims to produce scientific and technological knowledge at the highest international level, from fundamental sciences to their applications. It feeds into the first-rate training of its engineering students.

This research is carried out within six Training and Research Units, three of which are spread across the two campuses. These are the UFRs for Computer Science & System Engineering (S2I), Mechanical Science and Engineering, and Humanities, Economics, and Social Sciences (SHES), which are complemented by single-site UFRs: Physics, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Applied Mathematics.

These UFRs carry out ENSTA's research strategy while bringing together the historic research units of the two campuses, most of which are linked by multi-year agreements with major French research organizations, higher education institutions, and industrial partners.

ENSTA's research benefits from extensive and original experimental resources that enable the scientific results obtained in all disciplines to be validated. It is also part of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, which promotes the pooling of expertise and research infrastructure in order to break new ground in knowledge.

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Alumni | Institute | Training | International | Student Life
Magali Maleh, Recipient of the ENSTA Foundation’s Excellence Scholarship

It takes a great deal of determination to stay motivated in your studies when you have to spend three hours a day commuting, with few career prospects in a sluggish economy. Magali Maleh, who grew up in crisis-stricken Argentina, knows this better than...

Magali Maleh, Recipient of the ENSTA Foundation’s Excellence Scholarship

It takes a great deal of determination to stay motivated in your studies when you have to spend three hours a day commuting, with few career prospects in a sluggish economy. Magali Maleh, who grew up in crisis-stricken Argentina, knows this better than...

Innovation | International | Research
ENSTA at IROS 2026

From September 27 to October 1, the 2026 edition of the IEEE IROS conference—one of the most prestigious scientific events in the field of robotics and intelligent systems—was held in Pittsburgh. Zhichen Lu, Benoit Clément, and Adriana Tapus were on site...

ENSTA at IROS 2026

From September 27 to October 1, the 2026 edition of the IEEE IROS conference—one of the most prestigious scientific events in the field of robotics and intelligent systems—was held in Pittsburgh. Zhichen Lu, Benoit Clément, and Adriana Tapus were on site...

Institute | Training | Innovation | Research
The education and the research at ENSTA at the core of the development of IP Paris

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.

The education and the research at ENSTA at the core of the development of IP Paris

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.

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