IP Paris interdisciplinary centers

The disciplinary and interdisciplinary centers at Institut Polytechnique de Paris combine the expertise of researchers from the institutions that make up the Institute and their partners to address major societal issues by drawing on the complementary perspectives and methodologies of each discipline. By sharing their perspectives, expertise, and methods in a spirit of openness, researchers are able to provide original and innovative solutions to the major challenges of our century. Researchers from ENSTA's two campuses play a leading role in these interdisciplinary centers, particularly CIEDS and CIMO.

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Alumni | Innovation
DeepFoil: Two ENSTA Graduates Are Reinventing Underwater Exploration

Graduates in architecture and naval hydrodynamics, Emillia Perdigon and Paul François have designed the DeepFoil, a flying underwater wing that allows for effortless movement underwater. Fueled by public enthusiasm and investor support, their project is...

DeepFoil: Two ENSTA Graduates Are Reinventing Underwater Exploration

Graduates in architecture and naval hydrodynamics, Emillia Perdigon and Paul François have designed the DeepFoil, a flying underwater wing that allows for effortless movement underwater. Fueled by public enthusiasm and investor support, their project is...

Innovation | Research
Gabriel Betton: Exploring the karst networks

Beneath our feet, in the darkness of the underground, a natural network spanning more than a third of France’s territory supplies drinking water to nearly 30 million people. But the quality of this vast freshwater reservoir is threatened by climate change...

Gabriel Betton: Exploring the karst networks

Beneath our feet, in the darkness of the underground, a natural network spanning more than a third of France’s territory supplies drinking water to nearly 30 million people. But the quality of this vast freshwater reservoir is threatened by climate change...

Training | Innovation | Student Life
An ENSTA team wins the Energy4Climate 2026 Challenge

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.

An ENSTA team wins the Energy4Climate 2026 Challenge

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.