A wide range of expertise in the third year

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The highlight of your training, the final year of the general engineering program offers you the opportunity to acquire expertise in one of the 18 specializations representing ENSTA's areas of excellence. It is also the year of transition to the professional world, during which you can choose a career profile to further guide your early career.

In line with the disciplinary field chosen in the second year (mathematics, mechanics and energy, or digital sciences), you will find below a list of specialization paths.

In addition, you will choose one of the three career profiles offered: “Research & Development,” “Entrepreneurship,” or “Large Project Management.”.

Mathematical Engineering

Quantitative Finance (QF) – Paris-Saclay Campus

Objective

To train high-level executives in financial engineering and quantitative finance.

Skills

Stochastic analysis, advanced statistical and econometric methods, with a view to applications in financial issues.

Career opportunities

Positions of responsibility in the financial industry (banks, insurance companies, hedge funds, consulting firms, regulators, etc.).

Associated dual degrees

IP Paris Masters in “Statistics, Finance, and Actuarial Science” or “Probability and Finance”

Engineering and Mathematics for Health – Paris-Saclay Campus

Objective

Model living organisms, design digital and hardware solutions, and transfer these innovations to clinical and industrial applications at the interface of applied mathematics, mechanics, robotics, and AI.

Skills

Modeling and simulation of biological and biomechanical phenomena; data science applied to biomedical imaging and signals; system design and integration (sensors, software, robots, devices).

Career opportunities

R&D in medtech (imaging, implantable devices, biomechanical simulation); AI/ML in healthcare (medical imaging, signal analysis, clinical decision support); medical robotics (assistive technology, rehabilitation, intelligent systems); PhD (applied mathematics, biomechanics, imaging/AI in healthcare); creation of deep tech healthcare startups.

Associated dual degrees

IP Paris Master's in Mathematics for Life Sciences

Modeling and Simulation (MODSIM) – Paris-Saclay Campus

Objective

Mathematically model problems arising from physics, design appropriate numerical methods for solving models, analyze the performance of simulation algorithms, and implement them effectively.

Skills

Theoretical knowledge of partial differential equations, inverse problems, model reduction, programming, scientific computing, and high-performance computing.

Career opportunities

R&D in SMEs and large industrial groups, research organizations, and academic laboratories in the energy, biomedical, transportation, communications, and aeronautics sectors.

Associated dual degrees

Master's in Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation.
 

Optimization and Data Sciences (SOD) – Paris-Saclay Campus

Objective

Learn how to generate knowledge from large amounts of available information; design and use mathematical models to control and optimize a wide variety of systems encountered in industry and services (energy, transportation, defense, etc.).

Skills

Decision sciences (optimization, operational research, control) and data sciences (mathematical and numerical aspects).

Career opportunities

R&D in large corporations or innovative start-ups

Associated dual degrees

IP Paris Master's in “Operational Research,” Master's in “Data Science,” Master's in “Optimization,” Master's in “Mathematics, Vision, Learning,” and Master's in “Organizational Consulting.”

Computer Science, Robotics and AI

Cybersecurity – Paris-Saclay Campus

Objective

Understand the industrial, strategic, and societal challenges of cybersecurity; design, implement, and evaluate the cybersecurity of information systems.

Skills

Understand the architecture of an information system, aspects of security governance and risk assessment; know how to assess the security of an information system; implement a policy for securing a digital system.

Career opportunities

In the fields of security management and control, information system design and operational maintenance, or crisis management; examples of professions: information system technical security auditor, information system security manager, Security Operation Center analyst-manager, Cyber Incident Response Team analyst-manager, etc.

Associated dual degree

Master's in Cybersecurity.

Smart Sensing and Intelligent Processing System (SOTI) – Brest Campus

Objective

Design and implement observation and perception systems (intelligent vehicles, satellites, drones, airborne or underwater systems), mastering advanced AI techniques for intelligent processing and exploitation of acquired data.

Skills

Modeling and simulation of physical phenomena, experimental validation, signal and image processing, communication, propagation, remote sensing, multi-sensor processing and fusion (radar, sonar, lidar, etc.), AI and machine learning for perception and decision support in complex environments.

Career opportunities

Research, design, testing, or R&D engineer in a variety of sectors: defense, maritime, medical and biomedical, transportation, energy, aeronautics and space, as well as in digital technology and deep tech start-ups.

Several associated dual degrees

Robotics and Autonomous Systems – Brest and Paris-Saclay campuses

Objective

Design, manufacture, program, and test robots, particularly mobile robots, for carrying out specific and varied missions in different environments (marine, land, and air).

Skills

Automation, computer science, perception, AI, modeling, simulation, navigation.

Career opportunities

R&D, design, and research engineer in SMEs, large groups, innovative start-ups, or research laboratories.

Associated dual degree

Master's in Complex Systems Engineering, Dynamic Systems and Signals track.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Paris-Saclay Campus

Objective

To train engineers with a comprehensive understanding of data and AI systems, proficient in knowledge representation, learning and decision-making algorithms, and the management of large databases required for the design of autonomous software agents.

Skills

AI, machine learning, knowledge representation, natural language processing, autonomous systems, predictive maintenance.

Career opportunities

R&D, design, data science, and AI research engineer in SMEs, large corporations, innovative start-ups, or research laboratories in all fields of application.

Associated dual degrees

Master's in DataAI “Data and Artificial Intelligence,” Master's in MVA “Mathematics, Vision, Learning”

Multiphysics mechanical modeling

Computational fluid dynamics - Paris-Saclay Campus

Objective

Acquire strategic knowledge and skills in the industry in physical modeling of fluid mechanics and numerical simulation. The program is scientific, applied, and multidisciplinary.

Skills

Fluid mechanics modeling for industrial applications (two-phase flows, aeroacoustics, turbomachinery), specific numerical modeling (finite volumes, Lattice Boltzmann methods, mesh generation and adaptation, and high-performance computing), industrial numerical projects.

Career opportunities

In research and development in a wide range of potential industrial applications: transportation, energy, environment, engineering (housing, processes, civil), health (biomechanics).

Associated dual degree

IP Paris Master's in Fluid Mechanics

Advanced Modeling of Materials and Structures (MAMS) – Brest Campus

Objective

To meet the challenges of modeling complex multi-material structures (composites, metals, elastomers, etc.).

Skills

Experimental characterization and multi-scale modeling of material behavior, digital simulation of complex multi-physical phenomena, durability of materials and structures.

Career opportunities

R&D engineer in structural design and optimization for the civil and defense industries (aeronautics, automotive, energy, biomedical, etc.).

Associated dual degree

Master's in Design Engineering, specializing in Mechanics, Materials, and Civil Engineering

Seas and oceans

Energy and the sea – Brest Campus

Objective

To train engineers and experts capable of designing and developing marine renewable energy recovery systems (wind, wave, tidal, thermal) and the structural elements of these systems, in line with the social, economic, and legal context.

Skills

Multiphysics modeling (mechanics, water aging, waves, wind, dynamics, energy), energy resources, system and structural design.

Career opportunities

Engineer, project manager, or program director in the marine renewable and fossil energy sector; R&D studies, design, research in SMEs, large groups, innovative start-ups, or research laboratories.

Associated dual degree

IP Paris Master's degree OFFWIND “Offshore Wind Energy”

Naval Engineering - Brest Campus

Objective

Analyze and design a ship or offshore structure, integrating all aspects of naval architecture in accordance with specifications and regulatory constraints.

Skills

Design of all types of naval platforms, ships, and submarines; naval hydrodynamics; naval structures; propulsion.

Career opportunities

Naval architect, design engineer, certifications, research, production management, etc. in design offices, architectural firms, certification bodies, shipyards, oil rigs, and marine renewable energy companies.

Associated dual degrees

Master's degree in “Naval Hydrodynamics” or “Naval Environment.”

Hydrography and Oceanography (HYO) – Brest Campus

Training recognized by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) category A level.

Objective

To carry out and assess hydrographic surveys, guarantee and certify hydrographic accuracy, and conduct methodological studies.

Skills

Hydrography, geodesy, oceanography, bathymetry, data processing, positioning.

Career

Engineer responsible for coastal and port development programs, in charge of offshore platform positioning, oceanography research, etc.

Associated double degrees

Master's in Physics:

  • marine geophysics;
  • oceanographic data sciences;
  • ocean and climate physics

Energy, transportation, space

Sustainable energy – Paris-Saclay Campus

Objective

To train engineers in the design, optimization, and management of energy production, storage, and distribution systems in the context of the transition to a carbon-free energy mix.

Skills

Process simulation; optimization and operational research applied to energy; fluid mechanics for the wind and tidal energy sectors; physical chemistry of energy storage; photovoltaic physics; fundamentals of the nuclear industry; energy and environmental economics.

Career opportunities

Renewable energy project manager; gas or electricity network management; energy/carbon market operator; R&D engineer; process engineer; research engineer.

Associated dual degree

Master's degree from IP Paris, majoring in Energy, Science & Technology for Energy track.

Sustainable mobility – Paris-Saclay Campus

Objective

Invent, design, and organize future mobility systems and vectors, mainly land-based (cars, buses, subways, trains, etc.), adapting to the profound changes currently underway (automation, new energies, environmental impacts).

Skills

Fluid and structural mechanics, materials, power transmission, systems engineering, multi-constraint optimization, big data processing, sensors, and data fusion.

Career opportunities

R&D engineer in the field of mobility (vehicles, organization of mobility networks, subsystem manager), vehicle architect, design project manager, simulation manager.

Associated dual degrees

IP Paris Master's degrees in mechanics, embedded systems, or energy; international Master's degree in automotive engineering.

Nuclear – Paris-Saclay Campus

Objective

Design and improve nuclear reactors, participate in operations and maintenance, improve processes throughout the fuel cycle, and ensure the extension of power plant lifespans.

Skills

Power plant operation, neutronics, reactor physics, nuclear materials, fuel cycle, nuclear safety and security, decommissioning and waste management, naval propulsion, non-power applications.

Career opportunities

Design and modeling, operations, safety, neutronics, thermohydraulics, mechanical design, radiation protection, decommissioning; in research: nuclear physics, mechanics, materials, processes.

Associated dual degrees

IP Paris Master's degrees in Energy and "WAPE".

Pyrotechnic systems and rocket propulsion - Brest Campus

Objective

Analyze and design a pyrotechnic device, ensure its integration into a mechanical system, taking into account the phenomenological and regulatory constraints related to the use of energetic materials.

Skills

Detonation, combustion, shock waves, explicit dynamics, self-propulsion, ballistics, pyrotechnic safety.

Career

Design and calculation engineer, design engineer, research engineer in the defense, aerospace, risk prevention, and automotive sectors.

Associated dual degree

Master's in “Aeronautical and Land Transport.”

In addition, the “Complex Systems Engineering” track is offered to students who choose the work-study track.

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