MSc in Engineering: "Diplôme d'ingénieur"

The 3-year program covers a broad spectrum of sciences, engineering, and humanities that defines the ENSTA general engineer. Professionalization is gradual, with numerous elective courses to open up the world of engineering and personalize your career path, in a variety of educational formats.

First year: acquiring the fundamentals

This first year of scientific and general education consists of a varied and coherent curriculum designed to enable you to understand complex systems, interact with experts, and prepare for major transitions. It includes a core curriculum dedicated to mathematics, physics, mechanics, digital technology, tools and methods, humanities and social sciences, modern languages, and sports, as well as elective courses and a 4-week internship.

This first year allows you to develop knowledge in the fundamental disciplines of engineering, making it easier to choose one of the major subject areas offered in the second year.

Second year: Deepening your knowledge of a subject and opening up to research

From the second year onwards, students move towards one of three major disciplinary fields: applied mathematics, mechanical sciences, or digital sciences. In addition, they continue their studies in modern languages, sports, and humanities and social sciences (scientific mediation, economics, etc.). A team project is carried out, and a minimum 12-week introductory research internship concludes the year. During this year, you also have the opportunity to participate in an international academic exchange program at a partner university.

This second year offers you the opportunity to expand your scientific knowledge while opening yourself up to the world of research and international opportunities.

Year 3: specialization

The final year, dedicated to professional development, is organized around a semester of specialized studies, complemented by an end-of-studies internship. Three choices will determine your orientation:

• your specialization (18 fields)
• your career profile (3 choices)
• your assignment for your end-of-studies project

The entire program combines scientific rigor and intellectual openness to enable you to evolve confidently in the professional world and build a career that reflects who you are.

The ENSTA general engineering program offers the opportunity to study as an apprentice. This professional path allows students to be in contact with companies from the second year of the program and to receive the same degree as students.

Who is this apprenticeship program for?

There are many different paths and admission routes.

• Bachelor's degree, via the GEI-Univ joint platform: oral exams and interviews
• BUT and ATS, via the ENSEA joint platform: written and oral exams
• CPGE: specific places are available on the CCMP in all fields (MP, PC, PSI, PT, TSI

The choice is also offered at the end of the first year

How does the apprenticeship program work?

The first year takes place entirely at the ENSTA. It allows for optimal integration into the school, encouraging exchanges and participation in student life. It includes individualized support to help students define their career plans and find a work placement, including preparation for recruitment techniques

The second and third years are spent in a work-study program.

• Find out more about the first year, the second year, and the third year.

You are studying abroad

Go to the page dedicated to the admission of international candidates

You are studying in France

Admission through the Mines-Ponts competitive entrance exam

Applicants may rank the two campuses directly on SCEI but may not insert any other school between their two choices. The distribution between campuses will therefore be managed directly by SCEI based on the number of places available at each of the two campuses. An exception will be made for applicants from the TSI program, who will be accepted at the Paris-Saclay campus.

Admission via the GEI-Univ competitive entrance exam

Students in their final year of a Licence or Bachelor's degree in France may apply via GEI-Univ for admission to the first year. The competitive entrance exam's written tests are supplemented by oral exams conducted jointly with École Polytechnique. Allocation between the Brest and Paris-Saclay campuses will be proportional to the number of places available.

Students in their first year of a master's degree in France are invited to apply via GEI-Univ for

admission to the second year. Admission is based on an application and written exams common to all GEI-Univ schools. Oral exams (specialization, English, motivation) specific to ENSTA complete the admission procedure.

Places will be allocated between the Brest and Paris-Saclay campuses in proportion to the number of places available.

Admission based on application for the second or third year

Students can apply as auditors for admission to the second or third year of the ENSTA Paris engineering program on the Paris-Saclay campus or the ENSTA Bretagne program on the Brest campus. Visit the pages for these programs to find out about the admission requirements.

Are you studying at École Polytechnique or ENS?

Visit the page dedicated to civil engineers or weapons engineers from École Polytechnique and École Normale Supérieure.

Recruited in the fields that interest them, the vast majority of ENSTA graduates sign their first contract before even graduating, a strong sign of the excellence of the program and its suitability for the expectations of companies.

With more than 20,000 ENSTA graduates, the ENSTA brand is recognized by major French industrial companies. Some choose to pursue a PhD in a research laboratory in France or abroad.

ENSTA engineers quickly rise to positions of responsibility in key sectors of national importance.

International mobility

For 16 to 17 weeks (depending on the class), each engineering student will have an international experience: a valuable opportunity to learn to thrive in a multicultural environment, discover new working methods and practices, and broaden their horizons.

There are various ways in which this mobility can be implemented. It may involve one or more internships abroad or academic mobility: replacing a semester of study at a partner university, which, under certain conditions, may lead to a double degree.

Discover:

• The list of our international academic partners
• The international double degree program

Implementation: internships and projects

Each year, an internship punctuates the program:

• In the first year, the one-month internship is dedicated to discovering the business world.
• In the second year, the internship focuses on discovering research through the completion of a research project.
• Finally, in the final year, the end-of-studies project aims to immerse students in the business world through the completion of an engineering project.

Several projects carried out as part of the program complement these applications.