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Innovation | Research
SEARENITY, the magnetic hull-cleaning robot designed to decarbonise maritime transport

ENSTA is one of the partners in the SEARENITY project, which was selected under the ‘CORIMER Low-Carbon Ships’ call for proposals (funded by Ademe, France 2030). The project aims to develop an autonomous robot capable of continuously cleaning ship hulls...

SEARENITY, the magnetic hull-cleaning robot designed to decarbonise maritime transport

ENSTA is one of the partners in the SEARENITY project, which was selected under the ‘CORIMER Low-Carbon Ships’ call for proposals (funded by Ademe, France 2030). The project aims to develop an autonomous robot capable of continuously cleaning ship hulls...

Institute | Training
Training a generation of committed engineers

One afternoon in September, in the lecture theatres at ENSTA, groups of around ten students are discussing ideas whilst gathered around large sheets of white paper. Together, with the help of a facilitator, they are placing cards relating to climate...

Training a generation of committed engineers

One afternoon in September, in the lecture theatres at ENSTA, groups of around ten students are discussing ideas whilst gathered around large sheets of white paper. Together, with the help of a facilitator, they are placing cards relating to climate...

Alumni | Institute | Training | Innovation | International
Catherine Delcroix, building the future with the ENSTA Foundation

It has already been several years since, following a highly successful career in engineering, Catherine Delcroix could have retired to the Mont Blanc massif to enjoy a well-deserved retirement. But as one of the first women to graduate from ENSTA, she is...

Catherine Delcroix, building the future with the ENSTA Foundation

It has already been several years since, following a highly successful career in engineering, Catherine Delcroix could have retired to the Mont Blanc massif to enjoy a well-deserved retirement. But as one of the first women to graduate from ENSTA, she is...

Key figures

2,351 2,351
students (2025–2026 academic year)
246 246
PhD students (as of January 1, 2026)
Over 200 Over 200
lecturers and research professors
20 000 20 000
Alumni
27 27
industrial chairs and joint laboratories
13 13
academic laboratories