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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Institute | Student Life
Schoolgirls today, engineers tomorrow

On Thursday, March 19, nearly 100 high school girls from three schools in Finistère were welcomed to the ENSTA Brest campus as part of the event “100 Women, 100 Careers: Engineers Tomorrow.” The afternoon’s program included a tour of the campus and...

Schoolgirls today, engineers tomorrow

On Thursday, March 19, nearly 100 high school girls from three schools in Finistère were welcomed to the ENSTA Brest campus as part of the event “100 Women, 100 Careers: Engineers Tomorrow.” The afternoon’s program included a tour of the campus and...

Alumni | Institute | Training
Graduation Ceremony in Brest: ENSTA Celebrates the Class of 2025, “Marie Marvingt”

March is graduation season for ENSTA’s community of young engineers, master’s students, and specialized master’s students across the school’s two campuses. Following the ENSTA Paris graduation ceremony, it was the turn of the 310 graduates from the ENSTA...

Graduation Ceremony in Brest: ENSTA Celebrates the Class of 2025, “Marie Marvingt”

March is graduation season for ENSTA’s community of young engineers, master’s students, and specialized master’s students across the school’s two campuses. Following the ENSTA Paris graduation ceremony, it was the turn of the 310 graduates from the ENSTA...

Research
A national library of dolphin vocalizations

Launched in late 2024, the PAMCéClass project, entrusted to ENSTA by the Offshore Wind Observatory and funded by the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB), aims to create a national library of vocalizations from several species of dolphins found along the...

A national library of dolphin vocalizations

Launched in late 2024, the PAMCéClass project, entrusted to ENSTA by the Offshore Wind Observatory and funded by the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB), aims to create a national library of vocalizations from several species of dolphins found along the...

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