The ENSTA newsletter - March 2025

Dear reader,

ENSTA, a leading engineering school and member of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, has been merging ENSTA Paris and ENSTA Bretagne into a single institution since January 1, 2025.

With over 2,000 students, 200 teacher-researchers, 300 PhD students, 9 research laboratories, around 30 joint chairs and laboratories, and a wide range of training courses on its Paris-Saclay and Brest campuses, ENSTA embodies the boldness of those who imagine and shape the world of tomorrow .

We're delighted to invite you to read the latest news from ENSTA, the school of great advances.

Élisabeth Crépon, General Manager

ENSTA performs well in the Étudiant rankings

L'Étudiant's 2025 ranking of engineering schools confirms ENSTA Paris's 2nd place and places ENSTA Bretagne in the top 20 (up 2 places on the 2024 ranking).

Three projects to decarbonize maritime transport awarded IngéBlue label

Thanks to the IngéBlue institute, three projects led by mechanical engineering research teams at ENSTA (IRDL), in collaboration with the École navale and ENSM, have received funding from the French Defense Innovation Agency (AID).

Offshore wind turbines: how to guarantee the durability of floating structures and anchors?

The European Duralink project focuses on optimizing the durability of offshore structures and developing effective, environmentally-friendly means of protection against corrosion.

Jean Boisson co-winner of the Fondation des Gueules Cassées prize

Jean Boisson, a lecturer and researcher at ENSTA's Mechanics Unit, was awarded the Fondation des Gueules Cassées prize on Monday January 20, 2025, for the development of a magnetic osteogenic distraction device that considerably improves patients' lives.

QUANTUM group: quantum technologies brought together at LOA

Considered one of the possible sources of the next industrial revolutions, quantum technologies have recently gained greater visibility at the Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée (LOA) thanks to the creation of the new "QUANTUM" group.

Cordées de la Réussite: ENSTA mobilized

Every year, many ENSTA students on our 2 campuses (Paris-Saclay and Brest) get involved in the Cordées de la Réussite .

Scientific mediation, cultural discoveries, computer programming workshops for girls...

Les Echos

Invisibility cloak: when reality catches up with myth

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Le Figaro

A new French technique revolutionizes jaw reconstruction

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L'Étudiant

2025 ranking of engineering schools: Polytechnique and ENSTA Paris still in the lead, IMT Atlantique on the rise

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05/03: Military ceremony: Passing of the pennant

The IETA (Ingénieur des Etudes et Techniques de l'Armement) students of the class of 2025 will receive the pennant of the IETA students of the class of 2024 before they leave for their end-of-studies internship.

Morning on the Brest campus

01/04: Screening of the film "WATTer, par la force du vent

Benjamin Catry, ENSTA engineering student, and his team are pleased to invite you to the screening of the film "WATTer, par la force du vent".

6 p.m. on the Paris-Saclay campus