École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées | |
Former names | École Nationale Supérieure du Génie Maritime |
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Type | Grande école d'ingénieurs (public research university Engineering school); under military supervision |
Established | 1741[1] |
Parent institution | Polytechnic Institute of Paris |
President | Elisabeth CREPON |
Academic staff | 180 permanent; 650 temporary[2] |
Students | 897 (2017)[3] |
Postgraduates | 777 (2017) |
120 (2017) | |
Location | , |
Affiliations | Conférence des Grandes écoles[4] |
Website | https://www.ensta-paris.fr/en |
The ENSTA Paris, officially École nationale supérieure de techniques avancées (lit. 'National Higher School of Advanced Techniques'), is a French graduate school of engineering (école d'ingénieurs). Founded in 1741, it is the oldest "grande école" in France. It is located in Palaiseau in the south of Paris, on the Paris-Saclay campus, and is a constituent faculty of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris. In 2021, 180 engineers graduated from the school.