École nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechnique


The '''École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique
is a grande école located in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, near Poitiers, France.
Graduates generally work as R&D engineers for companies in the aerospace, transportation, capital goods, and energy industry. The school is part of GEA, CESAER, PEGASUS and the ISAE group with the Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace. It is a member of Leonardo da Vinci consolidated University, an association of educational institutions in the former Centre, Poitou-Charentes and Limousin regions.

History

In 1945, the Institut de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique de Poitiers was founded as a collaboration between the French Air Ministry, the University of Paris and the University of Poitiers. In 1947, the government of France began establishing a new set of national engineering schools. As part of these reforms, the IMAP was turned into the École nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechnique on March 27, 1948.
In 1986, the ENSMA was awarded the status of établissement public à caractère administrative, affiliated to the University of Poitiers.
In 2011, the ENSMA co-founded a network of engineering schools called the Groupe ISAE in collaboration with the Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace. With the creation of this grouping, the school began using its current acronym, ISAE-ENSMA.
In 2017, it was designated an établissement public à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel, a collection of scientific, cultural and professional education institutes with legal, administrative and financial autonomy in the French education system. This established ISAE-ENSMA as a fully autonomous institution.

Diplomas

ISAE-ENSMA offers the Diplome d'Ingenieur, a French engineering qualification equivalent to an MSc in Mechanical Engineering and Aerotechnics in the Anglo-Saxon educational system.
Third-year students can take one of three specialisms:
  1. Aerodynamics, Energetics & Thermics
  2. Materials & Structural Engineering
  3. Computer Science
ISAE-ENSMA offers a double degree with Cranfield University in the United Kingdom.
In partnership with ENSI Poitiers and Centrale Lille, ISAE-ENSMA is a part of the prestigious International Master's Program in Turbulence. At the end of this highly selective two-year program, students are awarded a Master's Degree in Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence.

Admission

2 research labs are attached to the ENSMA / University of Poitiers / ENSIP: