ENSTA Paris
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French graduate school of engineering
Key facts
- Former names
- École Nationale Supérieure du Génie Maritime
- Type
- Grande école d'ingénieurs , ( public research university Engineering school ); under military supervision
- Established
- 1741 ; 285 years ago ( 1741 )
- Parent institution
- Polytechnic Institute of Paris
- Affiliations
- Conférence des Grandes écoles
- President
- Elisabeth CREPON
- Academic staff
- 180 permanent; 650 temporary
- Students
- 897 (2017)
- Postgraduates
- 777 (2017)
- Doctoral students
- 120 (2017)
- Location
- Palaiseau , France
- Website
- www .ensta-paris .fr /en
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Encyclopedic overview
The ENSTA Paris, officially École nationale supérieure de techniques avancées (transl. "National Higher School of Advanced Techniques"), is a French grande école of engineering. 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.
History
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