ENSTA Paris

ENSTA Paris
École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées
Former names
École Nationale Supérieure du Génie Maritime
TypeGrande école d'ingénieurs
(public research university Engineering school); under military supervision
Established1741 (1741)
Parent institution
Polytechnic Institute of Paris
PresidentElisabeth CREPON
Academic staff
180 permanent; 650 temporary
Students897 (2017)
Postgraduates777 (2017)
120 (2017)
Location,
France
AffiliationsConférence des Grandes écoles
Websitewww.ensta-paris.fr/en

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.