Groupe ISAE is a network of aeronautical engineering Colleges in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

History

The group has been founded in May 2011 by the

Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations ( research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes ca ...

(now called ISAE-SUPAERO) in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...

and the

École nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechnique The École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique (ISAE-ENSMA) is a grande école founded in 1948 and located near Poitiers, France. Graduates generally work as R&D engineers for corporations in the aerospace (60%), transportat ...

(ENSMA), which then took the name of ISAE-ENSMA. In September 2012, the ISAE Group expanded by integrating the

École supérieure des techniques aéronautiques et de construction automobile École supérieure des techniques aéronautiques et de construction automobile (ESTACA) is a French engineering School, so called "Grande École", created in 1925. ESTACA is an Egineering school that trains engineers in aeronautics & aerospace e ...

(ESTACA) located in

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines () is a new town and an agglomeration community in the French department of Yvelines. It is one of the original five villes nouvelles (new towns) of Paris and was named after the Saint Quentin Pond, which was chosen to ...

and in Laval, and the

École de l'air et de l'Espace École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Sav ...

located in Salon-de-Provence. In January 2018, the ISAE Group has been enriched by the addition of a fifth College: the Institut supérieur de mécanique de Paris, now called ISAE-SUPMECA. On the 1st of February 2022, the

École nationale de l'aviation civile École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

, the biggest European aviation University, joined the group.

Purpose and aims

The Groupe ISAE is established in the form of a consortium of cooperation between autonomous institutions. It is governed by a partnership agreement which includes a common charter. Its purpose is « to federate Colleges in

in the field of aeronautical and

space Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually cons ...

engineering under a common banner, so as to increase the influence of these Colleges, both nationally and internationally, and to promote the training of engineers in the fields of aeronautics and aerospace ». The projects and actions carried out jointly by the members of the Groupe ISAE concern training, research and national and international influence. The projects and actions of the Groupe ISAE are developed with the support of the

GIFAS The Groupement des industries françaises aéronautiques et spatiales (abbreviated GIFAS) is the French Aerospace Industries Association created in 1908, featuring more than 260 members. The first name of the association was ''Association des Indu ...

(''Groupement des industries françaises aéronautiques et spatiales''), whose member companies represent the main employers of graduates from the group's

College A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offerin ...

References

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External links

Official website
Aviation schools Aerospace engineering organizations Aviation schools in France Grandes écoles Organizations established in 2011 École nationale de l'aviation civile