IFP Training is a subsidiary of IFP Énergies nouvelles, providing professional training and technical courses for the oil & gas, petrochemical, and powertrain industries. It offers a wide range of short courses, certifications, and some longer programs, often for industry professionals.
Domains taught:
Aerospace, Automation, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Geotechnics, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marine Science, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metrology, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
Certificate, Diploma, Graduate Diploma
Status:
Private
Partnerships:
Subsidiary of IFP Énergies nouvelles. Close collaboration with IFP School and global energy companies.
Research:
Upstream oil and gas technologies, Downstream refining and chemical processes, Engine design and alternative fuels, Energy efficiency and environmental management in industry.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
300
Current students***:
N/A (Trains thousands of professionals annually)
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Highly specialized training for the energy sector, strong industry links, expertise from IFP Énergies nouvelles.
Cons
Primarily professional training and short courses, not a traditional degree-granting university for full academic cycles (though linked to IFP School).
Best For
Professional training for the oil & gas, petrochemical, and powertrain industries.
In terms of fields, IFP School is the nearest neighbour, with logistics, marine science and aerospace again at the core; it also offers master's and doctoral programmes and covers life sciences and AI and machine learning as well.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of logistics, marine science and aerospace can consider IFP Énergies nouvelles, and it is public, whereas this school is private, and also offers doctoral programmes.
The comparison with ESTIT is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on quality, optics and signal processing, and it covers nanotechnologies and industrial design as well and is also a private institution.
On content, ESMA Aviation Academy and this school are close, as both teach logistics, aerospace and transportations; it does not run the graduate diploma programmes found here and enrols about 800 students.
ISAT takes a similar route through logistics, aerospace and transportations, and it is public, whereas this institution is private, and also offers master's and doctoral programmes.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
Students considering a move abroad can look at Xi'an Shiyou University in China, where geotechnics, fluid dynamics and civil engineering also form the core, and it also offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers AI and machine learning as well.
CUPB in China pursues a similar profile in marine science, geotechnics and fluid dynamics, and it is public, whereas this school is private, and also offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
Looking internationally, Waseda University in Japan is where aerospace, transportations and geotechnics get a comparable treatment; it covers astroscience and bioinformatics as well, and enrols about 50,000 students.
Students considering a move abroad can look at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, where aerospace, geotechnics and optics also form the core, and it enrols about 62,000 students, and is also a private institution.
On content, Tokyo University of Science in Japan and this institution are close, as both teach aerospace, transportations and geotechnics; it also offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers astroscience and food science as well.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
Energy, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Impact, Process Improvement, Quality Management, Renewable Energy, Training
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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