ENSM is the French national maritime academy, a public institution for higher education and research, training merchant navy officers (deck and engine) and maritime engineers. It has sites in Le Havre, Saint-Malo, Nantes, and Marseille.
Address: 10 quai Frissard, 76600 Le Havre, Normandie, France
Maritime Engineering, Merchant Navy Deck Officer, Merchant Navy Engine Officer
Domains taught:
- Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Logistics, Marine Science, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Diploma, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Under Ministry of the Sea. Partnerships with shipping companies (e.g., CMA CGM, Brittany Ferries), port authorities, and maritime research institutes.
Research:
Maritime safety and security, Marine environment protection, Energy efficiency of ships, Maritime logistics and port operations, Offshore engineering.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
250
Current students***:
1200
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
National academy for merchant navy officers, internationally recognized STCW certifications, practical training on simulators and ships.
Cons
Highly specialized for maritime careers, demanding training, specific admission criteria.
Best For
National maritime academy training merchant navy officers and maritime engineers.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- École Navale overlaps with this school on logistics, marine science and transportations, so the two are easy to compare, and it is smaller, enrolling about 700 students against roughly 1,200 here, and is also a public institution.
- ENSOSP works in much the same fields, chiefly logistics, transportations and quality, and it runs the same master's and diploma programmes and covers military and geotechnics as well.
- INSTN works in much the same fields, chiefly quality, signal processing and fluid dynamics, and it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral and graduate certificate programmes.
- École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État works in much the same fields, chiefly logistics, transportations and quality, and it has almost the same size, at about 1,200 students, and is also a public institution.
- ENSTA Bretagne sits close to this institution on logistics, marine science and transportations; it covers sound engineering and aerospace as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 1,000 students against roughly 1,200 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- In Italy, Istituto Tecnico Superiore G. Caboto teaches much the same core subjects, logistics, marine science and quality, and it is also a public institution and does not run the master's programmes found here.
- Istituto Tecnico Superiore per la Logistica Integrata e la Mobilità Sostenibile - Accademia Nautica dell'Adriatico (Italy) works on the same fields as this school, chiefly logistics, marine science and transportations; it is far smaller, with about 300 students against roughly 1,200 here, and is also a public institution.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on logistics, marine science and transportations is Gdynia Maritime University in Poland, and it is far larger, with about 4,000 students against roughly 1,200 here, and is also a public institution.
- In Poland, The Main School of Fire Service teaches much the same core subjects, logistics, transportations and quality, and it covers geotechnics and civil engineering as well, and is slightly larger, at about 1,500 students against roughly 1,200 here.
- Students considering a move abroad can look at Hogere Zeevaartschool Antwerpen in Belgium, where marine science, fluid dynamics and thermodynamics also form the core, and it is also a public institution and also offers bachelor's programmes.
*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.
- Environmental Engineering, Environmental Impact, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Life Impact, Renewable Energy
*: 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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