ENSTA Bretagne is a public engineering grande école under the Ministry of Armed Forces, specializing in maritime engineering, defense technologies, automotive engineering, and ICT.
Address: 2 rue François Verny, 29806 Brest, Bretagne, France
Maritime Engineering & Hydrography, Mechanical Engineering & Robotics, ICT & Embedded Systems
Domains taught:
- Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Chemistry, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Industrial Design, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marine Science, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Sound Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Part of ENSTA Group. Strong partnerships with Naval Group, Thales, DGA, and companies in automotive and offshore sectors.
Research:
Naval architecture and offshore engineering, Robotics and autonomous systems, Embedded systems and cybersecurity, Pyrotechnics and propulsion, Automotive engineering.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
400
Current students***:
1000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
8000
Pros
Leading institution for maritime and defense engineering, strong research focus, excellent facilities, good career prospects.
Cons
Highly selective, demanding curriculum, specific focus areas related to defense and maritime.
Best For
Leading engineering school for maritime engineering, defense technologies, and embedded systems.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées offers a comparable education in marine science, aerospace and transportations: it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral.
- Among national alternatives, École Navale stands out for its focus on sound engineering, logistics and marine science, and it covers military and metrology as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 700 students against roughly 1,000 here.
- Where this institution leans on optics, signal processing and project management, École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Brest does the same, and it runs the same master's and doctoral programmes and covers ergonomics and UX as well.
- Both schools build their programmes around sound engineering, logistics and aerospace, and ISAT is the one to compare first within the country, since it is slightly smaller, at about 700 students against roughly 1,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- INSA Centre Val de Loire works in much the same fields, chiefly aerospace, transportations and quality, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Naval Academy in Gdynia brings a Poland setting to the same core fields, sound engineering, logistics and marine science, and it is also a public institution and also offers bachelor's programmes.
- Hochschule Emden/Leer brings a Germany setting to the same core fields, logistics, marine science and transportations, and it is also a public institution and also offers bachelor's programmes.
- Students considering a move abroad can look at Gdynia Maritime University in Poland, where logistics, marine science and transportations also form the core, and it covers geotechnics as well, and is far larger, with about 4,000 students against roughly 1,000 here.
- Looking internationally, Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan is where optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics get a comparable treatment; it is slightly larger, at about 1,200 students against roughly 1,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Akita Prefectural University in Japan shares the aerospace, transportations and optics orientation of this institution, and it also offers bachelor's programmes and covers agriculture 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.
- Automotive, Cybersecurity, Environmental Engineering, Innovation, Robotics, Sustainable Development
*: 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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