Founded in 1996, ESTIA is a private (consular, managed by Chamber of Commerce Bayonne Pays Basque) engineering school with a focus on industrial technologies, mechatronics, embedded systems, and organizational management.
Address: Technopole Izarbel, 64210 Bidart, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Mechatronics & Embedded Systems, Industrial Engineering & Management, Digital Technologies & Innovation
Domains taught:
- Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Ergonomics and UX, Fluid Dynamics, Industrial Design, Logistics, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Doctor, Master
Status:
- Private
Partnerships:
Partnerships with aerospace, automotive, and manufacturing companies in Nouvelle-Aquitaine and internationally (e.g., Safran, Dassault).
Research:
Advanced manufacturing and robotics, IoT and connected objects, Energy efficiency and smart grids, Supply chain management and logistics, Human-centered design.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
150
Current students***:
900
Foreign students***:
20%
Cumulative former students***:
5000
Pros
Trilingual education (French, Spanish, English), strong focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, international outlook, campus located in a technology park.
Cons
Private (consular) institution, specific regional and cross-border focus.
Best For
Engineering school focused on industrial technologies, mechatronics, embedded systems, and innovation.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of ergonomics and UX, quality and optics can consider École Supérieure d'Électronique de l'Ouest, and it covers bioengineering and life sciences as well, and is larger, enrolling about 1,500 students against roughly 900 here.
- Think of ESIGELEC when logistics, aerospace and transportations is the priority: it is larger, enrolling about 2,000 students against roughly 900 here, and is also a private institution.
- A good alternative in the same country is École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées, which likewise covers aerospace, transportations and optics; it covers marine science and chemistry as well, and has almost the same size, at about 1,000 students.
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of logistics, transportations and quality can consider ESIEE Amiens, and it is smaller, enrolling about 600 students against roughly 900 here, and is also a private institution.
- Also strong in logistics, aerospace and transportations, ECE École d'Ingénieurs makes a sensible second look at home; it does not run the doctoral programmes found here and covers bioengineering and life sciences as well.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- For ergonomics and UX, logistics and transportations outside the home country, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Japan is a natural reference; it is public, whereas this school is private, and runs the same master's and doctoral programmes.
- On content, Constructor University in Germany and this institution are close, as both teach logistics, aerospace and transportations; it is larger, enrolling about 1,600 students against roughly 900 here, and is also a private institution.
- University of Technology and Economics in Szczecin in Poland shares the logistics, transportations and quality orientation of this school, and it is also a private institution and also offers bachelor's programmes.
- Seen from abroad, Hachinohe Institute of Technology (Japan) is a close relative on subject matter, since optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics are central to both, and it is larger, enrolling about 1,500 students against roughly 900 here, and is also a private institution.
- On content, State University of Applied Sciences in Legnica in Poland and this school are close, as both teach logistics, transportations and quality; it also offers bachelor's programmes, and is larger, enrolling about 2,500 students against roughly 900 here.
*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.
- Additive Manufacturing, Engineering, Human-Centered Design, Innovation, Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics, Supply Chain
*: 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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