Founded in 1991, ISAT is a public engineering school, part of Université de Bourgogne, specializing in automotive and transport engineering. It is located near the Magny-Cours racing circuit.
Address: 49 rue Mademoiselle Bourgeois, 58000 Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Automotive Engineering, Motorsport Engineering, Transport Engineering & Logistics
Domains taught:
- Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Chemistry, 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, Sound Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Part of Université de Bourgogne. Strong partnerships with automotive manufacturers (e.g., Renault, Stellantis), motorsport teams, and transport companies.
Research:
Vehicle dynamics and performance, Engine technology and alternative fuels, Motorsport engineering and aerodynamics, Smart transport and logistics.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
150
Current students***:
700
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
5000
Pros
Leading French public school for automotive engineering, strong links with motorsport industry (Magny-Cours), practical and specialized education.
Cons
Highly specialized in automotive and transport, located in Nevers.
Best For
Leading public engineering school for automotive, motorsport, and transport engineering.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- IFP School overlaps with this school on logistics, aerospace and transportations, so the two are easy to compare, and it covers marine science and geotechnics as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 600 students against roughly 700 here.
- Supméca takes a similar route through sound engineering, logistics and aerospace, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral.
- ENSTA Bretagne sits close to this institution on sound engineering, logistics and aerospace; it is slightly larger, at about 1,000 students against roughly 700 here, and is also a public institution.
- École de l'Air et de l'Espace offers a comparable education in logistics, aerospace and transportations: it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely master's and doctoral.
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of sound engineering, logistics and aerospace can consider École Navale, and it covers military and metrology as well, and has almost the same size, at about 700 students.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Japan pursues a similar profile in ergonomics and UX, logistics and transportations, and it is also a public institution and runs the same master's and doctoral programmes.
- Kazimierz Pułaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom in Poland is the nearest foreign match on logistics, transportations and quality; it also offers bachelor's programmes and covers civil engineering and life sciences as well.
- Sapporo City University offers an international parallel to this institution, with sound engineering, ergonomics and UX and optics as common ground; it is slightly larger, at about 800 students against roughly 700 here, and is also a public institution.
- Beyond national borders, Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau stands out as a comparable school for aerospace, transportations and optics; it is far larger, with about 4,000 students against roughly 700 here, and is also a public institution.
- In Germany, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg teaches much the same core subjects, logistics, aerospace and transportations, and it is far larger, with about 2,500 students against roughly 700 here, and is also a public institution.
*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.
- Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS), Aerodynamics, Automotive, Lean Manufacturing, Logistics, Manufacturing, Product Development, Quality Management, 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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