ENSTA Bretagne has been welcoming its new students since the end of August and the new academic year is getting off to an excellent start. Places at the engineering school soon filled up through the application- and competitive exam-based selections across the various engineering courses, whether with student, military student or co-operative engineer status. Strong signs of the school’s appeal are our 15% rate of international students, top place in the Mines-Télécom competitive entrance exam for engineering schools and record numbers of students on our co-operative engineering program. These confirm applicants’ keen interest in engineering and research courses. We wish you all an excellent academic year ahead!
Key figures at the start of ENSTA Bretagne's 2024-2025 academic year
- A 1000-strong student and doctoral student population will be achieved again this year.
- 244 new engineering students began the first year of their studies on Tuesday, August 26 (cohort of 2027), including 186 on the general engineering program (9 majors) and 58 on co-operative engineering courses (mechanical design and embedded systems majors).
- The 2026 cohort, entering their 2nd year, started back the same week and presented the school’s 70 student clubs and associations to freshers.
- At the same time, 300 students in the 2024 cohort are defending their end-of-study internship, in their final oral exam, which concludes the engineering, master’s and specialized advanced master’s courses.
- Course Director Rémy Thibaut highlights the achievement of the balance sought between the ten majors taught in the 2nd and 3rd year. These specialization tracks cover wide-ranging fields of engineering and research in mechanical design, information technology and marine engineering.
© Julien Creff / ENSTA Bretagne
Highlights oh the start to the 2024-2025 academic year
At the welcome and information sessions organized at the start of this new academic year, students were able to visit the campus and the research center as well as learn more about the policy implemented to ensure everyone’s well-being: preventive measures against at-risk behaviors and steps to combat bullying, harassment and sexual and gender-based violence. The school’s executive team and course directors rely on the effective intermediation and support of the students at the Student Union, elected last April.
Lessons have already started, interspersed with the fun events organized at the start of this new academic year, on campus and right across Brest, home to 30,000 students.
Sponsorship of the 2026 cohort (2nd year students) will conclude this launch of the 2024/2025 academic year, on Tuesday, October 1, with sponsor Anne Diaz de Tuesta, an engineer and CEO of EUROSAM, in attendance.
What's new on campus ?
Renovation work is continuing on the student residence to convert the dorms rooms into 227 studios, all equipped with their own kitchenettes and bathrooms.
Also in this area of the campus, known as the "community hub", the groundwork is being laid for the construction of the future research building that will be dedicated to autonomous robotics. It will house a vast test tank (20m x 12m in surface area and 6m deep) with a flight area overhead for aerial drones.
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