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An Illustrated History of our School

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Hisis will enable you to follow the many transformations that the ISAE-SUPAERO engineering school has undergone. ISAE-SUPAERO was created in October 2007 from the merger of two engineering schools in Toulouse, the École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Constructions Aéronautiques (ENSICA) and the École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (SUPAERO), both under the supervision of the French Ministry of Defence.

“Let’s not lose anything from the past. It is only with the past that we make the future”.

Anatole France, ” Le livre de mon ami “, 1885.

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In order to develop our work to preserve and promote the Institute's heritage, we are looking for testimonials and documents relating to the history of ISAE-SUPAERO: photographs, courses, reports, letters, brochures, posters, films, etc.

This site is also yours, so please don't hesitate to contact us!

Dominique Labro
Dominique Labro

Documentalist, responsible for the historical archives

Discover the illustrated history of ISAE-SUPAERO

Discover all our history through digitised archive documents!

Our ebooks

Four ebooks recount the history of the two aeronautical and aerospace schools, SUPAERO and ENSICA, from their creation to the end of the 1970s: changes of buildings, locations, status, environment, diversification of teaching and teaching methods, constantly adapting to scientific and technical changes as well as socio-economic ones.

JEAN-BAPTISTE ROCHE

Founder of SUPAERO

SUPAERO

From ESACM to ENSAE

TEACHING

School lessons 1909-1940

ENSICA

From ENTA to ENSICA

Thanks to this heritage, ISAE-SUPAERO is still able to provide high-quality higher education and train highly qualified engineers in aeronautics, space and related fields.

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The successive names of SUPAERO

1909-1930Higher School of Aeronautics and Mechanical EngineeringESACM
1930-1972École Nationale Supérieure de l’Aéronautique (French National School of Aeronautics)ENSA
1972-2007École Nationale Supérieure de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace (French National School of Aeronautics and Space)ENSAE
2007-2015Higher Institute of Aeronautics and SpaceISAE
2015 ->Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace -SupaeroISAE-SUPAERO

SUPAERO’s successive buildings

1909-191030 rue Falguière75015 PARIS
1910-193093 rue de Clignancourt75018 PARIS
1930-194032 boulevard Victor75015 PARIS
1940-1942Perignon barracks31500 TOULOUSE
1942-196832 boulevard Victor75015 PARIS
1968 ->10 avenue Edouard Belin31400 TOULOUSE

The successive names of ENSICA

1945-1957National School of Aeronautical WorksENTA
1957-1979National School of Aeronautical Construction EngineersENICA
1979-2007National School of Aeronautical Construction EngineersENSICA
2007-2015Higher Institute of Aeronautics and SpaceISAE
2015 ->Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace-SupaeroISAE-SUPAERO

The successive buildings of ENSICA

1945-196332 boulevard Victor75015 PARIS
1963-201549 avenue Léon Blum31500 TOULOUSE
2015 ->10 avenue Edouard Belin31400 TOULOUSE

SUPAERO's official (and unofficial) emblems

Legal information

Given the impossibility of contacting all the authors or their successors in title, as well as the people visible in the photographs, ISAE-SUPAERO has chosen to distribute the documents in its possession, given their historical interest for the Institute. However, the usual rights that follow the works remain with their authors.

In addition, any person identifiable through the documents placed online has the right to access, rectify or delete any personal data concerning them. To exercise this right, please contact the Documentation Department (aerotheque@isae.fr).

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