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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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.
Founder of SUPAERO
From ESACM to ENSAE
School lessons 1909-1940
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.
A few benchmarks
The successive names of SUPAERO
| 1909-1930 | Higher School of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering | ESACM |
|---|---|---|
| 1930-1972 | École Nationale Supérieure de l’Aéronautique (French National School of Aeronautics) | ENSA |
| 1972-2007 | École Nationale Supérieure de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace (French National School of Aeronautics and Space) | ENSAE |
| 2007-2015 | Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space | ISAE |
| 2015 -> | Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace -Supaero | ISAE-SUPAERO |
SUPAERO’s successive buildings
| 1909-1910 | 30 rue Falguière | 75015 PARIS |
|---|---|---|
| 1910-1930 | 93 rue de Clignancourt | 75018 PARIS |
| 1930-1940 | 32 boulevard Victor | 75015 PARIS |
| 1940-1942 | Perignon barracks | 31500 TOULOUSE |
| 1942-1968 | 32 boulevard Victor | 75015 PARIS |
| 1968 -> | 10 avenue Edouard Belin | 31400 TOULOUSE |
The successive names of ENSICA
| 1945-1957 | National School of Aeronautical Works | ENTA |
|---|---|---|
| 1957-1979 | National School of Aeronautical Construction Engineers | ENICA |
| 1979-2007 | National School of Aeronautical Construction Engineers | ENSICA |
| 2007-2015 | Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space | ISAE |
| 2015 -> | Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace-Supaero | ISAE-SUPAERO |
The successive buildings of ENSICA
| 1945-1963 | 32 boulevard Victor | 75015 PARIS |
|---|---|---|
| 1963-2015 | 49 avenue Léon Blum | 31500 TOULOUSE |
| 2015 -> | 10 avenue Edouard Belin | 31400 TOULOUSE |
SUPAERO's official (and unofficial) emblems
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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.
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