During a ministerial visit to Toulouse on Friday, June 5, 2026, ISAE-SUPAERO had the privilege of welcoming Mr. Philippe Baptiste, Minister of Higher Education, Research, and Space. This official visit led to high-level discussions on the institution’s priorities: aerospace engineering education, scientific excellence, national innovation, and student diversity.
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Welcomed by our Chief Executive, Chief Engineer Ms Baroux, the Minister was able to discuss the Institute’s strategic priorities. The meeting was further enriched by the presence of members of his cabinet and our key institutional and regional partners:
- Ms Barbara Ballavoisne, Sub-Prefect and Deputy Secretary-General of the Haute-Garonne Prefecture;
- Ms Nadia Pellefigue, Vice-President of the Occitanie Region responsible for Higher Education, Research, European Affairs and International Relations;
- Ms Carole Drucker-Godard, Rector of the Occitanie Academic Region;
- Ms Véronique Dominguez-Guillaume, Deputy Rector for Higher Education, Research and Innovation;
- Ms Isabelle Ferrer, Executive Councillor responsible for relations with universities, representing Mr Jean-Luc Moudenc.
The delegation learned about our entrepreneurship support programme at InnovSpace, our facility dedicated to supporting prototyping, creativity and disruptive entrepreneurship. Following a tour of the facilities available to our community, the Minister spoke with the founders of two deep-tech start-ups from our ecosystem: Viraj Aero and Alpha Impulsion, founded by Joseph Risson and Martin Gros.
The visit concluded with a convivial and sharing experience over lunch, celebrating the diversity of talent amongst our key players:
- Students with outstanding academic records: the class representative for the Master of Aerospace Engineering, a future Weapons Systems and Technology Engineer (IETA), the President of our Junior Enterprise (on a Sciences Po / ISAE-SUPAERO dual degree), as well as a first-year general engineering student involved in our ISAE-SUPAERO OSE equal opportunities programme.
- Our young female researchers: PhD and post-doctoral students specialising in Artificial Intelligence and sustainable aviation.
- Our female and male research lecturers who promote aerospace science on the international stage. The teams were able to demonstrate the impact of our cutting-edge work, particularly through our advances in space systems, planetary defence, space propulsion and neuroergonomics (analysis of human factors and mental workload in extreme environments).
A big thank you to the Minister, his office and all the institutional decision-makers for their active engagement and continued support for our mission: to train the best talent for a sovereign and sustainable future!
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