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2026 marks a new chapter in ISAE-SUPAERO’s visual identity

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13 April 2026

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The 2026 graphic charter

More modern, more legible and resolutely forward-looking, our new graphic charter fully embodies the Institute’s evolution. It is a visual expression of what makes us strong: academic excellence, innovation, international openness and the community spirit that brings us together.

Designed down to the smallest detail, the redesign offers a complete and coherent graphic ecosystem: new uses for the logos, contemporary typography, a revamped colour palette, dynamic gradations, customised pictograms, etc. Not forgetting the operational use of document templates (Word, PowerPoint), presentation materials for our courses and the Institute, and kakemonos.

All designed to harmonise and reinforce the impact of our communications, both on a day-to-day basis and internationally!

This new visual identity is the fruit of a collective effort, carried out with great care and creativity by the Digital and Multimedia Communications Department’s graphics studio, part of the school’s Marketing, Prospecting and Communications department.

A huge well done to the whole team for this remarkable achievement, which gives a new dimension to our image and supports the Institute’s ambitions.

Discover the school’s complete graphic charter!

In a nutshell

Digital Clean Up Week

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12 March 2026

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To mark Digital Clean Up Week,ISAE-SUPAERO is joining forces withENAC – Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile and organising a number of events to discover the real impact of digital technology and take action to reduce it!

Discover the programme 👇

🔹Exhibition on digital sobriety
🔹𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐳 𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐄-𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐄𝐑𝐎 𝐯𝐬. 𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐂: “𝘛𝘶 𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦́𝘵𝘦́ 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦́𝘳𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦?”. The school with the highest quiz score will win a surprise prize (spoiler: all quiz answers will be shown in the exhibition).
🔹 Digital mural

CUBE ÉTAT Awards Ceremony: ISAE-SUPAERO Takes the Top Spot

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10 March 2026

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Prize

Sustainability

ISAE-SUPAERO takes first place

After 12 months of fierce competition, the results were revealed at the awards ceremony held on 29 January 2026 in Paris.
ISAE-SUPAERO distinguished itself by winning one of the podium places.
ISAE-SUPAERO came first in the national ranking for the “offices from 2,500 to 5,000 m²” category, and was awarded the Golden Cube.

With energy savings of 19.9% and environmental savings of 25.7%, it was also ranked 13ᵉ overall, all categories combined.

A strong commitment to sustainable development

The Institut, which is heavily involved in energy transition and sustainable development, wanted to take part in this competition by entering two office buildings renovated in 2021. The aim is to prove that even in buildings that already consume little energy, it is still possible to go further by optimising technical settings and improving the day-to-day practices of occupants.

A collective success

Above all, this award reflects a collective effort. Pauline Bénard Lironcourt, the Institute’s energy performance officer, led the initiative. To meet this challenge, she mobilised the technical services to optimise and programme the equipment, while involving users in a wide range of fun activities: a kick-off meeting, comfort surveys, quizzes, visits to the technical installations, a day of activities around the cyclotube with the Haute-Garonne Environnement association (see photos below) and regular reminders of eco-actions, particularly before the holidays.

These initiatives have been very well received, and the occupants have participated fully in the process. The Institute was also nominated in the “best technical referent” section.

A big CONGRATULATIONS to everyone for this team effort, and thanks to Pauline for the impetus and dynamism she brought to bear to get everyone on board!

The ISAE Group welcomes ENSPIMA, a Graduate School specialising in aeronautical maintenance

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20 February 2026

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The ISAE Group has taken another step forward by welcomingENSPIMA (École Nationale Supérieure pour la Performance Industrielle et la Maintenance Aéronautique) as apartner school. This integration, formalised by the signing on 11 February 2026 of an agreement between Loïc Lavigne, Director of ENSPIMA, and Marie-Hélène Baroux, Director General of ISAE-SUPAERO, strengthens the group's expertise in the strategic field of civil and military aircraft maintenance.

Working together for aerospace excellence

ENSPIMA, based in Bordeaux, is joining our network of nine engineering schools specialising in aeronautics and space. This move will broaden and diversify the Group’s offering, adding to the expertise already available in civil and military aircraft maintenance. This maintenance dimension is essential to ensure the reliability and availability of aircraft for airlines and armed forces.

Marie-Hélène Baroux, President of the ISAE Group, commented:
“This collaboration strengthens our centre of excellence in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, a key region for the aeronautics industry. The integration of ENSPIMA, renowned for its maintenance expertise, will boost our network and meet the challenges of aircraft reliability and availability.

ENSPIMA: an engineering school at the heart of industrial challenges

Created in 2019, ENSPIMA trains engineers capable of designing and optimising maintenance methods for the civil and military sectors. Located at the foot of the runways at Mérignac airport, the school benefits from a unique environment, with exceptional teaching resources, including six aircraft (four aeroplanes and two helicopters).

Loïc Lavigne, President of ENSPIMA, commented:

“Joining the ISAE Group is a major step forward for our school. It will enable us to raise our profile and make an active contribution to training engineers of excellence, ready to meet the technological challenges of tomorrow.

A stronger network for the future of aerospace

With this membership, the ISAE Group confirms its position as a world benchmark in aerospace engineering training. ENSPIMA’s students and researchers will now benefit from increased international exposure, as well as enhanced opportunities with industrial and institutional players in the sector.

About the ISAE Group

The ISAE Group brings together engineering schools specialising in aeronautics and space, offering a complete range of courses (engineers, masters, specialised masters, doctorates). With 5,500 students and 2,000 graduates a year, it is a unique source of talent for the aerospace industry.

About ENSPIMA

ENSPIMA trains engineers in aeronautical maintenance and industrial performance, in partnership with the University of Bordeaux. Its innovative approach and local roots make it a key player in the industry.

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Women’s Campus Day 2026 “Inspiring younger generations and young girls”: astronaut Sophie Adenot’s commitment continues

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30 January 2026

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OSE ISAE-SUPAERO

Sophie Adenot, the patron of ISAE-SUPAERO’s OSE social outreach programme, is deeply committed to inspiring young people’s desires, inspiring their vocations and sparking their imagination. For several years now, she has been lending her support to initiatives in their favour.

On 15 January 2026, with one month to go before she takes off for the International Space Station, Sophie Adenot was not present, but she remained an emblematic and inspiring figure in the programme.

This year’s event, which brought together 120 young women from 17 schools in the Toulouse region, has a special dimension, however, as it celebrates the 10th anniversary of the “Campus au féminin” days.

Deconstructing gender stereotypes, talking to women scientists to make an impact

Julie B from the Femmes et Sciences association opened the workshop on stereotypes with great energy. To capture their attention, she used the easy-to-think-of stereotypes that lull young girls into complacency: ” You’re expected to be schoolgirls, diligent, neat, with long hair… and boys are expected to be rich, strong…” …. The threat is to behave as the stereotype portrays! ” she tells them persuasively.

To prove her point, the presenter proposes a quiz on women who are invisible, followed by a game involving associating a profession with photos of men and women. ” Mountaineer, aeroplane pilot, teacher, company director, engineer – which do you associate them with, a man or a woman? ” asks Julie. She then goes on to decipher the advertising posters, which provoke reactions from the schoolgirls. ” The image of women is devalued on a daily basis and it’s ingrained in people’s brains ” comments Aurore, while for Fatima “ All this has an impact on my vision of what can be imposed on us, and it develops my critical thinking “.

The girls then move on to the “women’s pathways” workshops, where they meet female professionals – chemical engineers, aeronautical engineers, researchers and coaches – to talk about their educational and career paths. ” I’ve tried things out, made mistakes and adjustments, and there are always solutions,” says Johanna, who works at Airbus. Florianne, who works at Alten, said with conviction: “ Pressure, uncertainty and the fear of failing are all allowed, but they shouldn’t stop us from moving forward!

The girls present would like to be doctors, engineers, radio operators, company directors, lawyers, etc. The professionals conclude: ” Believe in your dreams and in what you want to do!

24% of working engineers in France are women

Source: Observatoire des Femmes Ingénieures, 2026

In 2025-2026, women will account for 25% of students in scientific CPGEs

The government's objective is to achieve 30% female enrolment in scientific CPGEs by 2030, with a minimum threshold of 20% by the start of the 2026 academic year.

Source: Ministry of Education, "Girls and Maths" Plan, 2025

At the time of the ESA astronaut selection (2022), 39% of the candidates selected on the basis of their applications were women.

Of the 17 new astronauts selected, 8 are women (47%)

Of the astronauts who have already flown, 10-15% are women.

Source: ESA, Cité de l'Espace, 2023-2026

22% female students at ISAE-SUPAERO (all courses combined)

They support Campus au féminin

Partner schools of the cordée de la réussite: UPSSITECH and ENM
Associations: ISAELLES and Femmes et Sciences
Institutions: Rectorats of the Occitanie Academic Region, Prefect of Haute Garonne DREETS, DRDFE, Ministry of the Armed Forces, Occitanie Region

Also: GIFAS, AIRBUS, THALES, Fondation Dassault Systèmes, Fondation ISAE- SUPAERO, ELIOR GROUP.

ISAE-SUPAERO launches its Student Life Master Plan for 2026–2031

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14 January 2026

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Student life

Four main themes

The result of a wide-ranging participatory process involving students, staff and partners, the SDVE is based on four main themes:

Living on a pleasant and inclusive campus
Enjoying student life in complete safety
Getting involved in school life by being supported and valued
Interacting with the ecosystem to better invest in the future

This plan marks a turning point in the way the Institut thinks about campus life, student life and community life: from now on, these dimensions will be built together, coordinated and aligned around common objectives. It strengthens existing initiatives, encourages synergies and guides new innovative projects to enhance attractiveness and well-being.

Supported by the General Management and the Deputy Management in charge of student life, the SDVE will form a long-term part of the next Objectives and Performance Contract (2027-2031). Based on an analysis of students’ experiences, studies carried out (including Happy@School) and signals from the ecosystem, it is intended to evolve regularly in order to remain as close as possible to expectations.

A strong commitment to social and environmental responsibility

This master plan is part of ISAE-SUPAERO’s commitment to society and the environment. It is a response to the various CSR initiatives undertaken in areas such as training, research, innovation and campus life.

In addition, the Institute applies a zero-tolerance policy to acts of harassment, discrimination and sexual and gender-based violence, with numerous initiatives to prevent and deal with such acts.

Figures for the start of the 2025 academic year at ISAE-SUPAERO

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07 October 2025

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At the start of the 2025 academic year, ISAE-SUPAERO is welcoming nearly 882 new students from all disciplines!

ISAE-SUPAERO offers a range of courses designed to meet the major challenges facing our societies.

And there is no shortage of interest, as evidenced by the renewed attractiveness of its courses!

Figures for 2025

832 new students, including 38% international students representing 55 nationalities
350 General Engineering students
36 Industrial Engineering for Aeronautics and Space students
160 Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering students
200 Specialised Masters® students
86 PhD students

ISAE-SUPAERO’s training programmes ensure that young graduates find exceptional employment, in line with their expectations.

According to the Institute’s 2025 “First Job” survey, 70% of graduates from all courses find a job even before graduation, and 84% say they are “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with their first job.

The Aeronautics/Space/Defence (ASD) sector, buoyed by strong growth momentum and engaged in an exceptional period of transformation, attracted 77% of our young 2024 graduates, all courses combined.

Next came energy (4%) and finance/audit/insurance, followed by ecological transition (3%).

ISAE-SUPAERO renews cooperation agreements with ITA and São Paulo institutions

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12 June 2025

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Partnership

Marie-Hélène Baroux, Director General of ISAE-SUPAERO, emphasised the strategic importance of this partnership:

“This collaboration with the ITA and the institutions of São Paulo is an essential lever for developing innovative projects in key areas such as artificial intelligence applied to aeronautics, sustainability and new technologies. It offers our students and researchers invaluable opportunities to become fully involved in the challenges of tomorrow’s aerospace sector”.

This renewal brings with it a number of important commitments:

For students, it guarantees an expansion of exchange programmes, with a desire to further enrich exchanges between France and Brazil.
For researchers, it means greater openness to innovative collaborative projects, particularly in areas of the future such as artificial intelligence applied to aeronautics, environmental sustainability and new materials.
For ISAE-SUPAERO, it is an additional lever to strengthen its international attractiveness and confirm its major role in training engineers capable of meeting the challenges of the sector.

For more than twenty years, ISAE-SUPAERO and ITA have been developing joint programmes, in particular the BRAFITEC double degree, which enables students to acquire unique international and bicultural expertise. This renewal bears witness to the vitality and relevance of this cooperation in a global context marked by major technological and environmental challenges.

This cooperation is also part of a strong scientific dynamic between France and the State of São Paulo, with almost 10,000 joint publications in six years, demonstrating effective international synergy.

” Scientific and technological cooperation between the two regions is strong and growing. Over the last six years, French and Paulo researchers have jointly published 9,800 scientific articles, which represents 52% of all articles published as part of international collaborations during this period “, emphasised Marco Antonio Zago, President of the FAPESP.

The renewal of the agreements illustrates the strength of this transatlantic scientific cooperation, which continues to develop and diversify. It also testifies to the commitment and common vision shared by the participants in FAPESP Week France 2025, including Marco Antonio Zago, President of FAPESP, Marie-Hélène Baroux, Director General of ISAE-SUPAERO, Vahan Agopyan, Secretary for Science, Technology and Innovation of the State of São Paulo, and Odile Rauzy, Rector of Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier University, who summed up the challenge: ” Together, moving in the same direction, we will be stronger at a crucial time for science “.

Launch of the new ISAE-SUPAERO website: our showcase for excellence!

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03 June 2025

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ISAE-SUPAERO renews itself

🌍 Fluid navigation for all our audiences

We have redesigned the architecture of our website to provide a clear, intuitive experience tailored to each of our visitors: future students, researchers, industrial partners and the media.

Thanks to fluid, responsive navigation, you can quickly access essential content – our courses, our expertise, our projects – wherever you are in the world.

🎯A user experience at the heart of our approach

When designing this site, we put ourselves in the shoes of our users. We’ve simplified navigation, structured information logically and optimised access to key services.

In just a few clicks, you’ll find what you’re looking for… and much more besides! We’ll be with you every step of the way, from first contact to application.

✨A modern design serving our image

We have chosen a sober, elegant and dynamic interface, true to our evolving brand image. The design highlights our community, our campus, our research and our vision of engineering.

Every visual element helps to convey the energy, excellence and passion that drive us.

♿ Accessibility, performance and web quality on the agenda

Our website complies with international accessibility (RGAA) and performance (Opquast, Web Vitals) standards.

It guarantees everyone – whatever their situation or medium – fluid, fast and inclusive browsing. Because openness and rigour are part of our DNA, we have placed high standards at the heart of the project.

Explore, discover and get involved with us!

🔎 Our new website is just like you: curious, demanding and open to the world.

We invite you to plunge into the world of ISAE-SUPAERO, to discover our programmes, our research projects and our international campus.

This website is yours too!

👉 Explore it now and get in touch with our team to give us your feedback or find out more about our Institute: we can't wait to meet you!

Our Core Foundations

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10 March 2025

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“ISAE-SUPAERO is the leading engineering school in the field of aeronautics and space, in particular through the ISAE Group, which brings together 9 French aerospace engineering schools and offers a wide range of programmes dedicated to the field (engineering, Master, Advanced Master, and doctorate).

Joining ISAE-SUPAERO means benefiting from a world-class education with research and innovation central to strategic sectors of the future.

We are committed to a sustainable future, with an in-depth transformation of our teaching and research to include climate and societal issues. We are convinced of the important role of engineers and scientists in building a stable and inclusive world.

Since 2020, we have been deploying a concrete strategy based on flagship projects of international scope, coordinating initiatives with academic players in Toulouse and placing our resources and results at the service of society and European sovereignty.

As a fervent advocate of diversity in the service of innovation and society, we are also taking proactive steps to welcome students from a wide range of social backgrounds by awarding grants and supporting young people of all genders in high schools.

ISAE-SUPAERO is under the authority of the French Ministry of Armed Forces and is also a partner of the Ecole Polytechnique, HEC, and Sciences Po Paris. We have connections with more than 100 prestigious universities worldwide. More than 40% of our 1,900 students on campus come from outside France, reflecting the global mosaic of aerospace enthusiasts across more than 60 different nationalities.“

Our motto underlines the commitment of every member of our educational community to accompany our students towards high levels of academic and professional excellence, with passion.

It reflects our ambition to educate top-level engineers and researchers capable of meeting the complex challenges of aeronautics, space, and advanced systems.

At the service of society, our mission is to educate engineers to the highest level in order to maintain the European aeronautics and space industry and research, both civil and defence, at the forefront of the world, by relying on our 3 pillars: education, research, and innovation.

Our raison d'être is enshrined in our contract of objectives and performance: ISAE-SUPAERO's raison d'être is to educate high-level scientific and humanistic engineers who are innovative and capable of mastering the complex challenges of tomorrow's world.

We are committed to this mission in order to keep the European aerospace industry and research, both civil and military, at the forefront of the world. In this way, we are contributing to French and European sovereignty and prosperity, as well as to the progress of humankind.

At ISAE-SUPAERO, we are committed to educating engineers and scientists of excellence, embodying a diversity that fosters innovation with values centred on initiative, respect, and responsibility.

Each graduate is prepared to meet the global challenges of tomorrow's world and to play a central role as an engineer, entrepreneur, or scientist, in innovating for a sustainable and sovereign society.

At ISAE-SUPAERO, we offer a wide range of programmes, both initial and continuing, to meet the major challenges of the future, particularly in the aerospace sector.

As Polytechnique's application school for the general engineering curriculum, our Institute has expanded its educational offerings to include specialised engineering programmes as well as programmes open to international students.

A range of face-to-face and digital executive education programmes enables professionals to specialise throughout their careers.

In six years, our Institute has doubled its research activities, developing a resolutely interdisciplinary approach focused on major societal issues.

This dynamic approach is underpinned by close collaboration with academic and scientific partners, both locally and internationally, to enhance the impact of our work. More than a third of our research activities are directly linked to sustainable aeronautics and space, and several theses are leading to major developments in the industry and in fundamental—civil or defence—research. ISAE-SUPAERO and ENAC are working on the creation of a joint research laboratory to consolidate a systemic approach to the aeronautics and space of tomorrow.

At ISAE-SUPAERO, innovation is at the heart of our education and research. Our Institute educates the innovators of tomorrow and supports the maturation of technologies developed in our research laboratories. On campus, we encourage our students, staff, and faculty to develop their entrepreneurial spirit and their ability to make things happen, thanks to practical education, methodological support, and an 800m² space dedicated to innovation, including a Digital Lab, a prototyping space, and a start-up incubator.

Our students benefit from personalised support to bring their projects to fruition, whether in technological development, applied research, or entrepreneurship. Thanks to the FabLab, they can experiment, invent, design, and build prototypes to bring their ideas to life. For our students and alumni who want to go further, the incubator provides the ideal setting to transform their concepts into start-ups and take on the technological challenges of tomorrow.

For more than 100 years, we have maintained a close relationship with the industrial world, enabling our students to develop skills in line with market needs.

At ISAE-SUPAERO, we are at the heart of Europe's aeronautics and space capital.

Our location facilitates close exchanges with companies in the sector, from large to small, as well as with the rich academic and research fabric of the Occitanie region.
Beyond this region, we are forging strong partnerships with academics and industry from all over the world based on our three pillars: education, research, and innovation.

At ISAE-SUPAERO, our students are truly open to the world. Every year, more than 40% of our students come from abroad from around sixty different countries. Our international reputation is illustrated by the agreements we have signed with more than 100 prestigious universities around the world for exchange programmes, as well as by our collaborative research projects with laboratories and organizations abroad, including MIT, ESA, and NASA. This diversity creates a unique environment conducive to exchange and innovation, and prepares students for international careers in all strategic and innovative sectors.

We have the honour of counting many pioneering and innovative engineers among our 26,000 alumni, such as Henri Coanda, creator of the first jet plane, and Henri Lefebvre, designer of Citroën's 2 CV and DS cars. Some great leaders such as Marcel Dassault (founder of Dassault Aviation) or Henri Ziegler (CEO of Aérospatiale and founder of Airbus Industries) built European aeronautics, while others like Guillaume Faury (CEO of Airbus) are piloting it today. Our many young alumni astronauts (Thomas Pesquet, Luca Parmitano, Samantha Cristoforetti, Sophie Adenot, Arnaud Prost, and Anthea Comellini) keep the European space dream alive. Finally, we are proud to have educated the heads of young, fast-growing companies such as Romain Moulin of Exotec and Benoît Lemaignan of Verkor, our first two French industrial unicorns; Eloa Guillotin of Beyond Aero, working to develop the 1^st hydrogen-powered electric aircraft; and Fabien Apper of U-Space. We hope that our future alumni will also transform the world in the long term.

Since 1968, ISAE-SUPAERO has been based in the heart of the European capital of aeronautics and space, the favourite city of French students between the Pyrenees, the Atlantic, and the Mediterranean. Our 19-hectare campus is a lively and welcoming place, with a student residence of around 1,000 rooms, a wide range of sports facilities, and around a hundred student, cultural, and technical clubs, encouraging an intense community life on site.

Our Institute also boasts cutting-edge, world-class research facilities, supporting academic and scientific excellence. Our learning centre, the Aérothèque, offers 2,500m²of space reserved for a vast collection of documents, as well as rooms for collaborative working and flexible spaces for meetings, workshops, exhibitions, and conferences.

An environment that is the envy of many!