To give meaning to their activities, several clubs and associations are committed to humanitarian, solidarity, environmental missions and so on.
Esprit IETA
The IETA students particularly want to pay homage to all the military personnel who every day strive for peace and security. Accompanied by wounded armed services personnel, every year, the team takes up impressive human and sporting challenges. The funds received for each challenge are donated to the Bleuet de France charity.
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Esprit IETA sports challenges. Raising awareness of ONACVG's cause
These sporting challenges are organized and carried out by IETA students with a war casualty, to raise public awareness of the cause of the ONACVG (Bleuet de France) and collect donations for war victims and their families.
Previous challenges
- Walk in Normandy to commemorate the D-Day landings
- Descent of the Dordogne gorges: almost 100 km in 4 days.
- Long hike along the Atlantic coast and Crozon peninsula.
- Hiking the Corsican GR 20 trails.
- 700 km cycling to remember, for the 14-18 Centenary in 2018, rewarded at the Trophées des Champions des Armées: “coup de coeur” trophy (read the 2018 article).
See these challenges in pictures on the Esprit IETA Instagram account
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ENSTAQUA
The ENSTAQUA club seeks to raise public awareness of maritime pollution.
Organized into 4 sections, the club carries out various activities including:
- Beach cleans
- Awareness-raising through exhibitions and presentations in schools
- Sea measurements (water salinity, temperature, etc.)
4L Trophy
Every year, several students take part in this adventure. Two to a 4L (Renault 4), they go head to head in an orienteering rally which takes them across Spain to arrive at the edge of the Moroccan desert. There, they leave the school supplies which they took with them. It is an incredible humanitarian adventure which stays with all those who take part.
Pôle Calypso du BDE et Cellule Anti-Discri
Intégrés au réseau Stop Discri de l'école (qui comprend des personnels école), les étudiants du pôle Calypso (BDE) et de la Cellule Anti-Discri (CAD) sont formés à l'écoute pour pouvoir accompagner les victimes et témoins de violence et rediriger vers les acteurs compétents.
Plusieurs fois par an, ils mettent en place et participent à des actions de sensibilisation et des formations (ateliers Krav Maga, ateliers pour lutter contre les discriminations...).
Aid'ENSTA
The association collects annals and corrections for various subjects and makes them available to the school's engineering students via a digital platform. The aim of this initiative is to give students free and fair access to useful resources to help them prepare for their exams.
Lyca Association
Created in 2025 by ENSTA students, the LYCIA association aims to raise awareness of artificial intelligence among secondary school pupils. The courses are prepared by experts in the field. They will soon be offered by volunteers in major French towns.
