General information for the new academic year 2025-2026

Congratulations on your admission to ENSTA Bretagne! On this page, you’ll find all the practical information required for your arrival on campus. See you soon!
General information
Summer closure

The school will be closed from August 2 to 17, 2025 inclusive.

As of August 18, you will be able to reach contacts directly. If you have sent a document or letter by certified mail with or without return receipt requested, it will be processed starting August 18.

Housing and dining

The on-campus student residence (RDE) will open on August 15, 2024 for international students who begin class on August 19.

All other students can access the residence on August 23.

For more information, visit the residence web page

The dining hall will be open: 

  • from Monday, August 18: for breakfast and lunch

For more information, visit the dining hall web page
 

Welcome (Contacts)

For international students, a special welcome is offered by the Bureau des élèves (BDE)

We invite you to follow the internet check list to prepare for your arrival. You will be asked to fill in a form giving details of your arrival dates and times at the station or airport. Do this no later than 8 days before your departure!

Through the Acor unit

AcOr staff are responsible for welcoming, supporting and guiding students in all training cycles.

Through the student office

They'll be on campus to help you settle in and get settled (contact below). 

Don't hesitate to contact them with any practical questions you may have:

  • via the BDE's Instagram page (permanent contact during the summer)
  • or by e-mail: bde(a)ensta-bretagne.org

 

Disabled students

Don’t hesitate to get in touch with the on-campus disabled student contact person before school begins to prepare for your arrival.

Sylvie Guidal, +33(0)2.98.34.88.63

Athletics

If you wish to take part in sports with the Association Sportive de l'ENSTA, campus de Brest, you must have completed the health questionnaire. Find out more

A medical certificate is no longer required except for the following disciplines: Rugby, full-contact box combat, sport shooting, biathlon, karting, pentathlon, taekwondo combat, etc.

Social assistant

A social worker will be on campus at the start of the school year. In case of emergency, please contact Ms Amandine CARIOU (02 98 14 85 01).

School holidays

To organize your academic year, here are the 2025/2026 vacation dates at ENSTA, Brest campus

  • Fall break: October 27 to November 2, 2025
  • Winter break: December 22, 2025 to January 4, 2026
  • February break: February 16 to 22, 2026
  • Spring break: April 13 to 19, 2026

Important note: 3rd-year engineering students (i.e MSc in Eng.) as well as 2nd-year Master and Specialized Advanced Master students only break for the Christmas holidays.

Information on health insurance

French health insurance reimburses 70% of the cost of a visit to your personal doctor. For more comprehensive reimbursement of your health care costs, you can subscribe to a supplemental health insurance plan (mutuelle) which will reimburse the 30% of costs not covered by mandatory health insurance.

New Non-EU International Students 

Are you planning on studying in France for the next school year? To obtain medical coverage as soon as you arrive, you must register on the French health insurance website (French, English and Spanish versions available) : https://etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr/

New EU Students

Are you beginning your higher-education studies in France? There is no change in your medical coverage, and your medical costs will continue to be covered by your current health care insurer (usually your parents’ or legal guardians’ insurer). You will not be charged for health care in France. Please remember, however, to create an account on the French health insurance website, AMELI. 

HOW TO CREATE AN AMELI ACCOUNT

  1. CREATE your account online at ameli.fr
  2. PROVIDE your bank account details
  3. REGISTER with a doctor, if you haven’t already done so
  4. UPDATE your health card (on the machines available in pharmacies or at CPAM health insurance offices)
  5. CHECK that your personal health insurance number (NIR) is registered with your primary and supplementary health insurance providers
  6. OPTIMIZE YOUR COVERAGE: we recommend supplementary health insurance coverage, whether through your parents or on an individual plan.

How to contact the french health insurance service

By e-mail

By phone

By visiting

Through your Ameli online account, under the heading Ma messagerie your local CPAM branch

 

Business and Entrepreneurship Sciences

TRAINING MANAGERS, LEADERS AND ENTREPRENEURS FOR THE HIGH-TECH AND PUBLIC SECTORS.

ENSTA Bretagne’s comprehensive programs integrate aspects of human and social sciences. Specialist training in engineering and business science is also offered to expand students' managerial skills in a global context.

The department's research team focuses on engineering careers and education and contributes, along with its national and international partners, to exploring how adequately available training programs prepare engineers for their careers and to tackle today’s major social issues.

ENSTA Bretagne : ingénierie et sciences de l'entreprise, projet de créativité et innovation

Entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship

ENSTA Bretagne raises awareness of and offers specific courses in entrepreneur- and intrapreneurship (playing an entrepreneurial role as a company employee).

The ENSTARTUPS business incubator assists in the creation of new companies and plays a role in numerous projects directly linked to ENSTA Bretagne's fields of expertise.

Working on campus at the ENSTARTUPS business incubator, young entrepreneurs enjoy optimal conditions in which to develop their initiatives, benefiting from individualized support, cost-free working premises and access to prototyping resource centers.

Management, leadership and cultural awareness 

The varied and complementary teaching methods used in these courses include business games, leadership training, cultural awareness-raising activities and international management workshops.

Researching engineering education

ENSTA Bretagne's Human and Social Sciences research professors study engineering education and career paths. They carry out international research in collaboration with several partner universities, seeking to understand and compare how different countries approach innovation education for engineers.

The program
ENSTA Bretagne : mise en situation de leadership
"Diplôme d'ingénieur" (i.e. MSc in Eng.) program, Engineering and Business Science major
Parcours de 4e année pour élèves Polytechniciens

Cette spécialité est offerte aux élèves Polytechniciens dans le cadre de leur 4e année.

Co-operative engineering program, Engineering and Business Science option
Advanced Master in Maritime Project Management
Research
ENSTA Bretagne : Travail de classe en groupe
Research projects

Several research projects focus on helping engineers learn to innovate (Innov'ing 2020, for example), examining ways of improving education so as to provide engineers with the skills they need to invent and implement their innovations in the wider society. At ENSTA Bretagne, these research activities feed back into course content and teaching methods.

contact

Damien Coadour
Associate professor
Head of the Human and Social Sciences Department
Formation et Apprentissage Professionnels Laboratory
+33 (0)2 98 34 88 22

contact

Marieke Stein
Responsable recherche du département Sciences Humaines et Sociales
Laboratoire Formation et Apprentissage Professionnels
02.98.34.88.65

contact

Admissions Coordinator (French students)
Adelaïde Gaudron
+33 (0)2 98 34 87 01

contact

Zacharie Malicoutis
Project manager - Incoming mobility
02.98.34.89.74

Fees (Advanced Masters)

For our Advanced Masters, fees include the enrolment and tuition.

Rates for the 2023/2024 Academic Year

Specialized Advanced Masters Application fees Course fees
    Students Organization
Marine Renewable Energies Expert 30 € 8 000 € - Public institution or SME = €10,000
- Large group = €16,000
- Alumni enrolled in a partner institution (ENSTA Bretagne, Ecole Navale, IMT Atlantique et UBO) = €6,000
- Large group partner of an institution = €12,000
Pyrotechnics and Propulsion 30 € 8 000 € 12 000 €
Marine Engineering / Naval & Offshore Architecture (1) 30 € 8 000€ 12 000 €
Marine Project Management - Ship Maintenance(2) 30 € 8 000€ 12 000 €

Deadlines

  • Application fees - payment should be made before the application deadline at the very latest (after pre-enrolment on line). Any incomplete application file will not go before the jury.
  • Tuition fees - payment should be made the day before the first day of the new term at the very latest (students who have not paid these fees will not receive their official student card).
  • Payment of the deposit: Candidates on the main list admitted on the basis of a written application must confirm their enrolment within one month, and admitted candidates on the complementary list must do so within 15 days. These are default deadlines and should not be taken into account if the school communicates another deadline. To confirm their enrolment, candidates must pay a non-reimbursable deposit of €500. Payment is made online (see link below).

(1) For students having chosen the « Ship Design » option of the Specialized Advanced Master in Marine Engineering/Offshore and Naval Architecture, the school fees are 6 000 € (3 000 € to be paid to ENSTA Bretagne and 3 000 €  to ENSA PLV). Please note that this rate is not final and is subject to change
Specialized Advanced Master students are not eligible for mobility and tuition grants.

(2) For applicants for the "Ship Maintenance" option of the Specialised Master's Degree in Naval Project Management - Ship Maintenance, tuition fees must be paid on the basis of half to ENSTA Bretagne and half to the Ecole Navale.

Students enrolled on a Master or Specialized Advanced Master are not eligible for the means-tested grants awarded by the Regional Center for Student Affairs (CROUS).

Payment methods

You can pay:

  • via secure on line payment through your personal on line space (Aurion)   
  • For all other payment methods, please contact Laurent Gogé, Accounting Officer (payments): contact details below

contact

Laurent Gogé
Accounting Officer (payments)
+33 (0)2 98 34 88 80

Master's admissions

This page summarizes the application process for our Master's programs.
Procedure 2020/2021
From october 20

Online pre-registration.
(registration deadline : april 6)

By april 6

Full application submission
All required documents must have been submitted together with the € 30 application fee.

May

Admissions committee 
A committee analyzes all apllications. Admissions interviews may be held.

Before the summer

Admission results
You will be informed by by email before the summer.

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Admission requirements

To apply for one of our Advanced Masters you must have:

  • a MSc degree
  • a BSc + several years of professional experience

For foreign students who are not native French speakers, the minimum level of French required is CEFR B1 (certificate required) : https://www.coe.int/en/web/portfolio/self-assessment-grid.

Language level

The candidate’s level of language should enable him or her to follow classes taught in French and English. A minimum level of B1 is recommended in both languages.

https://www.coe.int/en/web/portfolio/self-assessment-grid.

Selection criteria

Application and interview.

Fees

Find out about application fees and tuition

Graduation requirements

This degree is awarded to all students who have passed the written examinations, practical examinations and successfully completed their final project.

 

Advanced Master's admissions

After an MSc or equivalent master’s degree earned in France or abroad, you can apply for these Specialized Advanced Masters, which are accredited by the Association of Grandes Écoles (CGE). These are world-leading, selective, one-year courses which prepare you for demanding, rewarding and fast-growing professional environments.

RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR

  1. Online provisional enrollment : From October 14, 2024 to March 23, 2025 inclusive*: 
  2. Submission of your complete application and payment of the application fee
    All the documents included in your application must be sent to us by March 23* at the latest and the €30 application fee paid.
    International students: Don’t leave your application until the last minute! We recommend that you complete it in good time (you may need to allow time to apply for a visa for example).
  3. Selection interviews and level tests may be organized. The jury analyzes the complete applications during the year. .
  4. Admission results
    They will be sent to you by email.
  5. Confirmation
    In order to confirm your enrollment on an ENSTA Bretagne course, a non-refundable deposit of €500 must be paid.

* The application period may exceptionally be extended for applicants from partner institutions.

Special case:

  • Specialized Advanced Master in Geo-Locating and Multi-Sensor Systems Engineering: please consult the website of the partner school in charge of this program: ENSTA Paris

Admission requirements

To register for one of our Specialized Advanced Masters, you must have completed one of the following:

  • Five years of higher education (an engineering degree, Master or equivalent)
  • The first year of a Master’s degree, with three years of professional experience
  • Validation of Personal and Professional Experience (VAPP), with five years of professional experience

For foreign students who are not native French speakers, the minimum level of French required is CEFR B1 (certificate required) : https://www.coe.int/en/web/portfolio/self-assessment-grid.

Language level

The candidate’s level of language should enable him or her to follow classes taught in French and English. A minimum level of B1 is recommended in both languages.
https://www.coe.int/en/web/portfolio/self-assessment-grid

Selection criteria

Application. Selection interviews and level assessment tests can be organized.

Fees

Find out about application fees and tuition

Graduation requirements

This degree is awarded to all students who have passed the written examinations, practical examinations and successfully completed their final project.

contact

Admissions Coordinator (French students)
Adelaïde Gaudron
+33 (0)2 98 34 87 01

contact

Zacharie Malicoutis
Project manager - Incoming mobility
02.98.34.89.74

Option Ship Design (MS IMANO)

La spécialité Ship Design du Mastère Spécialisé Ingénierie Marine / Architecture Navale et Offshore est enseignée à l'ENSA Paris La Villette de janvier à mars.

Admission procedures : NB, for the Specialized Master in Marine Engineering/Offshore and Naval Architecture, Ship Design option, you need to complete 2 admission files:

  • that of ENSTA Bretagne (link to the website for pre-registration)
  • a paper file for the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris-La-Villette available on their website

Conception de voilier

Cette Unité d'enseignement concerne l’étude et le pré-dimensionnement de la structure des coques de voiliers. Cette partie précède un projet de boucle de conception Voilier. A l’issue de cette UV, les étudiants seront capables de réaliser un avant-projet sommaire de voilier. Le calcul des efforts et des déformations associées s’appliquant aux différents éléments de la structure seront étudiés.

Projet - Croquis

Le cours de croquis et des techniques du dessin propose aux étudiants de découvrir le médium du dessin comme un langage visuel permettant à la fois d’aiguiser le sens de l’observation, d’essayer de restituer au mieux la vision du réel et aussi de pouvoir exprimer l’idée et la structure d’une nouvelle conception. 
Les thèmes de croquis varient entre les études d’après nature : des natures-mortes, paysages, espaces architecturaux, bateaux, modèle vivant. Les cours se déroulent dans les locaux de l’Ecole et à l’extérieur, notamment dans les parcs, quais de Seine, galeries du Muséum de l’Histoire Naturelle, salles du Musée de la Marine, espaces du Salon Nautique etc.

Qualité spatiale

Le projet consiste à créer une extension flottante et itinérante de l’ENSA PLV positionnée sur le plan d’eau situé au niveau du croisement des canaux en bordure du parc de la Villette. Ni navire, ni bâtiment ou les deux à la fois. L’objectif sera d’instaurer un dialogue pour une valorisation réciproque de la ville et de ce navire. Il s’agit également de libérer » la créativité, d’apprendre à qualifier les espaces avec la lumière, les opacités et les vues.
L’étudiant choisit une hypothèse. Il la qualifie et l’exprime par une figure sous forme de maquette et graphiquement par une coupe inventant ainsi un espace. Cette maquette appelée « figure », est exécutée aux proportions du futur navire et sera positionnée sur la maquette commune du site. Cette figure constitue le fil conducteur et le «contrat» que l’étudiant doit respecter jusqu’à la fin du travail de projet. La figure doit procurer une émotion ressentie par tous avant de passer à l’étape suivante.

Techniques du navire

A l’issue de l’unité de valeur conception des voiliers abordant les principales contraintes techniques liées au projet de navire, l’étudiant doit avoir mis en pratique les connaissances générales de base en s’appuyant sur son projet qualité spatiale. Cet enseignement va l’aider à mieux comprendre les imbrications techniques (Hydrostatique, hydrodynamique, structure, équipements principaux...) et ainsi savoir les hiérarchiser en fonction du programme traité.

Surfaces développables (Workshop)

Cette UV se déroule sous la forme d’un travail intensif de 2 semaines et  se situe dans la continuité du projet et en complément du cours d’hydrodynamique navale. L’objectif est la maîtrise de la géométrie des surfaces développables à l’aide d’un outil informatique, Rhino 3D, ainsi que la mise en oeuvre d’une maquette navigante pour analyse qualitative du champ de vagues par expérimentation en traction.  L’étudiant commence son travail par un dessin à la main d’une forme en s’appuyant sur des coefficients adimensionnels très synthétiques. Puis vient la modélisation de celle-ci à l’aide du modeleur surfacique Rhino 3D et son évolution vers une surface.
Cette UV est enseignée à ENSA Paris La Vilette au cours du 1er semestre.

Semestre 1 - MS IMANO / Ship Design : 255 créneaux

UE 5. 1 ANO - Connaissances et pratiques métiers Créneaux (55 minutes) Anglais
Plateformes navales et offshore 66 X
Boucle navire 66 X
TOTAL UE 5.1 132 créneaux  

 

UE 5. 2 ANO - Fondamentaux architecture navale et offshore Créneaux (55 minutes) Anglais
Résistance à l'avancement/ Propulsion    
Manoeuvrabilité    
Structure navale 66 X
TOTAL UE 5.2 66 créneaux  

 

UE 5. 3 ANO - Profils (au choix) Créneaux (55 minutes) Anglais
Problématique de l'ingénierie offshore 33 X
Problématique structures et matériaux en ingénierie maritime 33  
Conception de voiliers 33  
TOTAL UE 5.1 33 créneaux  

 

Conférences et visites ANO Créneaux (55 minutes) Anglais
Conférences transversales 8  
Visites 40  
TOTAL 48 créneaux  

 

  Créneaux (55 minutes) Anglais
Naval architecture basics 42 X
Stabilité navires X
TOTAL 42 créneaux  

 

+ programme proposé par ENSA Paris La Villette

 

Semestre 1 - MS IMANO / Ship Design : 30 ECTS

 

UE 6.2 ANO - PFE ANO Créneaux (55 minutes) ECTS
Thèse professionnelle en entreprise   30

 

International academic partners

ENSTA Bretagne has established numerous European and international bilateral agreements both to provide our students with opportunities to study abroad (for an internship, a single semester or a full school year) and to host international students. Some of these agreements include PhD programs and research professorships.
Erasmus + partnerships and bilateral agreements
Europe

Germany

  • Universitaet Bremen
  • Universitaet der Bundeswehr Hamburg (Helmut Schmidt Universitaet)
  • Universitaet der Bundeswehr Munchen
  • HafenCity Universitaet Hamburg
  • TU Chemnitz
  • Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM)
  • Fachhochschule Kiel (FH-Kiel)
  • Carl von Ossietzky Universitaet Oldenburg

Belgium

  • Université d'Anvers (Antwerp)
  • Université de Liège
  • Université de Gent
  • Ecole Royale Militaire (ERM)

Spain

  • Universitat Jaume I - Castello de la Plana
  • Universitat Politècnica de Cataluña
  • Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV)
  • Universidade da Coruña
  • Universidad de Zaragoza

Hungary

  • Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Latvia

  • Riga Technical University

Greece

  • Hellenic Army Academy
  • University of Patras
  • National Technical University of Athens

United Kingdom

  • Cranfield University
  • Heriot Watt

Italy

  • Politecnico di Torino
  • Università degli studi di Genova

Netherlands

  • TU Delft

Poland

  • Gdansk University of Technology
  • Poznan University of Technology
  • Military University of Technology (WAT)

Portugal

  • Universidade de Coimbra
  • Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Engenharia (FEUP)
  • Instituto Superiorhell Técnico - Universidade de Lisboa (IST)

Czech republic

  • Czech Technical University (CVUT), Prague
  • University of Defence in Brno
  • Ostrava University of Technology
  • University of Pardubice

Romania

  • Academia Technica Militara Bucarest (ATM)
  • Universitatea Politehnica din Bucuresti
  • Dunarea de Jos – University of Galati
  • Universitatea din Pitesti
North America

Canada

  • Concordia University
  • Université de Laval
  • Universié du Québec à Rismouski
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland

United States

  • Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgiatech), Atlanta
  • Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
  • Colorado State University

 

South America

Argentina

  • Universidad de Buenos Aires - Faculté d'Ingénierie (FIUBA)
  • Universidad Nacional del Noroeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNNOBA)
  • Universidad Nacional de la Plata (UNLP)
  • Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS Bahia Blanca)
  • Universidad Nacional de San Martin (UNSM)
  • Universidade de Mar del Plata (UNMdP)
  • Universidade Arturo Jauretche (UNAJ)
  • Universidade Nacionale de Quilmes (UNQ)
  • UniversidadeNacionale de San Luis (UNSL)
  • Universidad de la Defensa Nacional (UNDEF)
  • Universidad Nacional del Comahue (UNComa)

Brazil

  • Universidade de Brasilia (UnB)
  • Universidade Federal Da Bahia (UFBA)
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
  • Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
  • Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC)
  • Universidade de Pernambuco, Récife (UFPE)
  • Universidade Federal de Paraná - Curitibá (UFPR)
  • Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
  • Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro (UFTM)
  • Universidade tecnologica Federal do Parana (UTFPR)

Chile

  • Universitad Austral de Chile

Colombia

  • Universitad de los Andes
  • Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
  • Universidad Technologica de Bolivar

Mexico

  • Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo
  • Universidad Veracruzana

 

Asia & Oceania

Australia

  • Flinders University
  • Curtin University
  • Australian Maritime College
  • Deakin University

China

  • Tongji Shanghai University
  • Ocean University of China

India

  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
  • Indian Institute of Technology Goa

Malaysia

  • Universiti Sains Malaysia (UPNM)
  • Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

Vietnam

  • International University - Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
Middle East

Lebanon

  • Université Libanaise - Faculté de Technologie
  • Université Libanaise - Faculté de Génie
  • Université Libanaise - Faculté des Sciences
  • University of Balamand
Africa

Algeria

  • Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique (ESI)

Morocco

  • Ecole Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs (EMI)
  • Ecole Polytechnique d'Agadir
  • Ecole Marocaine es Sciences de l'Ingénieur (ESI)

Senegal

  • Ecole Polytechnique de Dakar

Tunisia

  • University of Sousse

Find our international academic partners on the map

Click on the pointers to learn more about our partnerships.
Green pointers represent programs in which students can earn a double degree.
 

 

 
Our list of partner universities expands every year and includes outstanding establishments offering programs in aeronautics, computer science, naval design, new technologies, automotive engineering, etc..