ESTACA (Ecole Supérieure des Techniques Aéronautiques et de Construction Automobile) is a French Engineering school specialised in Automoptive, Aeronautical, Space and Railway Engineering.

Founded in 1925, ESTACA is a member of  'Conférence des Grandes Ecoles', a group consisting of the most prestigious engineering school in France.

ESTACA offers different courses in transportattion engineering areas:

- a Master degree (Diplôme d'Ingénieur) : 5-year engineering course taught in French

- a 5-month programme taught in English specialised in Computer Aided Engineering and Design applied to the aeronautical and automotive sectors.

Research laboratories are a fundamental part of ESTACA courses and they collaborate with industries in the form if partnership of research. They cover six fields of research : Thermo-fluids, Control and Systems, Acoustics, Structure and Materials, Mechatronics, Embedded Systems and Vehicle Dynamics.

ESTACA is located in Paris and in Laval (Mayenne), 1h40 away from Paris.

The strong points of ESTACA are the following ones:

- active and numerous contacts with the industry

- recognized in the industry for its expertise in the following engineering sectors: automotive, aeronautics, space and railway

- a strong international activity (cf ESTACA partner universities)

- active in research and competition poles

In order to train operational engineers who will have the ability to adapt to the technological evolutions of tomorrow’s company, the course include for all students:

ESTACA has been a Member of the N+i network since 2007.

We enrolled our first student in September 2008. He is currently in Master 2, in the automotive engineering specialisation. His objective is to work for the motorsport industry.

ESTACA registers new foreign students at any session.

The recruitment will stop at session 3.

Unfortunately ESTACA does not offer any scholarship to foreign students. However as mentionned below, n+i students benefit from a discount of the tuition fees.

ESTACA is home to about 30 associations enabling students to acquire the practical skills in parallel to their training in a wide variety of fields. Each student joins an association corresponding to his or her interests : technological, sports, humanitarian, cultural etc. The school encourages and support these activities, considered as a direct relay of teaching. Via association projects, students learn how to manage people and resources, to meet goals within deadlines, to manage communication ... all essential skills in their life as a future engineer.

ESTACA is a member of the N+i network since 2007.

So far we received one student who is currently enrolled as a fifth-year student (M2). He is attending the automotive specialisation of the Master programme.

ESTACA International activities consist of :

-          exchange of students: 41 partner universities worldwide (Europe (Germany, UK, Spain, Sweden; Belgium, Finland, Italy, Romania, Czech Republic,), Asia (China, India, Thailand), America (Canada, Mexico, Brazil, USA).

-          exchange of interns: ESTACA has seven Research Laboratories applied to transportation engineering

-          collaboration on International projects with the following overall organisation : two or three teams made up of French and international students working in competition on the same project (communication and academic supervision are mainly carried out by email, phone conferences. At the end of the project, students meet: in the case of our partnership with UAH, ESTACA students go to the USA to meet their team members and to present their results. The academic staff form UAH then chooses a "winner" team per project. ESTACA has been working on these projects with UAH for more than 10 years and is willing to develop those types of collaboration.

-           organisation of International Fairs to promote international exchange and internships : partner universities and industries are invited to participate in this event.