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Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France
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ISAE-Supméca (Institut supérieur de mécanique de Paris, administrative name ISM Paris) is a public engineering school in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, at the gates of Paris. It is an établissement public à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel (EPCSCP) under the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and has been a school of the Groupe ISAE since January 2018. It is also a member of the Conférence des grandes écoles and of the CDEFI.
The school trains engineers in mechanics and digital engineering: design, modelling and simulation of mechanical and mechatronic systems, materials and production systems. Its engineering diplomas are accredited by the Commission des titres d'ingénieur (CTI) and confer both the grade of master and the title of ingénieur diplômé. The three-year engineering cycle is offered under student status or by apprenticeship, in two apprenticeship specialities, Génie industriel and Génie industriel pour l'aéronautique et l'espace, run with ITII Île-de-France.
Teaching is project-based from the first year. Three industrial placements make up one third of the curriculum (at least 12 months of industrial experience, at least one placement abroad for students), the second year includes a design-office experience and the third year a synthesis project tied to one of four specialisation tracks. English is compulsory and a second foreign language is offered among German, reinforced English, Spanish, French as a foreign language, Italian, Japanese and Russian.
Research is carried out in the Euler laboratory (created in 2025, a Unité Propre de Recherche that joined the Institut Carnot ARTS in 2025) and the Quartz laboratory, with partnerships with companies such as Dassault Systèmes, Alstom, ArianeGroup, Bosch, Airbus, Renault, Safran, Stellantis and Valeo. Besides the engineering diplomas the school offers EME diplômes d'établissement (bac+5, not conferring the master grade) for professionals, delivered in blended learning in francophone Africa and the Paris region.
Student life is organised by the Bureau des élèves and more than 30 clubs and associations, with over 1,000 m² of premises for student life, a student restaurant on site and school-linked residences in Saint-Ouen. International students arrive mainly through Erasmus+, BRAFITEC and bilateral agreements, double-degree agreements, and research stays in the Quartz laboratory; free French-as-a-foreign-language courses are open to all levels.
Apprentices pay no registration fees and no student social security; they are employees of their host company. Apprentice pay is a share of the SMIC: first year 43% (ages 18-20) or 53% (21 and over, or the collective-agreement minimum); second year 51% or 61%; third year 67% or 78%.
Means-tested bursaries are requested from the CROUS, with the school's scolarité office validating attendance; the CROUS also runs the Fonds de solidarité universitaire emergency fund, honour loans for French students (interest-free, repayable within ten years of the diploma, average annual amount 1,500 euros) and study allowances in specific situations. ISAE-Supméca runs a commission for exemption from registration fees for learners in hardship and lends computers to learners in digital precarity.
Exchange mobilities carry no extra tuition. Mobility grants managed by the school's international relations office, with two award committees each academic year: the ministry AMI grant for scholarship-holding students (400 euros per month abroad, for 2 to 9 months); BRAFITEC (1,500 euros flat for an academic mobility in Brazil); ARFITEC (1,300 euros flat for an academic mobility in Argentina); Erasmus+ (monthly allowance by mobility type and destination zone, 2 to 12 months for placements, 3 to 12 for studies, supplementary funding for students with disabilities up to 100% of actual costs; Erasmus code F ST-OUEN02); and the GIFAS export grant for students with modest resources travelling to target countries. Contact: [email protected]. More: Financer sa mobilité and Bourses, aides sociales.
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View scholarships for ISAE-Supméca →Recruitment is at bac+2 minimum. Entry routes: the Concours Mines-Télécom after a scientific classe préparatoire (places offered: MP 45, PC 22, PSI 52, PT 14, TSI 3, MPI 1); the CY Tech mechanical pre-engineering cycle (3 places; the cycle itself is entered by bacheliers through the Galaxy competition and Parcoursup, with a jury, a motivation interview and attention to industrial sciences and English); the ATS competition run by ENSAM (3 places; written tests in English, French, mathematics, industrial sciences and physics; SCEI registration 8 December 2025 to 29 January 2026; written tests early May, orals mid-June).
Second-year Licence holders from the reinforced Licence Sciences et technologies of the Université de Poitiers (3 places) and the Université de Toulon (1 place), and holders of a Licence in mechanics, applied mathematics, physics or EEA (3 places), enter the first year; holders of a validated or in-progress scientific Master 1 in engineering sciences oriented to mechanics, physics or materials (4 places), and international Bachelor of Science holders, enter the second year. The process is a file review followed by an oral interview and an English test. For the 2026 intake the file was due by 2 March 2026 (17:00) with interviews and the English test on 20 March 2026; files go to [email protected]. Holders of a foreign diploma must obtain a diploma equivalence certificate from France Éducation International; without it the file cannot be considered by the recruitment commission, which meets each April.
Génie industriel (with ITII Île-de-France): selection on file, positioning tests (English, mathematics, mechanics) and interview; applicants must be under 30 at contract signature, hold a scientific and technical Licence, a BUT (GMP, MP, GIM), an ATS prépa, a CPGE PT, PSI or TSI (preferably with admissibility to a national competition), the CY Tech pre-engineering cycle or an equivalent, and must find a host company and sign an apprenticeship contract at the latest 3 months after the start of the course. Registration is on the Mécavenir site from early January to end of May; 2026 sessions were 21 March and 23 April. Newly arrived foreign applicants need a diploma comparability certificate and, depending on country of origin, a French test (DELF B2 or TCF tout public B2).
Génie industriel pour l'aéronautique et l'espace (with the Groupe ISAE): single online application for the Groupe ISAE schools, registration 1 December 2026 to 5 February 2027 (noon), written tests (mathematics, French, English) on 4 March 2027, interviews 14 to 21 April 2027, admissibility results 29 April 2027; application fee 60 euros (30 euros for scholarship holders). Eligibility mirrors the above (BUT GMP, MP, GIM, GEII or SGM, Licence, ATS, CPGE PT or PSI, CY Tech cycle or equivalent). Contact: [email protected].
Exchange students (Erasmus+, BRAFITEC, bilateral agreements) join the second or third year for one or two semesters or a project or placement, after pre-selection by their home university's international office; Master-level Erasmus+ candidates need at least 180 ECTS or an equivalent three-year Bachelor in science or engineering. Double-degree students follow the second and third years under a specific agreement. Placement or end-of-study projects in a Quartz research team are requested at least 3 months ahead. Individual applications outside these frameworks are possible but not encouraged.
EME1 is open to Licence holders (bac+3, any speciality) with demonstrated motivation, or by validation of professional experience (VAP, minimum 3 years); EME2 is open to Master 1 holders. Applications are made online on ismparis.blearn.ac, with a file review (civil status, diplomas, experience, motivation letter, recommendations) and a 40-minute online knowledge test. Specialities include Logistics and Supply Chain, Data Engineering, Finance and Financial Engineering, and Complexity Management.
The school is affiliated to the doctoral schools ED SMEMAG no. 579 and ED INTERFACES no. 573 (Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec) and ED SI no. 417 (CY Cergy Paris Université). Engineering students may follow a one-year master alongside the third year (Paris-Saclay, Paris-Dauphine, Sorbonne Paris Nord) to ease entry to a thesis; several doctoral students hold CIFRE theses.
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