Academics
ESTACA offers training as an engineer over five years, characterised by a specialisation in a particular area of transport from the second year. Each student chooses their transport area according to their wishes or personal interests: automobile, guided transport systems, aeronautics or space. They acquire in-depth knowledge of the sector, making them operational as soon as they graduate. In addition to the transport option, the lessons contain a common core based on science, the human sciences and an education as an engineer. The course is based on the expertise of teachers who often have a background in the industry, personalised supervision and a training course oriented towards practical work and the completion of projects supervised by professionals.
Objectives of the engineering training course
ESTACA's objective is to train engineers who are operational and adaptable to the technological developments of the future industrial world. Through this training, the students must:
- acquire multidisciplinary skills in engineering sciences and transport engineering
- know how to make use of and transfer the acquired knowledge
- become familiar with industrial practices, both concerning the reasoning process and modes of organisation
- choose their curriculums and construct a personalised professional project
- develop their personalities and open up to the world
The engineering curriculum
Innovative instruction
Developing student autonomy
The aim is to teach students not just to accumulate knowledge, but rather to know how to identify that which they need, to acquire it independently and know how to use it. At the beginning of the curriculum, a course is provided covering methodology to teach students to think about how to learn and how to get organised to prepare themselves to be independent.
Promoting learning through projects
via alternation of training courses and projects as part of tutorials
At ESTACA, students play a major role in their own training and are also responsible for an activity within a group, for example as part of a tutorial. School projects aim for the widest student participation and the practical acquisition of multi-disciplinary knowledge.
Allowing each student to prepare their own professional projects
Students are supported by the educational team throughout their training curriculum: educational monitoring, organisation of conferences on professional specialisations, guidance with choices.
A specific programme is offered to students who have finished Science and Engineering Techniques terminal courses
Greater emphasis is placed upon training in fundamental science rather than technology. Particular support is offered to those students who have two years to catch up to the level of students who entered ESTACA after a science baccalaureate.
