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:''This article is about one of two French engineering schools called ENSAE. For alternative uses of ENSAE see the page ENSAE.'' ''SUPAERO - École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace ®'' ("SUPAERO", translated as "National Higher School of Aeronautics and Space"), founded in 1909, is one of the most prestigious and selective ''grandes écoles'' in France. It was the world's first dedicated aerospace engineering school and is considered to be one of the best in Europe in that field. SUPAERO's mascot is the little owl (''Athene noctua''), a symbol of wisdom sacred to the goddess Athena. In 2007, SUPAERO was grouped together with ENSICA to form a new aeronautical school: Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace (ISAE). The aim of this move was to increase the international visibility of SUPAERO and ENSICA (which both depend from the French Ministry of Defense), by sharing their faculty and experimental means. The enrolment process for students, the courses, and the final diploma retain a distinction between ENSICA and SUPAERO. The present article focuses on SUPAERO only. SUPAERO offers a three-year curriculum and a master's program. Since its founding in 1909 SUPAERO has produced more than 11,000 graduates; some of them have achieved fame in their field, including: Henri Coandă, the discoverer of the Coanda effect; Henri Ziegler, father of the Airbus program; Frédéric d'Allest, first chairman of Arianespace; and Jean-François Clervoy (class of 1983), astronaut. == History == In 1909, an engineering officer, Colonel Jean-Baptiste Roche imagined the future prospects and uses that airplanes would have in the world, and founded the École supérieure d'aéronautique et de constructions mécaniques (Higher Aeronautics and Mechanical Building School) in Paris, boulevard Victor (which is now the campus of the ENSTA). The school became in 1930 the École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique (National Higher School of Aeronautics); then, in 1972, it was called the École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace or, more simply, SUPAERO, which is the name most associated with the school.〔Once a nickname, the name SUPAERO (in capitals) is now endorsed by the school as part of a trademark (no. 03 3 239 011 deposited on July 30, 2003 at INPI), now belonging to ISAE (http://bases-marques.inpi.fr/Typo3_INPI_Marques/getPdf?idObjet=3239011_201236_fmark).〕 In 1968 SUPAERO was relocated to the aerospace complex in Toulouse, at the heart of a world-class scientific and industrial environment. On the same site, a large research center called the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches de Toulouse (CERT, the Study and Research Center of Toulouse) was built at the same time. This center, associated with the School, has become the Toulouse center of the ONERA (National Office for Aerospace Studies and Research). It carries out research directed by and towards the highly demanding aeronautical, aerospace and defence sectors. Nearby SUPAERO are also located the ENAC (the French National Higher School for Civilian Air Transport), the CNES (the French space agency) and the CNRS (the French National Centre for Scientific Research). In 1994, SUPAERO became a public institution of an administrative nature under the supervision of the Ministry of Defense. It has a Board of Directors. In 2007, SUPAERO merged with ENSICA, another aerospace engineering school from Toulouse, so as to reduce redundancy and gain more international visibility. The new entity is called the Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE). The two schools, however, retain their recruitment process for the student body and deliver two separate diplomas.〔(ENSICA-SUPAERO merger project (in French) )〕 SUPAERO is part of the École polytechnique's program for further specialization and is authorized to award the degree of Doctor of the National Higher School of Air and Space engineering, with its own seal. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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