Groupement des écoles d'aéronautique facts for kids
The Groupement des écoles d'aéronautique (GEA France) (in English French aviation school network) includes three French engineering universities:
- École nationale de l'aviation civile (ÉNAC), Aix-en-Provence, Carcassonne, Castelnaudary, Toulouse, Muret, Montpellier, Grenoble, Biscarosse, Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, Saint-Yan et Melun,
- École nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechnique (ISAE-ENSMA), Poitiers,
- Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace (ISAE), Toulouse.
The GEA is member of the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research.
Project
The GEA universities have created the Institut sino-européen d'ingénierie de l'aviation of Tianjin in partnership with French aerospace companies. This is part of Franco-Chinese cooperation after an Airbus A320 assembly plant was built in Tianjin.
The university, opened in October 2007, trains Chinese students. They follow a course in aerospace engineering, taught in French. After a first year of learning the French language, they follow a master's degree course in aeronautical engineering.
Not linked with the engineering training, three Mastères Spécialisés are also taught in Tianjin: