The École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de constructions aéronautiques (French pronunciation: [ekɔl nɑsjɔnal sypeʁjœʁ dɛ̃ʒenjœʁ də kɔ̃stʁyksjɔ̃ aeʁɔnotik]; meaning "National Higher School of aeronautical constructions"), or ENSICA, was a French engineering school founded in 1945.

Area of studies cover all the fundamentals of aeronautics, including: aerodynamics, structures, fluid dynamics, thermal power, electronics, control theory, airframe systems, IT... Students are also trained to management, manufacturing, certification, and foreign languages.

Main employers are Airbus, Thales, Dassault, Safran (Sagem, Snecma), Rolls-Royce, Astrium, Eurocopter.

[citation needed] The decree giving birth to the "Ecole Nationale des Travaux Aéronautiques" (ENTA) was signed in 1945.

The text was then ratified by Charles de Gaulle, president of the temporary government, and by René Pleven, Finance Minister.

In 1969, the school joined the competitive entrance examination system organised by the Ecoles Nationales Supérieures d'Ingénieurs (ENSI).

ENSICA became the top-listed school for students with pass marks in ENSI competitive entrance examinations and continuously increased the part set aside for research.

The Mechanical Engineering courses lasts three years and includes : - basic training including fundamental knowledge mainly concerning calculation of structures and technological knowledge of mechanisms, manufacturing and materials, - training applied to aeronautics and space; this part increasing progressively throughout the three years.

The goals of CS training are: (1) to study the methods for developing programs (specification methods, object-oriented design, structured programming algorithms, testing); (2) to learn the basics of algorithmics (3) in-depth study of object programming, and learning an object-oriented methodology that uses UML as modeling notation; (4) to study the specific features of "Real-Time" applications and systems and of new-generation network architectures in close association with the research work carried out in the department.

Foreign partnerships include: Australia Belgium Canada China Germany Italy Mexico Netherlands Poland Romania Russia Singapore Spain Sweden United Kingdom