page_title: Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées
section_title: Gradual recognition of the university
hierarchical_section_title: Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées / History / Gradual recognition of the university
caption_attribution_description: English: Campus toulousain de l’IPSA, école d’ingénieurs de l’air et de l’espace
context_page_description: The Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées, Polytechnic Institute of Advanced Sciences, is a French private postgraduate school in aerospace engineering located at Ivry-sur-Seine, Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse, recognized by the French state since 2010, whose diploma has been accredited by the French Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur since 2011.
  It was founded in 1961 and has been part of IONIS Education Group since 1998.
context_section_description: The Master issued by IPSA was recognized by the French state at level 1 (higher level) in 2005, after accreditation by the Commission Nationale de la Certification Professionnelle. In 2007, IPSA opened a second campus in Toulouse, joined the Erasmus Programme and concluded double degree agreements with foreign universities. Following its establishment in Toulouse, the university joined the Institut au service du spatial, de ses applications et technologies in 2008. The next year, IPSA joined Aerospace Valley and moved to Ivry-sur-Seine close to the university ESME-Sudria before being accredited by the French state in 2010.
  In 2011, the university was accredited by the Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur to grant the title of ingénieur diplômé de l'IPSA.
  During the evaluation process, the Commission noticed the strong points of the university (the kaizen, the motivation of teachers and students, the good job placement, ...) and the weak points (research activities to be developed, English level of the students to improve, the need to have more courses in social sciences, equipments on many campuses, ...). The CTI also asks for a new recruitment process which has been done rapidly by the creation of a competitive examination called Concours Advance. In January 2013, IPSA joined the Conference of the Directors of French Engineering Schools. The CTI agreement is extended in May 2013. In 2018, the university gets the EUR-ACE label.
caption: IPSA Toulouse campus
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