Governance
The Ecole nationale supérieure maritime, ENSM, trains merchant navy officers and maritime engineers. It comes under the authority of the Secretary of State to the Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, responsible for the Sea and Biodiversity.
ENSM was created on 1 October 2010, pursuant to decree 2010-1129 dated 28 September 2010 as amended by decree 2019-200 dated 15 March 2019.
Every 5 years, ENSM signs a Contract of Objectives and Performance (COP) with its supervising authority.
- François Lambert is ENSM Managing Director
- Nathalie Tancret, Director of Studies
- Pierre-Yves Le Corre is Director of Central Services.
The Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is chaired by Frédéric Moncany de Saint-Aignan and Gaël LE SAOUT, Vice President, and sets the general direction of the School.
The ENSM Board of Governors is made up of 28 members, including 5 members representing the French State, 15 outside figures, including 6 qualified figures (at least one of whom is from higher education), 8 members representing employers in the maritime sector and 1 member appointed by the alumni associations, 8 elected members representing staff and students, including 4 representing staff carrying out teaching or research duties within the school, 2 representing staff not carrying out teaching or research duties and 2 representing students.
The Extended Management Committee
The Extended Management Committee meets once a month. Its purpose is to discuss the latest developments at the Academy and to follow up on the actions implemented at all of the Academy’s campuses. It has around twenty members and is chaired by François Lambert, Managing Director of the École Nationale Supérieur Maritime.
The Restricted Management Committee meets weekly with the same objective of discussing current affairs and monitoring the implementation of actions across the four campuses. It consists of 8 members and is chaired by François Lambert, French Maritime Academy Managing Director.
Social dialogue bodies
Social Administration Committee (Comité social d’administration, CSA)
The SAC is governed by Decree n° 2020-1427 relating to Social Administration Committees in state administrations and public institutions .
It operates in accordance with its own rules of procedure and is chaired by ENSM Managing Director.
Specialised Section of the Social Administration Committee (CSA-FS)
Created by the same decree as the SAC, the specialised section is chaired by ENSM’s Managing Director.
The specialised section meets at least three times a year and whenever circumstances require. The composition of the CSA-FS is set out in Article 24 of Decree no. 2020-1427.
A statement of opinion is circulated to all staff and posted on the Academy’s intranet. Only staff representatives and administrative staff taking part in the committee receive the minutes.
Joint Consultative Committee (JCC)
A Joint Consultative Committee is in charge of considering issues relating to the situation of ENSM’s contract staff (see appendix 2, Decision No.117 dated 25 March 2013).
The JCC must be consulted on:
- Individual decisions relating to dismissals at the end of a probationary period;
- Disciplinary measures other than warnings and reprimands;
- Any matter of an individual nature relating to the professional situation of contract staff.
It meets at least once a year.
Educational Channel
Teaching departments by programme and Heads of Department:
- Engineer – Yrs 1 to 3: Florence Blot
- Seagoing engineer Yrs 4 and 5: François Grinnaert
- Maritime engineering Yrs 3 to 5: Awa Sam
- Single-purpose Engine: Pierre Gicquel
- Single-purpose Deck: Thomas Roy
Teaching Staff
ENSM relies on a teaching body of about 230 permanent and temporary professors across the campuses of Le Havre, Saint Malo, Nantes and Marseille.
The courses taught at ENSM are divided into six teaching units:
- SNA: Nautical Sciences
- CES: Construction, operation, safety
- SHS: Human and social sciences
- MEC: Marine Engineering
- EEA: Electronics, electrotechnics, automation
- FON: Fundamentals
Other Educational Resources
The Directorate of Studies at ENSM also relies on a dedicated support team for education:
- Thomas Fossier, Educational Equipments Manager
- Didier Delean, Studies Information System Manager
- Frédéric Dupont, Educational Engineer