ISA BTP : Institut Supérieur Aquitain du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics

What ISA BTP : Institut Supérieur Aquitain du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics does

ISA BTP (Institut Supérieur Aquitain du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics) is a French public engineering school founded in 1996 and operating as a constituent school of the Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA). Headquartered in the ISALAB building on the Montaury campus in Anglet, French Basque Country, the school delivers a five-year engineering degree program in Building and Public Works (BTP) and is one of the few French engineering schools offering direct post-baccalaureate specialization in civil engineering. Year 1-2 provide scientific and technological foundations, followed by five specialization tracks in years 4-5: Bâtiments, Constructions et Réhabilitations (BCR); Habitat & Energie (H&E); Génie Civil et Maritime (GCM); Réseaux, Infrastructures, Sols (RIS, apprenticeship); and Méthodes et Hors Site (MHS, apprenticeship). Curriculum requires 7 mandatory internships across diverse BTP subsectors and 2 long international stays, with teaching in French, English, and Spanish. The school houses two research laboratories (SIAME and LFCR) and three research chairs (HPC Waves, CO2ES, Architecture et Physique Urbaine), and operates ancillary programs including the Human'ISA humanitarian construction initiative (15 projects across 6 countries) and the Junior ISA student consultancy.

The business model rests on multiple revenue streams rather than market-priced tuition. Core funding flows from French state higher-education subsidies as part of UPPA, supplemented by voluntary apprenticeship tax (Taxe d'Apprentissage) contributions from BTP companies routed via the SOLTÉA platform (UAI code 064 19 19 N), 12-month professionalization work-study contracts (Contrats Pro) for 5th-year students, donations to the ISA BTP Foundation, and paid Junior ISA BTP technical consulting services. Annual enrollment processing occurs through the national Parcoursup platform for first-year admissions, the eCandidat platform for 3rd/4th-year transfers, and the Campus France procedure for international applicants. Faculty comprises 22 permanent teachers, including the director and director of studies, plus approximately 120 part-time/vacataire teachers (of whom 80 come directly from the construction industry), supporting a graduating cohort of roughly 64 engineers per year (2023 figure). Target customers are two-sided: prospective engineering students (French baccalaureate holders with Mathematics and Physics-Chemistry specializations, plus international candidates), and the broader BTP industry—construction firms, civil-engineering contractors, developers, and technical studies offices in France, Spain and Latin America—who hire graduates, host internships, sign apprenticeship contracts, and channel corporate donations through the Foundation.

Name

ISA BTP : Institut Supérieur Aquitain du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics

Legal name

Institut Supérieur Aquitain du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics

Website

https://isabtp.univ-pau.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ISA BTP is a French public engineering school founded in 1996, part of UPPA, offering a five-year BTP (Building and Public Works) engineering degree with five specialization tracks and on-site SIAME and LFCR research laboratories, serving prospective engineering students and the French and international construction industry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Anglet

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public higher education funding (government subsidies): As a public engineering school under the University of Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), ISA BTP is primarily funded through French state higher education subsidies and public university budget allocations. Tuition is regulated by French public university fee structures.
2. Apprenticeship Tax (Taxe d'Apprentissage): French companies can donate a portion of their apprenticeship tax ('solde de la taxe d'apprentissage') to ISA BTP to support the training of their future engineering collaborators. ISA BTP's UAI code is 064 19 19 N.
3. Junior ISA consulting services: The student-run Junior ISA association performs paid technical consulting services (feasibility studies, geotechnical and construction material testing, 2D/3D plans, construction site installation plans, building permit drawings, MOE/AMOA, graphic design, private tutoring). Proceeds are entirely reallocated to school associations including Human'ISA.
4. Work-study contracts (Contrats de professionnalisation): Companies recruit 5th-year engineering students as apprentices under professionalization contracts, providing salaries (minimum 80% of SMIC for under-26s) and contributing to training costs. This provides both revenue and strengthens company relationships.
5. ISA BTP Foundation donations: The ISA BTP Foundation raises funds from companies and individuals to support school activities, student projects, and equipment. The Foundation has its own contact, Elsa FRINDIK-LANNEAU, and is present on LinkedIn.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

ISA BTP is a French public engineering school delivering a five-year post-baccalaureate engineering degree program specializing in Building and Public Works (BTP). The program includes seven mandatory internships across five years, two mandatory long-duration international stays, and five final-year specialization tracks (BCR, H&E, GCM, RIS, MHS). Teaching is directly integrated with the SIAME and LFCR research laboratories and three university research chairs (HPC Waves, CO2ES, Architecture et Physique Urbaine), and supported by Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for engineering software access.

Product overview

ISA BTP is a French engineering school offering a five-year engineering degree program in Building and Public Works (BTP). The program provides scientific and technological training in civil engineering from the first year, with five specialization tracks (BCR, H&E, GCM, RIS, MHS) available in the final two years. The school operates research activities through SIAME and LFCR laboratories, and supports student initiatives including the Human'ISA humanitarian program and Junior ISA consulting services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ISALAB: The building housing the ISA BTP engineering school and two research teams from SIAME and LFC-R laboratories, located on the Montaury campus in Anglet.
• Human'ISA
• Junior ISA BTP
• ALUMNI ISA BTP
• KISA
• KI'SPORT
• KI'SOLIVERT
• JO ETA OROIT

Products and services

• ISA BTP Engineering Program (Diplôme d'Ingénieur)
• Bâtiments, Constructions et Réhabilitations (BCR) Specialization Track

Quantifiable outcome

• 64 new engineering graduates per year cohort
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fondation ISA BTPcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 November 2025Co-organizer of the annual ISA BTP Forum together with Junior ISA BTP. The Foundation is a key bridge between the school and BTP companies, facilitating recruitment, internships, and financial support. Forum 8th edition held November 28, 2025 at ISALAB.
• ISA BTP Foundation corporate memberscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ISA BTP Foundation brings together construction and public works companies as members. The Foundation supports the school's activities, funds student projects, and facilitates direct connections between companies and engineering students. Contact: Elsa FRINDIK-LANNEAU, [email protected].
• ALUMNI ISA BTP (Association des Anciens Elèves)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormer ISA BTP graduates are organized into an alumni association that maintains ties between engineers, organizes visits and outings, and provides data to facilitate internship and hiring searches for current students. Contact: [email protected].
• ONG partners for Human'ISA projectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHuman'ISA projects systematically associate a French NGO and/or a local association and/or a municipality to ensure the sustainability of each construction. Projects have been conducted with partners in Benin (2019), Tanzania (2020, 2024), Madagascar (2021), Comoros (2022), Paraguay (2023), and Senegal (2025).
• SIAME Laboratory (Sciences pour l'Ingénieur Appliquées à la Mécanique et au génie Electrique)coreTechnology or IntegrationSIAME is one of two research laboratories housed within the ISA BTP/ISALAB building. Teams include Géomatériaux et Structures (eco-materials, structural simulation) and Interactions Vagues-Structures (wave-structure interaction studies). Director: Laurent PECASTAING.
• LFCR Laboratory (Laboratoire des Fluides Complexes et leurs Réservoirs)coreTechnology or IntegrationLFCR is the second research laboratory at ISA BTP/ISALAB. It focuses on mechanics and physics of porous media, hosting the Newpores hub and the CO2ES chair on CO2 aquifer storage. Director: Guillaume GALLIERO.
• Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerISA BTP is a constituent engineering school of UPPA (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour), part of the UNITA Universitas Montium alliance. UPPA provides administrative infrastructure, funding framework, and cross-school research collaboration.
• Rivages Pro TechminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRivages Pro Tech co-supervised the PhD thesis of Ximun Lastiri (ISA BTP graduate, class of 2017) on wave energy optimization, with Matthias Delpey (R&D Manager) serving as thesis co-supervisor.
• France Énergies MarinesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrance Énergies Marines, a marine renewable energy research institute, participated in the PhD thesis jury of Ximun Lastiri, with Jean-François Filipot (Research Director) serving as thesis reporter.
• Ecole PolytechniqueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerXimun Lastiri (class of 2017) pursued a research master's at Ecole Polytechnique (Renewable Energy Science and Technology, 2019) before returning to SIAME/IVS for his PhD. The school maintains academic exchange and doctoral continuation pathways with top French institutions.
• Spanish universities and institutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDue to its border location in the French Basque Country, ISA BTP maintains privileged relations with Spain and Spanish-speaking countries. Technical visits in Spain are part of the curriculum, and the school fosters student and teacher exchanges with the Hispanic world.
• AquiMobminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAquiMob provides financial aid to students on mobility abroad for internships lasting more than 8 weeks. This regional financial support mechanism facilitates the school's international internship requirement.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Centrale Nantes: French top-tier engineering school offering civil engineering track with significant maritime/coastal engineering research; related to ISA BTP through GCM specialization's content domain.
• Polytech (network): Network of public engineering schools under French universities; covers similar engineering specializations to ISA BTP through member schools, with shared CTI accreditation framework.
• École des Ponts ParisTech: Premier French civil engineering school (part of Institut Polytechnique de Paris); shares ISA BTP's BTP/civil engineering focus as part of a broader portfolio, including master's and doctoral research.
• INSA (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées): National network of public engineering schools; competes for the same Parcoursup candidate pool and offers comparable post-bac engineering curricula, though broader than BTP-specialized ISA BTP.

Direct peers

• CESI: Private French engineering school offering apprenticeship-format programs serving industry; overlaps ISA BTP's work-study BTP approach and corporate-recruitment model.
• ESITC Caen: French specialized BTP/civil engineering school of comparable size; recruits post-bac and offers apprenticeship tracks overlapping ISA BTP's RIS/MHS specializations.
• ESTP Paris (École Spéciale des Travaux Publics): Paris-based specialist construction/civil engineering grande école; covers BTP curriculum breadth identical to ISA BTP's tracks (BCR, H&E, GCM) but at much larger scale.

Regional players

• IUT Génie Civil (network): Network of French university technology institutes offering DUT programs in civil engineering; feeds transfer students into 3rd/4th-year engineering programs like ISA BTP.

Others

• France Énergies Marines: Marine renewable energy research institute; participates in ISA BTP-related doctoral research and connects to the GCM track's wave/maritime engineering focus.
• Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA): Parent public university; not a peer but the institutional frame within which ISA BTP operates, sharing academic governance, administrative infrastructure, and accreditation body.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/communicationUPPA
• Facebookfacebook.com/univuppa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/isa-btp
• Instagraminstagram.com/univpau_uppa

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

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