École Polytechnique

Since its creation, the École Polytechnique has been training engineers, recruited each year through one of the oldest and most difficult entrance examinations for students in preparatory classes, but also through parallel admissions for university students. The École Polytechnique has also been awarding the École Polytechnique doctoral degree since 1985, and has been training students for masters degrees since 2005 and bachelors degrees since 2017. The majority of Polytechnique graduates join private or public companies5 , both in France and abroad, join the major civil or military government bodies, or become involved in research. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)


École Polytechnique

Route de Saclay

91120 Palaiseau


Enjoying great prestige in French higher education, the École Polytechnique is often associated with selectivity and academic excellence, but also with elitism and technocracy, which have been sources of criticism since its creation. In the popular imagination, the school is associated with certain symbols such as the students' uniform or the bicorne.