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Developing international attractiveness
Since the X2000 reform, The École Polytechnique has embarked on a strategy of becoming more international (increase in the number of foreign students, introduction of a grants system, partnerships with foreign universities, approved master's degree courses, etc.). Today the École Polytechnique is looking to take up an even stronger international position, develop its reputation and strengthen its place on the world scene.
International development
The École Polytechnique is continuing its international development and is currently focussing on Asia, Latin America and Europe. In Latin America, it is looking to diversify its partnerships.
After Brazil and Chile, the École is now interested in Mexico, Argentina and Peru.
In Asia, India joins the list of target countries after China. Finally, the École is looking to strengthen its partnerships in Europe, particularly with its IDEA League partners.
All these new cooperation initiatives are developed in close collaboration with ParisTech or are eventually intended to be extended to other member establishments.
To summarise, the internationalisation strategy is first and foremost an increase in the number of international partnerships with the major higher education institutions and to train the best students in international competition. But it also involves doubling the number of lecturers and researchers from other countries.
Key figures
- Every year, 80% of polytechnic students spend part of their academic year abroad, either on a placement or as part of an exchange programme.
35% spend their entire 4th year at a foreign university. - Over 179 agreements have been signed with some of the most prestigious foreign universities:
MIT, Columbia, Caltech, Stanford, Berkeley, EP Montréal...
PUC de Chile, Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Universidade de São Paulo...
Imperial College, TU Delft, ETH Zürich, Karlsruhe Universität, RWTH Aachen, TU München, KTH, Politecnico di Milano, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Politehnica Bucharest, Novosibirsk State University...
Fudan, Tsinghua, NUS, KAIST... - A growing number of students from all over the world study at the X
- 20% international pupils studying engineering
- 50% international pupils studying for a master's degree
- 40% international pupils studying for a doctorate
64 nationalities are represented on the campus. - The École develops partnership programmes with the Socrates-Erasmus and Alliance programme networks to facilitate university exchanges and provide placements in its research laboratories for students.
- Through ParisTech, the École is part of the IDEA League which is made up of Imperial College (London), TU Delft (Holland), ETH Zürich (Switzerland) and ARTWH Aachen (Germany).