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Encouraging gender equality and diversity in engineering schools through internships From 23 to 27 February, École Polytechnique organised its first internship for girls enrolled in preparatory classes for science-focused higher education institutions (CPGE), which took place on the school's campus. This initiative, which is without...

École Polytechnique ranks first among Engineering Schools for cooperation with businesses École Polytechnique ranks first among Engineering Schools in the ranking of cooperation between higher education institutions and businesses published on February 5 by News Tank and Emerging. The institutions ranked were evaluated on two criteria...

Olivier Blazy appointed Scientific Director of CIEDS Olivier Blazy, professor at École Polytechnique, is the new s cientific director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Defense and Security (CIEDS). He conducts his research at the Computer Science Laboratory of École Polytechnique (LIX*), within the...

The third Réflexions conference at École Polytechnique on the challenges of energy transition École Polytechnique hosted the third edition of the international scientific conference “Réflexions,” organized by the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, of which École Polytechnique is a founding member. The Energy4Climate interdisciplinary research...

Portraits of Female Entrepreneurs – Roxana Rotaru: Using AI to Combat Insurance Fraud In early 2025, Roxana Rotaru teamed up with her business partner to launch Hedi, a start-up specialising in next-generation insurance fraud detection. With the backing of X-Up, the incubator at École Polytechnique, she was able to transform an idea...

Collaboration investigates collective effects of electrons Internationally renowned physicist Eberhard Gross has joined Lucia Reining's team at the Irradiated Solids Laboratory (LSI*) as Gaspard Monge Visiting Professor. Together, they are working on theoretical methods for efficiently calculating the...