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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...

Teachers and researchers: a greater focus on gender diversity and internationalisation in recruitment at École Polytechnique Nearly forty teaching and research positions are open for recruitment at École Polytechnique for the 2026 campaign. Ten disciplines are involved, including physics, applied mathematics, and computer science. This is an opportunity to work in a...

Olivier Blazy nommé directeur scientifique du 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...

‘We must prepare for all possible scenarios of war,’ - Nicolas Roche - SGDSN Nicolas Roche, the Secretary-General for Defence and National Security (SGDSN), spoke to engineering students from the X23 and X24 classes about the latest 'National Strategic Review', which was coordinated by the SGDSN. He emphasised the importance...

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...