The École polytechnique incubator is launching its 1st network events, Ecosystem Days, themed and open to all innovation players. On 30 November, the first event will focus on intellectual property and legal issues. We look forward to seeing you there!
Incubated at École Polytechnique, Peekcell, co-founded by Gwendoline Tallec (X2013), is a Medtech company developing a urine test for the early detection of breast and gynecological cancers. Peekcell is part of Bpifrance's La French Care community, which brings together French healthcare players around a common goal: innovating for better care.
A survey carried out by École Polytechnique’s Executive Master shows that its 250 alumni acknowledge that the prgram has helped to speed-up their careers and increase their salaries. These results confirm the relevance of the program's positioning and reinforce École Polytechnique's legitimacy in executive training.
The Master Data Science & AI for Business X-HEC has moved up one place to rank second worldwide out of 164 comparable programs in the 2026 QS Masters in Business Analytics ranking. It once again ranks first worldwide in terms of employer reputation.
École Polytechnique is launching the construction of a new building to bring together two of its 23 laboratories, support its growth objectives and research ambitions, and implement its commitments to sustainable development.
French artificial intelligence champion Mistral has almost doubled its valuation to €11.7 billion following a new round of fundraising that saw Dutch semiconductor manufacturing equipment giant ASML acquire a stake in the company.
Clémence Moullet, Ioana Popescu, and Anca Sfia, three students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science program at École Polytechnique, were honored with the 2025 Maryam Mirzakhani Junior Prize from the Jacques Hadamard Mathematics Foundation. This prize recognizes outstanding initial research work in mathematics.
Marc Gillmann is the new Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at École Polytechnique. His mission is to consolidate the success, appeal, and influence of the X-Novation Center, which includes École Polytechnique's incubator, as well as a Fablab, and multiple services related to innovation.
From July 18 to 21, École Polytechnique hosted the International Physics Olympiad, the first time this event has been held in France since its inception in 1967. The event was an acknowledgement of École Polytechnique's eminent role in physics research and transmission. The event was also an opportunity to highlight the role played by women in key advancements of this scientific discipline.
For the third consecutive year, École Polytechnique hosted Opération CIEDS, an annual event dedicated to research and innovation in defense and security. The event, organized by the Center for Defense and Security Studies (CIEDS), in which many of the École Polytechnique's research laboratories are involved, is supported by the Ministry of the Armed Forces and the Defense Innovation Agency.
About 15 Bachelor's students got together under the guidance of Guillaume Dubach, Monge professor at École Polytechnique and member of the Laurent Schwartz Mathematics Center (CMLS), for two weeks of intro to math research in a summery, relaxed setting. This initiative was supported by École Polytechnique's “Pedagogy Dynamics” fund, financed by École Polytechnique Foundation.
Alain Aspect, a former student of the ENS-Cachan (now ENS-Paris-Saclay), professor at the Institut d'optique-université Paris-Saclay, professor at École polytechnique, and emeritus research director at the CNRS, was elected to the French Academy on June 26, 2025. He thus becomes the second French Nobel Prize winner in physics to be elected to the French Academy after Louis de Broglie, who won the Nobel Prize in 1929 and was elected in 1944.
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