On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, École Polytechnique would like to welcome you in and let you embark on five different thematic journeys. Now is the time to discover the exciting history of a highly prestigious scientific institution.

Tatiana Defrance, Executive Director of École Polytechnique’s Executive Education comes back to the three first years of the program’s existence and discloses the upcoming projects.

École Polytechnique and the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with CNRS, have set up a shared team for the research of physical microfluidics and bioengineering. The team is developing new approaches in biology, based on microfluidics for the manipulation and individual study of cells.

Led by École Polytechnique, Sciences 2024 gathers 11 higher education institutions to accompany French athletes in their quest for medals for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games. This project is supported by the French Ministry of Sports and has been officially launched on September 4th at l’X.

Alessio Figalli, professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich, and former professor at École Polytechnique, was awarded the Fields Medal on Wednesday, August 1, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.