Rankings

École Polytechnique is a top French engineering school which is competitive on a national and international scale.

N°1 Best French Grandes Écoles in Science and Technology
All French rankings combined
L’Usine Nouvelle
L’Étudiant

> European rankings

N°2 France and N°15 Best European Universities
QS World University Rankings 2020

> World rankings

N°1 France and N°2 World's best small universities
Times Higher Education 2019

N°1 France and N°32 World in Top 2000 best Universities
CWUR (Center for World University Rankings) 2019

N°2 France and N°87 World's Top 1,500+ universities
Times Higher Education 2021

N°1 France and N°4 Worldwide for education business leaders
According to THE Alma Mater Index 2017

N°2 France and N°6 Worldwide among higher education institutions in terms of the number of Nobel Prize winners among its graduates
According to the ranking published in Nature

N°1 France and N°18 World's Best university in terms of student employability
QS 2020

N°2 France and N°28 World's Best university in terms of student employability
Times Higher Education 2019

N°1 France and N°33 Worldwide among the Most International Universities
Times Higher Education 2021

N°1 France and N°30 Worldwide for student-to-staff ratio
According to THE 2018