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Driven by the success of the first edition, École Polytechnique hosts its second Open Day on October 10, 2020. In order to allow students and future candidates to discover the different programs offered at École Polytechnique, all academic program directors will participate in this year’s vir…

As they participate in the Optics in the City of Light research experience program, four students from the University of Michigan join École Polytechnique’s laboratories for a two-month internship. Organized with several partners of the University Paris-Saclay, the program focuses on laser research.

One year after the publication of École Polytechnique’s Climate Plan and its commitment to put sustainable development at the heart of its fundamental missions of education, research and innovation, the realization of its ten objectives is well under way.

École Polytechnique's Executive Education division is launching five new programs for executives and managers of private and public organizations, focusing on technological innovation, cybersecurity, cloud, data and artificial intelligence, and sustainable performance and governance.

École Polytechnique’s Foundation (FX) is launching its third fund-raising campaign with a strong commitment to “Serving Science”. It aims to raise 200 million euros over the next 5 years from private individuals and companies, and has announced that it has already raised over 40% of this target.

On March 7, École Polytechnique’s incubator presented its new X-UP offer for deeptech start-ups. With a focus on responsible and future-friendly technologies, this new ambitious programme will support entrepreneurs at every stage of their development through its enhanced, tailor-made programme.Écol…

École Polytechnique has been awarded the Trophées de l'achat d'innovation (Innovation Procurement Awards) created by the French State Procurement Department for a building management project that optimizes "heating, ventilation and air conditioning" consumption thanks to artificial intelligence. Th…

FRANCE, June 13th, 2023 - EuroTech Universities Alliance president since June 2022, Éric Labaye, the Chairman and President of École Polytechnique and of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, welcomed the presidents of the EuroTech partner institutions at École Polytechnique for their annual meeting…

Since welcoming its first Moroccan student in 1948, École Polytechnique has fostered strong academic and scientific partnerships with institutions in Morocco. This longstanding collaboration was highlighted by the invitation extended to École Polytechnique’s President, Laura Chaubard, to join the F…

Several start-ups from École polytechnique's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem were present at VivaTech 2023, whose 7th edition confirmed its status as one of Europe's leading tech events, attracting 150,000 visitors, 50% more than in 2022.

Start-ups created by École Polytechnique's alumni or supported by X-UP, École Polytechnique's incubator, still account for a quarter of the list of 40 French Next40 start-ups, which has been thoroughly revised in 2025.

Understanding the evolution of terrestrial planets such as Venus, Earth, and Mars is an important step in understanding our entire solar system. Venus is particularly interesting because of its similarity to Earth – for example, at an altitude of 55 km, the planet’s atmosphere virtually…

After winning the French selection, a team from École Polytechnique engineering students came second in the final of the 16th International Physicists Tournament organized from April 2 to 6 by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Zürich (ETH) in Switzerland.

To celebrate International Women's Day 2020, École Polytechnique honored distinguished female alumni from March 2nd to March 8th. Scientists, CEOs, servicewomen, artists, they illustrate the variety of careers pursued by polytechnicians. Sophie GermainSophie Germain revolutionized science as we…

In November 2023, the “Econophysics & Complex Systems” Chair was celebrating its 5th anniversary, a good time for the EconophysiX research team led by Michael Benzaquen to take stock. Find out more about this discipline, which approaches economics using methods derived from the natural sciences.