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Eight start-ups supported by X-Up, École Polytechnique incubator, are present at the VivaTech 2025 Show, alongside 16 other from from the incubators of other Engineering Schools of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, of which École Polytechnique is a founding member.

The eight X start-ups are among 21 high-impact technology start-ups from the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris presented on the IP Paris stand at Vivatech 2022.

Research topics Research Areas Low-carbon, renewable hydrogen                                                             &nbs…

Eléonore Payen de la Garanderie has been appointed Director of the Ingénieur Polytechnicien program (DDCIP) at École Polytechnique, effective August 21, 2024. She previously served as Deputy Director of this program.In her new role, Eléonore Payen de la Garanderie will interact with various departm…

Eleven start-ups from École polytechnique took part in the 2023 edition of Spring, the Paris-Saclay Cluster innovation and entrepreneurship event, held on June 1 and 2 on the HEC Paris campus. The program included project presentations and meetings with investors.

Élisabeth Borne (X81) has been appointed Prime Minister of the French government, the first woman graduate of the Ingénieur Polytechnicien program and second woman to hold this position. She emphasized the symbolic significance of her appointment as École Polytechnique celebrates the fiftieth anniv…

Emmanuel Candès (X90) is a co-winner of the prestigious 2026 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences. The Shaw Prizes, sometimes referred to as the “Asian Nobel Prizes,” honor scientists in three fields: astronomy, biological and medical sciences, and mathematics.

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 precedent, aims to promote greater gender diversi…

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Aleix Güell, researcher at Laboratory of Physics of Interfaces and Thin Films, has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept grant. It will allow him to explore the commercial potential of an imaging technique that combines scanning probe microscopy and Raman spectroscopy to study materials in liquids, …

As in many other fields, data have become a core enabler of transformation for public action and public policies. The analysis and mining of data collected and produced inside and outside the public administration can generate the ability to provide better services to users, better target instituti…

With more than 230 start-ups supported over the past ten years, École Polytechnique and its incubator, X-UP, are contributing to the growth of European entrepreneurship. Interdisciplinary research centres, support services, the X-FAB prototyping facility and the presence of entrepreneurs in the bus…

École Polytechnique trains entrepreneurs and innovators by instilling a culture of entrepreneurship in its students thanks to several training courses in entrepreneurship and innovation within the Institut Polytechnique de Paris.

As part of the Erasmus Days, organized across Europe and celebrated by IP Paris, École Polytechnique's International Affairs office brought together students and staff on October 9, 2023, to take a closer look at the many opportunities for international mobility offered at l'X and to share experien…

The Erasmus+ program promotes and supports international mobility for students (study exchanges or internships), doctoral students, researchers, professors, and staff of higher education institutions. Erasmus+ builds on over 30 years of successful programs provided by the European Union for educati…