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The N.G. de Bruijn Medal 2022 has been awarded to Joris van der Hoeven, researcher at the Computer Science Laboratory. The prize was awarded during the Netherlands Mathematical Congress for his research on the complexity of multiplication with David Harvey from the University of New South Wales.

What do an earthquake, a sonar at sea and a laser shot into the atmosphere have in common? All three emit waves which, as they travel through these complex media, interact with microscopic constituents (molecules, rock grains, etc.) and are re-emitted in random directions. Understanding this scatte…

Kees van der Beek has been appointed Vice-Provost for Research at École Polytechnique, effective as of February 1, 2023. He will report to Dominique Rossin, Provost, and will succeed Benoît Deveaud. He is in charge of defining the strategy and supervising all activities of the Institution’s 23 rese…

An international research team led by scientists from the University of Rostock, CNRS-École Polytechnique in France, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf has discovered a previously unknown form of superionic water for the first time: The researchers have succeeded in experimentally discovering…

A study carried out at Ecole Polytechnique's Hydrodynamics Laboratory by Sophie Ramananarivo has drawn inspiration from kirigami, the Japanese art of paper cutting, to study materials that can deform when immersed in a fluid.

L'X ranks 87th in THE’s ranking of the world’s best universities, gaining six positions compared to the previous year. Times Higher Education revealed its ranking of the world’s best 1,500+ best universities on Wednesday, September 2. École Polytechnique makes it to the top 10…

École Polytechnique is ranked among the Top 100 universities according to the 2021 edition of the best universities worldwide released by QS Quacquarelli Symonds and affirms its position ranking 61st worldwide (60th in 2019 and 65th in 2018). The School confirms its second position among the 28 bes…

École Polytechnique and Bocconi University, two leading European institutions, are reinforcing their partnership with the launch of two new dual degree programs at the Master’s level: one in Finance and the other in Artificial Intelligence. This agreement, signed in December 2025 in Milan by Laura …

Participants during the 3rd session of the U7+ Intergenerational Roundtable SeriesThe U7+ Intergenerational Roundtable Series prolonged the discussions on Intergenerational Justice – the 2020 U7+ Presidential Summit theme – in a format enabling stakeholders from across ge…

Designed and developed by academics from École Polytechnique and Télécom Paris, the "Digital Business" specialization course is the first to be launched by the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, of which both Schools are founding members, and which has made the challenges of digitalization …

Convinced of the substantial value their double degree in mathematics and physics has provided for students at both institutions since its launch in 2011, École Polytechnique and the Polytechnic of Milan renewed the agreement for another five years. What’s more, in response to the request from the …

Nearly three hundred students of the X2022 class were involved in the in the Bastille Day parade, while Ecole Polytechnique's link with the Armed Forces, established in 1804, remains as strong as ever. In 2022-2023, 80% of the ingénieur polytechnicien program’s students will have completed their hu…

The Ecole Polytechnique's traditional participation in the Bastille Day military parade, on July 14th, was marked by a stronger presence of female Polytechnic students to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Ingénieur Polytchnicien exam to women.

École polytechnique's traditional participation in the July 14 military parade involved 246 Cycle ingénieur polytechnicien program students, slightly fewer than in previous years, for a ceremony that was scaled back due to preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Placed under the dual theme o…

Organized by École Polytechnique, this year’s edition of the U7+ Student Forum focused on “AI in Higher Education” and how to maximize its benefits and mitigate its risks. The participating students shared their recommendations with the presidents of the U7+ Alliance to contribute to shaping the be…