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The year 2025 has been proclaimed International Year of Quantum Science and Technology by the United Nations. In the 20th century, quantum mechanics radically changed the way we think about the physical world. Today, quantum physics is in the midst of a renaissance that is opening up new and une…

PREAMBLEAt a time of global crisis, the U7+ Alliance of World Universities seeks to partner with G7 governments to strengthen our democracies, advance economic growth and innovation, and promote effective multilateral cooperation. Universities are engines of renewal. We educate new generations…

Every year since 2011, the Student Space Centre has enabled more than forty students in the 2nd and 3rd years of the Polytechnique engineering cycle to propose and carry out their projects in systems and space engineering. This year, two collective scientific projects (PSC) dealing respectively wit…

École Polytechnique hosted the third edition of the international scientific conference “Réflexions,” organized by the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, of which École Polytechnique is a founding member. The Energy4Climate interdisciplinary research center and renowned researchers associated with Éc…

The X-HEC Master's in Data Science & AI for Business remains in third place worldwide out of 164 comparable programs in the 2024 QS Masters in Business Analytics ranking. It is once again ranked No. 1 worldwide in terms of employer reputation.

The X-HEC Master of Science and Technology (MSc&T) in Data Science for Business comes in third place worldwide out of 120 comparable programs for its first ranking by QS. Launched in 2016, this Master's degree is taught jointly by École Polytechnique and HEC Paris. It currently aims to trai…

The development of thin-film materials is a major research focus. This type of shaping takes advantage of the combined properties of the substrate (glass, polymers, microelectronic substrate, etc.) and various materials that can be deposited in layers, with surface structuring if required. These ma…

For the third consecutive year, École Polytechnique hosted Opération CIEDS, an annual event dedicated to research and innovation in defense and security. The event, organized by the Center for Defense and Security Studies (CIEDS), in which many of the École Polytechnique's research laboratories are…

Screenshot of the inaugural conference of the 2021 Sustainable Development SeminarOn April 7th and 8th, École Polytechnique organized its third seminar on sustainable development, which is part of the five strong commitments made by the School in June 2019 on this major issue.It took place over two…

The thirteen X start-ups are among the 28 high-impact start-ups from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris' innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem presented on the IP Paris stand at Vivatech 2024.

On the occasion of its 75th anniversary, the IEEE Computer Society has named its first distinguished contributors, including Thomas Clausen. The 410,000-member learned society federates academic and industrial efforts to advance electronics, computer science, engineering and bioengineering. Thom…

Clémence Moullet, Ioana Popescu, and Anca Sfia, three students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science program at École Polytechnique, were honored with the 2025 Maryam Mirzakhani Junior Prize from the Jacques Hadamard Mathematics Foundation. This prize recognizes outstanding initial research work in m…

Vicky Kalogeiton, Alejandro Alvarez Laguna, and Anna Korba have been awarded the 2026 CNRS Bronze Medals. The CNRS Bronze Medal recognizes the first major contributions of researchers who are leading experts in their fields.

Nine Collective Scientisfic Projects (CSPs) were selected by the education and research departments from the 112 CSPs of the X2022 class. A jury made up of personalities from the worlds of academia, business and the press singled out three of them at the final held on September 16.

The Master Visual and Creative AI and the Master Energy Environment: Science, Technology and Management took 1st and 2nd place in their categories, as in 2024. The Master Internet of Things: Innovation and Management, meanwhile, moved up two places to 4th in its category.