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Your first months schedule

You will find a schedule below for the first months of the Polytechnique engineering cycle, as well as the actions to be carried out in the period from your admission to your return to the School to begin the First-Year core academic program.

FIRST MONTHS SCHEDULE

 

JULY

 

Send enrollment documents : List of documents to send and address (link)

Activate your personal account (see your emails)

EIX new arrivals - Apply for a visa from the embassy

EIX CPGE and FUF – Renew residence permit (https://administration-etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr/particuliers/#/

EIX – Complete and validate the registration form

EIX FR - Read the Initial Civil Training booklet (en français)

 

 

 

AUGUST

Activate your personal account (School login), if not yet done 

Download IP Paris Campus 

08/01: Deadline for submission of registration documents (lien)

08/28 - EIX FR Induction 

Complete your administrative enrollment file on the portal and submit all requested administrative documents by 08/16 at the latest.

EIX FR Choice for the Personal Development period

EIX - Mandatory subscription (new arrivals) or renewal of civil liability

EIX new arrivals – Mandatory affiliation to French social security (https://etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr/#/

Pay the CVEC (campus life contribution) (except for EIX beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, refugees, and asylum seekers)

See the list of documents to bring on September 1st 

 

 

SEPTEMBER


Activate your Sigma account 
 

Download IP Paris Campus (if not yet done)
 

09/09 Year start for EIX non-French-speaking international students 
 

09/14 French-speaking international students
 

08/09 EIX FR Departure for the Personal Development Training 

09/12-13 Induction weekend (WEI)
 

09/18 Departure on language training course for non-French-speaking international students at CAVILAM
 

EIX (new arrivals with a VLS-TS excludind those with a "minor in school" status) ; Validate the VLS-TS on the ANEF website   
  

Choice for the Personal Development period
 

Choose your sport section 
  

 

 

 

OCTOBER

Register at polytechnique.org  (if not done)

21-25/10 Kès Campaign

 

 

NOVEMBER

Election of the new Kès 

Mid-November: Visit by an X delegation to non-French-speaking EIX on language training 

EIX (FUI/SPEIT branch) - Admission results for Class of X26

 

 

DECEMBER

December 6: Sainte-Barbe ceremony

School closed from December 25 am to January 4 am

French-speaking EIX / Buy your  Sleeping kit (up to 03/29)

French-speaking EIX / SPEIT Buy your Tangente on Pégase (up to 03/31)

 

 

JANUARY

Mid-January: Preparatory training starts (January-March)

Non-French-speaking EIX / SPEIT Buy your Sleeping kit (up to 03/29)

Non-French-speaking EIX / SPEIT Buy your Tangente on Pégase (up to 03/31)

 

 

FEBRUARY

Mid-February: Arrival of SPEIT

Reminder Sleeping kit (up to 03/29)

Reminder Buy your Tangente on Pégase (up to 03/31)

 

 

MARCH

Reminder Sleeping kit (up to 03/29)

Reminder Buy your Tangente on Pégase (up to 03/31)

 

 

APRIL

April 5: Teaching starts (Pégase) 

 

 

SOME KEY EVENTS UNTIL END 2027

May 21: X Ball at the Opéra Garnier 
May: Bicornes Ceremony
May: Public Sector Job Fair
May: Tangentes Ceremony
May: Flag Ceremony
May: PAD PDD (X2025 Flag Presentation, Handover of the X2025 Flag to X2026)
July 14: Bastille Day Military Parade 
December 4: Saint Barbara