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L’X s’installe dans le Top 30 mondial du classement THE Employability
L’X s’installe dans le Top 30 mondial du classement THE Employability L’École polytechnique se classe au 26ème rang mondial et au 3ème en France du classement Emerging Global Employability University 2026 de Time Higher Education (THE). L’École confirme ainsi son classement de l’année précédente.
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Preparatory Class Internship: promoting access to excellent scientific training
Preparatory Class Internship: promoting access to excellent scientific training From 27 to 31 October, the Equal Opportunities Unit organised a 'CPGE Boost' course for 30 scholarship students in their first year of scientific preparatory classes, hailing from all corners of France. This edition took place on the École
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2025 Nobel Prize in Physics: how the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling inspires the X today
2025 Nobel Prize in Physics: how the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling inspires the X today This October 8th, the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to a trio of physicists for “the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.” Among the laureates is Michel Devoret, a researcher
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