The French Minister for the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, came to Ecole polytechnique to talk with the Polytechnicien students and to preside over the military parade for the X2019 Class leaving the campus. Faced with crises, France needs top-flight engineers, she said.
L’X and Brown University extend their partnership agreement to facilitate transatlantic mobility for visiting faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students.
The piece on loan is a preparatory drawing for the Belisarius begging for alms by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). This drawing, classified as « historical monument », is kept at the mus'X.
On the occasion of the International Women in Science Day, the Chair "Econophysics & complex systems" opens the 2022 call for applications for the "CFM Woman in quantitative finance" PhD scholarship. This award encourages the careers of young female researchers in this field, where there are still few women.
Jean-Jacques Marigo, researcher at the Solid Mechanics Laboratory, and Patrick Huerre, from the Hydrodynamics Laboratory at Ecole Polytechnique, received the Solid Mechanics and Fluid Mechanics prizes from the European Mechanics Society.
An international collaboration involving the Irradiated Solids Laboratory has just published a paper in Physical Review Letters detailing the mechanisms at work for detecting circularly polarised light using spin-optoelectronic devices called spin photodiodes.
The Mooc "Studying in France" created by the team of the French professors at the École Polytechnique and distributed on the Coursera platform comes 77th in the ranking of the 250 most Most Popular Online Courses of All Time, established by the Mooc aggregator Class Central.
La Fabrique Défense is the defense industry's most important event and aims to contribute to the development of a European strategic culture among young people. Discover the 4 X-Novation start-ups that participated at the show to promote the Defense Tech.
The École Polytechnique's Climate Plan sets out 10 achievable objectives for the next five years, grouped into three pillars - train and engage, develop and innovate, reduce and empower - in order to profoundly transform behaviors and contribute to the advent of a responsible and sustainable prosperity.
The École Polytechnique is accelerating its commitment to the ecological transition with the publication of its Climate Plan. This plan integrates sustainable development into its fundamental missions of training, research and innovation and into the operation of its campus.
As part of the "Responsible Business Education Awards", the Financial Times has rewarded Alexis Louaas and Pierre Picard for their work on insurance mechanisms to help farmers in developing countries.
The Brockmann Foundation and l’X signed an agreement to provide a new scholarship for Mexican students. Awarded once a year, this scholarship will allow an eligible candidate to enroll in one of the School's eight Master's degree programs of Science & Technology.
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