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Education, Institution
21.11.24
French tech, media and real estate mogul, Xavier Niel, at École Polytechnique for a roundtable with students
Xavier Niel, telecommunications and digital entrepreneur, press owner, co-founder of the Station F incubator and several digital training schools, held a round-table discussion with students from École Polytechnique, focusing on entrepreneurship. He emphasized the contribution of École Polytechnique and its graduates to France's performance in digital technology and artificial intelligence.
Education, Corporate relations
14.11.24
École Polytechnique in the world's Top 30 for graduate employability-THE
École Polytechnique ranks 26th in THE world ranking of universities for the employability of their graduates, and 3rd in France. École Polytechnique gained two places in this worldwide ranking of 250 higher education and research institutions.
International
14.11.24
L’X signs a partnership with Bocconi University
École Polytechnique strengthens its ties with Bocconi, the world-renowned Italian university specialized in economics, management, finance, law, political science, data and computer science. A Memorandum of Understanding, signed on November 13th will facilitate specific joint projects such as academic student exchanges and the development of double degree programs at master level, combining the strengths of the two institutions.
Research
08.11.24
The high potential of archaea
Discovered in the late 1970s, archaea are unicellular organisms with characteristics of both bacteria and more complex organisms. Once cast aside, advances in molecular biology and genomics have brought them back into the spotlight. In the laboratories of École Polytechnique, several research teams are exploring the scientific potential of these microorganisms.
Campus, Diversity & Success, Corporate relations, Institution, Research
07.11.24
École Polytechnique’s Foundation aims to raise 200 million euros to serve science
École Polytechnique’s Foundation (FX) is launching its third fund-raising campaign with a strong commitment to “Serving Science”. It aims to raise 200 million euros over the next 5 years from private individuals and companies, and has announced that it has already raised over 40% of this target.
Sustainable Development
05.11.24
Sustainability in action at Ecole Polytechnique: season 1, episode 1
École Polytechnique is launching the first season of a series of mini-videos on its achievements in favor of sustainability, as part of its Climate plan. The first episode is devoted to the audio tour of the campus offered to cycle ingénieur polytechnicien students as an introduction to a new multi-disciplinary course on sustainability
International
05.11.24
École Polytechnique’s President accompanies delegation on official state visit to Morocco
Since welcoming its first Moroccan student in 1948, École Polytechnique has fostered strong academic and scientific partnerships with institutions in Morocco. This longstanding collaboration was highlighted by the invitation extended to École Polytechnique’s President, Laura Chaubard, to join the French presidential delegation on a state visit to Morocco from October 28 to 30, 2024.
Campus, Entrepreneurship, Corporate relations, Innovation
30.10.24
Copie de RunBlind : Specialist in Augmented Audio applied to universal guidance
THE ENTREPRENEUR AND THE START-UP. Philippe Le Borgne, co-founder and CEO of RunBlind, has a multi entrepreneurial background in different fields such...
Research
20.10.24
A new way to assess the progress of simulation techniques in quantum physics
In an article published in the journal Science, an international collaboration involving researchers from the Centre for Theoretical Physics (CPHT*) proposes a tool for estimating the difficulty of many problems yet to be solved, as well as the effectiveness of methods developed to tackle them, including quantum algorithms.
Chairs, Research
Facile
17.10.24
GenHack: A hackathon on generative models
Discover GenHack, the student challenge of the ‘Stress-test, Risk Management and Financial Steering’ Chair of École Polytechnique, focusing on generative models applied to environmental problems. In 2024, the third edition focused on a problem linked to maize cultivation.
Research
15.10.24
Claude Weisbuch receives the French Academy of Sciences' medal for scientific applications
Physicist and CNRS research director at the Laboratory of Condensed Matter for Physics, Claude Weisbuch has been honored by the French Academy of Sciences.
International
14.10.24
L’X reinforces its collaboration with IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi
École Polytechnique is strengthening its ties with two first-class academic and scientific institutions in India. During her visit to India in early October 2024, École Polytechnique’s President, Laura Chaubard, signed two student exchange agreements - the first with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) and the second with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi).