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19.03.20
A Campus in Standby
The closing of École Polytechnique as of March 16 th and until further notice and the containment measures put in place by the French authorities has...
19.03.20
Education : Online courses, internships suspended, exams postponed
All students are invited to leave the campus and find accommodations that will allow them to be safe and able to attend online courses starting on...
Research
19.03.20
Labs and Research: Ensuring Continuity
Following the instructions from the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, laboratory activities (including that of doctoral...
Institution
19.03.20
Restricted Access and Enforced Remote Working
Working from home (working remotely) is an obligation for the school’s staff, unless an explicit waiver of permission to be present on site has been...
Research
18.03.20
Covid-19 underlines China’s footprint in global value chains
The Covid-19 pandemic which is still spreading worldwide has already had huge economic consequences. It has also highlighted China’s growing footprint...
18.03.20
23 Ecole Polytechnique alumni among the economic leaders of tomorrow
Credit : European Union 2019 Every year, the Institut Choiseul identifies and ranks young leaders under 40 who play a major economic role in France...
14.03.20
Covid-19 : Instructions from the Academic Affairs and Research Department
École Polytechnique will be closed from March 16 at 8:00 am. Our priority is to protect the health of our students and staff and to ensure the...
08.03.20
École Polytechnique: Female alumni portraits
To celebrate International Women's Day 2020, École Polytechnique honored distinguished female alumni from March 2nd to March 8th. Scientists, CEOs...
Entrepreneurship
05.03.20
An app developed by l’X students offers health tips on CoViD-19
From its initial outbreaks in the Hubei province in China, the CoViD-19 (Coronavirus) epidemic, which has spread to a growing number of countries in...
04.03.20
QS ranks l’X as one of the world’s top universities for the study of 11 subjects
École polytechnique has been named as one of the world’s top universities for the study of 11 subjects according to the 2020 edition of the QS World...
Entrepreneurship
03.03.20
Le Wagon jumps on the fund raising train
Le Wagon, co-founded by Sébastien Saunier (X 2004) has raised 17 million euros in its first round od funding since its launch seven years ago. The...
Research
20.02.20
Lasers: the still very promising prospects of CPA
The chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) technique allows lasers to become ever more powerful and to take up unprecedented challenges. As soon as the...